Dakota Crawford
@dakotacrawford.com
Organic content & messaging.
🏠: @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social
💙: @carmeldemclub.bsky.social
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🏠: @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social
💙: @carmeldemclub.bsky.social
👋 🔗 https://linktr.ee/DakotaCrawford_
"Housing has become so unaffordable for people to be able to live in downtown Carmel, near all of that walkable vibrancy." - @simpixelated.bsky.social
The work continues for @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social 👏
bit.ly/46CAEzH
The work continues for @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social 👏
bit.ly/46CAEzH
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Housing has become so unaffordable for people to be able to live in downtown Carmel, near all of that walkable vibrancy." - @simpixelated.bsky.social
The work continues for @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social 👏
bit.ly/46CAEzH
The work continues for @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social 👏
bit.ly/46CAEzH
Personally can’t wait to see this affordable and reasonable Ford truck EV
www.vox.com/climate/4585... via @umairfan.bsky.social
www.vox.com/climate/4585... via @umairfan.bsky.social
Trump can’t stop America from building cheap EVs
Ford may just be building the EV we’ve all been waiting for.
www.vox.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Personally can’t wait to see this affordable and reasonable Ford truck EV
www.vox.com/climate/4585... via @umairfan.bsky.social
www.vox.com/climate/4585... via @umairfan.bsky.social
South Bend population: 103,000
South Bend bus rides: 1.2 million
Carmel population: 103,000
Carmel bus rides: 🤔
South Bend bus rides: 1.2 million
Carmel population: 103,000
Carmel bus rides: 🤔
Every one of Indiana's 10 biggest cities has had a municipal bus service for decades.
Except for Carmel, Fishers and Noblesville. 🤔
This IndyStar story breaks down why 🧵
www.indystar.com/story/news/l...
Except for Carmel, Fishers and Noblesville. 🤔
This IndyStar story breaks down why 🧵
www.indystar.com/story/news/l...
Indiana’s other large cities have mass transit. Why don’t those in Hamilton County?
Hamilton County is an outlier. Of Indiana's 10 most populous cities, every city has a municipal bus service, except Carmel, Fishers and Noblesville.
www.indystar.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
South Bend population: 103,000
South Bend bus rides: 1.2 million
Carmel population: 103,000
Carmel bus rides: 🤔
South Bend bus rides: 1.2 million
Carmel population: 103,000
Carmel bus rides: 🤔
Reposted by Dakota Crawford
The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it.
Bigger cars, distracted drivers and worried parents mean fewer kids are roaming freely.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
Dopamine hit: Sharing a copy of The Death and Life of Great American Cities with one of our city councilors.
Local politics has a way of restoring faith that (some of) our leaders are actually out here just trying to make good places.
Local politics has a way of restoring faith that (some of) our leaders are actually out here just trying to make good places.
August 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Dopamine hit: Sharing a copy of The Death and Life of Great American Cities with one of our city councilors.
Local politics has a way of restoring faith that (some of) our leaders are actually out here just trying to make good places.
Local politics has a way of restoring faith that (some of) our leaders are actually out here just trying to make good places.
We gotta get past the culture wars. More of this: "When the ideas were anonymous and stripped of political identity, the constituents found that they agreed on a lot."
gizmodo.com/a-kentucky-t...
gizmodo.com/a-kentucky-t...
A Kentucky Town Experimented With AI. The Results Were Stunning
In a divided America, a Kentucky town used AI to strip away political labels and discovered its residents agree on almost everything.
gizmodo.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We gotta get past the culture wars. More of this: "When the ideas were anonymous and stripped of political identity, the constituents found that they agreed on a lot."
gizmodo.com/a-kentucky-t...
gizmodo.com/a-kentucky-t...
Reposted by Dakota Crawford
Soon you’ll be able to rent, buy, or get service for a @bunchbike.com e-cargo bike at the Pedego Bike Shop in downtown Carmel, Indiana.
Nothing gets people thinking about family biking like seeing one roll by in real life and I expect a quiet boom once these start showing up on the streets.
