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25.4K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$142 – $231 / sponsored post
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![I'll get some flak for this, but IMO the Abundance transit stuff is a dangerous distraction.
Portland, the Bay Area, Miami etc face draconian service cuts that would drive away riders— for good.
If that happens "I don't really care how much a [new] bus costs because you'll have nobody riding it."](/img?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvideo.bsky.app%2Fwatch%2Fdid%253Aplc%253Apchnq7klmm3ejqduuqaqrsd6%2Fbafkreibxovqpt6tt6xj457vbpjo7isq7p5whr7etwgywth5bflytk5lave%2Fthumbnail.jpg)
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I'll get some flak for this, but IMO the Abundance transit stuff is a dangerous distraction.
Portland, the Bay Area, Miami etc face draconian service cuts that would drive away riders— for good.
If that happens "I don't really care how much a [new] bus costs because you'll have nobody riding it."
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 22latest
192
Avg engagement / post
85–207
Typical post (engagement)
0.8%
Engagement vs followers
55/100
Consistent reach
Jun 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 85 and 207 likes + reposts (median 121) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: When I see "Waymo saves lives" op-eds, I always do a quick searc · 594 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
14.3 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 4 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
62×
Follows 411 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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The nexus btw law and road safety is underexamined. This project, from @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social and National Complete Streets Coalition, looks valuable:
"...a new effort to explore how our legal system may be preventing safer roadway d…
New GAO report examines how driver blind spots endanger pedestrians and cyclists—and asks why USDOT has done nothing about it.
www.gao.gov/products/gao...
“David Zipper probably would have worded a few things differently, but Trump's exactly right.”
LOL, no lies detected
Agree. I asked Youtuber car bro Matt Farah if there is a conflict btw his urbanist views and his ownership of 7 (very nice) cars.
His response: “No, because my cars spend 99.9% of their lives parked. I may be taking up space, but I’m tak…
I'm late to this story, but it's hilarious.
"Edsel sales dropped each year the model was on the market, and Ford discontinued the car in 1959. Cybertruck sales are off to an even worse start. Only 7,133 have been registered in the US this…
As a boy, my grandparents wouldn't dream of buying a Ford b/c Henry Ford—who was long dead by then—had been a rabid antisemite.
40 years later, I'm amazed that so many people who deplore xenophobia remain willing to buy a Tesla.
As the owner of 100+ NYRB Classics, sign me up.
I’d be utterly insufferable gushing over Magda Szabo, Curzio Malaparte, and Vasily Grossman.
I doubt Bobby is the only one thinking this
IIHS—the closest thing in the US to a neutral arbiter on AV safety— has found that Waymos are involved in ~68% fewer crashes than human drivers.
That's a big deal, although the safety benefits appear to be lower than what Waymo has public…
Seeing lots of posts from people deleting DoorDash bc they’re outraged the company is asking the GOP to kill DC home rule—all to avoid a $0.20 delivery fee.
As a DC resident, I just want to say thank you. And screw DoorDash.
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I'll get some flak for this, but IMO the Abundance transit stuff is a dangerous distraction.
Portland, the Bay Area, Miami etc face draconian service cuts that would drive away riders— for good.
If that happens "I don't really care how …
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I'll get some flak for this, but IMO the Abundance transit stuff is a dangerous distraction.
Portland, the Bay Area, Miami etc face draconian service cuts that would drive away riders— for good.
If that happens "I don't really care how …
🦋 Handle & authenticity
Bluesky handle
@davidzipper.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Jun 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 192 views per post.
📤Posts about 14.3× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated95/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
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