Tanner Thompson 🚶🚲 🚍 🏘️ 🌳
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walking - biking - transit - zoning reform - election reform - mormonism
📣 Founding Organizer @norwalkstreets.bsky.social
🗺️ Transportation Data SWE @ Google Maps
📍 IN -> UT (BYU) -> Norwalk, CT
📣 Founding Organizer @norwalkstreets.bsky.social
🗺️ Transportation Data SWE @ Google Maps
📍 IN -> UT (BYU) -> Norwalk, CT
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Tanner Thompson 🚶🚲 🚍 🏘️ 🌳
@tanner.dev
· May 8
The I-95 crash shows us how fragile our driving-first transportation system is | Nancy on Norwalk
Last week, our transportation system experienced an existential shock. A gasoline tanker crashed on I-95, bursting into flames and setting off a chain react ...
www.nancyonnorwalk.com
When our transportation system is built around one single mode, and that mode fails, our community predictably comes to a grinding halt.
We saw that last week when I-95 traffic gummed up Norwalk's streets so badly that school was canceled due to the traffic.
www.nancyonnorwalk.com/the-i-95-cra...
We saw that last week when I-95 traffic gummed up Norwalk's streets so badly that school was canceled due to the traffic.
www.nancyonnorwalk.com/the-i-95-cra...
My lifelong Republican dad went to his first protest today! In Lebanon, IN!
October 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My lifelong Republican dad went to his first protest today! In Lebanon, IN!
No Kings protest in Rhinebeck, NY (population 2500)
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
No Kings protest in Rhinebeck, NY (population 2500)
First time I've ever heard a song in 7/8 in a political campaign video (last ~10 seconds)
July 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
First time I've ever heard a song in 7/8 in a political campaign video (last ~10 seconds)
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It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that the official enviro position should be: “Maximize development of luxury housing near fixed transit.”
A 🧵 on why.
A 🧵 on why.
On @nrdc.org's equivocal endorsement of SB 79: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19381...
Thread by @CSElmendorf on Thread Reader App
@CSElmendorf: For years, California environmentalists have been MIA or worse on an absolute no-brainer of green policy: building dense housing near transit. Are changes afoot? ⤵️ Maybe! But @NRDC's SB...
threadreaderapp.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that the official enviro position should be: “Maximize development of luxury housing near fixed transit.”
A 🧵 on why.
A 🧵 on why.
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“No Kings” is one of the sharpest bits of political branding/rhetoric in a while. Extremely concise and in every headline, historically rooted, specific to the American tradition but also universalist, nails what’s exceptional about Trump in a way that almost all factions in opposition can endorse.
June 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“No Kings” is one of the sharpest bits of political branding/rhetoric in a while. Extremely concise and in every headline, historically rooted, specific to the American tradition but also universalist, nails what’s exceptional about Trump in a way that almost all factions in opposition can endorse.
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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April 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean
April 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean
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"Chicken in every pot & Waymo in every city" is also a backward-looking vision. Let's aim for every city to have high-frequency, reliable, accessible electric bus-and-train networks integrated with safe pedestrian & cyclist infrastructure. Also taco trucks on every corner.
April 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Chicken in every pot & Waymo in every city" is also a backward-looking vision. Let's aim for every city to have high-frequency, reliable, accessible electric bus-and-train networks integrated with safe pedestrian & cyclist infrastructure. Also taco trucks on every corner.
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In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him.
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
BYU grad student from Japan has visa revoked
Attorney for computer science Ph.D. candidate believes a fishing license incident from years ago may have triggered visa revocation.
www.deseret.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him.
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
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Join us 4/19 @2pm on the Norwalk Green, 8 Park Pl. Norwalk, CT
April 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Join us 4/19 @2pm on the Norwalk Green, 8 Park Pl. Norwalk, CT
Utah folks - are the retaliatory Chinese tariffs going to have an impact on alfalfa farmers? IIRC a bunch of Utah alfalfa gets exported to China
April 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Utah folks - are the retaliatory Chinese tariffs going to have an impact on alfalfa farmers? IIRC a bunch of Utah alfalfa gets exported to China
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I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
This is largely going to have pro-highway, anti-transit impacts -
but a small silver lining could be that Utah, perhaps the most pro-transit red state, could move to the front of the funding line in time to build some real transit improvements for the 2034 Olympics
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
but a small silver lining could be that Utah, perhaps the most pro-transit red state, could move to the front of the funding line in time to build some real transit improvements for the 2034 Olympics
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
Trump Administration Prioritizes High-Birthrate Areas for Transportation Funds (Gift Article)
Some policy experts said they were not sure how the move was connected to the president’s overall transportation goals.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is largely going to have pro-highway, anti-transit impacts -
but a small silver lining could be that Utah, perhaps the most pro-transit red state, could move to the front of the funding line in time to build some real transit improvements for the 2034 Olympics
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
but a small silver lining could be that Utah, perhaps the most pro-transit red state, could move to the front of the funding line in time to build some real transit improvements for the 2034 Olympics
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
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If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
February 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
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You’ve certainly seen the controversy and cruelty over the last three minutes of this sermon.
But watch the entire thing. It is less than 15 minutes. You'll be inspired and strengthened for theological and spiritual resistance.
