Nick Meltzer
@tunameltzer.bsky.social
More buses and bike lanes can save the world. Planner/Engineer helping communities make good choices. Thoughts are mine!
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These fucking people.
August 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
These fucking people.
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The bad guys win when we let them divide us
June 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The bad guys win when we let them divide us
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I guarantee you, there is a non-sexually assaulting progressive Millennial or Gen Z person with a smattering of charisma in every district where there is an inert, fat cat establishment mayor or representative. Take every seat.
What matters is that Cuomo and all the people who endorsed him are still going to claim they're the rightful heirs to the Democratic Party, how dare young people challenge them, all of that.
The difference is they're now just unaffiliated lunatics, banging on the windows. They're not the party.
The difference is they're now just unaffiliated lunatics, banging on the windows. They're not the party.
June 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I guarantee you, there is a non-sexually assaulting progressive Millennial or Gen Z person with a smattering of charisma in every district where there is an inert, fat cat establishment mayor or representative. Take every seat.
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Maybe quit voting for their fucking bills then? Maybe quit confirming their nominees? Maybe shut down the Senate with the many procedural tools available to you? Maybe do something other than send sternly worded letters?
Sen. Padilla thrown to the ground, manhandled, brutally taken down, handcuffed
It's disgusting
Reeks of totalitarianism
Un-American
Not what democracies do
Sen. Padilla was in that building to ask questions of what's going on in California, doing his duty to his constituents
We need answers now
It's disgusting
Reeks of totalitarianism
Un-American
Not what democracies do
Sen. Padilla was in that building to ask questions of what's going on in California, doing his duty to his constituents
We need answers now
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Maybe quit voting for their fucking bills then? Maybe quit confirming their nominees? Maybe shut down the Senate with the many procedural tools available to you? Maybe do something other than send sternly worded letters?
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Coming October 21st...
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Coming October 21st...
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
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70 cars vs 1,000 bikes
70 coches
VS
1.000 bicis
Deberíamos agradecer a la gente que va en bici la cantidad de espacio que deja libre para los demás.
VS
1.000 bicis
Deberíamos agradecer a la gente que va en bici la cantidad de espacio que deja libre para los demás.
April 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
70 cars vs 1,000 bikes
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Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵
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Sometimes I'm commuting and some person on an e-bike passes me and will sheepishly apologize for "cheating" and I'm like, look around, we are surrounded by a crawling ocean of miserable people driving short distances in 5000 pound SUVs, you are winning not cheating.
The way that some cyclists despise ebikes is both bizarre and unhelpful. More people on bikes is good, you gatekeeping snobs.
March 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Sometimes I'm commuting and some person on an e-bike passes me and will sheepishly apologize for "cheating" and I'm like, look around, we are surrounded by a crawling ocean of miserable people driving short distances in 5000 pound SUVs, you are winning not cheating.
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Reskeeting with alt text because “Tesla in Distressla” is the second funniest thing I’ve heard today
March 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Reskeeting with alt text because “Tesla in Distressla” is the second funniest thing I’ve heard today
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“The MTA as a whole is averaging 448K more public transit riders per day this year…The MTA ridership growth since congestion pricing went into effect is almost 50% larger than the total ridership of America’s next-largest subway system.” bettercities.substack.com/p/congestion...
Congestion Pricing is a Policy Miracle
Which is exactly why Trump wants to get rid of it
bettercities.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“The MTA as a whole is averaging 448K more public transit riders per day this year…The MTA ridership growth since congestion pricing went into effect is almost 50% larger than the total ridership of America’s next-largest subway system.” bettercities.substack.com/p/congestion...
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😎
Ok for real tho, this mta vest goes hard
March 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
😎
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"Free" parking -- at home or at work -- makes people more likely to travel by car.
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
March 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Free" parking -- at home or at work -- makes people more likely to travel by car.
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
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Rest in peace Professor Shoup.
February 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Rest in peace Professor Shoup.
