Gideon
@gideon-w.bsky.social
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USDOT Secretary's office sent an email to DOT agencies instructing them to review competitively awarded—but not yet fully obligated—projects under Biden that include:
—Green infra
—Bike infra
—EV infra
—Project purpose to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
DOT wants to revise project scopes or cancel.
—Green infra
—Bike infra
—EV infra
—Project purpose to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
DOT wants to revise project scopes or cancel.
March 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
USDOT Secretary's office sent an email to DOT agencies instructing them to review competitively awarded—but not yet fully obligated—projects under Biden that include:
—Green infra
—Bike infra
—EV infra
—Project purpose to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
DOT wants to revise project scopes or cancel.
—Green infra
—Bike infra
—EV infra
—Project purpose to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
DOT wants to revise project scopes or cancel.
A couple statues in the Bronx
March 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A couple statues in the Bronx
Vickrey called it.
www.vtpi.org/vickrey.htm
www.vtpi.org/vickrey.htm
March 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Vickrey called it.
www.vtpi.org/vickrey.htm
www.vtpi.org/vickrey.htm
Good job Cambridge 🙏
I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge.
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Good job Cambridge 🙏
Doing very basic research today on US energy policy and finding sites that have been wiped off the web. Very worried about information the current administration is destroying forever; also thankful for ongoing archival work by @eotarchive.org and @waybackmachine.bsky.social.
February 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Doing very basic research today on US energy policy and finding sites that have been wiped off the web. Very worried about information the current administration is destroying forever; also thankful for ongoing archival work by @eotarchive.org and @waybackmachine.bsky.social.
Beastie Boys and Mix Master Mike so legendary youtu.be/XflfiylNNXY?...
January 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Beastie Boys and Mix Master Mike so legendary youtu.be/XflfiylNNXY?...
A better challenge would be getting the pats back to .500
January 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A better challenge would be getting the pats back to .500
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Bingo: "When you look closer, what stands out about Trump’s policies is how few of them are designed to lower energy prices. Instead, they aim to do virtually the opposite: shore up oil and gas demand."
Seen through this lens, it's pretty coherent after all.
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
Seen through this lens, it's pretty coherent after all.
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
Trump’s Energy Agenda Is Uninhibited — and Incoherent
What we learned about “energy dominance” on day one
heatmap.news
January 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Bingo: "When you look closer, what stands out about Trump’s policies is how few of them are designed to lower energy prices. Instead, they aim to do virtually the opposite: shore up oil and gas demand."
Seen through this lens, it's pretty coherent after all.
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
Seen through this lens, it's pretty coherent after all.
heatmap.news/politics/tru...
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Thanks, @boston.gov for the new Cypher St. protected bike lane, which allows me to bypass one of the most dangerous spots on my bike commute from Dorchester.
January 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thanks, @boston.gov for the new Cypher St. protected bike lane, which allows me to bypass one of the most dangerous spots on my bike commute from Dorchester.
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tiktok history on full display here lmao
i’m old enough to remember when the obama administration pulled the public option from the ACA. i was 19 and had just voted for the first time. that moment made me realize that the livelihoods of americans will always be a secondary consideration to the needs of the fortune 500
January 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
tiktok history on full display here lmao
Worried that broker fee bans in NY and MA will spawn a bunch of bad unintended consequences (without saving anyone money). Most obvious one is that rents will go up to incorporate the fees. Maybe also more discriminatory behavior if fees are used as de facto credit checks?
January 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Worried that broker fee bans in NY and MA will spawn a bunch of bad unintended consequences (without saving anyone money). Most obvious one is that rents will go up to incorporate the fees. Maybe also more discriminatory behavior if fees are used as de facto credit checks?
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Congestion Relief Zone tolling has been in effect for a week.
Here's what the data says so far ⬇️
Here's what the data says so far ⬇️
January 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Congestion Relief Zone tolling has been in effect for a week.
Here's what the data says so far ⬇️
Here's what the data says so far ⬇️
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Can’t get enough of these congestion pricing anecdotes via @dodai.bsky.social nytimes.com/2025/01/11/nyregion/new-york-congestion-pricing-reaction.html
January 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can’t get enough of these congestion pricing anecdotes via @dodai.bsky.social nytimes.com/2025/01/11/nyregion/new-york-congestion-pricing-reaction.html
Every city needs one
I'm not sure it was the best, but I was shocked when I stumbled across a knock-off of Boston City Hall in Moncton, New Brunswick...
