Chris
@chrisbybikes.bsky.social
Los Angeles. Dad of 3. Bike commuter. Bike dad. Yimby. Union teacher.
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Two days after becoming mayor, Mamdani has vowed to implement a high-profile bike lane/pedestrianization project in Brooklyn that Eric Adams had quashed.
An extremely encouraging move.
An extremely encouraging move.
On a Brooklyn Boulevard, Mamdani Revives a Project Hampered by Scandal
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Two days after becoming mayor, Mamdani has vowed to implement a high-profile bike lane/pedestrianization project in Brooklyn that Eric Adams had quashed.
An extremely encouraging move.
An extremely encouraging move.
There’s a Big Horseshoe thing going on with both anti rental single family homes and anti transplants.
Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
There’s a Big Horseshoe thing going on with both anti rental single family homes and anti transplants.
Wow, huge day for The War on Cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Wow, huge day for The War on Cars.
At some point in the last week LA became Middle Earth.
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
At some point in the last week LA became Middle Earth.
Nina Turner is currently arguing that California taxes unrealized gains on housing.
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nina Turner is currently arguing that California taxes unrealized gains on housing.
This video was fantastic. And the perfect length for making kids waffles watch. I really like how Bouie addresses the nostalgia of the 70s that really leaks into general housing discourse.
i recorded like 30 minutes of footage for this 15 minute video. youtu.be/j2_o-YK8tJo?...
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This video was fantastic. And the perfect length for making kids waffles watch. I really like how Bouie addresses the nostalgia of the 70s that really leaks into general housing discourse.
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this is exactly why corridor zoning is destined for failure
these are not the places amenable to walking... to lingering... to running several errands in short succession.
or even of offering a decent quality of life.
limiting density to toxic stroads is such a horrific urban planning policy
these are not the places amenable to walking... to lingering... to running several errands in short succession.
or even of offering a decent quality of life.
limiting density to toxic stroads is such a horrific urban planning policy
the intersection of an arterial in an urban village, and a greenway
an average of 70 dB. peak of 90. not even rush hour.
this is the only part of neighborhood where affordable housing is allowed
no wonder no one wants to walk here
an average of 70 dB. peak of 90. not even rush hour.
this is the only part of neighborhood where affordable housing is allowed
no wonder no one wants to walk here
December 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
this is exactly why corridor zoning is destined for failure
these are not the places amenable to walking... to lingering... to running several errands in short succession.
or even of offering a decent quality of life.
limiting density to toxic stroads is such a horrific urban planning policy
these are not the places amenable to walking... to lingering... to running several errands in short succession.
or even of offering a decent quality of life.
limiting density to toxic stroads is such a horrific urban planning policy
These are the heated intellectual debates that make housing rhetoric on Nextdoor so poignant.
December 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
These are the heated intellectual debates that make housing rhetoric on Nextdoor so poignant.
The race against Hugo for LA’s CD13 is a choose your adventure in Nimbyland.
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The race against Hugo for LA’s CD13 is a choose your adventure in Nimbyland.
We did some TOA, Transit Oriented Adventure, today, putting those LAUSD tap cards to work. We took the bus-> E line -> Natural History Museum. Thankfully , our transfers were all smooth & well timed. It can be so stressful waiting for a bus along a dangerous stroad with 2 hyperactive kids.
December 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We did some TOA, Transit Oriented Adventure, today, putting those LAUSD tap cards to work. We took the bus-> E line -> Natural History Museum. Thankfully , our transfers were all smooth & well timed. It can be so stressful waiting for a bus along a dangerous stroad with 2 hyperactive kids.
LA pols blocking housing then having to spend all their time and resources on homelessness.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
LA pols blocking housing then having to spend all their time and resources on homelessness.
It really sucks how bad the LA left is in housing. We just want to build some housing near trains. What is she talking about?
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It really sucks how bad the LA left is in housing. We just want to build some housing near trains. What is she talking about?
Delinquency??? This must be some mistake. Where’s the chart on multi-family tax writeoffs soaring through the roof?
Fannie Mae Multi-Family Delinquency Rate Almost to Housing Bust High
calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/fannie-mae...
calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/fannie-mae...
Fannie Mae Multi-Family Delinquency Rate Almost Housing Bust High
Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Delinquency Rate Increased in November
calculatedrisk.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Delinquency??? This must be some mistake. Where’s the chart on multi-family tax writeoffs soaring through the roof?
La Cañada denied an AB 130 CEQA exempt project that is zoned in their housing element. These rich NIMBYs must have a getting sued kink. outlooknewspapers.com/lacanadaoutl...
December 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
La Cañada denied an AB 130 CEQA exempt project that is zoned in their housing element. These rich NIMBYs must have a getting sued kink. outlooknewspapers.com/lacanadaoutl...
