Sam Greenberg
@samjgreenberg.com
intermediate-level bay wheels user
organize @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social @walkbikeberk.bsky.social
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organize @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social @walkbikeberk.bsky.social
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berkeley
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Watching the red line BART train I was on earlier pull into Millbrae from Caltrain. If I hadn’t transferred between Embarcadero and 4th and King by bike, I wouldn’t have made the train I’m on and my trip would have been 15 minutes longer. Not great
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Watching the red line BART train I was on earlier pull into Millbrae from Caltrain. If I hadn’t transferred between Embarcadero and 4th and King by bike, I wouldn’t have made the train I’m on and my trip would have been 15 minutes longer. Not great
I’ve never been more attached to a bicycle
September 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve never been more attached to a bicycle
Berkeley Bowl West is textbook for what bike racks should look like
September 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Berkeley Bowl West is textbook for what bike racks should look like
@prinzrob.bsky.social’s nightmare bike rack
August 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@prinzrob.bsky.social’s nightmare bike rack
Having my first hojicha latte at Forest Tea Bar at Shattuck and Carleton. Key advantage of living in berkeley is unbelievable cafe culture and variety… and what a time to be alive with the proliferation of quality matcha and green teas generally.
August 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Having my first hojicha latte at Forest Tea Bar at Shattuck and Carleton. Key advantage of living in berkeley is unbelievable cafe culture and variety… and what a time to be alive with the proliferation of quality matcha and green teas generally.
Summer in Chicago is unmatched. Inject this into my veins
August 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Summer in Chicago is unmatched. Inject this into my veins
My Zephyr ride was made even better by this book, which is better than I could have ever imagined
August 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My Zephyr ride was made even better by this book, which is better than I could have ever imagined
I am in the glorious city known as Chicago
August 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I am in the glorious city known as Chicago
I am in Chicago. Where should I go?
August 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I am in Chicago. Where should I go?
Good morning we are taking the Realigned 27 bus to Emeryville Amtrak to catch a train to Chicago
August 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Good morning we are taking the Realigned 27 bus to Emeryville Amtrak to catch a train to Chicago
we are immediately so back
July 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
we are immediately so back
and no I couldn’t last a week in Phoenix without a car, jesus dude
July 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
and no I couldn’t last a week in Phoenix without a car, jesus dude
I had a 4-hour layover in Phoenix on my way home from Mexico so I took the light rail to @culdesac.bsky.social and followed it up with a beverage, meal, and some spice shopping at Haji-Baba, some great spot I found on the internet (they sell a falafel sandwich for under $6)
no car very cool
no car very cool
July 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I had a 4-hour layover in Phoenix on my way home from Mexico so I took the light rail to @culdesac.bsky.social and followed it up with a beverage, meal, and some spice shopping at Haji-Baba, some great spot I found on the internet (they sell a falafel sandwich for under $6)
no car very cool
no car very cool
All 1162 pages complete. One of the most magnificent books I have read in my entire life. It is about so much more than you think it is, and you should absolutely read it if you work or organize in the world of municipal politics.
July 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
All 1162 pages complete. One of the most magnificent books I have read in my entire life. It is about so much more than you think it is, and you should absolutely read it if you work or organize in the world of municipal politics.
The rest of Shattuck south of this block sucks too. In The Boulevard Book by Berkeley’s own Allan Jacobs and Elizabeth MacDonald, Shattuck is referred to as a prime example of a failed boulevard. It has many of the attributes of a boulevard, but lacks certain ones that are required to succeed.
July 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The rest of Shattuck south of this block sucks too. In The Boulevard Book by Berkeley’s own Allan Jacobs and Elizabeth MacDonald, Shattuck is referred to as a prime example of a failed boulevard. It has many of the attributes of a boulevard, but lacks certain ones that are required to succeed.
And of course, car infestation makes this instinct to keep moving far stronger. Even if there were benches on the edge of the plaza, who would want to sit there in a sea of cars? Shattuck needs a bus lane, and there shouldn’t be cars on this block ultimately.
July 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
And of course, car infestation makes this instinct to keep moving far stronger. Even if there were benches on the edge of the plaza, who would want to sit there in a sea of cars? Shattuck needs a bus lane, and there shouldn’t be cars on this block ultimately.
The Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza redesign was a missed opportunity. It feels like an airport, not a place. This is made worse by the privatized movable tables and chairs. You need to be a restaurant client to use the Activation Space™️ in the middle of the plaza.
July 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza redesign was a missed opportunity. It feels like an airport, not a place. This is made worse by the privatized movable tables and chairs. You need to be a restaurant client to use the Activation Space™️ in the middle of the plaza.
Quick thread on Downtown Berkeley, a place that sucks because of bad urban design. This deeply frustrates me.
Downtown Berkeley feels in some places like an airport, and in some places like a deserted midwest avenue. It does not feel like a comfortable place to exist.
Downtown Berkeley feels in some places like an airport, and in some places like a deserted midwest avenue. It does not feel like a comfortable place to exist.
July 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Quick thread on Downtown Berkeley, a place that sucks because of bad urban design. This deeply frustrates me.
Downtown Berkeley feels in some places like an airport, and in some places like a deserted midwest avenue. It does not feel like a comfortable place to exist.
Downtown Berkeley feels in some places like an airport, and in some places like a deserted midwest avenue. It does not feel like a comfortable place to exist.
your town is cool btw
July 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
your town is cool btw
took the new intercity rail (El Insurgente) in Mexico!! smooth, fast ride to Toluca. I hope people get hooked and there’s political will for more regional trains in CDMX. so, so nice
July 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
took the new intercity rail (El Insurgente) in Mexico!! smooth, fast ride to Toluca. I hope people get hooked and there’s political will for more regional trains in CDMX. so, so nice
awesome metrobús exhibition. such wonderful pride in public transit in this city
July 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
awesome metrobús exhibition. such wonderful pride in public transit in this city