Samuel Santaella
@samuelsantaella.bsky.social
Lifelong outer-borough #NYC resident. 10 years demanding better ways to not drive.
Expect posts about NYC transit, modernizing regional rail, #bikeNYC, dangerous streets, undoing car supremacy, and climate change overall.
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Expect posts about NYC transit, modernizing regional rail, #bikeNYC, dangerous streets, undoing car supremacy, and climate change overall.
🌐 nycstreetsutures.wordpress.com
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"We don't want new housing because our neighborhood doesn't have the infrastructure."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
Better Headline: Queens NIMBYs want to screw over their neighbors and close their doors to newcomers.
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
Off track: Queens residents say “We don’t need it!” to IBX light-rail plan
Queens residents attended a public meeting about the IBX light rail plan, raising concerns about overcrowding, development and other issues.
www.amny.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"We don't want new housing because our neighborhood doesn't have the infrastructure."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
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Nice. FRA/FTA should regulate this at the national level.
Obfuscated windows (whether with ad wraps or through poor maintenance like LIRR/NJT) can mean first responders can't see inside the vehicle to see if anyone needs assistance in an emergency.
Obfuscated windows (whether with ad wraps or through poor maintenance like LIRR/NJT) can mean first responders can't see inside the vehicle to see if anyone needs assistance in an emergency.
Denver area transit agency bans advertising covering windows.
www-denverpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.denv...
www-denverpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.denv...
RTD bans ads covering windows of metro Denver buses and trains
The prohibition means losing revenue at a time when agency officials are grappling with financial constraints.
www-denverpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Nice. FRA/FTA should regulate this at the national level.
Obfuscated windows (whether with ad wraps or through poor maintenance like LIRR/NJT) can mean first responders can't see inside the vehicle to see if anyone needs assistance in an emergency.
Obfuscated windows (whether with ad wraps or through poor maintenance like LIRR/NJT) can mean first responders can't see inside the vehicle to see if anyone needs assistance in an emergency.
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Better Headline: Queens NIMBYs want to screw over their neighbors and close their doors to newcomers.
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
Off track: Queens residents say “We don’t need it!” to IBX light-rail plan
Queens residents attended a public meeting about the IBX light rail plan, raising concerns about overcrowding, development and other issues.
www.amny.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Better Headline: Queens NIMBYs want to screw over their neighbors and close their doors to newcomers.
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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Our moment is now! 🚉🌳 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #BuildtheQueensLink
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Our moment is now! 🚉🌳 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #BuildtheQueensLink
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Want to learn more about the Dutch blueprint for urban vitality and the human case for fewer cars in our lives?
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Beginning today, our first two books—and hundreds of other titles—are half price (just $15 each!) via the Island Press website. Promo ends midnight Sunday.
Order yours at islandpress.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Want to learn more about the Dutch blueprint for urban vitality and the human case for fewer cars in our lives?
Beginning today, our first two books—and hundreds of other titles—are half price (just $15 each!) via the Island Press website. Promo ends midnight Sunday.
Order yours at islandpress.org
Beginning today, our first two books—and hundreds of other titles—are half price (just $15 each!) via the Island Press website. Promo ends midnight Sunday.
Order yours at islandpress.org
NYC foamers joke about R179s being lemons, but check this out
I know this is hardly the biggest issue in the world right now, but it's astonishing to me that Amtrak still can't the basic things working on their new Acelas.
No announcement screens?
No announcement screens?
Immediate observations: PA is too quiet. Seat reservation displays don't work. Announcement screens don't work either.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NYC foamers joke about R179s being lemons, but check this out
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What are #LowTrafficNeibourhoods (LTNs)?
HT @streetfilms.bsky.social @coolbikeart1.bsky.social
youtu.be/iaRcd5hEY1Y?...
HT @streetfilms.bsky.social @coolbikeart1.bsky.social
youtu.be/iaRcd5hEY1Y?...
Tour the Tranquility of some of London's Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs)
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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There is nothing worse in the urban planning world than the "I wasn't consulted!" syndrome.
"“We did not request IBX. We had no interest in getting a train to Brooklyn,” one Queens resident said. “I don’t even know anyone in my neighborhood who would want to go to Brooklyn." -- www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
Off track: Queens residents say “We don’t need it!” to IBX light-rail plan
Queens residents attended a public meeting about the IBX light rail plan, raising concerns about overcrowding, development and other issues.
www.amny.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There is nothing worse in the urban planning world than the "I wasn't consulted!" syndrome.
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The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
I really hope this makes it out to the furthest corners of the outer boroughs.
As I wrote back in 2019 for @nyc.streetsblog.org: nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/11/29/o...
As I wrote back in 2019 for @nyc.streetsblog.org: nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/11/29/o...
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I really hope this makes it out to the furthest corners of the outer boroughs.
As I wrote back in 2019 for @nyc.streetsblog.org: nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/11/29/o...
As I wrote back in 2019 for @nyc.streetsblog.org: nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/11/29/o...
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NOTHING can destroy a Cyber Truck….😎😏
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
NOTHING can destroy a Cyber Truck….😎😏
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I'm attending Transportation Alternatives's event, “Rally to Demand Action on Daylighting”. It is critical that we push this bill to a vote before the end of the year or we have to start all over again. Sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/transalt/eve...