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It's unquestionable that young people today are richer than their 1960s counterparts, but the big difference in precarity. A good job requires living in a metro area with a housing shortage. A child requires an even more expensive home in a functional school district. A college degree requires debt.
These Young Adults Make Good Money. But Life, They Say, Is Unaffordable.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's unquestionable that young people today are richer than their 1960s counterparts, but the big difference in precarity. A good job requires living in a metro area with a housing shortage. A child requires an even more expensive home in a functional school district. A college degree requires debt.
Beautiful day for a bike ride in Griffith Park.
December 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Beautiful day for a bike ride in Griffith Park.
Ambulance emissions!! Ok, this is one of the most ridiculous ones I’ve heard.
The HOA lawsuits look nothing like that. A Marin County group blocked affordable senior housing citing “ambulance emissions.” Internal docs revealed the real concern: property values and demographic change. Luxury townhomes went up instead.
December 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ambulance emissions!! Ok, this is one of the most ridiculous ones I’ve heard.
Nimby bad things like drive through and freeway Expansion.
The city should hold firm here. Urban drive throughs are a nuisance land use that create precisely the kinds of negative externalities that zoning was invented to address.
I went deep on some drama over a DQ drive-thru in SE Portland. The franchisee is arguing with the city over his right to include a drive-thru, despite strict zoning rules. It’s sparked debate among neighbors, many of whom are nostalgic for the old DQ, which this business owner demolished in 2019.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Nimby bad things like drive through and freeway Expansion.
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MORE HOMES MONTANAAAA!!!
Bozeman just UNANIMOUSLY legalized capacity for THOUSANDS of new homes citywide by eliminating minimum lot sizes and improving rules for subdividing lots! Big wins for big sky country all the way down!! 💯
Bozeman just UNANIMOUSLY legalized capacity for THOUSANDS of new homes citywide by eliminating minimum lot sizes and improving rules for subdividing lots! Big wins for big sky country all the way down!! 💯
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
MORE HOMES MONTANAAAA!!!
Bozeman just UNANIMOUSLY legalized capacity for THOUSANDS of new homes citywide by eliminating minimum lot sizes and improving rules for subdividing lots! Big wins for big sky country all the way down!! 💯
Bozeman just UNANIMOUSLY legalized capacity for THOUSANDS of new homes citywide by eliminating minimum lot sizes and improving rules for subdividing lots! Big wins for big sky country all the way down!! 💯
Developers in Glendale are proposing a 40 unit building. even though it’s eligible for AB2097, they are going with 73 parking spaces. I’m sure this will appease the NIMBYs. Lets check in to Nextdoor and…
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Developers in Glendale are proposing a 40 unit building. even though it’s eligible for AB2097, they are going with 73 parking spaces. I’m sure this will appease the NIMBYs. Lets check in to Nextdoor and…
This was a very good listen. It took me like a week of dishes to get through it, it’s dense!
Ear candy for YIMBYs. I’m the first guest, followed by two residential developers.
A fantastic connection here between political and market conditions and the many, varied fingers of the invisible hand that make things happen when we stop getting the policy so wrong.
open.spotify.com/episode/0WLa...
A fantastic connection here between political and market conditions and the many, varied fingers of the invisible hand that make things happen when we stop getting the policy so wrong.
open.spotify.com/episode/0WLa...
Let Them Eat Cake
open.spotify.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This was a very good listen. It took me like a week of dishes to get through it, it’s dense!
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Report on Sen̓áḵw progress from my morning ride into downtown, the crane for the second tower is getting taken down and now only serves the small round structure between tower two and three.
December 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Canadian housing permits jumped 14% in data released today, hitting the 4th-highest level in modern history as multifamily permits hit the 3rd-highest ever
Canada is now on track to allow roughly 300k housing units this year
Canada is now on track to allow roughly 300k housing units this year
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Canadian housing permits jumped 14% in data released today, hitting the 4th-highest level in modern history as multifamily permits hit the 3rd-highest ever
Canada is now on track to allow roughly 300k housing units this year
Canada is now on track to allow roughly 300k housing units this year
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Consultants contracted by Minnesota found that an eight-story single-stair building with 6,000 sq. ft. per floor (building 4) has dramatically lower fire risk than a same-height code-compliant two-stair building with a larger floor plate (building 1) www.dli.mn.gov/sites/defaul...
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Consultants contracted by Minnesota found that an eight-story single-stair building with 6,000 sq. ft. per floor (building 4) has dramatically lower fire risk than a same-height code-compliant two-stair building with a larger floor plate (building 1) www.dli.mn.gov/sites/defaul...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM