Mike Lydon
@mikelydon.bsky.social
Co-Founder @ Street Plans | Co-Author #TacticalUrbanism, Smart Growth Manual, Streets for Pandemic Response + Recovery | Board Member @ Congress for New Urbanism | Creator Open_Streets Project | Léo + Luca’s dad | 📍 Brooklyn, NY 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
As a firm we use Google Workspace, but are often having to collaborate with clients or other firms on SharePoint. Inevitably, it’s a terrible experience for all so this email blast caught my eye, lol.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As a firm we use Google Workspace, but are often having to collaborate with clients or other firms on SharePoint. Inevitably, it’s a terrible experience for all so this email blast caught my eye, lol.
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The administration is deliberately starving poor people so that Dems will agree to radically slash the healthcare available to poor people.
Do not let its familiarity dull your outrage. This is monstrous, unforgivable shit.
Do not let its familiarity dull your outrage. This is monstrous, unforgivable shit.
The Trump administration told states that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The administration is deliberately starving poor people so that Dems will agree to radically slash the healthcare available to poor people.
Do not let its familiarity dull your outrage. This is monstrous, unforgivable shit.
Do not let its familiarity dull your outrage. This is monstrous, unforgivable shit.
Google Maps caught the edge striping (before the paint fill) at Mallory/Lexington in Jersey City. The job description of every tactical urbanist is essentially this: undo everything traffic engineers did for 80 years.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Google Maps caught the edge striping (before the paint fill) at Mallory/Lexington in Jersey City. The job description of every tactical urbanist is essentially this: undo everything traffic engineers did for 80 years.
“…Mamdani wasn't just running as a "Socialist" — he was running, and winning, as an urbanist.”
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/c...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/c...
Cycle of Rage: Honeymoons Don't Need to End, Mr. Mayor-Elect - Streetsblog New York City
They drove that bus, so they'd better get their fast-and-free ride on Jan. 1. If not, the grace period will end quickly, our columnist says.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“…Mamdani wasn't just running as a "Socialist" — he was running, and winning, as an urbanist.”
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/c...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/c...
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It’s easy to be a good pedestrian. What’s hard is for news outlets to address the systemic solutions to traffic violence.
How to be a good pedestrian; It's harder than you think: https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/how-to-be-a-good-pedestrian-its-harder-than-you-think/
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It’s easy to be a good pedestrian. What’s hard is for news outlets to address the systemic solutions to traffic violence.
Four years of negativity, corruption, and visionless leadership feels like it’s been lifted tonight. Congrats, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for running a near flawless campaign!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New York City Mayoral Election Live Results 2025: Mamdani Wins
Get live results and maps from the 2025 New York City mayoral election.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Four years of negativity, corruption, and visionless leadership feels like it’s been lifted tonight. Congrats, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for running a near flawless campaign!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Mike Lydon
Today is Election Day in New York City! Polls are open until 9 pm. Our Voter Guide has all the info you need to help elect pro-safe streets, pro-public transit candidates, topped by Zohran Mamdani for Mayor. Read about all 18 of the candidates we've endorsed here: www.streetspac.org/election_day...
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is Election Day in New York City! Polls are open until 9 pm. Our Voter Guide has all the info you need to help elect pro-safe streets, pro-public transit candidates, topped by Zohran Mamdani for Mayor. Read about all 18 of the candidates we've endorsed here: www.streetspac.org/election_day...
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One thing I've really come to appreciate over the course of my career is how easy it is to write a big article or book about How Everything Should Change and how difficult it is to actually change any single thing.
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One thing I've really come to appreciate over the course of my career is how easy it is to write a big article or book about How Everything Should Change and how difficult it is to actually change any single thing.
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If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
👏✌🏻
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
👏✌🏻
Here’s hoping @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will maintain his political fortitude and build a coalition to deliver the policy gains and resulting physical transformation similar to those led by the visionary @annehidalgo.bsky.social.
I believe the 2 most important city mayoral elections in the world will be tomorrow’s New York City Election (the most important turning point #VOTE in New York history? #VOTEMamdani) & next year’s Paris Election for the successor of this generation’s most important/influential mayor, Anne Hidalgo.
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here’s hoping @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will maintain his political fortitude and build a coalition to deliver the policy gains and resulting physical transformation similar to those led by the visionary @annehidalgo.bsky.social.
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Just an incredible generational talent - Obama level - even if I don’t agree with all of his policies.
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Just an incredible generational talent - Obama level - even if I don’t agree with all of his policies.
Appreciate this article by Anthony Flint but mostly wondering if the South Station glow-up has removed all of the gawdawful banner adds that assault every sight line within the head house?
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Boston’s South Station Gets a Towering Makeover
With South Station Tower, developer Hines dropped a trophy office and residential building on top of the city’s historic 19th-century train station.
www.bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Appreciate this article by Anthony Flint but mostly wondering if the South Station glow-up has removed all of the gawdawful banner adds that assault every sight line within the head house?
