Faina
@faina.bsky.social
SaaS Creator. Marketing for Good. Public Transit and Safe Streets.
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Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
Super excited to have this guide in successful advocacy for transportation out today. islandpress.org/books/if-you...
If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight
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November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Super excited to have this guide in successful advocacy for transportation out today. islandpress.org/books/if-you...
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For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
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My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
When the world finds out the airports are federally subsidized, will we do the math and realize our money is better spent on fast trains?
Waiting for a very delayed flight to Atlanta & the pilot (Scott!) has become everyone's best friend, hanging out amongst the people. He's let us know that Atlanta is only allowing 30 flights an hour, when it's usually 120.
Obviously frustrating but also enjoying how much Scott is relishing this.
Obviously frustrating but also enjoying how much Scott is relishing this.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
When the world finds out the airports are federally subsidized, will we do the math and realize our money is better spent on fast trains?
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“I know you can’t afford things but we also cannot afford things” will be, I predict, a losing message. The world’s first trillionaire is on the horizon. “We can’t afford transportation, healthcare, food and shelter” will no longer cut it for the “progressive” party.
Hochul a 'no' on Mamdani's free bus plan; 'yes' on statewide universal childcare
The price tag to expand a universal childcare program statewide is $15B.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“I know you can’t afford things but we also cannot afford things” will be, I predict, a losing message. The world’s first trillionaire is on the horizon. “We can’t afford transportation, healthcare, food and shelter” will no longer cut it for the “progressive” party.
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The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
1000% my experience with the media: “Only when circumstances make you a little less blinkered, do you notice the fact which then becomes blinding and finally crazymaking, which is that there is zero stress put on the relation between those two “sides,” or their histories, or their sponsors…”
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
1000% my experience with the media: “Only when circumstances make you a little less blinkered, do you notice the fact which then becomes blinding and finally crazymaking, which is that there is zero stress put on the relation between those two “sides,” or their histories, or their sponsors…”
This. We need this in Santa Cruz County.
Here's a public transit model a lot more cities need to know about.
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This. We need this in Santa Cruz County.
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Charlotte's transport referendum has won.
1% sales tax increase is expected to generate $19 billion/20 years, funding:
—Transit (40%): Red Line commuter rail, Silver Line light rail, Gold Line extension, Blue Line extension
—Road projects (40%)
—Bus improvements, creating frequent bus network (20%)
1% sales tax increase is expected to generate $19 billion/20 years, funding:
—Transit (40%): Red Line commuter rail, Silver Line light rail, Gold Line extension, Blue Line extension
—Road projects (40%)
—Bus improvements, creating frequent bus network (20%)
Just with early vote reporting, Charlotte's transportation sales tax referendum is currently up 55–45%. But I caution this is just the early vote!
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Charlotte's transport referendum has won.
1% sales tax increase is expected to generate $19 billion/20 years, funding:
—Transit (40%): Red Line commuter rail, Silver Line light rail, Gold Line extension, Blue Line extension
—Road projects (40%)
—Bus improvements, creating frequent bus network (20%)
1% sales tax increase is expected to generate $19 billion/20 years, funding:
—Transit (40%): Red Line commuter rail, Silver Line light rail, Gold Line extension, Blue Line extension
—Road projects (40%)
—Bus improvements, creating frequent bus network (20%)
Drives me nuts when reporters include ‘both sides’ but forget to mention that the opposition is two white guys who show up to every meeting with rude comments, and the support is a multi-racial, multi-age and cross-income representation of the entire county.
It's wild that about half of this article is about the naysayers, who were firmly in the minority in presentations, on council, in public surveys, and in public opinion polling
LRT is coming to Cambridge: Regional councillors vote in favour of track expansion | CBC News
The city of Cambridge will be getting the LRT in the future. Regional councillors heard more details on the recommended route extension to get LRT service in Cambridge Tuesday. Councillors voted on th...
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Drives me nuts when reporters include ‘both sides’ but forget to mention that the opposition is two white guys who show up to every meeting with rude comments, and the support is a multi-racial, multi-age and cross-income representation of the entire county.
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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Who needs some good news? 🙋♂️
Today my amazing team at C40 are launching new research showing that emissions have peaked in 60 of our member cities - 75% of those for which we have sufficient data - meaning absolute emissions have reached their maximum and are now on a steady downward trend 📉
Today my amazing team at C40 are launching new research showing that emissions have peaked in 60 of our member cities - 75% of those for which we have sufficient data - meaning absolute emissions have reached their maximum and are now on a steady downward trend 📉
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Who needs some good news? 🙋♂️
Today my amazing team at C40 are launching new research showing that emissions have peaked in 60 of our member cities - 75% of those for which we have sufficient data - meaning absolute emissions have reached their maximum and are now on a steady downward trend 📉
Today my amazing team at C40 are launching new research showing that emissions have peaked in 60 of our member cities - 75% of those for which we have sufficient data - meaning absolute emissions have reached their maximum and are now on a steady downward trend 📉
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"Due to budget constraints, we are cancelling this bike program that saves both the state and its beneficiaries tens of billions of dollars, and are instead funneling its funds into a car program that costs the state billions, and Californians trillions."
