Rob Toftness
@nosquish.bsky.social
Co-Founding member of the Denver Bicycle Lobby. I ride around Denver a lot. Just trying not to get squished 🚫🚴♂️💥🚙 (he/him)
Councilor Amanda Sandoval is going to be so pissed that her constituents are going to send her this article
*because she down zoned her district to "preserve" it like a total ding dong
*because she down zoned her district to "preserve" it like a total ding dong
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Councilor Amanda Sandoval is going to be so pissed that her constituents are going to send her this article
*because she down zoned her district to "preserve" it like a total ding dong
*because she down zoned her district to "preserve" it like a total ding dong
The Offspring
Murder By Death
Deftones
Sevendust
Nonpoint
Incubus
Murder By Death
Deftones
Sevendust
Nonpoint
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Introduce yourself with five concert you’ve seen
Catherine Wheel
Ronnie Spector
Libertines
Ministry
Chemical brothers
Catherine Wheel
Ronnie Spector
Libertines
Ministry
Chemical brothers
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Pulp
CMAT
The Smiths
The Waterboys
Philip Glass
Pulp
CMAT
The Smiths
The Waterboys
Philip Glass
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Offspring
Murder By Death
Deftones
Sevendust
Nonpoint
Incubus
Murder By Death
Deftones
Sevendust
Nonpoint
Incubus
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This is so tragic. Faith brought many other women into the political arena, training them and mentoring them on a local to national level.
Horrible news tonight...
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat, was a fierce advocate for transit. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker.
coloradosun.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is so tragic. Faith brought many other women into the political arena, training them and mentoring them on a local to national level.
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Last night, Colorado lost Faith Winter, an incredibly empathetic leader who lived her values out loud every day. My heart breaks for her family and community.
There is so much to say, and yet there simply are no words.
There is so much to say, and yet there simply are no words.
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Last night, Colorado lost Faith Winter, an incredibly empathetic leader who lived her values out loud every day. My heart breaks for her family and community.
There is so much to say, and yet there simply are no words.
There is so much to say, and yet there simply are no words.
I never met Senator Winter but it was impossible to be involved in safe streets advocacy and not know her name. When there was transportation work being done at the legislature you knew she was involved. This is a great loss.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat, was a fierce advocate for transit. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker.
coloradosun.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I never met Senator Winter but it was impossible to be involved in safe streets advocacy and not know her name. When there was transportation work being done at the legislature you knew she was involved. This is a great loss.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
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Winter also wrote or co-wrote just about every significant transpo bill over the last decade. Funding, speed cameras, etc. She was a giant in that world.
What a terrible thing. Rest in peace, Senator.
What a terrible thing. Rest in peace, Senator.
Faith Winter is why Colorado has a paid family leave program. My enduring memory: breaking the news to her that the AP had called it and the measure had passed, five years ago this month.
She was killed in a car crash today. I wish her loved ones solace and comfort. coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
She was killed in a car crash today. I wish her loved ones solace and comfort. coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Winter also wrote or co-wrote just about every significant transpo bill over the last decade. Funding, speed cameras, etc. She was a giant in that world.
What a terrible thing. Rest in peace, Senator.
What a terrible thing. Rest in peace, Senator.
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Faith Winter is why Colorado has a paid family leave program. My enduring memory: breaking the news to her that the AP had called it and the measure had passed, five years ago this month.
She was killed in a car crash today. I wish her loved ones solace and comfort. coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
She was killed in a car crash today. I wish her loved ones solace and comfort. coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Faith Winter is why Colorado has a paid family leave program. My enduring memory: breaking the news to her that the AP had called it and the measure had passed, five years ago this month.
She was killed in a car crash today. I wish her loved ones solace and comfort. coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
She was killed in a car crash today. I wish her loved ones solace and comfort. coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
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Shocked and saddened to hear. Faith worked hard, and left an important legacy.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat, was a fierce advocate for transit. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker.
coloradosun.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Shocked and saddened to hear. Faith worked hard, and left an important legacy.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
Do I believe this is a way to combat future work like Intelligent Speed Assistance speed limiters? Yes I do. Republicans like killing things and they recognize it's real easy to do with a car and get away with it.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Exclusive | Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Do I believe this is a way to combat future work like Intelligent Speed Assistance speed limiters? Yes I do. Republicans like killing things and they recognize it's real easy to do with a car and get away with it.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Dammit @denverite.bsky.social these photos are so good denverite.com/2025/11/25/d...
Welcome to Denver’s rave tunnel
The EDM underground is alive and well, even if parties are sometimes shut down by the cops.
denverite.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Dammit @denverite.bsky.social these photos are so good denverite.com/2025/11/25/d...
Coming soon to Denver streets
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Coming soon to Denver streets
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
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The entire practice of sprinkling two-way stops into a network of four-way stops is based on a traffic engineer myth that drivers experience so-called "stop sign fatigue," and that reducing the number of stop signs increases compliance.