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Regardless of the results and what happens next, congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social who brought such a positive vision and love for our city in his campaign. It yielded historic voter participation, especially amongst the young. 🫶🏻
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/n...
N.Y.C. Early Voting Ends With 735,000 Ballots Cast, as Younger Voters Surge
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Regardless of the results and what happens next, congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social who brought such a positive vision and love for our city in his campaign. It yielded historic voter participation, especially amongst the young. 🫶🏻
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/n...
Love this well-deserved tribute to @streetfilms.bsky.social by @johnsurico.bsky.social @hellgateny.bsky.social!
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hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...
The Livable Streets Revolution Has Been Televised—By This Guy
For more than two decades, Clarence Eckerson Jr.'s videos have shown that walkable, bike-friendly streets are possible. Now, he's thinking about hanging up his camera.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Love this well-deserved tribute to @streetfilms.bsky.social by @johnsurico.bsky.social @hellgateny.bsky.social!
hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...
hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...
💯- Our kids spent one hour on three blocks and were completely gassed. Door density!
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
💯- Our kids spent one hour on three blocks and were completely gassed. Door density!
“Eighty-six percent of what FDNY does is medical emergencies, 2 percent is structural fires. But every street based decision is made around the potential of structural fires. That shows how the decisions we have are not set up to prioritize safer streets.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/30/v...
Vision Zero Hero! Former FDNY Commish Wants Agency To Join the Safe Streets Fight - Streetsblog New York City
Former FDNY Commissioner wants the agency to stop taking a back seat on street safety.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Eighty-six percent of what FDNY does is medical emergencies, 2 percent is structural fires. But every street based decision is made around the potential of structural fires. That shows how the decisions we have are not set up to prioritize safer streets.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/30/v...
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Cuomo hates New York. Mamdani loves it.
Watching local morning tv at the hospital while my mom gets her cataract dealt with, and I can report that Cuomo has fewer ads up than Mamdani and Sliwa, and that Cuomo’s ads are real bleak. Bleak and angry.
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cuomo hates New York. Mamdani loves it.
10th Avenue is going to be milled and repaved so the Meatpacking District deftly moved the Gansevoort Landing plaza kit over to the curb lane along Washington, at the foot of the High Line. #TacticalUrbanism
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
10th Avenue is going to be milled and repaved so the Meatpacking District deftly moved the Gansevoort Landing plaza kit over to the curb lane along Washington, at the foot of the High Line. #TacticalUrbanism
Think post-pandemic fare payment enforcement is an issue? Wrap your head around the scourge of illegal license plates, red light running, and blatant right-turn on red behavior that has grown exponentially in the past five years. The societal costs of the former pale in contrast to the latter…
An interesting investigation in @upshot.nytimes.com today evaluating some of the challenges to improving buses in NYC—whether through speed or fares www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link!)
Interesting tidbit: Bus ridership is basically back to pre-pandemic levels—but fare payment is way down.
Interesting tidbit: Bus ridership is basically back to pre-pandemic levels—but fare payment is way down.
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Think post-pandemic fare payment enforcement is an issue? Wrap your head around the scourge of illegal license plates, red light running, and blatant right-turn on red behavior that has grown exponentially in the past five years. The societal costs of the former pale in contrast to the latter…
Does anyone have a go-to, reliable and affordable shop for cargo e-bike maintenance in Brooklyn? I’ve had so many awful experiences over the past five years. VeloFix is the best (and conveniently mobile!) service but can pricey, especially for small jobs.
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Does anyone have a go-to, reliable and affordable shop for cargo e-bike maintenance in Brooklyn? I’ve had so many awful experiences over the past five years. VeloFix is the best (and conveniently mobile!) service but can pricey, especially for small jobs.
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A big problem with the NYPD's e-bike crackdown is that the NYPD doesn't seem to know what an e-bike is
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A big problem with the NYPD's e-bike crackdown is that the NYPD doesn't seem to know what an e-bike is
Thrilled to see my hometown (Damariscotta, ME - Pop. 2,300) featured in the NYT!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/s...
Is That Pumpkin Seaworthy? No Promises.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thrilled to see my hometown (Damariscotta, ME - Pop. 2,300) featured in the NYT!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/s...
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Very impressive for a Business Improvement District to LEAD the charge to make this happen and contribute $1 million of the cost! It's made SUCH a difference. The seating and relaxing areas are impressively designed! @nyc.streetsblog.org @mikelydon.bsky.social @bfurnas.bsky.social @openplans.org
NYC's Meatpacking District Converts 14th Street to a Pleasant Promenade with Public Porches
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Very impressive for a Business Improvement District to LEAD the charge to make this happen and contribute $1 million of the cost! It's made SUCH a difference. The seating and relaxing areas are impressively designed! @nyc.streetsblog.org @mikelydon.bsky.social @bfurnas.bsky.social @openplans.org