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Author of THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS, "brilliant and alarming" (Booklist), "deeply researched...eye-opening, urgent" (Kirkus). Now on sale:
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"There Are No Accidents" -- named a best book of the year by Slate, Fortune, Mother Jones, and The Economist -- is now out in paperback!
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Think about how many people were beaten and arrested just for saying that this would happen.
BREAKING: Keystone pipeline shut down after oil leak discovered in South Dakota.
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IF WE ENDED CHILD LABOR BECAUSE CHILDREN WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE INJURED AT WORK, AND THEN A CHILD WAS INJURED BECAUSE WE REINTRODUCED CHILD LABOR, THEN IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT IT IS A POLICY DECISION
A 13-year-old who was burned with caustic chemicals while working for Packers Sanitation Services in Nebraska told investigators the accident occurred during a shift that lasted from 11 p.m. to 5 or 7 a.m., a direct violation of multiple federal laws.
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Between 1999-2019 in the U.S., Black people were killed in “accidental” residential fires at more than twice the rate of white people. Their deaths are not accidents but the direct result of infrastructural negligence.
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“Nationwide, police car chases now kill more people than tornadoes, lightning, and hurricanes combined.”
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After London implemented congestion pricing, fatal crashes fell by 27%.
BREAKING truck driver killed a cyclist on 11th Ave at 50th st minutes ago.
@StreetsblogNYC
@TransAlt
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We are going to hear a lot about how a resident had a malfunctioning space heater and not why the building was not properly heated. We are going to hear a lot about how a resident did not close their apartment door and not why the building did not have self-closing fire doors.
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Hi Talia! - just so you know, it’s illegal to block the street, which is why cops are making sure it’s clear of pedestrians. We have these wonderful places called “sidewalks” where believe it or not, you can walk safely and even protest if you want. Amazing !
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In the year 2022, no one should be dying in a fire. The reason why people die in fires in 2022 is because the conversation is about broken space heaters — which is to say, about who is to blame — and not who only has access to housing that is inherently unsafe.
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To be clear how this work: Companies that make table saws that CAN cut your finger off are paying Marie to stop a company from selling a table saw that CAN'T cut your finger off, and they call this "the free market."
A new rule mandating finger-detection technology in table saws could raise costs by hundreds of dollars and result in a government-mandated monopoly.
I introduced a bipartisan bill to protect consumer choice and block this mandate until the patents for this tech are made public.
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No matter what started the blaze in the Bronx, our attention should be focused foremost on the residential conditions that made the fire not survivable.
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Pedestrian fatalities are skyrocketing with the proliferation of SUVs, but
@NHTSAgov
refuses to regulate the size, weight, and shape of vehicles.
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Shooting victim, who was allegedly not wearing a bulletproof vest, ran into a bullet in Mott Haven.
Bicyclist, who was allegedly not wearing helmet, crashes into 2 cars in Mott Haven
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Kathy Hochul wants the ambulance that could save your loved one to be stuck in traffic.
#BreakingNews
Congestion pricing has been indefinitely postponed. It will not start June 30, an official tells Eyewitness News
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How to report on a cyclist or pedestrian fatality in two steps:
1. Use this format: PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST was killed by the driver of a VEHICLE MODEL on STREET, where there have been TK other crashes in the previous TK years.
2. Do not amplify police statements without evidence.
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I have a bike lane joke but it doesn’t go anywhere.
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Traffic engineers looking at this like “people just need to pay attention, one more sign will do it.”
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THE GOVERNOR CANNOT JUST OVERTURN A LAW VIA A YOUTUBE VIDEO.
THE ONLY CHOICE IS TO IGNORE HER AND PROCEED WITH THE LEGAL MANDATE OF CONGESTION PRICING.
Upshot of
@CarlHeastie
update:
-Lawmakers are still discussing how to fund MTA, says “only choice” is to “raise revenue” - AKA tax. Admits there’s not many places to get $ from. So all options are on table
-Could come back anytime btwn now and January to act on a plan
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The same New York City elected officials who voted to slash the school budget in favor of increasing the police budget will be tweeting about the Roe decision all day, while their well-funded police force cracks heads at a Roe protest tonight.
