Shabazz Stuart
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Just a kid from Brooklyn. 🚇🚲🚍 Building better urban 🚲 infrastructure as CEO of @ooneepod also @streetspac @transalt
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When we started the journey, public 🚲parking stations were unheard of in NYC/NJ. 5 yrs later, we're helping transform the region from laggard to leader. Now we're ready to massively scale up with a Series A financing. More 👇🏾📽️
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Jordan Neely was a New Yorker.
He was a person.
When he began to suffer from mental illness the city’s social safety net failed him, as it had failed countless others.
When he exhibited signs of his mental illness in public he was murdered on the F train.
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Are we really having a debate about paid sick days? Like literally after a massive pandemic?
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New York is becoming a real city! New York is becoming a real city! 🥳🎉🥳
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Really fucked up that people are dying for vaccines on other parts of the world because they want to live...and decadent Americans are like “meh, vaccines are dangerous.”
That’s what privilege looks like.
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College sports in a country that can’t afford to make college free.
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Elon will fix this by adding one lane of traffic underground.
On the eve of the
#SuperBowl
, it takes one hour to drive exactly one mile down the Vegas Strip.
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After living in a 500 sf studio for a week, I'm convinced that the average American vastly over estimates how much living space is actually needed for happiness.
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What is the point of spending $6 billion per year on the NYPD if we need a supplemental force to check people’s luggage at Grand Central?
Serious question, what can 750 National Guardsman do that the 30k police that we have in NYC can't?
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The single largest user of bike lanes are the city’s 65k+ delivery workers who….aren’t affluent gentrifiers.
I wonder why the Councilwoman doesn’t notice them?
Bike lanes cater to the hobby of an extremely tiny sliver of affluent gentrifying progressive activists.
That they’ve so effectively pressed the bureaucracy of NYC almost entirely into their service speaks to how completely captured and insular our city agencies have become.
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Is now a good time to mention the fact that Elon’s Vegas tunnels don’t follow safety best practices?
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The right wing folks think American cities like LA, NYC and Chicago were much fancier places in 1970s…. lol
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I think people genuinely struggle with the fact that gentrification moves fastest when there is actually no new development.
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The Miracle on Vanderbilt should be a turning point in NYC’s relationship with its streets.
We opened up a major street to people and there was no traffic armageddon. In fact, everyone seems loves it! Folks are coming from far and wide to be there.
Why not everywhere?
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We are looking at a complete abdication by safety regulators and elected leaders— and people are dying.
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This should be the norm, not the exception. We need streets that encourage & allow our youth to be youth.
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Overseen on Reddit. This is going to be a BIG challenge.
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It’s bizarre to me when people blame nice things like the Highline for gentrification.
We prevent displacement by building more affordable housing…not by halting construction of parks and other urban amenities in our communities.
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Can’t be both a climate friendly city and a car friendly city.
Gotta pick one.
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If one seeks to travel between New York and Boston this weekend it will cost you at least $183. More likely, you will pay $200+
What a horrific policy failure in the climate change era.
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Why are we geofencing and using tech to speed limit the scooters and not the cars?
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People aren’t biking and scooting on the sidewalks for fun….they’re doing it because the roads are too dangerous & intimidating.
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The NYPD is trying to cause a riot in Flatbush. They’re inciting violence. They’re the provaceteurs. This is insane.
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American really look at this photo and say “why, this would be such a nice place to vacation”
But if someone were to propose such adaptions locally…they say “this will ruin our city.”
I don’t understand it.
Pedestrian commercial cores are wildly popular in cities like Seville. There is no practical way to serve this volume of customers if they all arrive by car.
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Can you imagine if the USA or even individual states/regions did this?
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Cars from many brands now display precise speed limits on dashboards. The technology works.
So, why are 🚘 even allowed to exceed these limits?
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5 months into living in my own place… it’s nice but oh so very lonely. 😔
There is a massive unmet need for community focused housing that combines the convenience of personal space with traditions, common spaces, neighbors and the other trappings of community.
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There is no acceptable reason that speed governors don’t come standard on all cars. This one simple adjustment would save up to 400k lives each decade.
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Worth repeating. NYC has implemented a plan to remove 95% of trash bags off the curb (after years of negative coverage) and the local press is focused on:
-A few residents in Harlem complaining about ugly bins
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This is why nice things don't happen.
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Working class folk aren’t driving into Manhattan below 60th street on the daily, Bob.
They’re on the subway or bus.
This isn't just a policy failure; it's an act of war on the working class. Mark my words: we're taking this fight straight to the courts. See you there. (2/2)
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Too many people mourning for the mythical working class Manhattan car commuter ahead of congestion pricing
Not enough people mourning for the many working class NYC bus riders stuck behind endless traffic jams.
