Great and safe streets, realized not imagined. Principal at Together Projects. First Director of @OakDOT, former Deputy Commissioner @NYC_DOT, Daddy

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10 Years Ago on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend our team at @NYC_DOT closed Broadway to traffic to create pedestrian plazas at Times and Herald Square. Reflecting on this 10 years later I have 10 lessons that can inform our work making great streets for great cities today.
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Now it's 15 years! NYC is lucky to still have the likes of Sean Quinn and Josh Benson making its streets better. And each year its harder and harder to imagine the way it was before plazas!
10 Years Ago on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend our team at @NYC_DOT closed Broadway to traffic to create pedestrian plazas at Times and Herald Square. Reflecting on this 10 years later I have 10 lessons that can inform our work making great streets for great cities today.
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🚨 AB 1082 🚨 is a well intentioned bill that will be a total disaster for roadway safety in CA. You think parking in bike lanes and bus stops is bad today? Wait until there are ZERO consequences. For this or ANY other parking violation. @NancySkinnerCA please vote NO 1/9
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1. Hoping other leaders in CA step in and make this right.
One thing I'm always going to do is stand with JWW. One of the realest and always there when you need a true advocate, friend, and leader. Caltrans official says she was demoted for objecting to highway expansion politi.co/3tl3Afx via @politico
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We've fallen down a rabbit hole into a wonderland where most fire engine calls are in response to traffic crashes, our fire engines are too big to operate anywhere other than on wide streets and most car crashes occur because our streets are too wide. denvergazette.com/aurora/den…

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On the new Bowery Boys podcast: the New York Parking Wars! How cars took over the curb. The origin of the first traffic codes, alternate-side parking and even 'meter maids'. Featuring @henrygrabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains The World. bit.ly/449X740
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31 May 2023
On the new episode of #InfrastructureMomentumMakers, former @OakDOT Director @TogetherRyan talks about what sparked his love for transportation infrastructure. Listen here: link.chtbl.com/infrastructur…
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I sat down with @RatnaAmin to talk about my career path in transportation, building up @OakDOT, and more! Hear it all on #InfrastructureMomentumMakers from @Ansarada below! Listen: link.chtbl.com/infrastructur…

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On the calls to “Save Hopkins” from protected bike lanes: “But it was hard not to wonder if we all reach a point in our lives at which personal convenience and a fear of change become imperceptibly commingled with our sense of the common good.” nytimes.com/2023/05/30/magaz…
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How it started How it's going
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Happy to share some updates @ooneepod progress across the region: ➡️ Our e-bike/e-scooter charging solution ➡️ The New Pod at Midtown Bus Terminal & Design Changes ➡️ Our historic partnership with Los Deliveristas Unidos ➡️ Updates on Hudson Square & Jersey City construction
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In a proposed bill aimed to ease New York City's affordability crisis, some fines would be charged in proportion to an individual’s income on civil offenses including littering, double parking and idling in a vehicle or open container violations. nyti.ms/3nwNa14
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29 Apr 2023
Suburbia at its finest - Park Slope! This sort of walkable neighborhood with a gentle density, tree lined streets & a robust offering of retail/commercial amenities was the standard for suburban development in pre-war America. We'd do well to re-apply its form today!
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24 Apr 2023
🎉🎉 Richmond City Council has unanimously repealed parking minimums! 🥳🥳 A huge thank you to our dedicated advocates and partner organizations who made this possible. This marks the beginning of our journey towards abundant and affordable housing for everyone in RVA!
24 Apr 2023
Replying to @RVA_YIMBY
President Jones calls the question. It unanimous and the crowd goes WILD

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25 Apr 2023
Tomorrow, we’re hosting a panel discussion on parking in the Bay Area! Join us to learn about recent changes and new rules that will help make parking spaces shareable for different users! spur.org/events/2023-04-26/i…
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The NYU Rudin Center hosted an engaging panel, Extreme Weather and Urban Mobility, last night featuring @melindahanson @c3miami @kaanozbay & @TogetherRyan Click through for pics & more; be sure to join our email list to be notified about future events! wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/2…
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Join us this Earth Day Weekend SUNDAY. Rain our Shine we will Celebrate our LOVE for Mother Nature and (Y)Our Open Street
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