Robin Chase
rmchase.bsky.social
Robin Chase
@rmchase.bsky.social
sustainable urban transportation. Co-founder Zipcar, NUMO #climate #cities #transport #justice #bikes. Also knitter, gardener, parent
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"Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces"
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces
A Toronto neighbourhood is pushing back against plans to replace a well-used public parking lot in the community with a massive new housing developme…
www.blogto.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I will not let people forget that the same Republicans who did everything in their power to make tax breaks for billionaires PERMANENT refused to even negotiate ONE YEAR of health care tax credits for working families.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.

We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.

If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I'm booing him all the way from Chicago.
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.

(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I've alwalys loved this. Magic hidden beneath the streets!
MY FELLOW AMERICANS: Watch how modular in-street recycling/trash collection works. Common across Europe, it is a great solution for urban areas.
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.

The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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$40 Billion to Argentina so Milei can dance like Trump at Mar-a-lago but they’re suing not to feed hungry Americans and they’ll let your health care premiums skyrocket
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:

"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Time after time, Homeland Security’s accounts of its violent incidents in Chicago turn out to be lies. Local journalists and a federal judge have done a good job of calling them out. I wish the national political media had the same level of skepticism toward “official” accounts by proven liars.
Judge blasts Trump’s Chicago border ‘Blitz,’ extends curbs on use of force that ‘shocks the conscience’
Judge Sara Ellis said Trump's Justice Department lacks credibility, partly because of a lie told by U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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This is a good article, worth reading.

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?

The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.

Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
So well deserved. This city is truly investing for what is needed to build a livable, thrivable, affordable, sustainable, joyful city.
Bogotá awarded with EARTHSHOT PRIZE.

Prestigious environmental award. 'A testament to bold thinking and collective action'.
• Deploying one of world’s largest electric bus fleets
• Laying Latin America’s biggest cycle network
• Greening
Positive News: bit.ly/3WOgGxk
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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We're letting Trump build an army of secret police and install troops in every city and make Musk a trillionaire, but we might temporarily extend some healthcare benefits
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:

First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.

Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Mamdani's line that billionaires spent more to oppose his candidacy than he proposed to tax them really says it all.

Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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The TFFF is the biggest and boldest plan yet to staunch the loss of tropical forests that are a pillar of climate stability.

Its success depends on buy-in from governments and financial institutions that until now have directed their funds towards destruction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How could Tropical Forest Forever fund proposed at Cop30 tackle deforestation?
Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservation
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack.

But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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FOX: So you would ask Speaker Johnson to recall the House?

GOP REP. KEVIN KILEY: Not only would I, I've asked him to do it repeatedly. There's no justification. And honestly, it's Republican voters who should be most upset about this when they delivered a GOP majority and now that's being wasted
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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When people ignorantly label "cyclists" as entitled for wanting equitable infrastructure, just remember, they're oppressing people with mobility challenges as well with that rhetoric.
Protected cycle tracks are not just for cyclists, they allow more freedom for those with mobility issues
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM