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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
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Cargo Bike Dad and MARTA enthusiast

Proud resident of the D5 bubble

Mastodon 🐘: https://theatl.social/@wesley
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pkoonce.bsky.social
Cars Ruin Society is quite the Chapter asserting that 🚗🚙 have isolated us from each other by making streets inhospitable #LifeAfterCars
An excerpt from the Book ”Life After Cars”
December 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
wesley.theatl.social
This post makes me feel better because twice this week on MARTA I took my bike on an escalator because the elevator was not available
rebeccaforec.bsky.social Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 4d
Every time I see someone with a bike on a BART escalator, it makes me smile - especially this rider prepared for rain.

Not all policy making is so visible & tangible.

Two years after we started allowing bikes on escalators, it’s worked perfectly. I haven’t heard complaints or of any big accidents.
Someone wearing rain gear and holding a bike on an escalator
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
wesley.theatl.social
I do have to question whether going around the train making sure people don't fall asleep is actually the best use of police resources
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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thewaroncars.bsky.social
"The Denver Gazette pointed out that one of those messages was stationed near the Colorado Capitol, and that both altered signs appeared the same night as a live recording of 'The War on Cars' podcast."
Denver Activists Hijack Road Signs To Decry The Dangers of Automobility — Streetsblog USA
Plus: a few suggestions for holiday-themed hackers.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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boyonabike62.bsky.social
For the 5th year in a row we got our #TreeByBike! The guys at Home Depot thought it was awesome! H/t @americanfietser.bsky.social
Five people stand next to a cargobike carrying a Christmas tree. Two people pose for a selfie next to a cargobike carrying a Christmas tree. Person loads a Christmas tree on a cargobike. Person attaches a tree carrying attachment on the back of a cargobike.
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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thewaroncars.bsky.social
A fantastic review of LIFE AFTER CARS Via @newrepublic.com

"The authors marshal a compelling blend of history, statistics, and anecdote in support of a quietly radical argument: that mass car ownership, far from natural and inevitable, is a historical blip that can and should be reversed."
The Surprisingly Convincing Case Against Cars
Life After Cars dares to imagine how different, and enriching, a car-free world could be.
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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jbenmenachem.com
When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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jbenmenachem.com
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States, generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
www.pnas.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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julianbene.bsky.social
Mayor's folks are trying the line that TAD funds come only from "future tax growth". True in 1998. False in 2025. The future is now with $200M of taxes being diverted from APS, City, County.

Mayor's team say, "Once the TAD closes ... it increases APS funding."

Exactly. So close them already!
danimmergluck.bsky.social Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 14d
When I am the “some” in “some have suggested”

And if you think extending tax increment financing (TADs/TIFs) in often gentrifying nabes, with already fast-rising property values, is not diverting funding from schools & basic services — hahaha

“TADs do not…divert funding as some have suggested”
Mayor Andre Dickens: Atlanta has a moral imperative to fix city’s inequality
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says the city's inequalities require investing deeply in distressed neighborhoods. A key to this is extending Tax Allocation Districts for funding.
www.ajc.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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tigard-stripes.bsky.social
I just picked up this HEAVY bookcase from someone on a Craigslist ad. The seller was so blown away by the cargo bike that they jumped on their bike and rode with me for a few blocks to see how it was possible to move such a load without a pickup truck. #OneLessTruck #CargoBikes #BikesAreBetter
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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austinlouisray.bsky.social
holy shit, y'all

our 2025 fundraiser results are in, and we abolished $5,275,122 worth of medical debt in the Atlanta metro area!

thank you so, so much for your help. how in the world are we gonna top this next year!?

check out the full report:

how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/our-2025-fun...
our 2025 fundraiser results
Unless you're new around here (hi!), you probably know that every September we drag our asses out into these chaotic internet streets and we see how much money we can raise to abolish medical debt in ...
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
wesley.theatl.social
FIFA to give Donald Trump a bust shaped trophy of his own head for being the worlds most handsome man at the world cup final
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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letspropelatl.bsky.social
“The Human Cost of Mobility: 2024,” a new story map from Propel ATL, reveals that, across five core Metro Atlanta counties in 2024, traffic crashes (425) took more lives than homicides (410).
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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payson.bsky.social
More than 1 person dies every day on Atlanta's roads, and yet we talk so little about solutions to this crisis. Nice reporting from @ribunchreports.bsky.social here. www.ajc.com/news/2025/12...
Report: Traffic fatalities outpace homicides in metro Atlanta
Analysis draws comparison between the two, pointing out that roadway deaths should be more preventable than violence, with proven safety upgrades that can prevent them.
www.ajc.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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sukiventures.bsky.social
It is WILD to me how fast people drive on this road. I so wish GDOT would care a bit more to find ways to slow traffic down. I’ll drive the speed limit here and still feel like I am flying and yet I am STILL passed. Now just imagine someone walking on the sidewalk. Not friendly at all
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Stepped into five points and it's 20 minutes for a train going north. Southbound terminating at Lakewood

Its MARTA y'all
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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howephil.bsky.social
New townhomes & condos in Reynoldstown!!!

On the block adjacent to the BeltLine, 1 block from a cafe, voting precinct, & rec center, 2 blocks from a park w/ basketball court & skate park, playground, & tennis/pickleball, 4 blocks from grocery & great bus route, & 9 blocks to 🚇!
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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brian-goldstone.bsky.social
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.

It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
Graphic that reads: "The average hourly wage necessary to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the United States is $28.17. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25." -- National Low Income Housing Coalition
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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brian-goldstone.bsky.social
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."

