Matt
@mattm0ves.bsky.social
Sactown native. San Diego is home. 🏳️🌈🚲🚌🚄
Walkable cities, transit nerd, YIMBY. Motorsports, Kings & Aztecs bball. Hikes, camping, road trips, exploring
Walkable cities, transit nerd, YIMBY. Motorsports, Kings & Aztecs bball. Hikes, camping, road trips, exploring
Immediately recognized the Balboa Ave trolley station in San Diego 😬
Just updated my timeless piece on the math of Park-and-Ride. humantransit.org/basics-the-m...
Basics: The Math of Park-and-Ride — Human Transit
There is a lot of confusion out there about Park-and-Ride. Is it necessary for ridership? Are motorists entitled to it? Can it last forever? Let’s start with the basic math. Really great transit ge...
humantransit.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Immediately recognized the Balboa Ave trolley station in San Diego 😬
VoTe BlUe No MaTtEr WhO
At the height of George W Bush’s crusade against queer people 20 years ago, I don’t recall any openly LGBT Dems capitulating on the issue like this. How have we regressed so far even among our own ranks? @ericsorensen.bsky.social why did you vote to honor someone who said we should be killed?
Republicans just pushed a resolution to "honor the life and legacy" of anti-LGBTQ+ rights leader and extremist Charlie Kirk.
Half of the Democrats voted in favor, including transgender representative Sarah McBride.
Half of the Democrats voted in favor, including transgender representative Sarah McBride.
September 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
VoTe BlUe No MaTtEr WhO
Todd Gloria is so unserious about active transportation
Update: San Diego Mayor Staff is working to obtain a permit from Caltrans to remove dedicated bus lanes from part of Park Blvd. Says congestion at freeway on-ramp is motivation.
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Todd Gloria is so unserious about active transportation
*Prius parked in bike lane as I pass*
Driver, giggling: "omg I'm so sorry 🤪"
Me: "you're not sorry"
Driver: "ok BUDDY you have a nice day too" and more incoherent yelling as they drive by me
I need a new response that voices my displeasure without causing driver road rage 🥲
Driver, giggling: "omg I'm so sorry 🤪"
Me: "you're not sorry"
Driver: "ok BUDDY you have a nice day too" and more incoherent yelling as they drive by me
I need a new response that voices my displeasure without causing driver road rage 🥲
September 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
*Prius parked in bike lane as I pass*
Driver, giggling: "omg I'm so sorry 🤪"
Me: "you're not sorry"
Driver: "ok BUDDY you have a nice day too" and more incoherent yelling as they drive by me
I need a new response that voices my displeasure without causing driver road rage 🥲
Driver, giggling: "omg I'm so sorry 🤪"
Me: "you're not sorry"
Driver: "ok BUDDY you have a nice day too" and more incoherent yelling as they drive by me
I need a new response that voices my displeasure without causing driver road rage 🥲
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San Diego’s Blue Line trolley has ridership numbers that most light rail systems can only dream of. But the Clairemont Drive Station attracts the fewest passengers by far. Why?
Because freeway, and because zoning.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...
Because freeway, and because zoning.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...
MTS ridership data reveal high cost of banning apartments near trolley stations
The Clairemont Drive Station attracts fewer passengers than any other station on the Blue Line trolley. Experts blame the city's restrictive zoning.
www.kpbs.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
San Diego’s Blue Line trolley has ridership numbers that most light rail systems can only dream of. But the Clairemont Drive Station attracts the fewest passengers by far. Why?
Because freeway, and because zoning.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...
Because freeway, and because zoning.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...
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"The average age of a homeowner in the San Diego metropolitan area is 54 years old, according to a study from mortgage website LendingTree. The only metro area with older homeowners was Los Angeles at 55 years old."
Prop 13 and underbuilding of housing for decades have been major policy disasters.
Prop 13 and underbuilding of housing for decades have been major policy disasters.
San Diego’s homeowners are among nation’s oldest
It is rare in San Diego for younger residents to own homes.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"The average age of a homeowner in the San Diego metropolitan area is 54 years old, according to a study from mortgage website LendingTree. The only metro area with older homeowners was Los Angeles at 55 years old."
Prop 13 and underbuilding of housing for decades have been major policy disasters.
Prop 13 and underbuilding of housing for decades have been major policy disasters.
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Ahead of a funding vote on project to widen SR-37, Caltrans pulled a report from their website that made it clear that the road would be underwater by 2040.
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/06/23/c...
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/06/23/c...
Caltrans Admitted the Highway 37 Widening Would be Underwater. Why Bother Deleting the Internet Presentation That Admits It? - Streetsblog California
Was the report "too woke?" Or is that just the reason Trump uses when the government deletes its own reports with inconvenient truths?
cal.streetsblog.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ahead of a funding vote on project to widen SR-37, Caltrans pulled a report from their website that made it clear that the road would be underwater by 2040.
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/06/23/c...
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/06/23/c...
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Today I am yet again reminded of the urgent need to make it easier to build homes in California so that vulnerable people can actually afford to live in a state that protects them. What good are our vaunted protections if they come with an exorbitant price tag?
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Today I am yet again reminded of the urgent need to make it easier to build homes in California so that vulnerable people can actually afford to live in a state that protects them. What good are our vaunted protections if they come with an exorbitant price tag?
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Happy Pride! Rail electrification is for everyone.
June 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Happy Pride! Rail electrification is for everyone.
