We get there by bus
@wegettherebybus.bsky.social
Planner, Urbanist, Biker, Skier, Bus Rider
We unlock our best future on the bus, one trip at a time.
We unlock our best future on the bus, one trip at a time.
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This chart always makes me think about how we made the streets "safer" by making sure no one goes outside ever, especially kids
once again posting The Chart
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This chart always makes me think about how we made the streets "safer" by making sure no one goes outside ever, especially kids
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Maybe this will finally make it clear to the people that have been fighting bike lanes, bus lanes, and other urbanism in NYC that they are basically MAGA useful idiots?
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Maybe this will finally make it clear to the people that have been fighting bike lanes, bus lanes, and other urbanism in NYC that they are basically MAGA useful idiots?
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The Trump administration is once again seeking to meddle with our streets to make buses slower, worsen congestion and pollute our air.
Here’s the threatening letter:
October 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Trump administration is once again seeking to meddle with our streets to make buses slower, worsen congestion and pollute our air.
@nyc-dot.bsky.social is *always* proposing short-sighted "solutions" on long timelines. This is why they're having to go back and widen a bunch of bike lanes on Manhattan avenues only a few short years after installation. There's no foresight and no ambition.
It pains me to do this but I responded “no” to @nyc-dot.bsky.social’s Canal Street proposal survey.
I don’t support the plan as proposed…because it sucks! DOT wants to take years to slap down some painted sidewalk that’s proven throughout the city to simply not work. Pour some goddamn concrete!
I don’t support the plan as proposed…because it sucks! DOT wants to take years to slap down some painted sidewalk that’s proven throughout the city to simply not work. Pour some goddamn concrete!
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@nyc-dot.bsky.social is *always* proposing short-sighted "solutions" on long timelines. This is why they're having to go back and widen a bunch of bike lanes on Manhattan avenues only a few short years after installation. There's no foresight and no ambition.
Buses on Hillside are moving! The new bus lanes work great.
October 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Buses on Hillside are moving! The new bus lanes work great.
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Approximately 75% of households on the Upper West Side are car-free. Plus, 13,000 parking spaces in a neighborhood that's home to about 214,000 residents is nothing. This is an elected official listening to a loud and entitled minority and prioritizing the storage of private cars over public safety.
UWS Council Member Gale Brewer changed her mind on the daylighting bill after DOT officials projected that the street safety initiatives would remove 13,000 parking spaces per district — double the 6,500 avg. spots that DOT officials previously estimated under oath in April.
Gale's A-Blowin': Brewer Abandons Daylighting Bill After Push By Parking-First DOT - Streetsblog New York City
DOT's anti-daylighting "scare tactics" have peeled off Council Member Gale Brewer, who says the policy will gobble up too many parking spots.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Approximately 75% of households on the Upper West Side are car-free. Plus, 13,000 parking spaces in a neighborhood that's home to about 214,000 residents is nothing. This is an elected official listening to a loud and entitled minority and prioritizing the storage of private cars over public safety.
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Why should a person on a bike get a criminal summons for traveling 16 mph, while the driver of a 5,000 pound SUV doesn't even receive a ticket for speeding at 35 mph?
Mayor Adams continues his war on biking with this backward rule — despite >90% of public comments opposing it.
Mayor Adams continues his war on biking with this backward rule — despite >90% of public comments opposing it.
September 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why should a person on a bike get a criminal summons for traveling 16 mph, while the driver of a 5,000 pound SUV doesn't even receive a ticket for speeding at 35 mph?
Mayor Adams continues his war on biking with this backward rule — despite >90% of public comments opposing it.
Mayor Adams continues his war on biking with this backward rule — despite >90% of public comments opposing it.
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You can put up signs saying BUS ONLY
You can write BUS ONLY on the pavement
You can paint the pavement RED
Nothing short of physical barriers will prevent drivers from using the bus only turn lane anyway. The only solution is automated enforcement, or perhaps some sort of car crushing machine.
