Jamesinclair

Jamesinclair

@jamesinclair.bsky.social

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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

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Great news from the Solomon administration, announcing 17 of our worst intersections are getting the full safety upgrade. Pedestrians were killed by vehicles at several of these intersections over the last 2 years, and I'm thrilled the city is taking action. @jerseycitynj.bsky.social bit.ly/4zNkrVo

hudsoncountyview.comJersey City begins turn hardening at 17 high-crash intersections for Vision Zero - Hudson County ViewJersey City, as part of the next step in its Vision Zero initiative, will commence a turn hardening program at 17 high-crash intersections.

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A $400M plan would add a third lane to 12 miles of the Atlantic City Expressway. Rutgers’ Robert Noland of @vtc.rutgers.edu says “induced demand” means added capacity can draw more drivers, though widening can make sense to move more people. https://bit.ly/4iv6vcs #RutgersVTC

bit.lyAtlantic City Expressway to get third lane in $400 million expansionA $400 million expansion promises smoother trips to the Jersey Shore, but a Rutgers expert says adding lanes could attract more traffic.

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CalBike urges Californians to vote NO on Proposition 43. The measure would make it harder for communities to approve citizen-led taxes for safer streets, reliable transit, and other essential local services. Read more on the CalBike Blog: www.calbike.org/no-on-prop-43/

calbike.orgVote No on Prop 43: Protect Local Funding for Safer Streets - CalBikeCalBike urges Californians to vote NO on Proposition 43. The measure would make it harder for communities to approve citizen-led taxes for safer streets, reliable transit, and other essential local se...

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This wasn't even an SBS bus, yet these @MTA.info emoyees quite clearly assaulted this passenger attempting to alight the vehicle. How many millions of bus trips is the MTA going to have to convert to make up for the settlement payout they'll have to pay this guy? gothamist.com/news/brookly...

gothamist.comBrooklyn school dean says MTA officers assaulted him over a $3 bus fare he says he paidKyle Taylor, a dean at Mott Bridges Academy, says he made a legal bus transfer.

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Replying to @cafedujord.bsky.social

Not a single YIMBY org in the state of California has taken a support position on Prop 45. At least one is is straight up opposed. That should tell you something about whether or not it will provide any material benefit to infill housing production!

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Surprised to see so many responses here leaning toward or supporting Prop 45 *on the basis that it would make it easier to build housing in urban areas.* AB130 exempted nearly all new infill housing from CEQA last year!! It was a huge deal, and it's working! We don't need 45 to do that!

Golden State@goldenstateorg.bsky.social

Fourteen propositions is a lot. So Golden State staff and contributors agreed to share their picks for all 14 statewide measures on the Nov. 3 ballot. Thanks to Robin Epley, Elizabeth Chou, Jon Fleischman, Josh Gohlke, Dan Morain and Elmira Muradkhanyan for contributing!

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I’m in disbelief at the entitlement! Hudson County Sheriff Officers are mad about getting parking tickets on their illegally parked personal vehicles since they had to hand in their placards. Pay for a garage like everyone else! hudsoncountyview.com/hudson-count...

hudsoncountyview.comHudson County sheriff’s officers again plead with commissioners for parking relief - Hudson County ViewHudson County sheriff’s officers again pleaded with the commissioners for parking relief in Journal Square amid ticketing of their vehicles.

How do we apply these lessons to housing "lowered its forecast for the company’s Used Vehicle Value Index, from a 2% increase to a rise of only 0.2%. That slight increase would mark the third consecutive year of relatively flat pricing after large increases and then declines during the pandemic."

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Replying to @ryanlcooper.com

Basic problem is that buyers of new cars, the wealthiest car owners, determine the sizes of all the cars on the road. The income gap between new car buyers & the average car owner has grown for 2 reasons: 1) more inequality; 2) cars have longer lives, so new cars are a smaller fraction of the fleet.

Concerning that democrats are pushing "oil should be cheap". Instead of "we've been trying to get you off oil but you don't listen"

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov

$1,749 → $2,297 Heating oil bills are estimated to spike over $500 for New England families this winter. A huge reason why? Trump’s Iran war increased prices for heating oil. End the war. Lower costs.

"The report says Newark’s per-pupil legal costs were 84% higher than the state average, and the district had no procedures to control costs." Theyre spending money on no-bid contracts to build employee gyms and museums! www.nj.com/education/20...

nj.comN.J.’s largest school system spent $566K on a gym used by 7 people a day, audit findsA state auditor's report flagged questionable spending on an unfinished museum, senior class trips, an employee gym and other projects.