Darrell Owens
@idothethinking.bsky.social
Housing and transit data guy. Against fascism. My "bluesky posts" represent myself and do not represent my employer or any affiliated groups and organizations.
Funny gag aside, why does AC Transit not have automated announcements pushing kids to step to the very back of the bus on UC routes? If i were a bus driver it would be second nature at this point. UC students have been crowding these lines for a century. Whys it a shock anymore?
My bus operator, ending an emphatic explanation to a bus full of UC Berkeley students about moving to the back to make room: "I tell you what - the Stanford kids? They would have figured this out already."
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Funny gag aside, why does AC Transit not have automated announcements pushing kids to step to the very back of the bus on UC routes? If i were a bus driver it would be second nature at this point. UC students have been crowding these lines for a century. Whys it a shock anymore?
I feel like I know tons of Chinese American urbanist YIMBYs born and raised in the Sunset District. They're like all over UC Berkeley.
The problem is they're all under 40 and don't live in the Sunset after college.
The problem is they're all under 40 and don't live in the Sunset after college.
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I feel like I know tons of Chinese American urbanist YIMBYs born and raised in the Sunset District. They're like all over UC Berkeley.
The problem is they're all under 40 and don't live in the Sunset after college.
The problem is they're all under 40 and don't live in the Sunset after college.
Jesus Christ, San Jose is huge. And it has a bunch of weird little unincorporateds I've never even heard of
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Jesus Christ, San Jose is huge. And it has a bunch of weird little unincorporateds I've never even heard of
I feel like this all started with Hopkins. Last ditch effort to block the bike lane there by enforcing a completely optional state fire code provision has now snowballed into no more street festivals and markets.
Who knew the Berkeley Fire Department would start eliminating festivals, limiting farmers market sizes, and block safer streets—becoming the single entity in the city working to make everyone in the city unhappy.
We can have nice things without needing to pave the entire city for fire truck access.
We can have nice things without needing to pave the entire city for fire truck access.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I feel like this all started with Hopkins. Last ditch effort to block the bike lane there by enforcing a completely optional state fire code provision has now snowballed into no more street festivals and markets.
RIP to the most handsome light-rail vehicle in the US
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
RIP to the most handsome light-rail vehicle in the US
Is it normal outside of the U.S. or California to mandate that street festivals must have 26 feet wide emergency lanes if a block has a building taller than 3 stories?
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Is it normal outside of the U.S. or California to mandate that street festivals must have 26 feet wide emergency lanes if a block has a building taller than 3 stories?
Gotta love that bench at the start!
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Today is @apta-info.bsky.social National Transit Career Day, where we highlight the careers beyond our operators and mechanics.
#TransitCareers
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Gotta love that bench at the start!
"A short term problem is causing short term headaches. Why are people thinking long-term?" www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
BART’s fiscal crisis could close 9 stations. So why are people pushing for a new one in Oakland?
BART is facing a budget crisis of unfathomable magnitude. But that hasn’t stopped political leaders from pressing for a new train station in East Oakland.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"A short term problem is causing short term headaches. Why are people thinking long-term?" www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
US fire codes are getting out of hand. Its bad enough they're nerfing projects left and right. American fire departments refuse to learn from other countries with lower fire deaths on whats safe. Its ruining our cities and turning them into stroad-based suburbs
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
New city fees, fire safety policies threaten future of 2 beloved Berkeley events, organizers say
Berkeley's Juneteenth Festival and Telegraph Holiday Fair can't stay in their longtime locations, according to city.
www.berkeleyside.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
US fire codes are getting out of hand. Its bad enough they're nerfing projects left and right. American fire departments refuse to learn from other countries with lower fire deaths on whats safe. Its ruining our cities and turning them into stroad-based suburbs
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
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First day of heavy rain and all along the newly constructed bike lanes on 14th you'll see them flooded and full of trash 😬
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
First day of heavy rain and all along the newly constructed bike lanes on 14th you'll see them flooded and full of trash 😬
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Not body- or nerdshaming anybody, but saying this is copping to having never played sports.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Not body- or nerdshaming anybody, but saying this is copping to having never played sports.
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in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
I have my issues with downtown Berkeley but at 5pm on a Wednesday night Shattuck Avenue has masses of people on it and eating and drinking all over the place. Its more lively than Market St and Broadway. Especially compared to College and Solano especially which has few businesses open at this hour
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I have my issues with downtown Berkeley but at 5pm on a Wednesday night Shattuck Avenue has masses of people on it and eating and drinking all over the place. Its more lively than Market St and Broadway. Especially compared to College and Solano especially which has few businesses open at this hour
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Northern lights in interior Alaska.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Northern lights in interior Alaska.
What is the best community college in the nation in terms of school social life and area vibrancy?
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
What is the best community college in the nation in terms of school social life and area vibrancy?
Berkeleyside's coverage of the Charlie Kirk event included a brief moment of housing politics when the TPUSA speaker accused Berkeley of being nimby hypocrites and Berkeleyside is like: um acthually!
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Berkeleyside's coverage of the Charlie Kirk event included a brief moment of housing politics when the TPUSA speaker accused Berkeley of being nimby hypocrites and Berkeleyside is like: um acthually!
Shattuck Avenue has struggled to be an attractive area since the Key trains left. The key issue is obviously that a semi-highway of 4 lanes meant for trains is dominated by loud autos and then flanked by diagonal parking. What if the street was turned into buildings and the parking areas roadways?
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Shattuck Avenue has struggled to be an attractive area since the Key trains left. The key issue is obviously that a semi-highway of 4 lanes meant for trains is dominated by loud autos and then flanked by diagonal parking. What if the street was turned into buildings and the parking areas roadways?
Nothing against Nancy Pelosi's daughter but it seems inappropriate to run for a job as powerful and impactful in people's daily lives at state senator without having proved your chops in local government first.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Nothing against Nancy Pelosi's daughter but it seems inappropriate to run for a job as powerful and impactful in people's daily lives at state senator without having proved your chops in local government first.
I'm sorry but pickleball noise is fucking grating. You need a permit to do pickleball near me, you best believe...
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I'm sorry but pickleball noise is fucking grating. You need a permit to do pickleball near me, you best believe...
I support Igor Tregub's item for Landmarking reform, which essentially bars landmarking attempts on upcoming housing projects with use permits. Because this is functionally illegal anyways under SB 330, so we're just wasting public money holding hearings and analysis on these attempts. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I support Igor Tregub's item for Landmarking reform, which essentially bars landmarking attempts on upcoming housing projects with use permits. Because this is functionally illegal anyways under SB 330, so we're just wasting public money holding hearings and analysis on these attempts. 1/2
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Barretts logic for not touching gay marriage while going after abortion makes no sense other than she got frightened by how mucn the country hated her after
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Barretts logic for not touching gay marriage while going after abortion makes no sense other than she got frightened by how mucn the country hated her after
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Looks like something cooking with the 2190 Shattuck high-rise (formerly Walgreens). I noticed the project info sign says the applicant is requesting a permit modification to increase height from 25 stories to 34 stories. I think this is new? Building permit it got says 25 stories in 2023
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Looks like something cooking with the 2190 Shattuck high-rise (formerly Walgreens). I noticed the project info sign says the applicant is requesting a permit modification to increase height from 25 stories to 34 stories. I think this is new? Building permit it got says 25 stories in 2023
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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.