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The entire practice of sprinkling two-way stops into a network of four-way stops is based on a traffic engineer myth that drivers experience so-called "stop sign fatigue," and that reducing the number of stop signs increases compliance.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hey this is Denver DOTI director Amy Ford's and the Mayor's strategy too!
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
"Safety" means one of 3 things in most of transportation policy:
1. Ignorance: Reducing congestion and thinking it makes streets safer
2. Cover story: Doing something unpopular but calling it safety so ppl can't oppose it
3. Gaslighting: Refusing to take responsibility for making things unsafe
1. Ignorance: Reducing congestion and thinking it makes streets safer
2. Cover story: Doing something unpopular but calling it safety so ppl can't oppose it
3. Gaslighting: Refusing to take responsibility for making things unsafe
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hey this is Denver DOTI director Amy Ford's and the Mayor's strategy too!
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
Getting an email titled "Thankful for Community, Committed to Climate Action" from my local government is a super bummer, mostly because I hear the mayor has directed our office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) to stop focus on anything but EVs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Getting an email titled "Thankful for Community, Committed to Climate Action" from my local government is a super bummer, mostly because I hear the mayor has directed our office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) to stop focus on anything but EVs.
Respect to the DOTI AB members making this decision. Leaving a post they joined to do good has to be hard.
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
At least one citizen advisory board member has quit over DOTI walking back its Alameda plans
Several advisory board members say they're increasingly concerned about the transportation department’s commitment to safety.
denverite.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Respect to the DOTI AB members making this decision. Leaving a post they joined to do good has to be hard.
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
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The “War on the War on Cars” is alive and well in red states. Idaho made it harder to implement bike and ped infrastructure. They’re only permitted if they are considered a secondary or collateral benefit of a highway project, not a primary purpose. Road diets are mostly prohibited
Gov. Brad Little signs pair of bills limiting bike, ped improvements - BoiseDev
A pair of bills curbing the powers of highway districts across Idaho got the final stamp of approval this week. On Monday, Governor Brad Little signed SB 1140 and SB 1144 into law. The first narrows t...
boisedev.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The “War on the War on Cars” is alive and well in red states. Idaho made it harder to implement bike and ped infrastructure. They’re only permitted if they are considered a secondary or collateral benefit of a highway project, not a primary purpose. Road diets are mostly prohibited
This is why you need things like diverters, congestion pricing, paid parking in addition to transit, bike lanes, pedestrian/cycling zones and density IMO
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is why you need things like diverters, congestion pricing, paid parking in addition to transit, bike lanes, pedestrian/cycling zones and density IMO
Oh, now it matters...
Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a "traitor" after his revoking political endorsement of her. Greene said Sunday his words can "put my life in danger."
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump policies are 'not America first' in fight over MAGA
Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a "traitor" after his revoking political endorsement of her. Greene said Sunday his words can "put my life in danger."
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oh, now it matters...
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Brownstein is the worst of the worst corporate hack lawyers. I’m talking lobbying for the Saudi Govt’s bombing campaign in Yemen bad. They’re also the only game in town for the Colorado Dem executive class — Hick, Bennet, Polis, Johnston — all wrapped up with these guys.
This law firm is the one that has been getting paid to lobby against some of the right of way and infrastructure changes here in Denver.
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
Mayor Mike Johnston appoints Brownstein lawyer as temporary chief of staff
Emily Garnett — a partner in the firm who specializes in antitrust law, government investigations and securities — will serve in the role beginning in December.
www.denverpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Brownstein is the worst of the worst corporate hack lawyers. I’m talking lobbying for the Saudi Govt’s bombing campaign in Yemen bad. They’re also the only game in town for the Colorado Dem executive class — Hick, Bennet, Polis, Johnston — all wrapped up with these guys.
This law firm is the one that has been getting paid to lobby against some of the right of way and infrastructure changes here in Denver.
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
Mayor Mike Johnston appoints Brownstein lawyer as temporary chief of staff
Emily Garnett — a partner in the firm who specializes in antitrust law, government investigations and securities — will serve in the role beginning in December.
www.denverpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This law firm is the one that has been getting paid to lobby against some of the right of way and infrastructure changes here in Denver.
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
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@greenlatinos.org Colorado Chapter Urges CDOT to Consider Healthy Communities No-Widening Alternative for I-270
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
GreenLatinos Urges Colorado to Consider Healthy Communities No-Widening Alternative for I-270
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@greenlatinos.org Colorado Chapter Urges CDOT to Consider Healthy Communities No-Widening Alternative for I-270
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
This take sucks. Cities are were people live, not just commute from afar into. Repurpose the empty void car spaces now that we don't need them. Car brained-ass bullshit.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This take sucks. Cities are were people live, not just commute from afar into. Repurpose the empty void car spaces now that we don't need them. Car brained-ass bullshit.