Rally to Demand Action on Daylighting · Transportation Alternatives
Join Transportation Alternatives, Open Plans, and more for a rally at the City Hall steps to demand council action on daylighting. There are only four council meetings until the end of the legislative...
www.mobilize.us
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm attending Transportation Alternatives's event, “Rally to Demand Action on Daylighting”. It is critical that we push this bill to a vote before the end of the year or we have to start all over again. Sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/transalt/eve...
I wonder what this would look like with permeable surfaces (i.e. a surface that absorbs stormwater).
Cobblestone is quite effective at controlling speed, but unfortunately is not permeable.
Cobblestone is quite effective at controlling speed, but unfortunately is not permeable.
NYC knows how to build self-enforcing streets that slow vehicles and micromobility down (to benefit pedestrians.)
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I wonder what this would look like with permeable surfaces (i.e. a surface that absorbs stormwater).
Cobblestone is quite effective at controlling speed, but unfortunately is not permeable.
Cobblestone is quite effective at controlling speed, but unfortunately is not permeable.
why tf is anyone still on the dead bird app
“HOW ELON MUSK IS BOOSTING THE BRITISH RIGHT: For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does.” news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
why tf is anyone still on the dead bird app
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I'm sick of this bullshit question. Stop blaming people for making the only sane choice.
The real problem is our overbearing car culture and its complete failure to provide safe, dignified infrastructure for anyone not in a car.
Address that.
The real problem is our overbearing car culture and its complete failure to provide safe, dignified infrastructure for anyone not in a car.
Address that.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm sick of this bullshit question. Stop blaming people for making the only sane choice.
The real problem is our overbearing car culture and its complete failure to provide safe, dignified infrastructure for anyone not in a car.
Address that.
The real problem is our overbearing car culture and its complete failure to provide safe, dignified infrastructure for anyone not in a car.
Address that.
This comments section is showing that for every crank who threatened to leave New York if Mamdani won, there's someone else hoping to work for him, even if remotely from out of state.
He's preparing our city to be a shining beacon for the rest of the United States.
He's preparing our city to be a shining beacon for the rest of the United States.
We’re hiring!
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Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This comments section is showing that for every crank who threatened to leave New York if Mamdani won, there's someone else hoping to work for him, even if remotely from out of state.
He's preparing our city to be a shining beacon for the rest of the United States.
He's preparing our city to be a shining beacon for the rest of the United States.
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This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up
The exception is Ben Chou, which means the bully Vickie Paladino is still around
But hey, mayor-elect Mamdani (with a kickass transition team) and 16 other endorsees will still be enough to speed up the tide in the positive direction, right?
But hey, mayor-elect Mamdani (with a kickass transition team) and 16 other endorsees will still be enough to speed up the tide in the positive direction, right?
Zohran Mamdani won a historic victory yesterday in New York City's mayoral election, and 17 of our 18 endorsees won their races up and down the ballot, proving once again that safer streets and better public transit aren't just good policy – they're good politics! www.streetspac.org/2025_general...
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The exception is Ben Chou, which means the bully Vickie Paladino is still around
But hey, mayor-elect Mamdani (with a kickass transition team) and 16 other endorsees will still be enough to speed up the tide in the positive direction, right?
But hey, mayor-elect Mamdani (with a kickass transition team) and 16 other endorsees will still be enough to speed up the tide in the positive direction, right?
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Setting the urban/village speed limit at 20mph/30kmh will upset some drivers. But success isn't measured by whether drivers "raise their right hand" but by "drivers raising their right foot". And all the evidence shows that they do and community-wide 20mph/30kmh defaults reduce casualties by some 2
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Setting the urban/village speed limit at 20mph/30kmh will upset some drivers. But success isn't measured by whether drivers "raise their right hand" but by "drivers raising their right foot". And all the evidence shows that they do and community-wide 20mph/30kmh defaults reduce casualties by some 2
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🚨BREAKING: A new poll shows New Yorkers across the state want the wealthy to pay their fair share to fund universal childcare, housing & public transportation.
State lawmakers must 👟STEP UP👟 and take the federal funding cuts head on! It's time to #TaxTheRich and #InvestInOurNY
State lawmakers must 👟STEP UP👟 and take the federal funding cuts head on! It's time to #TaxTheRich and #InvestInOurNY
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨BREAKING: A new poll shows New Yorkers across the state want the wealthy to pay their fair share to fund universal childcare, housing & public transportation.
State lawmakers must 👟STEP UP👟 and take the federal funding cuts head on! It's time to #TaxTheRich and #InvestInOurNY
State lawmakers must 👟STEP UP👟 and take the federal funding cuts head on! It's time to #TaxTheRich and #InvestInOurNY
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“Roughly 80-89% of the world’s people want their governments to ‘do more’ to address #ClimateChange, and nearly 2/3rds are on board with that action costing them a bit. Yet most think they are the minority, telling pollsters they believe that only around 30% also want stronger climate action.”
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Roughly 80-89% of the world’s people want their governments to ‘do more’ to address #ClimateChange, and nearly 2/3rds are on board with that action costing them a bit. Yet most think they are the minority, telling pollsters they believe that only around 30% also want stronger climate action.”
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Zohran Mamdani wasn't just running as a "Socialist" — he was running, and winning, as an urbanist. And as the hard work of leading New York City begins, he has a "generational opportunity" to bring with him a new generation of changemakers at the Department of Transportation. buff.ly/U4G8Gdp
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 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Zohran Mamdani wasn't just running as a "Socialist" — he was running, and winning, as an urbanist. And as the hard work of leading New York City begins, he has a "generational opportunity" to bring with him a new generation of changemakers at the Department of Transportation. buff.ly/U4G8Gdp