The man, the myth, the legend. Write your city council and encourage them to raise parking prices in his honor this weekend.
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 4:48 AM
The man, the myth, the legend. Write your city council and encourage them to raise parking prices in his honor this weekend.
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That clawing sound you hear is decongestion pricing climbing out of the “valley of political death.”
Congestion Pricing is creating tremendous benefits.
Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13%
Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends)
Transit Crime: 🔻36%
Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44%
Trip Times: 🔻10-30%
Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13%
Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends)
Transit Crime: 🔻36%
Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44%
Trip Times: 🔻10-30%
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
That clawing sound you hear is decongestion pricing climbing out of the “valley of political death.”
Cities are cities! While administrative and political differences exist, cities are collections of people in urban areas that are more similar than different. Admitting this can lead to excellent lessons learned from around the globe!
“I fell in love with Berlin and it’s so similar to Chicago. [The U.S.] is the richest country in the world and we should be able to provide people with more."
"It Was Magnificent": Illinois legislators take a learning tour of Berlin and Munich transit systems - Streetsblog Chicago
Last month, a delegation of Illinois state representatives visited Germany to tour transit systems in and between two major cities. The trip was inspired by an action plan issued by the Chicago…
chi.streetsblog.org
January 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Cities are cities! While administrative and political differences exist, cities are collections of people in urban areas that are more similar than different. Admitting this can lead to excellent lessons learned from around the globe!
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A watershed moment for the US, and he most important urban transportation reform of my lifetime.
Congrats to all the activists, planners, and policymakers who made this possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...
Congrats to all the activists, planners, and policymakers who made this possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...
N.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday
After twists and turns, a contentious plan meant to reduce traffic and pay for transit improvements is scheduled to take effect at midnight Sunday.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A watershed moment for the US, and he most important urban transportation reform of my lifetime.
Congrats to all the activists, planners, and policymakers who made this possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...
Congrats to all the activists, planners, and policymakers who made this possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...
Ya love to see it! A true testament to the phrase “trust the process.”
It’s happening! Tonight, MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber unveiled one of the signs at the entrance to the Congestion Relief Zone. Tolling begins at midnight.
Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info
Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info
January 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ya love to see it! A true testament to the phrase “trust the process.”
Oh hey Cambridge this looks like a bike lane you’d see in Copenhagen! Raised bike lane, curbside parking and bus drop off, surface level transition at the intersection 👌🏼
December 31, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Oh hey Cambridge this looks like a bike lane you’d see in Copenhagen! Raised bike lane, curbside parking and bus drop off, surface level transition at the intersection 👌🏼
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people tell me nobody bikes on arterials but when the arterial is the most direct and flat route, and is where planners legalize all other uses besides housing, don’t they have to use them?
December 29, 2024 at 11:36 PM
people tell me nobody bikes on arterials but when the arterial is the most direct and flat route, and is where planners legalize all other uses besides housing, don’t they have to use them?
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Never in the history of cars have they been given public space and they did not demand more.
138 years later, the theft of public space continues unabated by the automobile industry
December 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Never in the history of cars have they been given public space and they did not demand more.
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Urbanist couple vacation walks: guessing how many units exist based on the footprint of the bldg then confirming via mailboxes, doorbells and electric meters.
Portland, ME: little difference in bulk between a single-unit and a 4-plex. And look at those 5 and 8-plexes! @tunameltzer.bsky.social
Portland, ME: little difference in bulk between a single-unit and a 4-plex. And look at those 5 and 8-plexes! @tunameltzer.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Urbanist couple vacation walks: guessing how many units exist based on the footprint of the bldg then confirming via mailboxes, doorbells and electric meters.
Portland, ME: little difference in bulk between a single-unit and a 4-plex. And look at those 5 and 8-plexes! @tunameltzer.bsky.social
Portland, ME: little difference in bulk between a single-unit and a 4-plex. And look at those 5 and 8-plexes! @tunameltzer.bsky.social