I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Brian Goldstone appears on a PBS News Weekend, speaking from a room lined with bookshelves. A lower-third caption reads: “BRIAN GOLDSTONE — Journalist and Author, ‘There Is No Place for Us.’”
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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zachlipton.com
I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
Strategies for Achieving Success • Achieve a per capita VMT reduction of at least 25 percent below 2019 levels by 2030 and 30 percent below 2019 levels by 2045. 339 Reimagine new roadway projects that decrease VT in a way that meets community needs and reduces the need to drive. • Invest in making public transit a viable alternative to driving by increasing affordability, reliability, coverage, service frequency, and consumer experience. 340 • Implement equitable roadway pricing strategies based on local context and need, reallocating revenues to improve transit, bicycling, and other sustainable transportation choices. 341 • Expand and complete planned networks of high-quality active transportation infrastructure.342 • Channel the deployment of autonomous vehicles, ride-hailing services, and other new mobility options toward high passenger-occupancy and low VT-impact service models that complement transit and ensure equitable access for priority populations. • Streamline access to public transportation through programs such as the California Integrated Travel Project. • Ensure alignment of land use, housing, transportation, and conservation planning in adopted regional plans, such as regional transportation plans (RTP)/ sustainable communities strategies (SCS), regional housing needs assessments (RHNA), and local plans (e.g., general plans, zoning, and local transportation plans), and develop tools to support implementation of these plans. 2.1 Zero-emission vehicles are not enough to solve the climate crisis. Contrary to popular belief, zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) alone are not enough to solve the climate crisis. The 2022 Scoping Plan illustrates that despite cleaner vehicles and low-carbon fuels, the path to carbon neutrality by 2045 also depends on reducing per capita VMT (the total passenger vehicle miles driven by an average person in California on any given day). To meet the carbon neutrality goal, the Scoping Plan proposes reducing VMT from 24.6 miles per day in 2019 to 18.4 miles by 2030 (a 25 percent reduction) and to 17.2 miles per day by 2045 (a 30 percent reduction). Approximately 30 percent of light-duty vehicles on the road in 2045 will still burn fossil fuels even with all new car sales being ZEVs by 2035 through implementation of CARB's Advanced Clean Cars Il regulations.? Additionally, driving, regardless of vehicle technology, will also continue to produce particulate emissions from brake and tire wear. Figure W depicts the reduction in VT identified by the Scoping Plan as necessary to help achieve the State's GHG reduction goals (green solid line), accompanied by a ' For more information on progress made toward achieving climate goals under SB 375 see: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/tracking-progress 2 For more information on the Advanced Clean Cars Il regulations adopted by CARB's board on August 25, 2022, see: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/advanced-clean-cars-program/advanced-clean-cars- 4 California Air Resources Board 2022 Scoping Plan November 2022 trajectory whereby average per capita daily driving continues to increase at its historic average growth rate (red line with dashes and dots) The blue dotted line shows a trajectory where average per capita daily driving remains unchanged from 2019 levels. Substantial and immediate action is needed to reverse current trends in order to reduce VMT to support achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. Figure W. VMT tra…
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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howephil.bsky.social
“It is imperative we provide safe, reliable, and continuous bike infrastructure connecting Midtown and Downtown to all quadrants of the city, such as to the Beltline and beyond.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
wesley.theatl.social
Okay I didn't fully understand what they were doing at the Trolley Trail crossing over Moreland until I saw this diagram...and I don't think I like it
Plans showing a center median on Moreland Avenue. A crosswalk is shown connecting a path on either side
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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zschamis.com
Ponce ramp to the beltline is finally open!!
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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ruwaromman.bsky.social
We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.
White text on red background reads: You Have Constitutional Rights DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR if an immigration agent is knocking. If you are inside of your house, show the card through the window or slide it under the door. DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS from an immigration agent if they try to talk to you. You have the right to remain silent. DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING without first speaking to a lawyer. You have the right to speak with a lawyer. If you are outside of your house, SHOW THIS CARD TO THE AGENT. Ask the agent if you are free to leave and if they say you can, leave calmly. White text on red background reads You Have Constitutional Rights I do not wish to speak with you, answer your questions, or sign or hand you any documents based on my 5th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. I do not give you permission to enter my home based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution unless you have a warrant to enter, signed by a judge or magistrate with my name on it that you slide under the door. I do not give you permission to search any of my belongings based on my 4th Amendment rights. I choose to exercise my constitutional rights. White text on red background reads: Usted tiene derechos constitucionales: NO ABRA LA PUERTA si un agente de inmigración está tocando la puerta. NO CONTESTE NINGUNA PREGUNTA de un agente de inmigración si el trata de hablar con usted. Usted tiene el derecho de mantenerse callado. NO FIRME NADA sin antes hablar con un abogado. Usted tiene el derecho de hablar con un abogado. Si usted está afuera de su casa, pregunte al agente si es libre para irse y si dice que sí, váyase con tranquilidad. ENTREGUE LA TARJETA EN INGLÉS AL AGENTE. Si usted está dentro de su casa, muestre la tarjeta por la ventana o pásela debajo de la puerta. Usted tiene derechos constitucionales: No deseo hablar con usted, responder a sus preguntas ni firmar o entregarle ningún documento, basándome en mis derechos de la Quinta Enmienda de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos. No le doy permiso para entrar a mi hogar, basándome en mis derechos de la Cuarta Enmienda de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos, a menos que tenga una orden de registro firmada por un juez o magistrado con mi nombre, que deslice por debajo de la puerta. No le doy permiso para registrar ninguna de mis pertenencias, basándome en mis derechos de la Cuarta Enmienda. Elijo ejercer mis derechos constitucionales.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM