Eddie Dee SV

Eddie Dee SV

@eddiesv.bsky.social

Alternative transportation advocate.

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Covie
@covie93.bsky.social

Notice how Tommy wasn't punched in the face and dragged out of El-Sayed's political event.....

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

Folks here on BlueSky already know, but everyone with accounts on the billionaire-owned platforms should start encouraging people to leave them for open source ones like this one, Mastodon, and Nostr.

Alex Gibney@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

hollywoodreporter.comTikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Ad Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.
Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

In the age before vaccines, 15%-20% of kids didn't make age 5 due to diseases that are now vaccine preventable. Anti-vaxxers are not just idiots, they are a scourge on the nation.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

At least 6 babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles.

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

Trading healthier lung development in kids for a millionaire's selfish and self-serving opinion was definitely a good thing.

Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social

Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires

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Lakeshore Rail Alliance
@lakeshorerail.bsky.social

Car-centrism has put us in a bind. We no longer have the money to maintain our roads, and Americans are too cash-strapped to pay more in road use taxes. www.newsbreak.com/share/487546...

newsbreak.comThe government wants to charge Americans new ‘pay-by-the-mile’ road use fee in US state – ‘it’s gonna kill me’ - NewsBreakGAS prices in one US state could soon be in for a major change under a new pilot program that would see these costs collected elsewhere. Under the change,

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Cathy Tuttle
@cathytuttle.bsky.social

By definition, cities are places for people. The best cities are walking cities. The WAR ON WALKING is anti-city, and an attack on our future life on earth.

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social

No matter what they claim, the REAL “war” that’s been going on in our cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth

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Lakeshore Rail Alliance
@lakeshorerail.bsky.social

Per federal data, transportation is a primary driver of financial volatility for American households. It's the 2nd-largest household expense after housing. The avg annual household spends $13,318/yr or 17.0% of HH spending. It's 30% for the poorest households. LEGALIZE TRANSPORTATION FREEDOM!

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Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social

We all know the urban greening Paris has been doing. But do we know what Warsaw Poland has been doing? Impressive. “Not so long ago, they were dominated by cars, concrete, & asphalt. Today, they're full of greenery, pedestrian-friendly, & better for the climate.” The New Center of Warsaw project.

ZDM Warszawa@zdmwarszawa.bsky.social

Jeszcze nie tak dawno zdominowane przez samochody, beton i asfalt. Dziś pełne zieleni, przyjazne pieszym, lepsze dla klimatu. Tak wyglądają teraz ulice Złota i Zgoda. Właśnie zakończyliśmy kolejny ważny etap projektu Nowe Centrum Warszawy. ℹ️ zdm.waw.pl/ZłotaZgodaGotowe

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

There's a special place in hell for app developers who screw with a user interface for no good reason, causing us to waste our time troubleshooting, only to find it was the app development team behaving like dictators and making changes that create confusion without making their products better.

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Brandon - "Fietser"
@americanfietser.bsky.social

And this is why we call American traffic engineers professionally bankrupt.

Warren Wells, AICP@warrenjwells.bsky.social

This week in Crazy Things Traffic Engineers Say to Me: "Warren, the Netherlands is actually the *worst* example of transportation planning. When I was there recently, I almost got hit by a bike three times!" 😐

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The War on Cars
@thewaroncars.bsky.social

"If you have followed the conversation about street safety lately, you would think the greatest threat to our community is a teenager on an e-bike. It isn’t. In 2023, drivers killed more than 1,100 pedestrians on California streets."

independent.comCar Drivers Crashed through the Storefronts, Not E-BikersIf a motorized two-wheeler is too fast and too powerful to be a bicycle, it cannot be marketed or sold as one, says Senate Bill 1167, currently going through the California Legislature.
Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

The unfortunate reality is that cities can no longer afford to continue to subsidize parking. When transportation policy at all levels makes everyone dependent upon driving, this is the kind of mess we get into.

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

When it the media going to stop sanitizing traffic violence?

The Durango Herald@durangoherald.bsky.social

Medics and law enforcement responded Tuesday to a crash south of Durango where a pickup truck driver – suspected of impairment – allegedly bumped several road cyclists and seriously injured one.

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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences
@mateosfo.bsky.social

Every time a violent driver hits a safety feature with their car, a human gets to live the rest of their life.

Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social

In other words they are doing their job

motorbiscuit.comAtlanta's New Bike Barriers Are Flipping Cars and Sparking DebateIf you drive down Cherokee Avenue in Atlanta's Grant Park neighborhood and see a car precariously balanced on two wheels atop a concrete divider, don't

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America Walks
@americawalks.bsky.social

👟🚲️🚍️Getting around shouldn't mean having only one option. ❌️The BUILD America 250 Act puts more money into highways while cutting support for walking, biking, and transit. ‼️People deserve more choices, not fewer! Tell your member of Congress to oppose this bill ➡️ buff.ly/BaZ3Qi3

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
@modacitylife.com

Talk about bike infrastructure, and someone inevitably assumes the goal is to replace every car trip with a cycle. Nothing could be further from the truth. The goal is choice. Most people don’t want to use the same vehicle for every journey, just as they don’t use the same shoes for every occasion.🧵

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David Zipper
@davidzipper.bsky.social

Replying to @davidzipper.bsky.social

Every trip that occurs by bike instead of a car is a win for the planet. Full stop. Can a bike always replace a car? No, and no one is claiming it can.

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The War on Cars
@thewaroncars.bsky.social

"The research also found that the US has more new pediatric asthma cases attributable to vehicle pollution annually than any other country. In 2024, US children accounted for one in 10 new pediatric asthma cases attributable to vehicle pollution globally."

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social

Cars kill in more ways than one.

theguardian.comFive Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study findsResearch suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution

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Katja Diehl
@katjadiehl.bsky.social

Instead of forming a massive alliance against this absurd situation, pedestrians are pitted against cyclists, cyclists against scooter riders, ... Every day I become more disillusioned by just how deeply ingrained the “carbrain” is in all of us, even those of us without cars.

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Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

fastcompany.comWant To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike LaneResearch from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

People who don't drive or drive less are subsidizing those who do, and it's not sustainable.

Sam@samd.bsky.social

the Washington Post has become the New York Post thanks Jeff Bezos

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Lakeshore Rail Alliance
@lakeshorerail.bsky.social

Good to see the city of Elyria, Ohio working with Amtrak to move the Elyria Amtrak station to a better location. Our proposed Great Lakes Limited gets a mention too: chroniclet.com/news/465676/...

chroniclet.comCounty seeks federal funding for Elyria Amtrak station moveLorain County Transit is actively negotiating with Amtrak on a $10 million plan to move Elyria's Amtrak station to the Lorain County Transportation Center.
Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

I'm a fan of Doug Gordon's War on Cars work. His response to my re-posting this with comments was to block me. It's his right to do so, but god forbid we bring science into subject as important as climate change. Again, I suggest that folks read the science compendium at soil4climate.org

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

Meat is not the problem we've been told. The whole idea that it is goes back to a 2006 UNFAO report that was retracted due to very faulty calculations and comparisons. It's not the cow, it's the how. Read Soil4Climate's science compendium: soil4climate.org

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Lakeshore Rail Alliance
@lakeshorerail.bsky.social

Is it time for the federal gov't to get out of the business of funding new lane miles? Considering we have been in diminishing returns with highway expansions for at least 3 decades, the answer is becoming obvious. When you can't maintain what you have, and people (cont'd...)

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

Anyone old enough to remember 9/11 knows many thousands of Americans got stranded when the aviation system shut down and we ran out of rental cars. "Whaddya mean there is no train to Columbus?!?!?" was overheard at Chicago Union Station. A robust rail system would've kept America moving.

Lakeshore Rail Alliance@lakeshorerail.bsky.social

🚝High-speed rail runs on electricity produced domestically. This makes HSR a national security issue 🚝🚌🚃🚲More high-quality travel options means more freedom: Freedom from car debt if you want. Freedom to leave the car keys at home if you want. Freedom to avoid flying hassles if you want.

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Lakeshore Rail Alliance
@lakeshorerail.bsky.social

Flights are being cut due to jet fuel shortages. Ticket prices on remaining flights are spiking. Millions of Americans are underwater on their car loans. Car loan debt surpassed student loan debt in 2023. We need high-speed rail. Here's why:

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

Transportation and land use are closely linked. This is part of Silicon Valley (I took this pic a few days ago). Designing everything around the car + all that exclusive R1 zoning is why there is a housing shortage here. It's also why virtually all of the cities (cont'd)

Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social

here are struggling to keep up with infrastructure maintenance. And, >1000 feet above all this, there was still an audible din of car traffic. This is the most financially unsustainable way the US could have chosen to develop.