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”What’s really striking,” @paulkrugman writes, “is how few people actually stand to benefit from New Jersey’s attempt to block or delay congestion charges.” nyti.ms/44vMych
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"71 percent of the 4,734 Denverites who received an e-bike subsidy last year reported that their new rides helped them reduce the amount they drove, replacing an average of 3.4 gas-powered vehicle trips every single week."
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remember when gawker properties didn't have bylines because nick denton felt some type of way about them
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...in ways that traffic models did not accurately predict. When lanes were reassigned from car traffic to higher-capacity modes – sidewalks, bike lanes and bus or rail lanes – traffic issues were less severe than expected, and traffic volumes were significantly reduced."
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I get that many people don't believe that "Traffic Evaporation" happens, but 20 years of case studies say it is real. "People adjusted their behavior ... thecityfix.com/blog/traffic-…
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There’s a huge difference between self sacrifice and a man choosing to let you die actually. That’s horrible
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Lessons are being learned now. Christ Licht is out of a job and Elon Musk is out a shit ton of money and both are missing chunks of reputation and dignity. If the plan is to lift post-fact horseshit and intolerance from the gutter and mainstream it? You're in the gutter yourself.
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the other day I hear a *big* sigh of relief way across the bookstore so I look up from my corner and chris is beaming, holding up a book and a magnifying glass, saying "it's okay, everyone, it's not human skin!" and that was our win for that day
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Messi refusing Saudi Arabia’s offer of $1.6 billion in favor of a riskier deal in the US, in part, because his wife was very reluctant to move to Saudi, is yet another example of how the liberal values so many deride as “soft” are actually quite the competitive advantage
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I guess we're lucky that the city is actually doing well-enough in general that we have some resiliency to the bad things that he's completely botching?
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I keep typing and untyping tweets about Eric Adams. What a bleak situation. His fate really ought to mimic what happened to Lori Lightfoot
