Reposted by Heather Boyer
NYC may have created the design template for the U.S. highway system, but it's now a part of a national movement to reimagine them and reduce our exclusive reliance on cars.
New from Ali Sant, author of From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
New from Ali Sant, author of From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
New York City’s Worst Highways Can Lead Somewhere Better
The expressways that Robert Moses carved into the city helped inspire the entire American highway system. Now they can be models for community-led reform.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
NYC may have created the design template for the U.S. highway system, but it's now a part of a national movement to reimagine them and reduce our exclusive reliance on cars.
New from Ali Sant, author of From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
New from Ali Sant, author of From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Inspiring interview of @modacitylife.com in the NYTimes. By the way, you can get Melissa's two earlier e-books half off from @islandpress.bsky.social right now (islandpress.org).
Oh my gosh, so cool to see Melissa Bruntlett of @modacitylife.com profiled in this NYT piece!! Well-deserved, Melissa! Hope to cycle in the NL with you again some day. 😊
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Inspiring interview of @modacitylife.com in the NYTimes. By the way, you can get Melissa's two earlier e-books half off from @islandpress.bsky.social right now (islandpress.org).
Reposted by Heather Boyer
Our 50% off print sale is over BUT...
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
New book day is a good day. Three new books from @wesmars.bsky.social @humantransit.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social courtesy of @islandpress.bsky.social sale
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our 50% off print sale is over BUT...
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
You can get Walkable City Rules by @jeffspeck.bsky.social HALF PRICE, just in time for the holidays (check it out in the NBM holiday gift guide nbm.org/2025-holiday...) and other amazing @islandpress.bsky.social books HALF PRICE until midnight on November 17. Use HALF at checkout. islandpress.org
2025 Holiday Gift Guide | National Building Museum
nbm.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You can get Walkable City Rules by @jeffspeck.bsky.social HALF PRICE, just in time for the holidays (check it out in the NBM holiday gift guide nbm.org/2025-holiday...) and other amazing @islandpress.bsky.social books HALF PRICE until midnight on November 17. Use HALF at checkout. islandpress.org
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Reposted by Heather Boyer
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Fabulous book event for Unfinished Metropolis by @benschneider.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Fabulous book event for Unfinished Metropolis by @benschneider.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
Check out our awesome new book by @malgeo.bsky.social front and center at Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn @islandpress.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Check out our awesome new book by @malgeo.bsky.social front and center at Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn @islandpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Boyer
On the 🚌 opening up my newest book by @nondriver.bsky.social I love to see how they connect climate and transportation.
"we know that if we don't act to reduce emissions now, the disruption our children will have to survive will be even worse."
"we know that if we don't act to reduce emissions now, the disruption our children will have to survive will be even worse."
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On the 🚌 opening up my newest book by @nondriver.bsky.social I love to see how they connect climate and transportation.
"we know that if we don't act to reduce emissions now, the disruption our children will have to survive will be even worse."
"we know that if we don't act to reduce emissions now, the disruption our children will have to survive will be even worse."
Read about @malgeo.bsky.social Matthew Algeo's "delightful" new book, "New York's Secret Subway" in the WSJ www.wsj.com/arts-culture... @islandpress.bsky.social
‘New York’s Secret Subway’ Review: Tunnel Visions
An inventor in 19th-century New York had been dreaming about a subterranean railway for decades. He’d have to break a few rules to build it.
www.wsj.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Read about @malgeo.bsky.social Matthew Algeo's "delightful" new book, "New York's Secret Subway" in the WSJ www.wsj.com/arts-culture... @islandpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Boyer
Strange, I was told congestion pricing would turn Manhattan into a ghost town
'Call it a comeback': Manhattan foot traffic finally tops pre-pandemic times
Visits to office buildings in the city’s commercial districts were up 1.3% last month compared to July 2019, data shows.