You can write BUS ONLY on the pavement
You can paint the pavement RED
Nothing short of physical barriers will prevent drivers from using the bus only turn lane anyway. The only solution is automated enforcement, or perhaps some sort of car crushing machine.
September 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You can put up signs saying BUS ONLY
You can write BUS ONLY on the pavement
You can paint the pavement RED
Nothing short of physical barriers will prevent drivers from using the bus only turn lane anyway. The only solution is automated enforcement, or perhaps some sort of car crushing machine.
You can write BUS ONLY on the pavement
You can paint the pavement RED
Nothing short of physical barriers will prevent drivers from using the bus only turn lane anyway. The only solution is automated enforcement, or perhaps some sort of car crushing machine.
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Saying stuff like this should completely disqualify someone from being Speaker of the NEW. YORK. CITY. Council.
Speaker Adams complains to DOT about "problematic" Jamaica bus lanes/busway from in 2021. Says electeds were "blindsided" when they went in.
"That was my commute for a really long time, and trying to drive down there didn't happen anymore because of all the prevention because of the new bus lanes."
"That was my commute for a really long time, and trying to drive down there didn't happen anymore because of all the prevention because of the new bus lanes."
September 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Saying stuff like this should completely disqualify someone from being Speaker of the NEW. YORK. CITY. Council.
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Anyway if you’re still a Democrat supporting Eric Adams at this point - and I know some exist - get totally lost.
September 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anyway if you’re still a Democrat supporting Eric Adams at this point - and I know some exist - get totally lost.
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A pattern of blatantly lying about what he planned to do as Mayor, which anyone paying attention to Eric Adams' career before 2021 would have expected. At least the plans are baked enough Mayor Mamdani to get this off the ground by the end of January.
If the city reneges on its plan to build a busway, the reversal would be in keeping with a pattern throughout Mayor Adams’ first term: bit.ly/4kypKjd
July 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A pattern of blatantly lying about what he planned to do as Mayor, which anyone paying attention to Eric Adams' career before 2021 would have expected. At least the plans are baked enough Mayor Mamdani to get this off the ground by the end of January.
Ridership on bus routes that serve Hillside Avenue in Queens alone would be the 18th largest transit system in the United States. Evidence that the bus lanes that @nyc-dot.bsky.social is installing this summer are essential infrastructure.
July 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Ridership on bus routes that serve Hillside Avenue in Queens alone would be the 18th largest transit system in the United States. Evidence that the bus lanes that @nyc-dot.bsky.social is installing this summer are essential infrastructure.
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And happy Queens Bus Network Redesign phase 1 day!
Eagerly awaiting a crazy person like @milesintransit.com to publish the first “I rode all of @mta.info’s new RUSH ROUTES and it nearly killed me.”
Eagerly awaiting a crazy person like @milesintransit.com to publish the first “I rode all of @mta.info’s new RUSH ROUTES and it nearly killed me.”
June 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
And happy Queens Bus Network Redesign phase 1 day!
Eagerly awaiting a crazy person like @milesintransit.com to publish the first “I rode all of @mta.info’s new RUSH ROUTES and it nearly killed me.”
Eagerly awaiting a crazy person like @milesintransit.com to publish the first “I rode all of @mta.info’s new RUSH ROUTES and it nearly killed me.”
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Closing down the blocks in front of schools to cars is such a no-brainer on a policy level, but would likely trigger a community board thermonuclear war.
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Closing down the blocks in front of schools to cars is such a no-brainer on a policy level, but would likely trigger a community board thermonuclear war.
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The anti open streets trolls must be so mad tonight. Anyone check on Berry St Alliance or Andrew Fine?
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The anti open streets trolls must be so mad tonight. Anyone check on Berry St Alliance or Andrew Fine?
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The cancellation of 123 affordable senior homes at Haven Green is shameful, and only reflects the corruption, dysfunction, and incompetence of the Adams administration.
NEW: The city has decided to let the Elizabeth Street Garden stay for good, according to first deputy mayor Randy Mastro. Councilmember Chris Marte has 'agreed to rezonings in his district' to increase affordable housing in the area, Mastro says. "This is an example of how government should work"
June 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The cancellation of 123 affordable senior homes at Haven Green is shameful, and only reflects the corruption, dysfunction, and incompetence of the Adams administration.