December 31, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Every city needs one
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Pedestrian Observations: Quick Note: High-Speed Rail and Decarbonization pedestrianobservations.com/2024/12/30/q...
Quick Note: High-Speed Rail and Decarbonization
I keep seeing European advocates for decarbonizing transportation downplay the importance of big infrastructure, especially high-speed rail. To that end, I’d like to proffer one argument for …
pedestrianobservations.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Pedestrian Observations: Quick Note: High-Speed Rail and Decarbonization pedestrianobservations.com/2024/12/30/q...
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New Yorkers: scaffolding and sidewalk sheds are two different things! Scaffolding is a facade work platform for efficiency and worker safety. Sidewalk sheds just protect pedestrians. NYC has tons of sidewalk sheds and little scaffolding, because they’re not doing much work! Paris is the opposite.
December 21, 2024 at 1:44 PM
New Yorkers: scaffolding and sidewalk sheds are two different things! Scaffolding is a facade work platform for efficiency and worker safety. Sidewalk sheds just protect pedestrians. NYC has tons of sidewalk sheds and little scaffolding, because they’re not doing much work! Paris is the opposite.
Late night shows were much better when the hosts hated each other www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGku...
Fan Request: Dave's People's Choice Awards Rant Against CBS | Letterman
YouTube video by Letterman
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December 21, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Late night shows were much better when the hosts hated each other www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGku...
Never read introductions to novels until after you're done. They should just be printed at the back. At least this one has a warning.
December 19, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Never read introductions to novels until after you're done. They should just be printed at the back. At least this one has a warning.
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One of my less-popular housing opinions is that old houses kind of suck to live in so we should knock a lot of them down and replace them with newer, nicer multifamily homes.
America's housing stock is the oldest it's ever been and just keeps getting older. We don't have enough homes in this country and too much of what we have is dated and decaying.
December 18, 2024 at 11:12 PM
One of my less-popular housing opinions is that old houses kind of suck to live in so we should knock a lot of them down and replace them with newer, nicer multifamily homes.
Reading Babbitt and comforted to see that guys have been having the same basic midlife crises for at least 100 years
December 17, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Reading Babbitt and comforted to see that guys have been having the same basic midlife crises for at least 100 years
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Good news: if you lab test lithium-ion batteries the way they are actually used in real-world vehicles (lots of stop & start), you find out ... they last about 40% longer than previously estimated!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic cycling enhances battery lifetime - Nature Energy
Lithium-ion batteries degrade in complex ways. This study shows that cycling under realistic electric vehicle driving profiles enhances battery lifetime by up to 38% compared with constant current cyc...
www.nature.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Good news: if you lab test lithium-ion batteries the way they are actually used in real-world vehicles (lots of stop & start), you find out ... they last about 40% longer than previously estimated!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to see bike infrastructure for Harlem River bridges get some love. www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
December 9, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Excited to see bike infrastructure for Harlem River bridges get some love. www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
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Another year of record-setting cycling ridership over NYC DOT's East River bridges, a major metric for city cycling levels. NYC DOT published new ridership data this morning here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
December 9, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Another year of record-setting cycling ridership over NYC DOT's East River bridges, a major metric for city cycling levels. NYC DOT published new ridership data this morning here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
Not as bad, but this reminds of the section of Comm Ave in Boston right by Mass Ave where you need to merge across traffic to stay in the bike lane.
December 8, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Not as bad, but this reminds of the section of Comm Ave in Boston right by Mass Ave where you need to merge across traffic to stay in the bike lane.
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I have realized that traffic engineers consider bikes to be small, two-wheeled cars.
Only then do the high-speed weaves and lack of protection make *any* sense.
It works for cars, so why not bikes?
(From the rendering of the diverging diamond interchange set to be installed in Solano County.)
Only then do the high-speed weaves and lack of protection make *any* sense.
It works for cars, so why not bikes?
(From the rendering of the diverging diamond interchange set to be installed in Solano County.)
November 24, 2024 at 5:33 PM
I have realized that traffic engineers consider bikes to be small, two-wheeled cars.
Only then do the high-speed weaves and lack of protection make *any* sense.
It works for cars, so why not bikes?
(From the rendering of the diverging diamond interchange set to be installed in Solano County.)
Only then do the high-speed weaves and lack of protection make *any* sense.
It works for cars, so why not bikes?
(From the rendering of the diverging diamond interchange set to be installed in Solano County.)