The First Sermon open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
But watch the entire thing. It is less than 15 minutes. You'll be inspired and strengthened for theological and spiritual resistance.
The First Sermon open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
The First Sermon
The parts you probably didn't hear
open.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
You’ve certainly seen the controversy and cruelty over the last three minutes of this sermon.
But watch the entire thing. It is less than 15 minutes. You'll be inspired and strengthened for theological and spiritual resistance.
The First Sermon open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
But watch the entire thing. It is less than 15 minutes. You'll be inspired and strengthened for theological and spiritual resistance.
The First Sermon open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."
January 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."
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I had a wonderful experience at BYU as an undergrad, with great mentors and friends who prepared me to be an academic. I also know there are lots of phenomenal faculty there now attempting to blend professionalism with the faith’s mission.
What Clark Gilbert and other admin are doing is tragic. /1
What Clark Gilbert and other admin are doing is tragic. /1
Dark days: New rules have BYU professors running scared
Under the LDS Church's new education boss, many BYU faculty members feel demeaned, disrespected, powerless — and afraid.
www.sltrib.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I had a wonderful experience at BYU as an undergrad, with great mentors and friends who prepared me to be an academic. I also know there are lots of phenomenal faculty there now attempting to blend professionalism with the faith’s mission.
What Clark Gilbert and other admin are doing is tragic. /1
What Clark Gilbert and other admin are doing is tragic. /1
UTA ski bus service to Brighton is so full we're having to turn people away at the mouth of the canyon.
Embarrassing that we can't even run enough service to carry all the people who want to ride.
Embarrassing that we can't even run enough service to carry all the people who want to ride.
January 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UTA ski bus service to Brighton is so full we're having to turn people away at the mouth of the canyon.
Embarrassing that we can't even run enough service to carry all the people who want to ride.
Embarrassing that we can't even run enough service to carry all the people who want to ride.
(Un)fun facts:
- Connecticut has no county governments
- Regional planning is done by COGs (councils of governments)
- The below area ("lower Fairfield county") is split across two different COGs - Bridgeport & suburbs in one, and Stamford + Norwalk in another (with Danbury!)
- Connecticut has no county governments
- Regional planning is done by COGs (councils of governments)
- The below area ("lower Fairfield county") is split across two different COGs - Bridgeport & suburbs in one, and Stamford + Norwalk in another (with Danbury!)
A very under discussed New England thing is the tiny size of our municipalities and the impact on perceived importance of CT on the nation
A "Super Muni" bounded by NYS on the west, Merritt Parkway, Housatonic River, and LI Sound would be 577k residents = top 30 city at parity with Milwaukee
A "Super Muni" bounded by NYS on the west, Merritt Parkway, Housatonic River, and LI Sound would be 577k residents = top 30 city at parity with Milwaukee
December 28, 2024 at 4:19 AM
(Un)fun facts:
- Connecticut has no county governments
- Regional planning is done by COGs (councils of governments)
- The below area ("lower Fairfield county") is split across two different COGs - Bridgeport & suburbs in one, and Stamford + Norwalk in another (with Danbury!)
- Connecticut has no county governments
- Regional planning is done by COGs (councils of governments)
- The below area ("lower Fairfield county") is split across two different COGs - Bridgeport & suburbs in one, and Stamford + Norwalk in another (with Danbury!)
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Transit geeks will save this damn country
this story strongly hints that ingrid lewis-martin is being investigated for taking bribes to stop the mcguinness blvd bike lane. would check out: DOT reverse a decision to use a scaled back redesign just days after ILM had her phone seized.
Breaking News: New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief adviser could be indicted this week on corruption charges, people familiar with the matter said.
December 16, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Transit geeks will save this damn country
As a constituent, I just wrote into Blumenthal's office to let them know this is not OK.
CT people - you can do the same here: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/writ...
My statement in the thread:
CT people - you can do the same here: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/writ...
My statement in the thread:
December 11, 2024 at 7:24 PM
As a constituent, I just wrote into Blumenthal's office to let them know this is not OK.
CT people - you can do the same here: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/writ...
My statement in the thread:
CT people - you can do the same here: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/writ...
My statement in the thread:
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Dear SVP for ESG,
You want your company be part of the climate solution? Make low-carbon, high-efficiency part of your core product, not a nice-to-have add-on.
You're Google, say, make "bike" an option for connecting modes, and make transit, walking & biking part of your offline maps.
Many thanks
You want your company be part of the climate solution? Make low-carbon, high-efficiency part of your core product, not a nice-to-have add-on.
You're Google, say, make "bike" an option for connecting modes, and make transit, walking & biking part of your offline maps.
Many thanks
December 9, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Dear SVP for ESG,
You want your company be part of the climate solution? Make low-carbon, high-efficiency part of your core product, not a nice-to-have add-on.
You're Google, say, make "bike" an option for connecting modes, and make transit, walking & biking part of your offline maps.
Many thanks
You want your company be part of the climate solution? Make low-carbon, high-efficiency part of your core product, not a nice-to-have add-on.
You're Google, say, make "bike" an option for connecting modes, and make transit, walking & biking part of your offline maps.
Many thanks