buses Actual San Francisco bus driver's fantastic tweeted review of the Shang-Chi bus scene David Pescovitz
rule of law Chinese law professor's social media denunciation of facial recognition in the Beijing subway system Cory Doctorow
That lame-brain freeway idea could only be cooked up by a toon Maps of the lost streetcar and subway systems of North America Cory Doctorow
surge pricing The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow
anticoasean maneuvers London cops switch off wifi in the tube to make it harder for climate protesters to organise Cory Doctorow
prime Study blames Uber/Lyft for San Francisco traffic, Uber/Lyft blames Amazon, propose surge pricing Cory Doctorow
eschatology watch Credit bubble a-burstin': wave of bankruptcies sweeps subprime car-lenders Cory Doctorow
boring machines The elite belief in Uberized, Muskized cities is at odds with fundamental, irrefutable facts of geometry Cory Doctorow
stupid smart cities The London Underground thinks it can sell travelers' attention and wifi data for £322m Cory Doctorow
Ministry of Children and Family Development British Columbia government forces Vancouver dad to end his kids' free-range city bus rides to school Cory Doctorow
think of the children Oakland elementary school students resist Caltrans' insistence on taking copyright to their mural Cory Doctorow
quantified self Patent fighters attack the crown jewels of three of America's worst patent trolls Cory Doctorow
freedom of assembly Hidden "anti-crime" mics are proliferating on US public transit, recording riders' conversations Cory Doctorow