MaceQuantex
@macequantex.bsky.social
Advocate for transit, active travel, & safer streets for all users. Transportation and land use policy hobbyist. Pretty much done with national politics. #EndCarDependency
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"Christianity has morphed into an identity group, untethered from much of Christian teaching. It has become another tribal association jockeying for power and pursuing grievances." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-rise-o...
The Rise of MAGA Christian Identity
Plus: The crocodile comes to eat Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"Christianity has morphed into an identity group, untethered from much of Christian teaching. It has become another tribal association jockeying for power and pursuing grievances." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-rise-o...
@declangoff.bsky.social @jzulgad.bsky.social
How big is the market for Twins jerseys with Dunning-Kruger as the name and the number 0?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...
How big is the market for Twins jerseys with Dunning-Kruger as the name and the number 0?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...
Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@declangoff.bsky.social @jzulgad.bsky.social
How big is the market for Twins jerseys with Dunning-Kruger as the name and the number 0?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...
How big is the market for Twins jerseys with Dunning-Kruger as the name and the number 0?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...
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Four years ago today, we released our second book into the wild.
An accessible account of our move to the Netherlands. A love letter to the cozy confines of Delft. A passionate plea for fewer cars in our lives.
With awe and humility, we still hear stories of its impact on readers around the world.
An accessible account of our move to the Netherlands. A love letter to the cozy confines of Delft. A passionate plea for fewer cars in our lives.
With awe and humility, we still hear stories of its impact on readers around the world.
June 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Four years ago today, we released our second book into the wild.
An accessible account of our move to the Netherlands. A love letter to the cozy confines of Delft. A passionate plea for fewer cars in our lives.
With awe and humility, we still hear stories of its impact on readers around the world.
An accessible account of our move to the Netherlands. A love letter to the cozy confines of Delft. A passionate plea for fewer cars in our lives.
With awe and humility, we still hear stories of its impact on readers around the world.
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Final transportation bill part 2
MN's transpo system is financially unsustainable. Stats compared to other states:
- 4th largest road network despite being
- 12th in size
- 23rd in population
- metro road growth is in areas w/o the density & therefore property tax revenue capacity to maintain them
MN's transpo system is financially unsustainable. Stats compared to other states:
- 4th largest road network despite being
- 12th in size
- 23rd in population
- metro road growth is in areas w/o the density & therefore property tax revenue capacity to maintain them
June 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Final transportation bill part 2
MN's transpo system is financially unsustainable. Stats compared to other states:
- 4th largest road network despite being
- 12th in size
- 23rd in population
- metro road growth is in areas w/o the density & therefore property tax revenue capacity to maintain them
MN's transpo system is financially unsustainable. Stats compared to other states:
- 4th largest road network despite being
- 12th in size
- 23rd in population
- metro road growth is in areas w/o the density & therefore property tax revenue capacity to maintain them
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A Ride on the Northstar . . . for Fun and Drinks!: https://streets.mn/2025/06/10/northstar-for-fun-and-drinks/
The Northstar might be dimming...or is that the drinks? Taking the train to Anoka and the bus back is a blast with friends along.
The Northstar might be dimming...or is that the drinks? Taking the train to Anoka and the bus back is a blast with friends along.
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A Ride on the Northstar . . . for Fun and Drinks!: https://streets.mn/2025/06/10/northstar-for-fun-and-drinks/
The Northstar might be dimming...or is that the drinks? Taking the train to Anoka and the bus back is a blast with friends along.
The Northstar might be dimming...or is that the drinks? Taking the train to Anoka and the bus back is a blast with friends along.
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A lot of people are vastly underestimating how dangerous it is to put a kid in a car and overestimating how dangerous it is to bike with a kid
May 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A lot of people are vastly underestimating how dangerous it is to put a kid in a car and overestimating how dangerous it is to bike with a kid
@trainsfan.bsky.social Do you know anything about what MetroTransit is proposing as a replacement for the Northstar? More specifically, have you ever seen a transit agency propose a bus route where over 95% of the route is a duplication of another bus route? It makes no sense at all.
