Hello! I'm at @yimbytown.bsky.social, speaking today at 4:15PM on Expanding Affordable Homeownership Pathways
yimby.town/schedule-2/ #YIMBYtown2025

This morning, Oregon's HB 2138 moved through Ways & Means with bipartisan support, headed for the floor of both houses. It'd remove many remaining barriers to starter homes across the state.

www.sightline.org/2025/06/04/o...

I recently wrote with @jchristmpls.bsky.social about how Minneapolis had more households than ever before.

In a new blog post, I expand on this — showing that many cities reached peak households in 2020 despite experiencing past population decline.

Hello friends! I just want to take a moment to acknowledge that I have decided to run for Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board District 4 commissioner. Over the upcoming days, you’ll be seeing more from me about my goals and positions and where we as a community go from here!

Since it’s over, here’s the credentials committee meeting! This was the third time we met. Willy Sorensen (kid that Frey fist bumped after speech/W❤️MPLS employee) did not share the list ahead of time and my co-chair Bobby Grandquist is pretending he didn’t know. Here’s his argument in his words:

The hearing on the Temporary Restraining Order request in Scallon v. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minneapolis, No. 27-CV-25-8092, is at 3:00 PM in Courtroom C1556 of the Hennepin County Government Center, downtown

This is unhinged. Four Minnesotans can stop Trump’s tariff taxes and this trade war: Pete Stauber, Brad Finstad, Tom Emmer, and Michelle Fischbach.

If every Republican member of Congress stood up for Minnesotans, it would END the Trump tariff taxes.

Four Minnesotans can end this!
#RIPmy401k

I am so honored to receive the endorsement of these incredible community members!
Happy April Fools Day!

Why has no US state followed Connecticut's lead in replacing counties with Councils of Governments that match the modern urban geography?

I know you are deeply patriotic about YOUR county, but there are many crazy county lines in the US ...

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council...

“When they heard that an atmospheric river was in the forecast, #Vancouver city staff knew their NEW RAINWAY was about to be put to the test.

The green stormwater system, the 1st of its kind to be designed by the city, was to be hit with a volume of water that would break records…” Via @thetyee.ca

Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most intriguing cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, has translated their great Street Design Manual into English and put it on-line. Worth digging into. #Oslo
www.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/...

hell yeah - @patrickcsisson.bsky.social talked w/ @michaelburchert.bsky.social on this timely piece on straw making a comeback

great for midrise. great for highrise. great for retrofits.

bio-based and foam free is the way to be.

www.fastcompany.com/91239550/str...

Remember this? In a referendum in Paris early this year, almost 55% voted in favor of a BIG increase in parking rates for SUVs, which have been surging in sales, for non-residents. Both in the city center & city-wide. www.cnbc.com/2024/03/11/p...

this multifamily project in berlin by zanderroth is mind blowing.

51 homes. virtually all of them cross ventilate - except a handful, built on a firewall, that are corner aspect.

all buildings on the site are single stair.

www.archdaily.com/887100/pa192...

My new paper, The effect of front-end vehicle height on pedestrian death risk, was just published at #Economics of #Transportation. I use vehicle design measurements to test for the effect of taller vehicles on pedestrian outcomes in crashes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Since 2000, Chicago's population is -140k while households are +19k. Here's what that looks like at the Community Area level.

To me the three stories here are:

- The Downtown population boom

- The household neutral, population negative-to-neutral middle

- The Lake View/Logan Square dichotomy