Manuscript is due in 2 months and 2 hours. 6 chapters done. Wrote another 1,100 words tonight. I've got two chapters that are each halfway left to finish. Plus the conclusion, then lots & lots of editing. And in the end we'll have a book to help folks fight better for transit & bike infrastructure
Just sent out the "Sustainable Transportation Questionnaire for Bay Area Candidates in the 2024 General Election" to ~700 people running for city/town council, Mayor, County Supervisor, Assembly, State Senate, & Congress in the Nine-County Bay Area! 20 groups are behind the effort, and woof big lift
Aboard the Coast Starlight from Oakland to Santa Barbara. Hadn't occurred to me that the Coast Starlight is also an express train from Oakland to San Jose-- takes less than an hour from Jack London to Diridon. Nice!
Join us in speaking out for keeping climate-friendly transit to a beautiful historic East Bay downtown this FRIDAY! actionnetwork.org/events/call-...
200,000 people in the Bay Area are on the verge of losing Amtrak service. The San Joaquins Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) voted to shut down service to the Pittsburg/Antioch station which serves tens ...
If, like me, tonight's big debate is too stressful to watch live-- consider checking out this panel discussion of Bay Area transit agency board members who are women talking about gender & transit agency governance! actionnetwork.org/events/gende... It's part of a series I'm hosting & excited for!
Join us this Bay Area Transit Month for a deep dive into the intersections of gender and transit with this series of events featuring leaders in the field of transit. From governance of transit agenci...
The Imaginary Worlds episode about how sci-fi/fantasy has changed in the last decade is so good open.spotify.com/episode/0YRL...!
Episode ¡ Imaginary Worlds ¡ When I began my podcast in September 2014, I was mostly sticking with topics that I was familiar with like blockbuster movies and animation. I liked science fiction, but I...
There's a lot to be made about with the San Joaquins JPA arbitrarily cutting off service to the Antioch community of 100k people. But it's really maddening that in the SJJPA's business plan THE YEAR before they voted to cancel service, they said this about how excited they were to do TOD in Antioch
Anyone else watching the Alameda County Dem Party City Council Forum on Zoom?
Since this is BlueSky and not the other site, I'm gonna do something a bit different and post the full story about a community of ~200,000 potentially losing train service and what we are doing/you can do to save it. Buckle up. It starts with the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority Board..(1/x)