Mike Larkin

I'm walkin' here! @Montgomery4all Steering Committee, more & better transit, more housing, love the parks, love libraries, and let's go Yankees and Knicks!

[Mike Larkin @MLarkin85]

Here is something short and sweet for your Sunday reading by me: The Transit Experience Includes the Pedestrian & Biking Experience. This is in support of @WABADC campaign to fix US 29 along the #brt route. CC @actfortransit @betterDCregion
https://t.co/FkQRopD8jj

[Beth Osborne @BethOsborneSGA]

Behind this concept that there is a "subsidy" is the idea that no one benefits from the train or bus unless they are on it. So let's shut the train and bus down, put all those people on the roads, and test the hypothesis. See what the @washingtonpost thinks then.

[Randy Clarke @wmataGM]

Driving is significantly more dangerous than transit and speeding is one of major reasons. Violators should be held accountable like all other laws.

For clarity, this person does not work for Metro & definitely does not represent our value of safety in everything we do.

[Mike Larkin @MLarkin85]

@ishaantharoor @washingtonpost I always looked forward to your column. This is a real loss. Thanks for the great analysis over the years.

[Charles Allen @charlesallen]

So odd Post Ed Board goes after me to pass a bill allowing autonomous vehicles to enter DC’s market. It’s almost as if Post owner Jeff Bezos & Amazon also own the AV company Zoox currently lobbying the Council… Not sure I caught that disclosure anywhere. https://t.co/2WCGuqjmLE

[Randy Clarke @wmataGM]

Another example of why we must invest in and operate a high quality transit system so people aren’t forced to buy a $50k car (plus ongoing costs) just to get around. For every family that goes from 2➡️1 car or 1➡️ No car their life becomes much more affordable.

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

When I say the US has bet its post-pandemic economy on AI while China has bet its on green energy, this is what I mean: Here, AI related companies account for 75% of S&P 500 returns since ChatGPT's launch. In China, green tech accounts for one quarter of GDP growth.

[Evan Glass @EvanMGlass]

Last year nearly 600 people were hit while walking in Montgomery County. Two-thirds of them were in a crosswalk.

We need to continue making our roads safer for pedestrians, bicyclists, drivers –– everyone.

https://t.co/orxEsJXo3a

[Mike Larkin @MLarkin85]

@EvanMGlass Your Safe Streets Act for the win!

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

High ridership is diverse ridership -- diverse in every dimension: wealth, trip purpose, physical skill, gender, language, nationality, race ...

Always push back on cultural stereotypes about "who rides public transit." Plan as though everyone counts.

[Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior]

John Bolton refused to testify at Trump's impeachment, preferring to sacrifice national security to make money with his book. He could have helped bring accountability and erode the mafia state. He did not, so now the mafia state comes for him.

[Evan Glass @EvanMGlass]

To all the MAGA folks who said I shouldn't talk about the rights of 700,000 D.C. residents because it isn't Maryland –– despite the border we share –– I ask you why these Republican governors, who are hundreds of miles away, should send their national guard troops to D.C.?

[Paul E Williams @PEWilliams_]

I wish Amtrak would say what these resource constraints are, specifically, so that people could effectively advocate for addressing said resource constraints

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

The headline "Can San Francisco Be Saved?" (as though it could be lost) captures how even a publication as rational as @TheAtlantic feels obliged to cater to "urban doom loop" vibes.

Big cities are immense engines of prosperity that are well equipped to recover from shocks. 1/

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

"With statewide model codes, state housing targets, and a string of other laws, Oregon has done more than any US state to standardize zoning rules across cities." -@Sightline

Any state want to disagree? Let's get some competitive energy going ...

Link at 1st reply.

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

When praising dense housing, remember: what matters is that housing is part of dense, walkable neighborhoods. A pocket of apartments on a lonely cul-de-sac off the highway is just a way to force low income people to own cars and drive everywhere, making them poorer.

[ATU Local 689 @ATULocal689]

Not exactly something you would want to be known for as No. 1 in the nation. Solutions? Invest in public transit such as dedicated bus lanes, rail expansion (more infill stations, extended lines, and more service), and so forth.

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

Can anyone remember an official in a Democratic US administration lying about rural America as blatantly as @secduffy is lying about urban America here?

How are urban Americans supposed to react to being continually slandered in this way?

[TAME Coalition @TAMEcoalition]

Read our new publication, “Protecting the Seneca Creek Watershed by cancelling Midcounty Highway Extended (M83).” @MontgomeryCoMD @MoCoCouncilMD

[Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor]

If the president of a country in the developing world did an interview like this with his daughter-in-law and then tried to pass it off as a win, Western journalists would treat the entire spectacle with a scoff and a smirk and dismiss it as a mark of political backwardness.

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

It is becoming increasingly unpleasant to be the customer of a giant corporation in the United States.

Every new technology seems to be used to further protect corporations from the rage of their customers, thus allowing the management to care less.

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