RT @openplans Mad that Gov Kathy Hochul has done a 180 on congestion pricing, wasting over a decade of progress & sticking NYers with delays, chaos & pollution?
Call your reps! Info & script to make it quick & easy:
@tmstreet There are claims that she did this under pressure from House Minority Leader Jeffries. If you're represented by a Democrat, you might want to tell your Representative how frustrated you are at Jeffries's incompetent strategizing attempts:
I figure if I see a post with hashtags, the poster is looking for wider reach and it's safe to boost. If I don't see any hashtags I try not to boost. I know there are follower's-only posts and yet this still feels polite. If you catch me boost/unboosting your post that's probably why. #Fedi#Etiquette#Fediquette
@cargot_robbie I just forget to use hashtags. Anything I post that's Public is something where I'm looking for wider reach; please boost it if you think your followers would appreciate it!
@cargot_robbie Good strategy! Sometimes I'll call someone out in an Unlisted reply, and it's not that I don't want it to be visible, but I don't really want it to be boosted either...
Today I was again remembering how in the early 90s, after the revival of Earth Day, the success of the Montreal Protocol and the growth of concern over global warming, one cute little thing people did was to take their own cup to the cafe. Most cafes would sell coffee cheaper if you brought a cup.
It was part of a broader conversation about reducing packaging.
It disappeared after the 2000 election, the disgrace of Al Gore, and 9 months later the 9/11 attacks.
@stevenbodzin I think I did have a cup hanging off my backpack then, and I stopped for a while, but a couple years ago I visited a friend who carried some reusable tumblers around with him, and I thought I could do that.
The tumblers are much sturdier than any to-go container (rightly so) and fit in the bottle carriers on my backpack.
Some cafes don't cooperate. Some give me a small discount.
(If anyone doesn't like Amazon, I'm guessing you can find them elsewhere)
@stevenbodzin Bottom line: I think that conversation has had some setbacks, but it didn't disappear completely, and a lot of us are still trying to make it happen.
@roadskater@stevenbodzin Yeah, I can't really bring myself to carry one of those Just Salad bowls around! MealPal also provides reusable containers through some restaurants - they own them, you return them...
Anniversary blog post from May 28, 2010: We do not make just one mode choice. We make mode choices repeatedly, of at least three kinds: Single Trips, Habits and Investments. We're not going to get people out of cars by addressing only one kind of choice.
Cool, cool. End of August. Sure, no rush, bike lanes don't need protection or anything.
(#NYC's 311 has entries allowing you to report multiple types of 'illegal' games, but nothing for reporting any kind of unsafe bike lane situation. So you just send a generic comment to #NYCDOT Queens commissioner, which may get answered eventually..) #BikeNYC