Yep. This is basically the whole story.
Yep. This is basically the whole story.
After 4 years and 2 failed attempts, California is giving up on the idea of ebike subsidies and dumping the money back into electric car subsidies.
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
"Due to budget constraints, we are cancelling this bike program that saves both the state and its beneficiaries tens of billions of dollars, and are instead funneling its funds into a car program that costs the state billions, and Californians trillions."
Yep. This is basically the whole story.
Yep. This is basically the whole story.
Got to take the trolly for the first time today. Such a game changer. Also 6th college was 100% unrecognizable to me. (Yes I know it has a different name now)
November 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Got to take the trolly for the first time today. Such a game changer. Also 6th college was 100% unrecognizable to me. (Yes I know it has a different name now)
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Transit is the key to quicker commutes
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There's lots to mull in this Citizen article exploring 417 congestion. All is not hopeless but there are challenges. Transit is the key to quicker commutes. Restoring and then improving transit will help speed everyone along.
Why is traffic so bad on Highway 417 in Ottawa?
Here's everything you need to know about how construction, unreliable transit, and returning to the office have made getting to work worse.
ottawacitizen.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Transit is the key to quicker commutes
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
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From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
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The design of your city can help make you healthier, study finds.
(That should be ANOTHER study)
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity & saw health benefits.”
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
(That should be ANOTHER study)
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity & saw health benefits.”
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
The design of your city can help make you healthier, study finds
A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The design of your city can help make you healthier, study finds.
(That should be ANOTHER study)
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity & saw health benefits.”
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
(That should be ANOTHER study)
“A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity & saw health benefits.”
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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The places people in Santa Cruz actually go, like work, school, breweries, coffee, the beach, and downtown, are already lined up along the rail corridor. Rail & Trail just makes it easier to get to them without fighting traffic or parking.
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The places people in Santa Cruz actually go, like work, school, breweries, coffee, the beach, and downtown, are already lined up along the rail corridor. Rail & Trail just makes it easier to get to them without fighting traffic or parking.
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"Tactical urbanism has the power to pierce the automotive bubble that so frequently surrounds politicians — sometimes in an almost literal sense, because so many elected officials are driven everywhere."
Read an excerpt from "Life After Cars," out tomorrow!
Read an excerpt from "Life After Cars," out tomorrow!
Revisiting an early movement to take over on-street parking and reclaim it for people.
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
How Tactical Urbanists Make the Water Visible to the Fish
Revisiting an early movement to take over on-street parking and reclaim it for people.
nextcity.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Tactical urbanism has the power to pierce the automotive bubble that so frequently surrounds politicians — sometimes in an almost literal sense, because so many elected officials are driven everywhere."
Read an excerpt from "Life After Cars," out tomorrow!
Read an excerpt from "Life After Cars," out tomorrow!
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Today some friends and I took a fun transit snack adventure (mostly) on the @metrotransitmn.bsky.social B line. We visited Donut Trap, 2 Scoops, and ended with some pupupas from Manana. Afterward I went for a fall color ride along the Mississippi.
Minneapolis-St Paul is a special place.
Minneapolis-St Paul is a special place.
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today some friends and I took a fun transit snack adventure (mostly) on the @metrotransitmn.bsky.social B line. We visited Donut Trap, 2 Scoops, and ended with some pupupas from Manana. Afterward I went for a fall color ride along the Mississippi.
Minneapolis-St Paul is a special place.
Minneapolis-St Paul is a special place.
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Sure a car can do this, but the goal of good urban design is to give people the freedom to choose a better tool for the trip.
That's not always a huge cargo bike, it can be walking, a simple bike with panniers, or even public transit. In the end, each choice helps evaporate car traffic in cities.
That's not always a huge cargo bike, it can be walking, a simple bike with panniers, or even public transit. In the end, each choice helps evaporate car traffic in cities.
October 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Sure a car can do this, but the goal of good urban design is to give people the freedom to choose a better tool for the trip.
That's not always a huge cargo bike, it can be walking, a simple bike with panniers, or even public transit. In the end, each choice helps evaporate car traffic in cities.
That's not always a huge cargo bike, it can be walking, a simple bike with panniers, or even public transit. In the end, each choice helps evaporate car traffic in cities.