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Kathy Hochul wants your commute to take longer so you have less time with your family.
#BreakingNews
Congestion pricing has been indefinitely postponed. It will not start June 30, an official tells Eyewitness News
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After the NYPD pulled the plug early on a contract for this technology in 2021 following intense backlash, a spokesman for then-Mayor de Blasio said he was "glad the Digidog was put down” because "it’s creepy, alienating and sends the wrong message to New Yorkers."
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can someone ask the national guard if they can fix this
R/W trains are delayed in both directions due to a temporary loss of third rail power power between City Hall and Whitehall St-South Ferry.
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I still don’t understand why legislators aren’t up in arms. Y’all passed a law and then the governor got on YouTube and said “I’m cancelling your law. I won’t be taking any questions.”
You’re just going to let her nullify all your power and make your jobs pointless?
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I am so sorry for all those in mourning for their families and their homes. Their loss was predictable and entirely preventable.
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"Completely random," says only nation where this has happened 310 other times in the past six months
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I couldn't take the subway to my 2 week postpartum OBGYN visit because my subway does not have an elevator.
.
@GovKathyHochul
appearing with
@bronxbp
and childbirth advocates — talking maternal health. Announcing $8M for Morris Heights Health Center. And expansion of
#doula
care statewide. After this event we anticipate she’ll take questions on
@MTA
and
#congestion
pricing.
#NBC4NY
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it was smart train conductors, who moved everyone onto the R and out of the station, that saved lives today. period.
Eric Adams is already using the Brooklyn subway shooting to call for more cops in the subways when he should be explaining to us why none of the multiple police officers that were in the station were able to prevent the incident, stop the shooter, or even get a proper description
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Eight days later, the sign has been replaced and struck again.
Traffic engineering is a fraudulent discipline.
Traffic engineers looking at this like “people just need to pay attention, one more sign will do it.”
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I've been surprised to hear from a few of you who ride regular bikes who are support e-bike licensing.
This is a bad idea -- for you, personally, as cyclists.
(Even if you're white or rich or don't care about delivery workers. I promise.)
Let me explain. Reason number one...
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won't somebody think of the cars
Hurricane Idalia smashes into Florida; too soon to gauge impact or damage to dealerships
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My dad talks about his parents doing this, and let me tell you, the heavy-drinking adults were not great for the children.
The death of Adult nightlife is another weird thing.
My grandparents gave/attended cocktail parties that went until the wee hours until at least their 60s.
Nightclubs were also a thing for adults.
Now American nightlife is lame and tends to end in one's 30s, if not before.
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good afternoon to the folks who could lay down some cement to prevent it
good morning to everyone except people who park in bus lanes and bike lanes
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If we're asking people to reduce their power usage, we should absolutely ask people to not drive.
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Automakers told the same lie before the creation of NHTSA, that we died in cars because of bad drivers. Then we started regulating automakers--changing cars, not drivers--and traffic deaths plunged.
Cars are the problem. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something.
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The thing I don't get about the "car parking is my right as a New Yorker" people is their inability to do the math.
I live on a street with 20 parking spaces. I live in an apartment building with 50 units, and it is not the only building on the block.
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Once more for the folks in the back: Cities aren't loud. Cars are.
Sound on for this one: Once this is over let’s remember that cities aren’t loud, cars are
#streetsareforpeople
#OpenStreets
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People tweeting at me "this specific incident was illegal so it's not a policy decision," I'd like to introduce you to Ronald Reagan.
Defunding regulatory agencies like OSHA is a policy decision that limits enforcement capabilities, making violations permissible by inaction.
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My baby had a medical emergency last week (she is fine). While I was holding her in the ambulance, my spouse was getting his ID checked by NYPD. There was no crime, no hint of one -- just useless police so desperate to appear relevant they kept a parent from a child in a crisis.
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Just got a $500 bill related to my daughter’s birth, 14 months after she was born — and it’s an out-of-network deductible for a doctor who is in-network.
The system is built to steal from people who don’t have the time to fight it.
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Let’s be clear: Kathy Hochul just spat on every New Yorker.