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The characterization of the subway is stuck in mid-pandemic mindset and honestly who cares about these bus fare numbers that much? Yeah fare evasion is bad but this isn’t a good reason to hand the mayoralty to an inept sex creep out for revenge. What a useless editorial board.
June 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The characterization of the subway is stuck in mid-pandemic mindset and honestly who cares about these bus fare numbers that much? Yeah fare evasion is bad but this isn’t a good reason to hand the mayoralty to an inept sex creep out for revenge. What a useless editorial board.
When I say that @nyc-dot.bsky.social is totally fine with letting New Yorkers die on our streets, it's not hyperbole. These choices hurt people. Eric Adams likes New Yorkers suffering.
Mayor Adams orders removal of protected bike lane along stretch of Bedford Avenue
Adams recently held a town hall where members of the neighborhood’s Hasidic community criticized the bike lane.
gothamist.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
When I say that @nyc-dot.bsky.social is totally fine with letting New Yorkers die on our streets, it's not hyperbole. These choices hurt people. Eric Adams likes New Yorkers suffering.
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In a city facing an affordability crisis, homeless crisis, crisis of basic cleanliness, persistent complaints about racially biased policing and, millions of potholes, it's flat-out horseshit that the main thing our leaders hear about is concerns about a few reckless e-bike riders. buff.ly/Xz7v9JT
Friday's Headlines: Truth to Power Edition - Streetsblog New York City
Here's how to tell Jessica Tisch what your big complaint is. Plus other news.
nyc.streetsblog.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In a city facing an affordability crisis, homeless crisis, crisis of basic cleanliness, persistent complaints about racially biased policing and, millions of potholes, it's flat-out horseshit that the main thing our leaders hear about is concerns about a few reckless e-bike riders. buff.ly/Xz7v9JT
Eric Adams is fine with drivers killing kids. He doesn't see enforcement of traffic laws as a valuable function of his administration. And everyone in New York City is less safe because of this.
Defending Bike Crackdown, Adams Says Drivers Have Been Targeted 'Far Too Long' - Streetsblog New York City
This guy once claimed he be a Vision Zero hero, but he's just the zero part.
nyc.streetsblog.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Eric Adams is fine with drivers killing kids. He doesn't see enforcement of traffic laws as a valuable function of his administration. And everyone in New York City is less safe because of this.
It's clear that, despite these lies, safety is not a priority, let alone the top priority, of Adams, @nycdot.bsky.social, or a whole cohort of Brooklyn Democrats that constantly enable reckless drivers.
May 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's clear that, despite these lies, safety is not a priority, let alone the top priority, of Adams, @nycdot.bsky.social, or a whole cohort of Brooklyn Democrats that constantly enable reckless drivers.
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When anti-livable streets groups tell us very loudly who they are, we should listen.
May 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
When anti-livable streets groups tell us very loudly who they are, we should listen.
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Dystopian urban policy warfare. Businesses couldn’t find actual residents who oppose the bus lane program so they created AI ones to use on their Instagram page.
May 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Dystopian urban policy warfare. Businesses couldn’t find actual residents who oppose the bus lane program so they created AI ones to use on their Instagram page.
The data shows that almost nobody using Fifth Avenue is in a car, but the city insists on reserving them space while other (well used) modes fight over the leftovers. All with a way too high price tag.
The city's much-compromised redesign of Fifth Avenue is going to cost $550 million for some reason. Plus more news. buff.ly/rzuyA9Q
Thursday's Headlines: Car-First Fifth Avenue Edition - Streetsblog New York City
The city's much-compromised redesign of Fifth Avenue is going to cost $550 million for some reason. Plus more news.
nyc.streetsblog.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The data shows that almost nobody using Fifth Avenue is in a car, but the city insists on reserving them space while other (well used) modes fight over the leftovers. All with a way too high price tag.