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Tag: Motonormativity

March 24, 2025Brief thoughts, In the news

Fleeing is the problem?

This story in the Times Union last week is a typical example of a widespread problem. Why is the news (and the […]

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March 4, 2025Brief thoughts, In the news

Improving the Harriman Campus

It would be hard to catalog all the damage governors and other state-level officials of New York State have done to the […]

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February 12, 2025February 12, 2025Brief thoughts, Colonie

9 & 155: What a Mess

The Albany Business Review published an article yesterday about the sale of the Freshmarket Commons, a crowded strip mall squeezed into a […]

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February 5, 2025Brief thoughts

Moving County Offices

The Times Union published an article this morning outlining Albany County’s potential plans to move some of their offices from their downtown […]

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April 7, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

On paid parking in Saratoga

Published in the TimesUnion this week: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/paid-parking-begins-memorial-day-saratoga-springs-19380919.php The reactions of many of the people quoted are typical and show just how car-brained […]

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February 7, 2024February 7, 2024In the news, Jotting things down

More driver-coddling

In today’s TU: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/man-charged-hit-and-run-crash-killed-queensbury-18651245.php Why isn’t the perpetrator named? He’s being formally charged, and he’s not a minor, so it’s a matter […]

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