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The Transit Funding Crisis

If you live in Pennsylvania, please contact your state senators and ask them to fully fund public transit. You can also use this 1-click form from Transit For All PA!

Text: My friends are probably tired of hearing me talk about public transit… But my local transit system, SEPTA, is planning to cut service by 45% if they don't get enough state funding at the end of June. Some people say we can't afford to fund transit, but not funding it would be much more expensive, placing a huge additional burden on car infrastructure and devastating the economy. I don't want to own a car, so it's hard for me to imagine a future living in the Philadelphia area with these transit cuts. And other U.S. cities are facing similar issues. Last week I joined my fellow advocates at the state capitol to rally with Transit For All PA! to promote a viable transit funding solution for all of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of people showed up on Wednesday morning to support the campaign! I don't know how this will turn out, but I'm hopeful. I won't stop talking about public transit until… well, ever, but especially until Pennsylvania gets the transit funding we need.

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Public Transit Is an Under-Rated Experience

Public transit is the underdog in the United States, and we need to collectively invest in it if it's going to survive. If you agree, I recommend getting involved with transit advocacy groups in your area, like Transit For All PA for fellow Pennsylvanians.

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Taking Action With Strong Towns

Go to strongtowns.org/local to get involved.

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Revisiting Independence

This is a follow-up to Cars and Independence, which has a received a lot of both positive and negative attention. In response to some of the criticism, I wanted to clarify my point so that people are less likely to dismiss it due to misinterpretation.

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The Walk Light

Does crossing an intersection on foot have to take this long? I think we can do better. My friend Alex Zorach helped me come up with the idea for this one.

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Cars and Independence

My Patreon

Update: This comic has received a lot of both positive and negative attention, and I decided to post a follow-up comic to address some of the criticism: Revisiting Independence

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Hi! I love your work, but your mailing list on your website isnt working. Can you update it so I can subscribe?

Hi, thanks for pointing that out! I realize the Sendpulse form doesn't work on some browsers and I don't know how to fix it right now, unfortunately. If you send me your email address I can subscribe you. Thanks for your interest, I'm glad you're a fan!

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The Shopping Center Disconnect

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A Culture of Positive Change

This is the first post in my new comic series, A Human-Scaled Journey.

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I'm starting a new comic series soon!

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Hazelnut Chocolate Comic merch is here! 

Mug

Light shirts and other stuff

Dark shirts and other stuff

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Comparing Comic merch is here!

Mug

Light shirts and other stuff

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Oops Sorry merch is here! 

Trees Mug

Trees shirts and other stuff

More designs

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I’ve Been Writing

Hi folks. It's been a while since I wrote a news post, so I just wanted to update you all on a couple of things:

Drew the Centaur has ended. I won't be posting any more of it. I know, it barely even started, but it didn't turn out to be the fun, low-effort comic that I wanted it to be in the first place. I know some of you really loved it, and I appreciate that. I'm working on some long-term comic-writing projects that will materialize into actual comics at some point, but I don't know how long the writing process will take, and I've learned that my best work comes to me when I don't rush the process. So hopefully I will be back with some great, frequently-posted material at some point! Thank you for your patience.

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How Do You Change Someone’s Mind? 

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The Confession: a short comic

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