Tom Bardenett
@tbardenett.bsky.social
Transportation planner, blogger, and just someone passionate about making a difference in his community.
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Tom Bardenett
@tbardenett.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Urbanism Lessons from the Great White North — Thomas Bardenett
Did you know that Syracuse is the only place in the world that experiences winter? Yeah, me neither. But when you talk about ways to improve the City and create more comfortable places t...
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Whenever I travel I look for ideas that we can borrow and adopt as our own here in Syracuse. This is especially true when visiting other northern cities who prove that you can embrace other forms of transportation even in the face of rain, snow, and cold.
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The American centrist punditocracy has decided that what the US transit industry needs are endless lectures about the importance of security.
These writers misunderstand the problem, and are making things worse. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
These writers misunderstand the problem, and are making things worse. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Other Reason Americans Don’t Use Mass Transit
People will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them.
www.theatlantic.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The American centrist punditocracy has decided that what the US transit industry needs are endless lectures about the importance of security.
These writers misunderstand the problem, and are making things worse. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
These writers misunderstand the problem, and are making things worse. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
“Hogan said his biggest concern is that the market-rate housing planned for a future phase might never get built. That would alter the original concept of building homes for a wide range of income levels.”
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/10...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/10...
Walsh administration pushes to start biggest Syracuse housing development in decades
Some common councilors have questions about the complex deal.
www.syracuse.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Hogan said his biggest concern is that the market-rate housing planned for a future phase might never get built. That would alter the original concept of building homes for a wide range of income levels.”
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/10...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/10...
Whenever I travel I look for ideas that we can borrow and adopt as our own here in Syracuse. This is especially true when visiting other northern cities who prove that you can embrace other forms of transportation even in the face of rain, snow, and cold.
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2025/9/...
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2025/9/...
Urbanism Lessons from the Great White North — Thomas Bardenett
Did you know that Syracuse is the only place in the world that experiences winter? Yeah, me neither. But when you talk about ways to improve the City and create more comfortable places t...
www.thomasbardenett.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Whenever I travel I look for ideas that we can borrow and adopt as our own here in Syracuse. This is especially true when visiting other northern cities who prove that you can embrace other forms of transportation even in the face of rain, snow, and cold.
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2025/9/...
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2025/9/...
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This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.
I don’t really understand why you wouldn’t vote to adopt this as a framework for how we design our streets. The Vision Zero Action Plan highlights the streets and intersections of concerns and provides a guide for how to address them.
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/09...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/09...
Syracuse lawmakers support new traffic safety plan, but won’t vote to approve it
Mayor Ben Walsh's administration asked Common Council to formally back Vision Zero Action Plan.
www.syracuse.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I don’t really understand why you wouldn’t vote to adopt this as a framework for how we design our streets. The Vision Zero Action Plan highlights the streets and intersections of concerns and provides a guide for how to address them.
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/09...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/09...
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mike johnson doesn't give a shit
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill
www.politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
mike johnson doesn't give a shit
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We haven’t even heard one thing Cuomo *likes* about the city. Contrast that with Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani who have made the symbols of New York part of their campaigns, from the Cyclone to the Subway.
The thing about Cuomo is that it doesn't even seem like he actually wants to be mayor of New York, y'know? He wants a job, he wants prestige, he wants a stepping stone, he wants power, he wants "redemption". But you don't get any sense that he has any actual interest in running the city.
June 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We haven’t even heard one thing Cuomo *likes* about the city. Contrast that with Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani who have made the symbols of New York part of their campaigns, from the Cyclone to the Subway.
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Sometimes I think about the Senate and get ridiculously angry at the amount of propaganda that has gone into convincing the American people that rural voters deserve more of a voice than urban voters.
June 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sometimes I think about the Senate and get ridiculously angry at the amount of propaganda that has gone into convincing the American people that rural voters deserve more of a voice than urban voters.
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I forgot this one. Don't rank Cuomo.
"Kept a COVID vaccination site from opening at Citi Field over a grudge he held against former Mayor Bill de Blasio."
"Kept a COVID vaccination site from opening at Citi Field over a grudge he held against former Mayor Bill de Blasio."
A list of 50 things Andrew Cuomo has ‘gotten done’
The disgraced former governor loves to tout his long record in public life — so let's actually take a look at it
nygroove.nyc
June 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I forgot this one. Don't rank Cuomo.
"Kept a COVID vaccination site from opening at Citi Field over a grudge he held against former Mayor Bill de Blasio."
"Kept a COVID vaccination site from opening at Citi Field over a grudge he held against former Mayor Bill de Blasio."
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It obviously doesn't hurt that there were some hit shows with big stars this season, but claims that congestion pricing would kill Broadway were always among the most ridiculous.
Broadway's 2024-2025 Season is the Highest Grossing Season in History
The Broadway League has released end-of-season statistics for the 2024-2025 season, which began on May 20, 2024, and ended on May 25, 2025. See the statistic here!
www.broadwayworld.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It obviously doesn't hurt that there were some hit shows with big stars this season, but claims that congestion pricing would kill Broadway were always among the most ridiculous.
When you provide safe spaces to ride and convenient ways to access bikes, people want to use them
In less than two decades, bicycling has gone from a high-risk form of employment and niche hobby to a mainstream option for more New Yorkers to get around.
But there's still so much more potential on our streets...
But there's still so much more potential on our streets...
May 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When you provide safe spaces to ride and convenient ways to access bikes, people want to use them
Many people see "the mall" as the antithesis of a city's urban core, yet malls are often found in urban centers in cities across the globe. Syracuse's lone remaining mall is in trouble and, at this point, I think our city would be worse without it.
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Destiny USA and the City — Thomas Bardenett
Some people would be surprised to learn just how many malls the Syracuse area had at one point in time. Not just the recently closed suburban shopping malls like Shoppingtown and Great Northern, but C...
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May 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Many people see "the mall" as the antithesis of a city's urban core, yet malls are often found in urban centers in cities across the globe. Syracuse's lone remaining mall is in trouble and, at this point, I think our city would be worse without it.
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“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
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He wants to turn Alcatraz into a domestic gulag right in the middle of San Francisco Bay. He calls out judges who won’t let him deport whomever he wants without due process. It’s an attack on rule of law.
Putting aside that Alcatraz is a museum & tourist attraction, this is both nuts & terrifying.
Putting aside that Alcatraz is a museum & tourist attraction, this is both nuts & terrifying.
May 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
He wants to turn Alcatraz into a domestic gulag right in the middle of San Francisco Bay. He calls out judges who won’t let him deport whomever he wants without due process. It’s an attack on rule of law.
Putting aside that Alcatraz is a museum & tourist attraction, this is both nuts & terrifying.
Putting aside that Alcatraz is a museum & tourist attraction, this is both nuts & terrifying.
And here is my annual reminder that baseball is an urban sport at heart and that's where it should always be played
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2019/12...
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Urban Reinvention and the Ballpark: Baseball's Place in Pittsburgh's Urban Fabric — Thomas Bardenett
Baseball is often referred to as “America’s Pastime,” and a reflection of the American ideal. At the same time, few cities represent the traditional picture of American success, failure, and reinventi...
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March 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And here is my annual reminder that baseball is an urban sport at heart and that's where it should always be played
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2019/12...
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2019/12...
It's Opening Day for Major League Baseball, that means it's time to head back to the ballpark. So, as I do every year, let me share my thoughts on what the ballpark means to me. Every year this post feels truer than the year before
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2019/10...
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What Going to the Ballpark Means to Me — Thomas Bardenett
Increasingly it feels as though society has become more isolated. Often we blame phones and social media, but those don’t necessarily have to isolate us. In the right context they can be used to bring...
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March 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It's Opening Day for Major League Baseball, that means it's time to head back to the ballpark. So, as I do every year, let me share my thoughts on what the ballpark means to me. Every year this post feels truer than the year before
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2019/10...
www.thomasbardenett.com/blog/2019/10...
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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The longest rainbow bike path in the world is located in the Utrecht Science Park. With the rainbow bike path, Utrecht University, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, and UMC Utrecht raise awareness for acceptance, equality, and safety for all people in the LGBTQ+ community.
March 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The longest rainbow bike path in the world is located in the Utrecht Science Park. With the rainbow bike path, Utrecht University, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, and UMC Utrecht raise awareness for acceptance, equality, and safety for all people in the LGBTQ+ community.
“'This isn’t Twitter, where the worst that happens is people losing access to their accounts,' the former senior executive said. 'People die when FAA workers are distracted and processes are broken.'”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.
www.theatlantic.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“'This isn’t Twitter, where the worst that happens is people losing access to their accounts,' the former senior executive said. 'People die when FAA workers are distracted and processes are broken.'”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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@aoc.bsky.social: "You have a right to see your elected member of Congress... Our job is to hear from people. And if you aren't doing town halls because your own residents and members of your community are upset with what you're doing, the answer is you’ve got to own your decisions."
March 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@aoc.bsky.social: "You have a right to see your elected member of Congress... Our job is to hear from people. And if you aren't doing town halls because your own residents and members of your community are upset with what you're doing, the answer is you’ve got to own your decisions."
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the question i have for the "we must bring the entire consumer goods sector to american shores" folks is, with what workers?
But if the price of goods is rising to facilitate the reinvigoration of American production and a transition to an economy that prioritizes domestic goods and markets, that’s a tradeoff we should consider.
March 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
the question i have for the "we must bring the entire consumer goods sector to american shores" folks is, with what workers?
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democrats will spend months having heated debates on small policy wording tweaks meanwhile republicans will just come out and say they think veterans don’t deserve jobs
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
democrats will spend months having heated debates on small policy wording tweaks meanwhile republicans will just come out and say they think veterans don’t deserve jobs
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New research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that mass deportations would likely worsen the housing shortage by decimating the labor force.
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
February 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that mass deportations would likely worsen the housing shortage by decimating the labor force.
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
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