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If $15 congestion charge is such a dealbreaker for your 🚗 commute, then why not just drive to a nearby rail station and just take the train? Easy Peasy.
This is honestly what I don't get.
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Bike infrastructure is not an amenity. It’s a public utility.
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Getting doored was one of the worst experiences of my
#bikenyc
life, and left me with very real PTSD.
Not only is it against the law for motorist to open their doors w/o checking, but the city should not build 🚲 “lanes” where dooring is even possible.
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A single speeding SUV is more dangerous than 1000 scooters on the sidewalk.
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A dose of (systemically racist) reality for anyone that has ever suggested permitting bikes via licenses:
We can’t even ride bikes now... I’m not surprised. I’m just angry.
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Let’s spend our time talking about licensing e-bikes.
This Ferrari crashed into scaffolding on the sidewalk in the Bronx
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The NYC Subway alone is carrying more people than all of the nation’s airlines.
Guess who got their bailout first tho. 😉
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It’s simple math really: busses, bikes, subways and trains carry far more people per sq foot than cars… all while using far less energy.
That’s why we should build our cities around them.
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The only reason people tolerate the massive cars zipping through their neighborhoods is because it’s all they know.
We’ve all been socialized into the absurd.
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@ahumblebunnie
@Morgan_Harris17
Part of being at an academic institution is intellectual discourse and challenge. It’s part of also teaching at college too.
If your answer is “drop the course” to a completely fair question, then you probably shouldn’t be teaching.
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It’s really amazing (alarming) how normalized dangerous spending is…and how many people think it’s an inalienable right.
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Justice has never been blind w/Public Drinking laws in NYC. Black & Brown folk account for 85% of arrests.
That’s why, in new post covid era of outdoor dining, the city council must *formally* legalize it in order to protect POC from undue harassment.
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One selfish driver blocks a bus full of people and other drivers for 15 mins. Crazy.
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Don’t drive your car over the speed limit and the speed cams won’t get you.
So simple.
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Yes, we do want to limit how fast you drive on public roadways. We shall call it a "speed limit."
Fox News is telling its viewers that speeding is a constitutional right:
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The climate is literally collapsing and it takes 25 years to build a subway line and 4 years to build a bus lane in the USA.
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Imagine if cyclists just left their bikes in the roadway, along key routes?
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If Paris can do this to the Champs-Élysées why can’t Brooklyn do it to Atlantic Avenue? Why not Flatbush Avenue? Empire, Fourth....?
Why not all of our great streets?
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This morning, the
@ooneepod
team is happy to lift the curtain on the Oonee Mini, our new design for *secure* curbside bike parking on city streets.
The Curb must be central to any 🚲 parking strategy and I’m happy to share a bit more on our vision👇🏾
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If I have to pay a fare to ride the subway, drivers should pay a proportional fare to clog up NYC roads & bridges.
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When someone pushed in front of a subway train, it's front page news. There is outrage, they want the MTA to spend billions on platform barriers.
When a speeding car kills a person, there is nary a peep from the press.
Guess which one happens more frequently?
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The crazy thing is that most cars in NYC are idle for at least 20 hours each day.
Some are barely touched for more than a few hours *each week*
….and they just sit there, clogging up curb-space?
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If it’s in the door zone, then it can’t be a bike lane.
Pass it on.
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Sharing a quick PSA. Together, we can make streets safer for everyone :)
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While I’ll always ❤️ NYC, I think its good that there's a convo about ppl leaving.
For years the city has used it’s economic success, growth and air of exceptionalism as an excuse to avoid addressing glaring structural problems and quality of life issues.
This has to stop...
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The city’s bikeshare system has never recieved taxpayer subsidy and carries 54k people per day.
The city’s ferry system has recieved hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies and carries 45k people per day.
🤔
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The video hints at this, but it’s now clear there were bystanders warning the marine that he was going to kill
#JordanNeely
His prior arrests for fare evasion etc aren’t relevant.
He didn’t touch anyone, and he was placed in a chokehold w/o warning that snuffed his life out.
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They say its time to crack down bc NYC is becoming so lawless.
But when you bring up the speed cams they say no because a little lawbreaking is ok or w/e.
People change it up so fast these days! 🥴
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Leaving this here for all the ppl in my mentions who think that drivers don’t receive a generous subsidy from the public.
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I think NYC is the first major US city to propose this and it 👏🏾 makes 👏🏾too👏🏾👏🏾much 👏🏾👏🏾sense😍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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@heddon_flafish
Nobody is suggesting that mass transit services shouldn’t be held accountable.
Instead the OP and I are suggesting that ROI be measured by overall impact to society (like any government service) instead of business metrics.