Nothing gets people thinking about family biking like seeing one roll by in real life and I expect a quiet boom once these start showing up on the streets.
August 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Soon you’ll be able to rent, buy, or get service for a @bunchbike.com e-cargo bike at the Pedego Bike Shop in downtown Carmel, Indiana.
Nothing gets people thinking about family biking like seeing one roll by in real life and I expect a quiet boom once these start showing up on the streets.
Nothing gets people thinking about family biking like seeing one roll by in real life and I expect a quiet boom once these start showing up on the streets.
like two weeks ago we started planning an event breaking down OBBBA's massive attacks on clean energy and it's ... already outdated. i'm tired.
via @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/trump...
via @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/trump...
Trump’s Total War on Wind Power
Since July 4, the federal government has escalated its assault on wind development to previously unimaginable heights.
heatmap.news
August 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
like two weeks ago we started planning an event breaking down OBBBA's massive attacks on clean energy and it's ... already outdated. i'm tired.
via @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/trump...
via @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/trump...
July 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by Dakota Crawford
'Strong Towns has been critical of what it calls Carmel’s “large-scale, debt-ridden suburban retrofit.”'
'Seven years later, the warnings have yet to prove prescient. Carmel’s approach looks good—even visionary'
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
via @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
'Seven years later, the warnings have yet to prove prescient. Carmel’s approach looks good—even visionary'
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
via @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
Carmel completes its City Center
The Indiana City, north of Indianapolis, has taken a unique approach to combat sprawl thought downtown development.
www.cnu.org
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
'Strong Towns has been critical of what it calls Carmel’s “large-scale, debt-ridden suburban retrofit.”'
'Seven years later, the warnings have yet to prove prescient. Carmel’s approach looks good—even visionary'
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
via @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
'Seven years later, the warnings have yet to prove prescient. Carmel’s approach looks good—even visionary'
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
via @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
Reposted by Dakota Crawford
I love this post from @americanfietser.bsky.social on using guidance from @dutchcycling.nl to make Carmel an even better place to walk, bike, and roll: strongtownscarmel.org/blog/designi...
Designing Carmel’s next steps with lessons from the Dutch
A blog about the Strong Towns movement in Carmel, Indiana.
strongtownscarmel.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I love this post from @americanfietser.bsky.social on using guidance from @dutchcycling.nl to make Carmel an even better place to walk, bike, and roll: strongtownscarmel.org/blog/designi...
I'm excited to help grow the @strongtowns.org conversation in Carmel. Maybe you'll join us in advocating for everything from safe streets to bottom-up development?
An open invitation: bit.ly/3YB0n8v
An open invitation: bit.ly/3YB0n8v
May 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm excited to help grow the @strongtowns.org conversation in Carmel. Maybe you'll join us in advocating for everything from safe streets to bottom-up development?
An open invitation: bit.ly/3YB0n8v
An open invitation: bit.ly/3YB0n8v
It's cool to live in a community where leaders like @rileychoe.bsky.social and @simpixelated.bsky.social are paving the way for people to safely get around without a car
simpixelated.com/the-autumn-g...
simpixelated.com/the-autumn-g...
The Autumn Greenway - simpixelated.com
JavaScript software development tips, strategies for salary negotiation, and other helpful advice for navigating software as a career.
simpixelated.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's cool to live in a community where leaders like @rileychoe.bsky.social and @simpixelated.bsky.social are paving the way for people to safely get around without a car
simpixelated.com/the-autumn-g...
simpixelated.com/the-autumn-g...
At a book club discussing @strongtowns.org, I met someone who moved to Carmel, Indiana because of the content @americanfietser.com creates and I think that's really cool.
The power of building safe, well-maintained infrastructure for people! And having creators who highlight it!
The power of building safe, well-maintained infrastructure for people! And having creators who highlight it!
February 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
At a book club discussing @strongtowns.org, I met someone who moved to Carmel, Indiana because of the content @americanfietser.com creates and I think that's really cool.
The power of building safe, well-maintained infrastructure for people! And having creators who highlight it!
The power of building safe, well-maintained infrastructure for people! And having creators who highlight it!