gothamist.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Strange, I was told congestion pricing would turn Manhattan into a ghost town
There is still time to read the great selections on the summer reading list from @sightline.org including Arbitrary Lines by @mnolangray.bsky.social and Bet the Farm by Beth Hoffman @islandpress.bsky.social @emilyturner2000.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There is still time to read the great selections on the summer reading list from @sightline.org including Arbitrary Lines by @mnolangray.bsky.social and Bet the Farm by Beth Hoffman @islandpress.bsky.social @emilyturner2000.bsky.social
Surdna hosted a wonderful book event for THE BANKS WE DESERVE by @oscarthinks.bsky.social. Learn more about the book @islandpress.bsky.social @donchen.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Surdna hosted a wonderful book event for THE BANKS WE DESERVE by @oscarthinks.bsky.social. Learn more about the book @islandpress.bsky.social @donchen.bsky.social
Great @davidzipper.bsky.social interview with Erick Guerra on Overbuilt. To read more, get the book from @islandpress.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Can Americans Just Stop Building New Highways?
A new book argues that the expansion of the US roadway network has exacted social and environmental costs that far outweigh the benefits.
www.bloomberg.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Great @davidzipper.bsky.social interview with Erick Guerra on Overbuilt. To read more, get the book from @islandpress.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Reposted by Heather Boyer
"...the data backs up the vibes. The less time you spend in a car, the more likely it is you backed Zohran Mamdani."
NYC's Upset Election Was Drawn Along An Odd Line: Car Ownership - Jalopnik
Car ownership and transit ridership serve as a shorthand for someone's entire living situation — and, apparently, their politics.
www.jalopnik.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"...the data backs up the vibes. The less time you spend in a car, the more likely it is you backed Zohran Mamdani."
Amazing closing plenary by Charles T. Brown @nacto.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Amazing closing plenary by Charles T. Brown @nacto.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
Hey, @nacto.bsky.social Designing Cities attendees, you can get your hands on a free copy of ARRESTED MOBILITY by Charles Brown, closing plenary speaker, if you can get to this Little Free Library first. It is wishing 1/2 mile of the conference. @islandpress.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey, @nacto.bsky.social Designing Cities attendees, you can get your hands on a free copy of ARRESTED MOBILITY by Charles Brown, closing plenary speaker, if you can get to this Little Free Library first. It is wishing 1/2 mile of the conference. @islandpress.bsky.social
An exciting new book from Charles Brown! nextcity.org/urbanist-new... @islandpress.bsky.social
Why Planners and Policymakers Must Address Structural Barriers to Mobility
Arrested mobility, coined by author Charles T. Brown, threatens the ability for Black people to move freely in public.
nextcity.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An exciting new book from Charles Brown! nextcity.org/urbanist-new... @islandpress.bsky.social
Own goal nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/24/d...
Disorder in the Court: U.S. DOT Lawyers Upload Memo Admitting Their Congestion Pricing Case is Weak - Streetsblog New York City
Lawyers advising U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy make it clear: His case to end congestion pricing is weak.
nyc.streetsblog.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Own goal nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/24/d...
Reposted by Heather Boyer
When we fight, we win.
Congestion Pricing Will Live On for Several Months After Court Agreement
State and federal officials agreed to a timeline in their court dispute over the tolling program that is likely to leave it in place until the fall. Other threats to the program still loom.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When we fight, we win.
Want to join me for this Transportation Alternatives event?
April 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Want to join me for this Transportation Alternatives event?
Reposted by Heather Boyer
People have the power to take our democracy back. This right here helps to prove that after Musk quite literally tried to buy votes yet again to manipulate our government.
April 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
People have the power to take our democracy back. This right here helps to prove that after Musk quite literally tried to buy votes yet again to manipulate our government.
Definitely calling 311 on this parking situation.
April 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Definitely calling 311 on this parking situation.
@islandpress.bsky.social books in Oslo (with IP author Dan Piatkoswki)
March 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
@islandpress.bsky.social books in Oslo (with IP author Dan Piatkoswki)