April 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
@trainsfan.bsky.social Do you know anything about what MetroTransit is proposing as a replacement for the Northstar? More specifically, have you ever seen a transit agency propose a bus route where over 95% of the route is a duplication of another bus route? It makes no sense at all.
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Whoever is in charge of Twins pitchers throwing to first base needs to be fired immediately.
April 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Whoever is in charge of Twins pitchers throwing to first base needs to be fired immediately.
As much as I love the Northstar and want to see it continue and be made successful, the MetCouncil appears to be determined to shut it down. The question becomes do we replace it with something that will draw the same low ridership numbers, or with something people actually use?
My thoughts...
My thoughts...
April 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
As much as I love the Northstar and want to see it continue and be made successful, the MetCouncil appears to be determined to shut it down. The question becomes do we replace it with something that will draw the same low ridership numbers, or with something people actually use?
My thoughts...
My thoughts...
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NEW STUDY found that “the growing number of SUVs reduced the vehicle capacity of freeway lanes in Minnesota’s Twin Cities by 9.5% between 1995-2019. Their findings suggest yet another way in which ‘car bloat’ exacerbates problems that affect everyone, regardless of how they travel.”
How SUVs Are Making Traffic Worse
As larger, taller sport utility vehicles took over US roads, they also aggravated highway congestion, according to a new study. It’s yet another ill effect of “car bloat.”
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April 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEW STUDY found that “the growing number of SUVs reduced the vehicle capacity of freeway lanes in Minnesota’s Twin Cities by 9.5% between 1995-2019. Their findings suggest yet another way in which ‘car bloat’ exacerbates problems that affect everyone, regardless of how they travel.”
Nice to see the St. Louis Cardinals are doing their part to show the spacial inefficiency of cars...
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Nice to see the St. Louis Cardinals are doing their part to show the spacial inefficiency of cars...
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Lmao just realizing the bill I cite at the start of this article was written by the same guy as the current one!
Get a better hobby dude!
Get a better hobby dude!
Shameless plug. It's a bit outdated but the points are still valid streets.mn/2022/04/14/t...
The Northstar Is Broken. How can we fix it?
Contributor Ian Gaida offers musings on how to make the Northstar a more useful – and utilized – system.
streets.mn
February 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Lmao just realizing the bill I cite at the start of this article was written by the same guy as the current one!
Get a better hobby dude!
Get a better hobby dude!
@metcouncilmn.bsky.social So in exchange for the Metro Area Transit tax, Anoka & Coon Rapids are getting most of their bus services reduced or eliminated (Network Now) & now you're going after the Northstar. And we're supposed to believe you'll replace it with something that doesn't suck? Fuck you
February 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@metcouncilmn.bsky.social So in exchange for the Metro Area Transit tax, Anoka & Coon Rapids are getting most of their bus services reduced or eliminated (Network Now) & now you're going after the Northstar. And we're supposed to believe you'll replace it with something that doesn't suck? Fuck you
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The first time I ever decided to actually see for myself if Tesla was doing what Musk said it was doing, a decade ago this year, I caught them faking battery swap technology to defraud California's ZEV credit system.
Ever since it's just been on fraud after the other.
slate.com/technology/2...
Ever since it's just been on fraud after the other.
slate.com/technology/2...
When I First Saw Elon Musk for Who He Really Is
At a charging station. In the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by cows.
slate.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The first time I ever decided to actually see for myself if Tesla was doing what Musk said it was doing, a decade ago this year, I caught them faking battery swap technology to defraud California's ZEV credit system.
Ever since it's just been on fraud after the other.
slate.com/technology/2...
Ever since it's just been on fraud after the other.
slate.com/technology/2...
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BREAKING: I’m hearing the great Donald Shoup has passed away.
Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities.
The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his unique work.
Thank you Donald. #RIP
Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities.
The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his unique work.
Thank you Donald. #RIP
February 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
BREAKING: I’m hearing the great Donald Shoup has passed away.
Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities.
The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his unique work.
Thank you Donald. #RIP
Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities.
The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his unique work.
Thank you Donald. #RIP
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I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
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Rest in peace, Professor Shoup (1938-2025)
We will keep up the good work.
Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup
We will keep up the good work.
Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Rest in peace, Professor Shoup (1938-2025)
We will keep up the good work.
Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup
We will keep up the good work.
Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup
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The effects on speeds are modest at best, and vary across cities. However, in 2019 the state passed a law that simplified the process for cities to lower speed limits. That seems unambiguously good. www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
Minnesota cities have lowered their speed limits. Has it slowed drivers down?
Cities including Minneapolis, New Brighton and Richfield have changed speed limits on their roads, but driver habits are tough to break with signs alone.
www.startribune.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The effects on speeds are modest at best, and vary across cities. However, in 2019 the state passed a law that simplified the process for cities to lower speed limits. That seems unambiguously good. www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.
January 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.
Getting caught up on @streets.mn podcast. Just listened to the Transit to Trail episode. One option not mentioned is taking the 852 to (a few blocks away from) the Coon Rapids Dam, then using the Paddle Share to kayak back to Boom Island.
January 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Getting caught up on @streets.mn podcast. Just listened to the Transit to Trail episode. One option not mentioned is taking the 852 to (a few blocks away from) the Coon Rapids Dam, then using the Paddle Share to kayak back to Boom Island.
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The hard truth about the consequences of the #ClimateCrisis — wildfires, floods, storms, droughts, heat waves and more — won’t come from climate activists who are too easily ignored or even vilified. It will come from central banks. And insurance companies. And every rational evidence-based sector.
January 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The hard truth about the consequences of the #ClimateCrisis — wildfires, floods, storms, droughts, heat waves and more — won’t come from climate activists who are too easily ignored or even vilified. It will come from central banks. And insurance companies. And every rational evidence-based sector.
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Cycling isn't just transportation; it's liberation.
The Dutch have not only created a safe and extensive network for cycling. They designed this network to make cycling safe and suitable for people of all ages, all abilities and for different types of bicycles.
The Dutch have not only created a safe and extensive network for cycling. They designed this network to make cycling safe and suitable for people of all ages, all abilities and for different types of bicycles.
January 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Cycling isn't just transportation; it's liberation.
The Dutch have not only created a safe and extensive network for cycling. They designed this network to make cycling safe and suitable for people of all ages, all abilities and for different types of bicycles.
The Dutch have not only created a safe and extensive network for cycling. They designed this network to make cycling safe and suitable for people of all ages, all abilities and for different types of bicycles.
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I don't think I haven't yet reposted this when it comes up.
My work to office by car is ~15km via major roads (all 4 lanes or more).
I can not get to my office via shared pedestrian & bicycle infra, let alone bicycle only infra. Best I can do is 19km of which much is narrow shared infrastructure.
My work to office by car is ~15km via major roads (all 4 lanes or more).
I can not get to my office via shared pedestrian & bicycle infra, let alone bicycle only infra. Best I can do is 19km of which much is narrow shared infrastructure.
Have you seen this one before? A short history of traffic engineering via @copenhagenizers.bsky.social. Manufactured #CarDependency takes a lot of forms, including how easy or hard we make it to get from A to B using any other ways of getting around.
A direct result of the wrong priorities.
A direct result of the wrong priorities.
December 23, 2024 at 3:44 AM
I don't think I haven't yet reposted this when it comes up.
My work to office by car is ~15km via major roads (all 4 lanes or more).
I can not get to my office via shared pedestrian & bicycle infra, let alone bicycle only infra. Best I can do is 19km of which much is narrow shared infrastructure.
My work to office by car is ~15km via major roads (all 4 lanes or more).
I can not get to my office via shared pedestrian & bicycle infra, let alone bicycle only infra. Best I can do is 19km of which much is narrow shared infrastructure.
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I will repost this image every time. It’s the little kid leaning toward the chasm that does it for me. The stress of walking with small children in a world of cars is not something you forget.
What being a pedestrian feels like when you’ve surrendered too much space to cars, leaving too little for everyone and everything else. Powerful llustration by Karl Jilg for the Swedish Road Administration.
December 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
I will repost this image every time. It’s the little kid leaning toward the chasm that does it for me. The stress of walking with small children in a world of cars is not something you forget.