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Good faith argument: Cars aren’t great for cities for a number of reasons and we should really reduce their prevelance.
Bad faith argument: IF YOU CRITIQUE CARS YOU CAN NEVER EVER RIDE IN ONE.
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Yesterday, a friend asked me how I could dedicate 4 yrs of my life to something as simple as 🚲 parking.
It’s bc transportation infrastructure, now especially, needs committed champions.
It’s a noble cause.
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Staten Island is the only county in the region that is not connected to Manhattan and the mainland by rail. Coincidentally, it is also has 5% of NYC's population despite being the size of Brooklyn (2.5 million)
A hi-functioning city would build these two projects immediately.
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Why would anyone need a truck like this in a city?
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Reminder: All of this noisy gridlock contains about two subway cars worth of people.
If mass transit was better supported the Fed-Ex truck could deliver faster, and so could emergency services.
This image doesn’t come close to capturing how gridlocked traffic is at PO Square right now. What a mess!
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Some news: Jersey City has officially become 1st city in the country to authorize a municipal secure 🚲 parking system— the resolution was dully approved by the city council on November 10th.
System will have 30 stations.
Much more to come from
@ooneepod
soon...
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They talk about doing big things to save the planet from climate change, then go bonkers when you talk about removing a few parking spots.
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Like if someone wants to move to a neighborhood, they’re going to do it in either new construction or an existing building.
The latter scenario is what results in the most displacement.
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As a kid in
#Brooklyn
…all this Black boy wanted was to build transit. For his community. For his city.
Now thanks to
@MetroNorth
and the
@ooneepod
I’ll get my chance.
In just moments we’ll launch city’s 1st secure bike parking service at a commuter Hub. ✊🏾
#BlackHistoryMonth
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New Yorkers didn’t “give up” parking spaces for outdoor dining, we reclaimed them.
Only 2.99 million left to go....
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“Induced demand”
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Jordan Neely was murdered on the F train. Say his name.
Will
@NYPDnews
do anything about it? Or is it ok because he was mentally disturbed and maybe unhoused?
Is that who we are now?
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I ❤️ that people are able to drink outside in front of bars in nyc. But I hate that it’s still technically illegal and thus subject to potential police enforcement at anytime.
Black and Brown people know what that means.
The city council should end this grey zone w/moratorium.
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….and could gain 10,000 apartments…
NYC could lose 10,000 Airbnb listings because of new short-term rental regulations
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I'm not sure what it is, but I don't think I've ever seen so many people, many of whom seem to be well dressed young professionals, casually evading fares on NYC subways.
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So, like you can make as much noise as you want, just as long as you do it in a car or on a motorcycle?
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If you have a commonly mispronounced name— you may have developed a “coffee name”
Basically it’s a name that you use at coffee shops & restaurants to avoid confusion.
Mine is Sam. What’s yours?
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Today
@ooneepod
is pleased to share a few announcements with
#bikenyc
.
Highlights include 1,500 new secure 🚲 parking spaces for NYC/NJ and several new innovations.
Full post here, read 🧵👇🏾 for more details. As always, ask me anything!
#ooneephasetwo
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Remember when New York built like 250 subway stations in 40 years?
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Mostly because we got rid of public space in favor of space for the cars.
Why aren't we building more neighborhoods like this... 🤩
📷
@PastInColor
📍Saratoga Springs, NY 1915
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Fall looks so good on the
@ooneepod
mini!
New York’s first secure curbside bike parking facility launches tomorrow morning!
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I grew up in New York City without ever driving a 🚘. In fact, I never learned to drive at all. My mom didn’t drive a 🚘 either.
This would have been impossible w/o overnight service. It allowed us to live our lives with the knowledge that transit would always b there 4 us.
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One of the major the most bizarre things about Gotham is the stark NY/NJ dividing line. This location is literally one subway stop from Lower Manhattan, offers spectacular views and most residents of the five boroughs have never been or have even heard of it.
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Reinventing midtown into a mixed use, 24/7, pedestrian friendly district is a massive opportunity for NYC….so why does it feel like so many leaders are approaching this with dread?
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Random urbanist idea:
Why don’t we have parades for high school graduates? IMO NYC should throw a ticker tape parade for all of it’s high school graduates each year down the canyon of heros.
We celebrate sports teams, why not our young people?
Hear me out. 👇🏾
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It’s really amazing what cities were able to build in *checks notes* 1902?!
Today 118 years later, even building a little subway extension in an American City is considered a ludicrous, cost-prohibitive undertaking.
We’ve lost the ability to think big.
The
@Moma
released this haunting 1902 film of the Wuppertal Suspended Railway in Germany - but now it’s been colourised and upscaled to 4K and it is incredibly beautiful
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