Governor Congestion
Governor Pollution
Governor Train Delay
#BreakingNews
Congestion pricing has been indefinitely postponed. It will not start June 30, an official tells Eyewitness News
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So much of what protects us from "accidental" death -- what prevents from corporations being able to sell you poison food and exploding cars and flammable mattresses -- rests on the power of regulators to use science to interpret the law. We lost that today.
The Supreme Court's reversal of Chevron constitutes a major transfer of power from the executive branch to the judiciary, stripping federal agencies of significant discretion to interpret and enforce ambiguous regulations. Hard to overstate the impact of this seismic shift.
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Less than a year after the City of New York installed a protected bike lane on Prospect Park West, cycling on the sidewalk fell from 46 percent of riders to 3 percent.
Don't be angry at the person riding on the sidewalk, direct your frustration to the city that has refused to provide safe routes. Let's attack the problem not the symptom.
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In Sweden, congestion pricing reduced asthma cases in young kids nearly 47 percent.
@UFT
is suing for more asthma and more of the chronic school absences it causes.
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Instead of blaming the driver who "didn't see them" or the pedestrian who "darted out," Hoboken is building fail-safes -- assuming that people will be imperfect and giving them the resource of more visibility, so that a mistake is less likely a deadly event.
In 2023, over 400 delineators were added at intersections, covering 31% of intersections citywide. Also known as daylighting, it is a simple and cost effective way through Vision Zero we have made our streets safer by preventing illegal parking too close to crosswalks, which
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Wildly, in this allegory, the wealthy midwestern transplants ride the bus and subway and the New Yorkers own cars.
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Don't let Congestion Kathy change the subject.
Gun violence has reached a historic low throughout New York. Our investments in law enforcement and community-based programs are working.
We’re going to keep fighting to drive down crime and protect New Yorkers.
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I grew up in New Jersey. My dad took the bus to work in the city every day. Congestion pricing would have meant he came home faster. I would've given anything for that.
The future that Phil Murphy wants is one where New Jersey's bus commuter parents get home to their kids later.
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Infuriating breaking news:
Three Republican senators just introduced legislation to stop a new vehicle safety standard that had the potential to end drunk driving in a few generations.
A little background...
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Ironically, the reason that Maxine (who was recently arrested protesting the loss of 13 parking spaces) could play stickball in the street growing up in Brooklyn is because there were way fewer cars in NYC then because…street parking was illegal!
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In New York City, this means that the majority of New Yorkers eligible for "direct relief" are wealthy.
And because gas taxes fund buses and subways that low-income New Yorkers rely on, poor people will be directly worse off as a result of this "direct relief."
New Yorkers are feeling pain at the pump, so today we’re cutting the state gas tax through the end of the year — now delivering over $600 million in direct relief.
From the Hamburg Town Board to the Governor’s office, I’ll always fight to get New Yorkers the relief they need.
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TIL what it costs to give birth in America without insurance.
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My baseless theory is that Schumer and Jeffries told Hochul it’d be fine, they’d protect her, help her get reelected, that she needed to do this America, Biden thanked her for her service, and she was too dumb or weak to protest.
And now she calls and they’re like Kathy Whochul?
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new york's first paved roads were paved for and paid for by cyclists
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David Simon is right. This cost of this ticket should be prorated to match the income of reckless millionaires.
What sort of off-brand city sends me a $50 camera ticket for speeding in a school zone for racing at 36 mph in a 25 zone at -- wait for it -- 5:40 a.m. in total darkness on a morning in -- wait for it -- mid-July?
Two-word clue: Yankees Suck.
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This fine is too small and OSHA is still understaffed but it seems important to clarify that “child labor violations went up 50% in 2023” because Biden significantly increased OSHAs staffing and budget — not more child labor per say but OHSA able to catch more companies at fault.
A Wendy's franchise in Pennsylvania has been fined $300,000 for 766 child labor violations.
The violations include failing to give breaks to 81 kids, 18 kids working without permits, and 10 kids working without parental knowledge.
Child labor violations went up 50% in 2023.
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America? His name is Pete Buttiegieg.
America could cut nearly 18 percent of pedestrian deaths a year just by capping the hood height of passenger trucks and SUVs at the level of a modest crossover, a new report finds — but will America actually do it?
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@PresidentJose3
If you actually read the article it's very clear that there is an active movement to roll back existing child labor laws.
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They don't care about you or your long-ass bus commute or your kid's asthma as long as nothing changes about how they get to drive through your neighborhood.
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This is horrific and devastating.
But please remember that one of the reasons that so many people die on our roads is because we react to most traffic crashes by saying "it was an accident" and react to ones like this by saying "this person is a monster who must be punished."
BREAKING: 2 people were killed and 7 injured after a man drove his pick-up truck into a Lower East Side park while under the influence.
Among those hospitalized are 2 young children, according to police.
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Kathy Hochul wants your child to have more asthma attacks.
#BreakingNews
Congestion pricing has been indefinitely postponed. It will not start June 30, an official tells Eyewitness News
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paper work seems like the safer choice for everyone, thanks for asking
Do we want "New York's Finest" doing paper work or police work?
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the degree to which the environmental movement fails to engage with the environmental consequences of transportation really is astounding
My inbox tells me the environmental group Sierra Club has endorsed NJ Congressman Josh Gottheimer, one of the region's most vocal opponents of congestion pricing in Manhattan.
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Everything you need to know about car culture is right here. Inflation is affecting every New Yorker; only the ones who own cars get economic relief.
News: New York budget deal will include a suspension of the gas tax from June 1 through the end of the year, per source
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Notably, Tennessee is one of the states where you’re most likely to die “by accident” and New York one of the states where you’re least likely — because taxes pay for hospitals, roads, emergency services, and all the other basics element of a functioning society.
Tennessee, took the No. 1 spot on SmartAsset’s list, with $86,444 in take-home pay after taxes and adjusting for cost of living.
Read more:
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imagine being so rich you don't need to work but so sad and angry you spend all day online yelling over being charged $50 for a violating a law that you broke
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A 5-year-old child was killed in Queens yesterday by the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck. This is the street where they died.
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Say you took this job at Wendy's, by some miracle were given the maximum salary on this sign, and then worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for a year with no vacation:
$20,800 before taxes
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It’s finally here!! And goddamn, I really hope you like it.
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A bike lane lined with flexible bollards is not a "protected bike lane" and I refuse to call it that anymore.
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Every time we talk about the problem of "distracted drivers" we give a free pass to the automakers who make insanely distracting vehicles and the government officials who refuse to regulate them.
Who wouldn't be distracted by this?
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What a fun new way to punish people who live in small and overcrowded apartments.
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Shawn Fain once again proving he was the most effective influential vote I’ll ever make.
SCOOP: UAW President Shawn Fain voices concerns about Mark Kelly, Josh Shapiro amid
@KamalaHarris
' running mate search
via
@CraigDMauger
&
@detroitnews
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"This month, Gov. Huckabee Sanders signed legislation that would actually make it easier for companies to put children to work...bills in at least 9 other state legislatures would expand work hours for children, lift restrictions on hazardous occupations."
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The article points out that it is “not clear whether she was at the intersection or had the right of way,” which is just another way to say “we have yet to determine if she behaved in such a way that she deserved to die.”
7-year-old girl struck and killed by SUV on Queens street
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Men will literally tweet about a speeding ticket for eight hours instead of going to therapy.
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To be clear, if your legislator votes for this they are voting to kill congestion pricing forever. Keep calling.
New: Source says the legislature is expected vote on a bill as soon as tonight that would commit $1B in state funding for the MTA.
Legislature and gov are working towards a deal.
Money would come from general fund/bonded out - still unclear.
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Janette Sadik-Khan's genius was understanding that you need to SHOW people what it looks like to rewrite the status quo -- and sometimes the only way to do that without drowning in red tape is to hustle some $5 lawn chairs into the street while everyone's asleep.
The Times Square pedestrianization started with....lawn chairs!
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good with traffic-calming. Pilot, iterate, and be incremental. (Photo from today's NYT article on streets).
