Heather Boyer

Editorial director and editor of books at Island Press. Focused on cities, people, transit, the planet. Tired of cars.

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

Some suggestions on how to help.

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[Streetsblog New York City @StreetsblogNYC]

After 50+ years, congestion pricing is finally active in New York City. We did it!

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

@IslandPress is thrilled to be working with @resnikoff (and @DianaFinch) on his intriguing and timely new book.

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

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[Civic Commons US @CivicCommonsUS]

Longtime ally of @CivicCommonsUS, Shamichael Hallman is author of a newly-released book, Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy.
@shamike2009 @IslandPress @UrbanLibCouncil @LoebFellowship @MEM_Library #libraries
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[Island Press @IslandPress]

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[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

Testing out Blue Sky: @hboyer.bsky.social to phase out of X.

[Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt]

.@NYDailyNews edit board suggests Gov Hochul likely to lose to @RidersAlliance in court, giving her cover to continue with $15 congestion pricing https://t.co/DzPmRBZJRO

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

@nyc311 it smells like someone is burning a fire in Prospect Park in the woods north of the lake

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

@holz_bau Please post an unboxing video

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

Not surprisingly, the set for the idyllic town in The Gilmore Girl is much more walkable than the actual town on which it is modeled.

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

My favorite part of prep for our block party—closing the street off to cars

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

The fact that the "Beg Button" exists in so many cities is messed up.

For the privilege of crossing the street, pedestrians are required to press a button, wait, and then scurry across while cars + trucks give them a few seconds of grace.

Here's one I'd press in a second...
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[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

@mnolangray Books that I worked on that made me see the city in a different way: When Driving is Not an Option/Anna Zivarts, Walkable City Rules/Jeff Speck, Killed by a Traffic Engineer/Wes Marshall, Arbitrary Lines/you. Very early influential book: Experience of Place/Tony Hiss

[🚇 Riders Alliance @RidersAlliance]

We're nearly a month into @GovKathyHochul's illegal congestion pricing pause. Here's a quick reminder of who would actually pay a toll.

*These* are the people who matter to Governor Hochul. This is who she's willing to cancel $16.5B in new elevators and subway stations to serve.

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

Looking for transportation options for my 86-year old father to visit my mother in memory care that do not require him to drive. It is extremely frustrating and I want to send everyone in the region a copy of @AnnaZivarts book https://t.co/2almm2ibrd

[Jesse Case @jessecase]

I'm all for Kamala Harris being a Madam President but Doug should still be called Doug. "Please welcome The President of the United States and Doug" it'll be awesome

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

@LudoCReid Here are a few https://t.co/AcCeUdKkhM; https://t.co/ZMfBVDs6wi; https://t.co/MQoBrP2aXJ; https://t.co/o5wo50Gykc; https://t.co/vXLEx4Nfev

[Heather Boyer @HMBoyer]

@mnolangray Purple Pig downtown. Second the arch cruise

[Regional Plan @RegionalPlan]

The pause on #CongestionPricing doesn't just mean more congested roads — it means air and noise pollution, dangerous roads, business costs, lost time, and less funding for transit. @NYDailyNews
https://t.co/x0bBvoZOjW