Jon Orcutt
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Jon Orcutt
@jonorcutt
NYC transportation - now w @bikenewyork, @reinventalbany Alum @TransitCenter @NYC_DOT @Tri_State @TransAlt Now posting mostly at jonorcutt.bsky.social
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Joined July 2009
- The sudden car-lightness of Manhattan makes the @NYCCouncil’s destruction of outdoor dining even more ridiculous & ill-timed than it already was
- Replying to @jonorcutt- Senior Dutch bike planner at a seminar in Portland: “Why is everyone talking so much about asking people what they want? They don’t know.”
- What is happening?Gov. Hochul confirms that congestion pricing could be implemented quickly without additional federal review if a new price is "in that range of what was studied"
- Great personal moments in the history of “outreach” - Me to Montreal deputy mayor: how did the store owner react when you placed that giant bike share station out front? “He complained for a few weeks and then he stopped”
- When your legacy reverts from world-leading policymaker for cities & climate to biggest-ever subsidizer of the Buffalo Bills in 1 dayWe’re addressing affordability and the cost of living in New York. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=zrTboC…
00:00 - The drive-to-Manhattan suburban swing voter imagined by Jeffries will be fooled by a postponement??“A fourth person familiar with the matter said Hochul is responding to worries raised by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader who is fiercely trying to win back a Democratic majority this year”
- Her adoption of every misinformation talking point against congestion pricing suggests otherwise“We’re talking about a limited time, which means it’s not permanent, which means I continue to support the concept behind it because the other alternative was to say, ‘It’s done.’ That never happened. I’ve said from this the beginning, ‘temporary pause’ means ‘temporary pause.’”
- When bus lanes work
- Here’s how close NYC was to congestion pricing before #GridlockKathy @GovKathyHochul yanked it away from New Yorkers & our transit system: - Signs are up at the zone boundary, just need the covers removed - Readers were collecting data for the great before/after counts
- Here’s the thing about Eric Adams & New Yorkers who ride bikes: For years, he courted us and helped amplify our demands He stood with us…until it really mattered. Until he became mayor & assumed full control over city streets
