And a people protesting Belarus president Lukashenka, another incompetent demagogue
During COVID the 14-Mission has become one of our highest ridership lines. It's also now faster, more frequent + more reliable than ever. We're giving it dedicated lanes to preserve these gains as congestion returns
Larkin @SharedSpacesSF continues to thrive. My goal: eating at every restaurant
The playgrounds of the a Tenderloin remain closed. Thank goodness for Larkin @SharedSpacesSF
A little Phở Tái is exactly what the doctor ordered on this misty Saturday on Larkin St
Wandering the city i keep running into people i know. Here's Rene Colorado of @tl_merchants and @vaskiniris of the Council for District Merchants, who gave advice about making @SharedSpacesSF better
Oh YES Hayes @SharedSpacesSF. I remember when the Central Freeway used to run through here
Some @SharedSpacesSF are just for restoring our faltering democracy. Vote.
The pine cone ornament is my favorite part. Page #SlowStreet
Noe St in Duboce Triangle used to be like 14th until former SF Planning Director Allen Jacobs, author of Great Streets, fixed it in the 70s. Now it's a #SlowStreet
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In 1987 Bonnie Nelson had the audacity to believe that a private company could thrive by doing good in the world and treating its employees fairly. After 21 years, this is my last week at @NelsonNygaard
Transportation is the fastest, most effective way of changing the world—from mitigating climate change to improving public health and dismantling historical inequities. @NelsonNygaard was the best place to build my career, helping clients define and foster the public good
But it’s time to move from merely advising cities to serving the city I love most in all the world, and the only one that has ever felt like home. Next Monday I join the @sftma_muni
Just a few of my Privilege Subsidies for 2018:
Trump tax cut: $3,600
CA Prop 13 dividend: $17,820
Mortgage interest deduction: $7,309
Mortgage rate reduction: $13,558
Free car storage rent: $3,600
Total: $45,887 annual subsidy
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I don't need $46K in government subsidies just for being an upper income, white, car-owning homeowner. So yes, this is my annual minimum for charitable contributions
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Rather than subsidizing the privileged, what if we instead invested in creating opportunities for everyone? What if young people and newcomers had the same opportunities as the old and established?
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