James Grindrod
@jamesgrindrod.bsky.social
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Even by Cuomo standards this is gross.
DoorDash is trying to buy Cuomo’s election w/$1M — so that he’ll roll back the law I passed that requires them to pay their workers a living wage.
Every day he shows more clearly whose interests he cares about: his own.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
DoorDash is trying to buy Cuomo’s election w/$1M — so that he’ll roll back the law I passed that requires them to pay their workers a living wage.
Every day he shows more clearly whose interests he cares about: his own.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Following New York City lobbying push, DoorDash spends $1M on Cuomo's mayoral bid
The donation marks the largest of any in the crowded Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
www.politico.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Even by Cuomo standards this is gross.
DoorDash is trying to buy Cuomo’s election w/$1M — so that he’ll roll back the law I passed that requires them to pay their workers a living wage.
Every day he shows more clearly whose interests he cares about: his own.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
DoorDash is trying to buy Cuomo’s election w/$1M — so that he’ll roll back the law I passed that requires them to pay their workers a living wage.
Every day he shows more clearly whose interests he cares about: his own.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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When the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994, it promised fast, seamless train travel; yet 30 years on, less than half the capacity is being used.
In our latest blog, we look at what's gone wrong and how we can unlock the enormous potential of cross-channel rail: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/runways...
In our latest blog, we look at what's gone wrong and how we can unlock the enormous potential of cross-channel rail: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/runways...
Why we need an international rail strategy
The Channel Tunnel should have transformed international journeys, but 30 years on, it is frustratingly under-used. In this blog we look at how to realise its potential.
bettertransport.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994, it promised fast, seamless train travel; yet 30 years on, less than half the capacity is being used.
In our latest blog, we look at what's gone wrong and how we can unlock the enormous potential of cross-channel rail: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/runways...
In our latest blog, we look at what's gone wrong and how we can unlock the enormous potential of cross-channel rail: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/runways...
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Evening crew! This week's pod!
NEW ABUNDANCE AGENDA POD:
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance - with @rcolvile.bsky.social !
Plus why it feels like a Sizewell C announcement is imminent, and an absolutely mad stat about caravans.
Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack:
www.abundancepod.com/p/why-the-to...
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance - with @rcolvile.bsky.social !
Plus why it feels like a Sizewell C announcement is imminent, and an absolutely mad stat about caravans.
Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack:
www.abundancepod.com/p/why-the-to...
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance
Plus why it's time to build Sizewell C, and a horrifying fact about caravans
www.abundancepod.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Evening crew! This week's pod!
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"I think that we need to drive down the cost of motoring..." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
1./
Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
1./
Hard to be motorist on ‘modest income’, says Starmer
He made the comments as the Government unveiled plans for councils to prove they are tackling the issues or face losing the cash to fix them.
www.standard.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"I think that we need to drive down the cost of motoring..." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
1./
Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
1./
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Not a single time in this article glorifying the need for sprawl to address the US's affordable housing crisis is there a mention of the vast transportation costs of sprawling living patterns. Nor is there mention of the fact that sprawl is directly linked to disinvestment in urban cores.
America Needs More Sprawl to Fix Its Housing Crisis
The word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Not a single time in this article glorifying the need for sprawl to address the US's affordable housing crisis is there a mention of the vast transportation costs of sprawling living patterns. Nor is there mention of the fact that sprawl is directly linked to disinvestment in urban cores.
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Climate Town dives into NYC’s congestion pricing fight in their latest video, breaking down what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake.
A sharp, funny look at car dominance and real solutions.
Well worth your time.
A sharp, funny look at car dominance and real solutions.
Well worth your time.
New York Declares War On Traffic (A Congestion Pricing Story)
YouTube video by Climate Town
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Climate Town dives into NYC’s congestion pricing fight in their latest video, breaking down what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake.
A sharp, funny look at car dominance and real solutions.
Well worth your time.
A sharp, funny look at car dominance and real solutions.
Well worth your time.
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For the discerning evening reader, a sort of long-form scream into the void about the suddenly-popular idea of raising taxes on middle-earners.
This week’s essay: Why tax rises will be impossible to justify without a radical new deal.
Why does Britain feel so poor?
Plus chaos chasers, ghost motorways, the secret symbols hiding in your street, and a rationalist death cult.
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For the discerning evening reader, a sort of long-form scream into the void about the suddenly-popular idea of raising taxes on middle-earners.
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I am dropping this on Bluesky first since I think this is the place to be.
This is my 1,111th Streetfilm so it's a cool numerical milestone! But even better this is a great 15 minute film and definitely consider one of my Top Ten.
For my birthday give it a play! #Urbanism
youtu.be/VSN1BR6es6E
This is my 1,111th Streetfilm so it's a cool numerical milestone! But even better this is a great 15 minute film and definitely consider one of my Top Ten.
For my birthday give it a play! #Urbanism
youtu.be/VSN1BR6es6E
Ghent Kicked Out the Cars So You Can Walk, Bike, Live & Thrive in the City (Velo-City 2024)
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am dropping this on Bluesky first since I think this is the place to be.
This is my 1,111th Streetfilm so it's a cool numerical milestone! But even better this is a great 15 minute film and definitely consider one of my Top Ten.
For my birthday give it a play! #Urbanism
youtu.be/VSN1BR6es6E
This is my 1,111th Streetfilm so it's a cool numerical milestone! But even better this is a great 15 minute film and definitely consider one of my Top Ten.
For my birthday give it a play! #Urbanism
youtu.be/VSN1BR6es6E
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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And a quick word on the "None of us are against 20mph around schools..." line. As somebody said recently: People don't live at school. If we only protect streets near schools, how are kids supposed to reach those streets?
"Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?" - really nice to see our motonormativity research being used to explain this. Cheers, @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
And a quick word on the "None of us are against 20mph around schools..." line. As somebody said recently: People don't live at school. If we only protect streets near schools, how are kids supposed to reach those streets?
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"Even with the caveats about limited data and untangling causation and correlation, the statistics are striking: the first year of a scheme in Wales where the speed limit on urban roads was lowered to 20mph resulted in about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured." 👇
"Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?" - really nice to see our motonormativity research being used to explain this. Cheers, @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"Even with the caveats about limited data and untangling causation and correlation, the statistics are striking: the first year of a scheme in Wales where the speed limit on urban roads was lowered to 20mph resulted in about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured." 👇
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“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
www.latimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
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Ugh. I can’t tell you how much I dislike this. To witness such cruelty, incompetence, contempt for the law and think ‘let’s have some of that’… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
March 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Ugh. I can’t tell you how much I dislike this. To witness such cruelty, incompetence, contempt for the law and think ‘let’s have some of that’… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do 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
March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do 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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Correct.
my latest newsletter piece: on how the Democrats' posture toward trans rights signals a fundamental misunderstanding of how politics work
The Tyranny of Public Opinion
The battle over trans rights shows that Democrats have forgotten the fundamentals of politics
stringinamaze.net
March 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Correct.
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You can see the anti-ULEZ, anti-LTN, anti-cycling, anti-woke, anti-evidence folks frothing over this already sadly. But not only did this bold move work, we need a lot more bolder moves like it if we are to tackle pollution, inactivity, road danger, climate emissions...
Today’s report shows that ULEZ works.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You can see the anti-ULEZ, anti-LTN, anti-cycling, anti-woke, anti-evidence folks frothing over this already sadly. But not only did this bold move work, we need a lot more bolder moves like it if we are to tackle pollution, inactivity, road danger, climate emissions...
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Just in case anyone is interested, here is a picture of Winston Churchill in 1943, wearing his wartime 'siren suit' on his way to meet President Roosevelt. He wore the same suit when he went to ask for more money under Lend-Lease the year before.
March 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Just in case anyone is interested, here is a picture of Winston Churchill in 1943, wearing his wartime 'siren suit' on his way to meet President Roosevelt. He wore the same suit when he went to ask for more money under Lend-Lease the year before.
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This is one of the most disgusting and infuriating things I’ve ever seen in global politics.
Zelenskyy is a global hero who has been a model for bravery and integrity in the face of invasion and genocide by a global thug, dictator and war criminal.
Trump and Vance are degenerates and traitors.
Zelenskyy is a global hero who has been a model for bravery and integrity in the face of invasion and genocide by a global thug, dictator and war criminal.
Trump and Vance are degenerates and traitors.
Trump: You've allowed to be in a very bad position...You're not in a good position. You don't have the cards right now. You're gambling with World War three.
Vance: Have you said thank you once?
Zelenskyy: A lot of times.
Vance: Offer some words of appreciation for the US and [Trump]...
Vance: Have you said thank you once?
Zelenskyy: A lot of times.
Vance: Offer some words of appreciation for the US and [Trump]...
February 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is one of the most disgusting and infuriating things I’ve ever seen in global politics.
Zelenskyy is a global hero who has been a model for bravery and integrity in the face of invasion and genocide by a global thug, dictator and war criminal.
Trump and Vance are degenerates and traitors.
Zelenskyy is a global hero who has been a model for bravery and integrity in the face of invasion and genocide by a global thug, dictator and war criminal.
Trump and Vance are degenerates and traitors.
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Utrecht NL is about to build the largest Dutch car-free neighbourhood.
12K people.
6K homes.
1.8K social rental homes.
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes.
21.5K bike parking spaces.
250 shared cars.
2 parcel hubs.
Parking structures on district edge.
High quality public transit.
12K people.
6K homes.
1.8K social rental homes.
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes.
21.5K bike parking spaces.
250 shared cars.
2 parcel hubs.
Parking structures on district edge.
High quality public transit.
Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week
Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...
nltimes.nl
February 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Utrecht NL is about to build the largest Dutch car-free neighbourhood.
12K people.
6K homes.
1.8K social rental homes.
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes.
21.5K bike parking spaces.
250 shared cars.
2 parcel hubs.
Parking structures on district edge.
High quality public transit.
12K people.
6K homes.
1.8K social rental homes.
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes.
21.5K bike parking spaces.
250 shared cars.
2 parcel hubs.
Parking structures on district edge.
High quality public transit.
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Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
Trump has not uttered a critical word about Putin but he and his VP publicly belittled the leader of the nation Putin invaded.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
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This episode came to mind for me too.
On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This episode came to mind for me too.
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A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times.
"We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
"We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
February 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times.
"We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
"We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
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Seville, Spain eliminated 5,000 car parking spaces and built an 80 km protected cycling network in just 18 months with 32 million €.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
February 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Seville, Spain eliminated 5,000 car parking spaces and built an 80 km protected cycling network in just 18 months with 32 million €.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
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Breaking news: MPs – led by the Government – have voted down an amendment that would have prevented the govt’s flagship Schools Bill from allowing new 100% faith-selective schools. Huge step backwards for social cohesion & inclusivity.
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...
Government votes to allow 100% faith selection by new state schools
An amendment to keep the 50% cap on faith-based admissions in all new schools was voted down by the Government at Committee Stage for the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill after it wrongly claimed...
humanists.uk
February 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Breaking news: MPs – led by the Government – have voted down an amendment that would have prevented the govt’s flagship Schools Bill from allowing new 100% faith-selective schools. Huge step backwards for social cohesion & inclusivity.
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...