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Doug Gordon
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Writer, TV producer, communications professional, creator of other things. Co-host podcast. (he/him) @BrooklynSpoke@mastodon.social
Brooklyn, NYlinktr.ee/BrooklynSpokeJoined October 2010

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“What we’re up against is the head-in-the-sand coalition of people who say, ‘Let’s not deal with our problems, let’s pretend climate change doesn’t exist, let’s stand still like a bus in the middle of traffic in Midtown Manhattan, ” Lieber said Friday.
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This Daily News hit piece on Citi Bike was published 10 years ago today. The big criticism was that it would be hard for most people to ride faster than 7 mph. (The same paper thought Citi Bike riders would be "hell on wheels.")
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The mayor has said God wanted him to be mayor. If it's a calling, why doesn't he work for a teacher's starting salary?
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Teaching is a calling. You don't do it for the money, you do it because you believe in the kids that come into your classrooms. The largest school system in the country is only as strong as the teachers behind it. Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek to all our amazing NYC teachers!
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Just 3% of CM Kagan’s constituents drive alone to the proposed congestion pricing zone. 28% take mass transit.
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Congestion Pricing will hurt countless New Yorkers, small businesses, residents of so-called outer-boroughs & will create huge lines of parked cars right outside of Manhattan. The best way to attract more ppl to subway is to make it safer, cleaner & provide a reliable service.1/2
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Also this, from the person who wrote the best book on the subject. We all make imperfect or truly bad choices now and then. The act of being human should not be a death sentence, nor should it cause someone else's death.
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And also -- I will yell forever and ever -- people who make bad decisions do not deserve to die. twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/…
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I think the kids who were killed in crosswalks with the light, holding a parent's hand. I also remember Ethan Villavicencio, age 7, now and then. Killed while eating ice cream with his father and sister by a reckless driver who crashed into a restaurant.
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The thing about "the cyclist shoulda..." or "the pedestrian shoulda..." is that you just don't know. People have been killed by drivers while waiting for a red, standing on a sidewalk, or even sitting inside a restaurant. There's no "here's what I woulda done" that will save you.
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It's okay to admit you don't know what you're talking about. The bike lane extends through the intersection and all drivers have a legal responsibility to exercise "due care" when turning and yield to people with the right of way. The driver who killed Adam didn't even signal.
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Replying to @DoobLontonder
He technically wasn't crossing the bike lane then, he was at the junction and I believe that being in the more vulnerable position, the cyclist ought: a) to have slowed down to see if the truck was planning to go right; b) been wearing a helmet. This is a horrific accident and… Show more
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this is me being charitable, okay: it should be said that real-time factchecking is just not a thing that anyone can pull off and I'm sorry but expectations really need to be trimmed in this regard
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This is getting extremely gross and CNN is coming away with a lot of egg on their face here. At the same time, I feel like Kaitlan Collins is doing as good as she can in this situation.
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This falls squarely on CNN. Everyone here saw exactly what was going to happen. Instead they put a sexual abuse victim in harm’s way for views. This was a choice to platform lies about the election & Jan 6th w/ no plan but to have their moderator interrupted without consequence.
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1 Lincoln Tunnel bus lane moves 10x as many people as 3 car lanes 6 lanes → 2 at Holland Tunnel = a fraction the trips as each PATH tube are engineering a historic transportation+climate disaster, spending $10BNs widening highways + building 0 transit
NJ→NY crossings, peak hour (8-9am, Fall business day).

Lincoln Tunnel, pre-COVID:
- Buses: 30-35%, 32k-38k entries/hr
- Autos: 3%, 3k entries/hr

Lincoln Tunnel, post-COVID: buses down to 14k/hr, autos up to 5k/hr, (30+% and 11% overall share, resp.)

https://github.com/neighbor-ryan/hudson-transit
≈100 people wearing cars, causing 6 lanes of gridlock approaching the Holland Tunnel

Credit: @jerseyphotographer on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CeGZ9oRuEcT/
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Today’s decision by @USDOT to allow New York’s congestion pricing plan to move forward is unfair and ill-advised. I support congestion pricing conceptually, but it must be fair to all sides. Placing an unjustified financial burden on hardworking New Jersey commuters is wrong.
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Jordan Neely’s uncle slammed Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday, said he isn’t welcome at his nephew’s funeral and that he doesn’t know “any mayor who parties and bullshits” as much as Adams
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