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Highways/Freeways are good for connecting far flung places to each other. Running them through cities/neighborhoods was one of the worst ideas of the 20th century -
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Highways/Freeways are good for connecting far flung places to each other. Running them through cities/neighborhoods was one of the worst ideas of the 20th century -
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Good morning!
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Statement from the RTA: "The passage of SB2111 is a landmark moment for public transit in Illinois."
Read the full statement here or below. www.rtachicago.org/about-rta/pr...
Read the full statement here or below. www.rtachicago.org/about-rta/pr...
Regional Transportation Authority | RTA Statement on passage of Senate Bill 2111
This bill provides the stable funding and governance reforms needed to protect transit service for the millions who ride CTA, Metra, and Pace—and the…
www.rtachicago.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning!
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
We tried! Business concerns won over the needs of transit users. The exclusive lanes were also a last minute addition.
The rest of the planet, since the late 19th century: let's move our tramways in a central alignment away from the curb, to diminish conflicts and make it faster.
US streetcars: Wait, what?
US streetcars: Wait, what?
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We tried! Business concerns won over the needs of transit users. The exclusive lanes were also a last minute addition.
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There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
reut.rs
October 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)
Kind of wild how much of the expanded streetcar transportation development district (taxing district for KC’s new streetcar) doesn’t allow for apartments, or in some cases, even duplexes.
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Kind of wild how much of the expanded streetcar transportation development district (taxing district for KC’s new streetcar) doesn’t allow for apartments, or in some cases, even duplexes.
Girders for the new Grand Boulevard pedestrian bridge are nearly all set!
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Girders for the new Grand Boulevard pedestrian bridge are nearly all set!
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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More than a third of Americans don’t have reliable car access to get to work, school, or the grocery store. Our new transportation map can help policymakers better understand their communities and build a system that will benefit everyone.
Who Doesn’t Have a Car?
A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.
www.nrdc.org
October 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
More than a third of Americans don’t have reliable car access to get to work, school, or the grocery store. Our new transportation map can help policymakers better understand their communities and build a system that will benefit everyone.
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Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance Vice Chair Michael Kelley says the poll shows that people across the metro will support public transit if their local governments invest in it, especially at a time when the state and federal governments are pulling back transit funding.
Voters across the Kansas City metro support a sales tax for better bus service, new poll finds
A new poll from the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance found that voters in four counties across the metro would support a regional sales tax dedicated to bus service, even as soon as next year.
www.kcur.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance Vice Chair Michael Kelley says the poll shows that people across the metro will support public transit if their local governments invest in it, especially at a time when the state and federal governments are pulling back transit funding.
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🚨ADVOCACY ALERT!🚨 KCRTA polling shows majority voter support for transit funding across the Kansas City region! 🧵 1 of 4:
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨ADVOCACY ALERT!🚨 KCRTA polling shows majority voter support for transit funding across the Kansas City region! 🧵 1 of 4:
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Sam’s Law of Media:
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Sam’s Law of Media:
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
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Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
The KC Riverfront is (finally) getting some promising urbanism!
September 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The KC Riverfront is (finally) getting some promising urbanism!
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It took, what, eight days? For the pretense that MAGA cares about Charlie Kirk to totally collapse, and for Trump’s megalomania to take center stage again. No matter what they say or do they only ever care about one thing: making us worship Great Leader alongside them
September 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It took, what, eight days? For the pretense that MAGA cares about Charlie Kirk to totally collapse, and for Trump’s megalomania to take center stage again. No matter what they say or do they only ever care about one thing: making us worship Great Leader alongside them
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I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
![Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/bafkreielbywjkgthjrsgp5s7na3nxbcn3wrdpwegj7vtrqswh6goqydgra@jpeg)
September 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
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Remarkable how centrist pundits like Noah Smith are still prattling on about "cancel culture" and "Bluesky-ization" while people are getting fired for insufficient mourning of a bigoted liar who constantly directed hatred towards the majority of Americans.
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Remarkable how centrist pundits like Noah Smith are still prattling on about "cancel culture" and "Bluesky-ization" while people are getting fired for insufficient mourning of a bigoted liar who constantly directed hatred towards the majority of Americans.
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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“Kirk was not an example of healthy political discourse, and we should not pretend otherwise just because he was the victim of what appears to be more senseless political violence.” www.liberalcurrents.com/not-all-vict...
Not All Victims Should Be Martyrs
Charlie Kirk believed in advancing right-wing political goals and attacking left-wing opponents by any and all means necessary—including political violence.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“Kirk was not an example of healthy political discourse, and we should not pretend otherwise just because he was the victim of what appears to be more senseless political violence.” www.liberalcurrents.com/not-all-vict...
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Excellent piece by Ezra Klein: if Dems really believe that Trump is creating an authoritarian government they should not continue to fund it. The shutdown is their only leverage right now to draw attention to what is happening and maybe force change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Excellent piece by Ezra Klein: if Dems really believe that Trump is creating an authoritarian government they should not continue to fund it. The shutdown is their only leverage right now to draw attention to what is happening and maybe force change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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ah yes, politics, that realm of human affairs where drama and emotional catharsis are to be avoided
September 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ah yes, politics, that realm of human affairs where drama and emotional catharsis are to be avoided
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JD Vance said he doesn’t care if the US commits war crimes. Did it make the news?
Donald Trump said he’s declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news?
Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?
Donald Trump said he’s declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news?
Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?
September 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
JD Vance said he doesn’t care if the US commits war crimes. Did it make the news?
Donald Trump said he’s declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news?
Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?
Donald Trump said he’s declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news?
Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?
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A simple way to improve American downtowns: Make one-way arterials bidirectional.
Doing so will improve safety, boost retail sales, and attract pedestrians.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Doing so will improve safety, boost retail sales, and attract pedestrians.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
One-Way Streets Are the Wrong Way to Tame Downtown Traffic
In the 1950s, US traffic planners thought unidirectional arterials were better for moving cars through urban areas. Now many cities are having second thoughts.
www.bloomberg.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A simple way to improve American downtowns: Make one-way arterials bidirectional.
Doing so will improve safety, boost retail sales, and attract pedestrians.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Doing so will improve safety, boost retail sales, and attract pedestrians.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
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“Blueskyism”
Rent free lmao
Rent free lmao
September 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Blueskyism”
Rent free lmao
Rent free lmao
The owners of The Grand continue to blame crime on the presence of bus stop, including in their latest appeal to the PIEA last week.
More obvious to me is the unsecured surface parking, concentration of 3AM bars, and c-store selling single serving liquor.
More obvious to me is the unsecured surface parking, concentration of 3AM bars, and c-store selling single serving liquor.
Police said the fatal shooting occurred after after an altercation escalated.
Two dead, three injured after shooting in downtown Kansas City parking lot
Police said the fatal shooting occurred after after an altercation escalated.
bit.ly
August 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The owners of The Grand continue to blame crime on the presence of bus stop, including in their latest appeal to the PIEA last week.
More obvious to me is the unsecured surface parking, concentration of 3AM bars, and c-store selling single serving liquor.
More obvious to me is the unsecured surface parking, concentration of 3AM bars, and c-store selling single serving liquor.