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Where does the money from red light camera citations go? I would wish they go toward a ring-fenced fund that pays for corridor improvements, a la Donald Shoup

Lmk if you are at Silicon Valley Bike Coalition’s Bike Summit today!

Fairly accurate walkability heatmap: close.city

I hear it over and over: “We can’t slow down car traffic (on this dangerous roadway and save lives) because doing that would slow down car traffic.” Up there with this: “We could never make American cities less sprawled out because they are too sprawled out.” Make it make sense.

The reason we can't stop traffic violence is the same reason we can't stop gun violence. We don't want to.

99% of Boston’s homes violate Boston’s zoning code. They are not illegal to live in, buy, or sell. But if Boston burned down tomorrow, it would be illegal to rebuild 99% of its homes the way they are today. When 99% of homes break the law, the problem is the law, not the homes. (1/8)

The federal Highway Trust Fund, which funds road & transit, faces a >$318 billion shortfall by 2036. How can Congress address this? —Cut spending by 40% —Increase the gas tax —Implement new taxes (VMT, registration) —Transfer from the general fund We lay it out: taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/congr...

Induced demand, Burlingame, California edition 🚲 🛴

At 2.6k miles on the odometer. Rides like new!

Here are a few interesting statistics I learned about what aging looks like in our car-dependent country: maxmautner.com/senior-drivi...

update: wild moment in the NY governor debate where Hochul says she wishes she pushed even harder on YIMBY policies… meanwhile, Blakeman literally *brags* about how his NIMBY policies have made housing so expensive

The Bay Area's share of car-free households is holding steady: maxmautner.com/sf-car-free

I did my good deed of the day by reassuring an architect that it is okay to build multifamily residential without off-street parking within a block of a major regional train station. Yes, people will sign leases.

Do not underestimate the power of an email.

I participated in the #WeekWithoutDriving last week. It was great! I had to take my cargo-bike into the shop on the second-to-last day, but managed to go through the whole week without driving because of the scooter + bus combo.

Even NIMBYs build ADUs

Going deep on kickscooters (the non-electric kind): maxmautner.com/kickscooter

At one point my phone number was 212-1111 but I had to give it up because babies in my area code were calling me all the time

This is why your local safe streets advocacy group should run candidate questionnaires--and not just focus on bikes:

Make my day and be the 100th signer on my petition to connect Half Moon Bay by bus with a San Mateo @caltrain.com station! actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...

Today in #weekwithoutdriving I biked to the store, picking up a breadloaf and brought over a sandwich kit to my friend whose wife just passed away. I dropped them off on his kitchen table next to what I later realized was his wife's ashes he'd just received. Visit your neighbors and friends, folks

The future of 2-wheel motorized transports looks a certain way

Sweet mama

The world is falling apart but there are neat doohickies to be found! Anyways, it's Tuesday

Not good, folks!

The Bay Area public transit #MeasureRTM polling shows 48% support, 34% opposed, 18% undecided. This means only 1 in 9 of the undecideds need to vote YES to get over 50%. Volunteer w the campaign now to help make this happen, opportunities listed here: 👇👇👇 luma.com/connectbayarea

Today’s #weekwithoutdriving I visited the dentist by bicycle—and for the first time in close to 8 years of visiting, my normal bicycle parking space was taken! 🎉 Never have I been more excited to find a lack of parking 🤯😆 It was trivial to find another parking space

In #weekwithoutdriving today, my father, my son and I biked to our local lumberyard, purchasing the wood to build a bench. They helpfully cut it for us and it all fit in my cargo bike. Shop local!

Great points--we handicap public transit in ways we refuse to do to drivers: worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ev...

You can increase your driving safety dramatically by driving slightly slower:

ADU production in California is on track to outpace single family home production: maxmautner.com/2026/10/02/c...