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Via a friend in Sacramento:
June 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Via a friend in Sacramento:
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San Diegans tearing up seeing every other city manage to figure out bikeshare while our city council remains convinced it cannot be done
Top bike share systems in the US & Canada by yearly rides (2023):
1. New York City (35 million)
2. Montreal (12M)
3. Toronto (6M)
4. Chicago (6M)
5. Washington, DC (4M)
6. Boston (4M)
7. SF Bay (3M)
8. Miami Beach (2M)
9. Vancouver (1M)
10. Philadelphia (1M)
nacto.org/wp-content/u...
1. New York City (35 million)
2. Montreal (12M)
3. Toronto (6M)
4. Chicago (6M)
5. Washington, DC (4M)
6. Boston (4M)
7. SF Bay (3M)
8. Miami Beach (2M)
9. Vancouver (1M)
10. Philadelphia (1M)
nacto.org/wp-content/u...
nacto.org
May 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
San Diegans tearing up seeing every other city manage to figure out bikeshare while our city council remains convinced it cannot be done
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Urbanist reformers need allies – esp those who like cars (which is a lot of the USA!).
Car guys like Farah could broaden coalitions for change.
Farah: “No one likes traffic, but urbanists and car enthusiasts hate traffic even more than regular people.”
Car guys like Farah could broaden coalitions for change.
Farah: “No one likes traffic, but urbanists and car enthusiasts hate traffic even more than regular people.”
April 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Urbanist reformers need allies – esp those who like cars (which is a lot of the USA!).
Car guys like Farah could broaden coalitions for change.
Farah: “No one likes traffic, but urbanists and car enthusiasts hate traffic even more than regular people.”
Car guys like Farah could broaden coalitions for change.
Farah: “No one likes traffic, but urbanists and car enthusiasts hate traffic even more than regular people.”
Signs you need event bike parking. From the San Diego Crew Classic in Mission Bay yesterday 🚣
March 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Signs you need event bike parking. From the San Diego Crew Classic in Mission Bay yesterday 🚣
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AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I haven't shopped there all year. Cancelled my red card. Vote with your wallet! Shop local.
Please keep boycotting Target if you can!
March 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I haven't shopped there all year. Cancelled my red card. Vote with your wallet! Shop local.
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@obcycler.bsky.social finally the city sent me the state st bukeway designs
Next step is going to be seeing if it was contracted and what when it will open.
Took 3 public records requests and a few emails to get here. Bruh.
sandiego.nextrequest.com/documents/44...
Next step is going to be seeing if it was contracted and what when it will open.
Took 3 public records requests and a few emails to get here. Bruh.
sandiego.nextrequest.com/documents/44...
sandiego.nextrequest.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@obcycler.bsky.social finally the city sent me the state st bukeway designs
Next step is going to be seeing if it was contracted and what when it will open.
Took 3 public records requests and a few emails to get here. Bruh.
sandiego.nextrequest.com/documents/44...
Next step is going to be seeing if it was contracted and what when it will open.
Took 3 public records requests and a few emails to get here. Bruh.
sandiego.nextrequest.com/documents/44...
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My weird side hobby is tracking how many tesla showrooms are attacked and y'all it's so many
March 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My weird side hobby is tracking how many tesla showrooms are attacked and y'all it's so many
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Councilmember Jen Campbell held up a picture of an ADU development in Clairemont yesterday as an example of poor design.
I was at that exact ADU complex on Friday and spoke with a tenant, Sarah Agudo. She told me she loved her home and is glad it got built.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
I was at that exact ADU complex on Friday and spoke with a tenant, Sarah Agudo. She told me she loved her home and is glad it got built.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
Renters, builders defend San Diego's ADU program as council backs off repeal effort
The City Council rescinded a request to repeal the city's landmark ADU bonus program, but pledged to work with Mayor Todd Gloria to limit where it applies.
www.kpbs.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Councilmember Jen Campbell held up a picture of an ADU development in Clairemont yesterday as an example of poor design.
I was at that exact ADU complex on Friday and spoke with a tenant, Sarah Agudo. She told me she loved her home and is glad it got built.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
I was at that exact ADU complex on Friday and spoke with a tenant, Sarah Agudo. She told me she loved her home and is glad it got built.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
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If you’re looking for wasteful, unaccountable government spending, may I introduce you to state departments of transportation?
lol odot is so cooked.
When will legislators or the governor hold this reckless agency accountable for wasting and misspending literal billions of taxpayer dollars?
#orleg
www.wweek.com/news/2025/02...
When will legislators or the governor hold this reckless agency accountable for wasting and misspending literal billions of taxpayer dollars?
#orleg
www.wweek.com/news/2025/02...
In Extraordinary Hearing, ODOT Explains Billion-Dollar Budget Blunder
www.wweek.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If you’re looking for wasteful, unaccountable government spending, may I introduce you to state departments of transportation?
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America's second-busiest passenger rail line runs on a single track along crumbling Del Mar bluffs.
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
February 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
America's second-busiest passenger rail line runs on a single track along crumbling Del Mar bluffs.
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
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My tribute to Donald Shoup, part 1…
February 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My tribute to Donald Shoup, part 1…
Saw a @thewaroncars.bsky.social shirt in the wild yesterday at the Austin airport. Love to see it!
February 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Saw a @thewaroncars.bsky.social shirt in the wild yesterday at the Austin airport. Love to see it!
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US Grant looking so cute for Valentine's 💕
February 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
US Grant looking so cute for Valentine's 💕
Lady Gaga Hot Ones video just dropped THIS IS NOT A DRILL
February 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Lady Gaga Hot Ones video just dropped THIS IS NOT A DRILL