Jacob deCastro
@jacobdecastro.com
digital @nycplanning.bsky.social • 🚲🚇🚶🚍 • formerly @transalt.org • he/him, 🏳️🌈, 🇵🇭
📍brooklyn
📍brooklyn
I'll miss working with this team — especially the comms team — our partners, our volunteers, and the reporters on the beat.
More to say soon about what's next for me, but I'll still be in this fight as a volunteer activist.
See ya soon!
More to say soon about what's next for me, but I'll still be in this fight as a volunteer activist.
See ya soon!
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
I'll miss working with this team — especially the comms team — our partners, our volunteers, and the reporters on the beat.
More to say soon about what's next for me, but I'll still be in this fight as a volunteer activist.
See ya soon!
More to say soon about what's next for me, but I'll still be in this fight as a volunteer activist.
See ya soon!
And within TA, we fought at the bargaining table to win a strong new contract with UAW Local 2110 to protect the organizers, comms pros, fundraisers, social workers and designers that make this work possible.
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
And within TA, we fought at the bargaining table to win a strong new contract with UAW Local 2110 to protect the organizers, comms pros, fundraisers, social workers and designers that make this work possible.
And there is no organizing team like ours.
@kathyparkprice.bsky.social, @lashepard221.bsky.social, and everyone else that isn't on this platform yet are organizing for safer, more equitable streets in every borough despite all the challenges and obstacles.
@kathyparkprice.bsky.social, @lashepard221.bsky.social, and everyone else that isn't on this platform yet are organizing for safer, more equitable streets in every borough despite all the challenges and obstacles.
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
And there is no organizing team like ours.
@kathyparkprice.bsky.social, @lashepard221.bsky.social, and everyone else that isn't on this platform yet are organizing for safer, more equitable streets in every borough despite all the challenges and obstacles.
@kathyparkprice.bsky.social, @lashepard221.bsky.social, and everyone else that isn't on this platform yet are organizing for safer, more equitable streets in every borough despite all the challenges and obstacles.
TA's research team is the best in the business.
Together, we built the *only* tracker of serious injuries from traffic violence in New York City:
Together, we built the *only* tracker of serious injuries from traffic violence in New York City:
Serious Injuries in New York City, Mapped
projects.transalt.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
TA's research team is the best in the business.
Together, we built the *only* tracker of serious injuries from traffic violence in New York City:
Together, we built the *only* tracker of serious injuries from traffic violence in New York City:
For three years, @brandonwc.bsky.social has been tracking the installation of protected bike lanes across New York City.
I'm so grateful to have worked on this website to track City Hall's progress and hold the mayor accountable:
I'm so grateful to have worked on this website to track City Hall's progress and hold the mayor accountable:
Protected Bike Lane Tracker – Transportation Alternatives
Mayor Eric Adams promised to install 300 miles of protected bike lanes by the end of his first term in 2025. The NYC Streets Plan requires New York City to install at least 30 miles of protected bike ...
projects.transalt.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
For three years, @brandonwc.bsky.social has been tracking the installation of protected bike lanes across New York City.
I'm so grateful to have worked on this website to track City Hall's progress and hold the mayor accountable:
I'm so grateful to have worked on this website to track City Hall's progress and hold the mayor accountable:
I am so proud to have worked with @familiesforsafestreets.org members, my colleagues and volunteer activists to:
✅ Win Sammy's Law
✅ Secure $900 million for the NYC Streets Plan
✅ Expand speed safety cameras
And so much more!
✅ Win Sammy's Law
✅ Secure $900 million for the NYC Streets Plan
✅ Expand speed safety cameras
And so much more!
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
I am so proud to have worked with @familiesforsafestreets.org members, my colleagues and volunteer activists to:
✅ Win Sammy's Law
✅ Secure $900 million for the NYC Streets Plan
✅ Expand speed safety cameras
And so much more!
✅ Win Sammy's Law
✅ Secure $900 million for the NYC Streets Plan
✅ Expand speed safety cameras
And so much more!
And I am so glad to end on an optimistic note: Congestion pricing is BACK 🤞
Alongside thousands of New Yorkers, we fought for congestion pricing because it will make our city stronger — and before we know it, we'll wonder how we ever went without it.
Alongside thousands of New Yorkers, we fought for congestion pricing because it will make our city stronger — and before we know it, we'll wonder how we ever went without it.
Today — because you called and rallied and never stopped pushing — Governor Hochul is advancing congestion pricing.
We are one step closer to cleaner air, safer streets, faster buses, accessible subways & a more resilient future.
Today wouldn't have been possible without you.
We are one step closer to cleaner air, safer streets, faster buses, accessible subways & a more resilient future.
Today wouldn't have been possible without you.
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
And I am so glad to end on an optimistic note: Congestion pricing is BACK 🤞
Alongside thousands of New Yorkers, we fought for congestion pricing because it will make our city stronger — and before we know it, we'll wonder how we ever went without it.
Alongside thousands of New Yorkers, we fought for congestion pricing because it will make our city stronger — and before we know it, we'll wonder how we ever went without it.