I love this @peterhartlaub.bsky.social piece on how biking can change your life and relationship to your environment! I've been bicycling a lot more in SF since we got an e-bike, especially with our elementary-school kid on the back, and it's been wonderful 🚲❤️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Thomas Rogers
Thomas Rogers
@throgers.bsky.social
City planner, photographer, urban hiker, http://sidewalktypos.com updater
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There are FIVE housing-related measures on the November ballot! Join us TOMORROW, Thursday, at 5:30 pm at Teeth Bar in the Mission for drinks, snacks, and an awesome discussion featuring the measure proponents! Moderated by @io-y-g.bsky.social. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/housi...
Bob Siegel was one of my @walksf.org #Peak2PeakSF guides a number of years ago, and I’ve loved seeing him in person and in the news in the years since! Thanks @peterhartlaub.bsky.social for this great profile www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Agree strongly with with the @sfchronicle.com editorial board’s endorsement of @scottwiener.bsky.social for CA-11, and with Dolores Huerta’s words: “I know the difference between a politician who talks about justice and one who fights for it.” www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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So impressed with people like Crystal and Mark of oaktree.eco, who aren't waiting for Washington but building community-owned energy infrastructure in their own neighborhood one block at a time: nonprofitquarterly.org/the-work-was...
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Join us for another round of our popular Green Density Tour on August 30th! This time we'll explore Bernal Heights ecology and talk about opportunities for further greening to create a safer, more welcoming environment for pedestrians and new neighbors. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/berna...
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I've followed pedestrian safety topics for a while, and the "hood height" issue was familiar (and horrifying) to me, but the A-pillar and mirror blind spots were new- terrible how modern trucks/SUVs block sight lines and put us all at risk www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We love the complete preemption of local zoning, don’t we folks [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
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I was recently introduced to the concept of ‘POSIWID’ (the purpose of a system is what it does), and I think we can say that San Francisco’s old land use regulations were designed to send housing prices skyrocketing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Sam Crow Alert! www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti... Thanks as always to @peterhartlaub.bsky.social for helping to bring these images to the public. #sfmemory #sfhistory
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On Monday, April 13, D9 Neighbors will host @conniechansf.bsky.social for our second Congressional candidate housing chat! Join us for snacks, socializing and the specifics of Connie's positions on housing. An RSVP is required, so sign up now!
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“In many ways it’s a time capsule. And it will be here for another 100 years.” For the Grand Lake’s 100th birthday 🎂🍿 I wrote about a romance between a man and architecture — and how it rescued the best theater in the Bay Area. Gift link for The Town 🌳🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
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As a Houston native, I am obligated to share any article featuring a scale model of The Woodlands! Also, I am ~fine~ with the idea of new towns, but never at the exclusion of infill- we need to walk and chew gum at the same time [gift link] @conordougherty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Thank you @jkdineen.bsky.social for shining a light on this Potrero/Dogpatch stairway slog! I lived on the west side of the hill and commuted via the 22nd Street Caltrain station for many years, and this stair would have been very helpful [gift link] www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
“Sky-high property values create their own kind of instability. Parents who find their retirement accounts flush with home equity might not feel good about it when their grandchildren can’t afford to live nearby.” @conordougherty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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“8 to 80”: If you design a city that works for 8-year-olds as well as 80-year-olds, you’ll likely serve everyone in between. Let’s do it, @lukebornheimer.com! @aarieff.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
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Thanks to @thefrisc.bsky.social for featuring us in today's article on "How To Delay Affordable Senior Housing in SF, Despite a Law That Blocks Appeals" thefrisc.com/how-to-delay...
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hey Square, shutting off a block of the primary N-S bike commute path, just as hundreds of parents are bringing their kids home after school, with zero indication of alternate routes, is a shitty thing to do and a great way to piss off thousands of people! @sfmta.com : just keep the bike lanes open
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Replying to @lastpositivist.bsky.social
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
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Congratulations to D9 Neighbors leadership team member Ruth Ferguson! Just appointed to the City College board by Mayor Daniel Lurie today! www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...
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The latest numbers are in: Congestion pricing cut 27M car trips in 2025. Commutes got faster Streets got safer And business went up See more exclusive analysis - and feedback from 600+readers - in our latest collab with @upshot.nytimes.com Free link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hey, it’s @milesintransit.com in the @nytimes.com! Very cool odyssey to honor the MetroCard 🫡 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Come help us celebrate all D9 Neighbors for Housing has accomplished this year, and also raise money to support the great work Mission Food Hub does in the neighborhood! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/d9-ne...
Like the author's family, my family is very fortunate overall, but helping aging relatives is still extremely difficult! I can't imagine how it is for those with fewer resources, especially under the current administration www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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Amen from @conordougherty.bsky.social: "The ultimate impact of the builder’s remedy is likely to be measured not just in units that are built by using it, but in the ones built in fear of it." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
“Somebody once suggested that the dwellers in the Isle of Man earned a precarious livelihood by taking in each other’s washing.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Well said by @jamellebouie.net: "...if the experience of Lincoln suggests anything, it is that there can be no real success without principle — ironclad and unyielding." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Truly moving, and always worth a read or re-read ❤️ @jennifersenior.bsky.social
Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the September 11 attacks. For her 2021 Pulitzer Prize–winning story, Jennifer Senior visited his loved ones to understand how their pain endures. https://theatln.tc/Txh867AC
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Big tax cut bills typically don't leave the poor worse off. Bills cutting the safety net don't normally include benefits for the rich. The GOP reconciliation bill is something we haven't really seen before. w/ @aliciaparlap.bsky.social + @sangerkatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Our events chair (and affordable housing expert extraordinaire) Kate Voshell is featured in this terrific story from @thenation.com about the proposal to turn swaths of North Beach into a historic district: www.thenation.com/article/poli...