Steven Higashide
@stevenhigashide.com
Fighting for clean transportation at @ucsusa.bsky.social. Author, BETTER BUSES, BETTER CITIES + JUSTICE AND THE INTERSTATES. Posts my own opinion.
Just looked back at my @ucsusa.bsky.social blog post on how Musk and team tried to sell cities on nonexistent tech (blog.ucs.org/steven-higas.... and there's Steve Davis (DOGE hatchet man profiled in the NY Times today).
March 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just looked back at my @ucsusa.bsky.social blog post on how Musk and team tried to sell cities on nonexistent tech (blog.ucs.org/steven-higas.... and there's Steve Davis (DOGE hatchet man profiled in the NY Times today).
The "electric skate" would supposedly cost $19 a ride and carry ~2,000 people per hour.
That’s about the same number of people that a lane of highway traffic can carry.
Per the classic @nacto.bsky.social graphic, it’s far fewer than you can carry on trains or even buses.
That’s about the same number of people that a lane of highway traffic can carry.
Per the classic @nacto.bsky.social graphic, it’s far fewer than you can carry on trains or even buses.
February 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The "electric skate" would supposedly cost $19 a ride and carry ~2,000 people per hour.
That’s about the same number of people that a lane of highway traffic can carry.
Per the classic @nacto.bsky.social graphic, it’s far fewer than you can carry on trains or even buses.
That’s about the same number of people that a lane of highway traffic can carry.
Per the classic @nacto.bsky.social graphic, it’s far fewer than you can carry on trains or even buses.
Overwhelmingly, money we spend on transport goes to private interests - oil, gas, and auto companies. For a more detailed look, see this diagram to see how the money flows to oil companies, dealerships, insurance companies, and automakers - with a relative fraction going to public infrastructure.
February 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Overwhelmingly, money we spend on transport goes to private interests - oil, gas, and auto companies. For a more detailed look, see this diagram to see how the money flows to oil companies, dealerships, insurance companies, and automakers - with a relative fraction going to public infrastructure.
I have not stopped thinking about this chart since my @ucsusa.bsky.social colleague @ucsdave.bsky.social dropped it last year (part of the Freedom to Move report lead-authored by @kevshen.bsky.social - www.ucsusa.org/resources/fr...).
February 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I have not stopped thinking about this chart since my @ucsusa.bsky.social colleague @ucsdave.bsky.social dropped it last year (part of the Freedom to Move report lead-authored by @kevshen.bsky.social - www.ucsusa.org/resources/fr...).