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You incredible people…you did it. The legislature is going home without an alternative plan to fund the MTA, which means we might yet save congestion pricing. Thank you to everyone who worked the phones.
Lots of fighting ahead, but everyone should be proud of what they did.
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People who ride the bus in New York City are on average the lowest income New Yorkers, and more likely than the average New Yorker to be single parents. And right now they’re stuck in traffic.
.
@GovKathyHochul
is right to push back on the congestion wahmbulance. She is on the side of the overwhelming middle-class majority. Its 1/3 minority supporters are just overrepresented on X, editorial pages,
@NY1
, bike bro rallies, and wine & cheesers.
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Vision Zero is succeeding in Sweden and failing here because they chose safety as their one priority. You can’t have three priorities. There’s no way for safety to be priority if another priority is the rapid movement of thousands of potential weapons through dense space.
Brooklyn Dem boss Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn is here saying she understands the need for safety, but also the need to keep traffic flowing and the economy going
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Everyone did a really good job being angry today. You all killed the payroll tax increase! But you’re going to need to wake up tomorrow and be angry again. Call everyone. Call Hochul. Call Heastie. Call fucking Chuck Schumer. Next week in the streets.
#SaveCongestionPricing
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Public school funding reduces crime. Students exposed to more public school funds are less likely to be arrested as adults.
So, the unconscionable budget that City Council just passed -- which cuts school funding to aid the NYPD -- might actually increase crime.
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when you call for police to enforce traffic laws, you are calling for this, because this is what the police do when they enforce traffic laws.
The murder of Allan Feliz by NYPD officers is particularly tragic. Feliz was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt, but he was wearing one. Officers admitted it. Then, cops wouldn't let him just leave, escalated, and shot him in the chest.
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the fine for jumping the turnstile, which harms no one, is twice as much as the fine for impeding the movement of 100 people
MTA annoucnes starting tomorrow automated bus lane enforcement starts. First violation is a warning, then $50. Buses w/ cameras will take pic of vehicle parked in bus lane. Have to be pictures from 2 buses bf violation issued.
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Sesame Street is the best version of New York City because there are never any cars parked on the street.
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I am very proud of this legislation.
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Congestion Kathy
Gridlock Kathy
Chronic Asthma Kathy
Governor Kathy Smoghul
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At least once a week, I wonder why some startup hasn’t disrupted granny carts yet. This is a product that’s 1. an urban necessity, 2. quite pricey, and 3. total junk 100% of the time. Why can I get a mattress in a box but not a grocery cart that lasts more than 6 months?
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Call the person responsible for this. Tell her we need congestion pricing now.
(518) 474-8390
Train arrival information is unavailable for A/D/E/F/G/J/M/N/Q/R/Franklin Av Shuttle/Rockaway Park Shuttle trains online and in stations while our teams address a technical problem.
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$10,000 would have required driving into the toll zone 666 times a year.
@richmintz
@GovKathyHochul
Disagree, it’s the only thing this governor has done for me and my family. It would cost us 10,000 a year. Highway robbery
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the only met gala news I care about is who didn’t drive
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Walking behind a group of older teenagers out trick or treating last night, just before I leaned to my partner to say some snide “too old to trick or treat” bullshit, the teenagers stopped a two year old with an empty bag and started shoveling their candy into it by the handful.
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One in 93 people will die in a traffic crash in their lifetime. You know 93 people.
The thing about cycling and walking advocacy is that virtually every single person in this movement has lost someone to a sudden, violent death on our roads, and everyone that hasn't, statistically speaking, *will* lose someone sooner or later.
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MTA saying that a Verrazzano Bridge "cable dehumidification project" which helps maintain the bridge cables will be postponed. Shoutout to all the Staten Island elected officials opposing congestion pricing!
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I'm contractually obligated to tell you that I wrote a book about this.
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roll this tweet up in a ball and throw it at a traffic engineer every time they say "safety"
Very tired of hearing about what the intentions are. If a system constantly produces a different outcome than the one it is "intended" for then it's perfectly reasonable to assume the actual intention is the outcome it continues to produce.
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Bikes lanes make streets safer for people who are not on bikes.
What‘s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
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