Jon Geeting
@jongeeting.bsky.social
Fishtown dad, urbanist, writer, connector. Policy and Advocacy director at Build Philly Now. Co-founder @5thsq
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A fun thing about single stair is that when you ask people defending the status quo on safety grounds to make a judgment call about whether the small buildings that would be allowed under the proposed reforms are more dangerous than the big ones we currently allow they get mad and refuse to answer.
A 100 unit per floor building at..let's say 800SF per unit = 80,000 NSF per floor
A 8 unit per floor at 800SF = 6,400 NSF per floor
Those are two fundamentally different building types, so I'm not sure they're apples to apples in any meaningful way
A 8 unit per floor at 800SF = 6,400 NSF per floor
Those are two fundamentally different building types, so I'm not sure they're apples to apples in any meaningful way
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A fun thing about single stair is that when you ask people defending the status quo on safety grounds to make a judgment call about whether the small buildings that would be allowed under the proposed reforms are more dangerous than the big ones we currently allow they get mad and refuse to answer.
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In an effort to remain one of the worst Councilmembers, Cindy Bass is filing an appeal to prevent the replacement of this non-historic 1940s airlite into 13 new homes, which is even by-right legal under zoning. This is why we have a housing crisis Mayor Parker!
phila.legistar.com/LegislationD...
phila.legistar.com/LegislationD...
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In an effort to remain one of the worst Councilmembers, Cindy Bass is filing an appeal to prevent the replacement of this non-historic 1940s airlite into 13 new homes, which is even by-right legal under zoning. This is why we have a housing crisis Mayor Parker!
phila.legistar.com/LegislationD...
phila.legistar.com/LegislationD...
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New Marron survey of 400+ subway lines across the world from London to Paris to Shanghai finds just 6% still use two-person train operation, which would be required by a TWU-backed bill.
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New Marron survey of 400+ subway lines across the world from London to Paris to Shanghai finds just 6% still use two-person train operation, which would be required by a TWU-backed bill.
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Giving this Substack subscriber chat feature a try for the Philly City Council H.O.M.E. bond meeting this morning, on the BPN Substack. If you're watching the hearing in-person or online, join the chat: substack.com/chat/6096064
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Giving this Substack subscriber chat feature a try for the Philly City Council H.O.M.E. bond meeting this morning, on the BPN Substack. If you're watching the hearing in-person or online, join the chat: substack.com/chat/6096064
There were a lot of great YIMBY municipal and judicial wins in PA’s 2025 elections. Let me know what I missed! open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
Pro-Housing Candidates Win Big in Pennsylvania's 2025 Elections
The bench of pro-housing political leaders keeps growing across PA
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There were a lot of great YIMBY municipal and judicial wins in PA’s 2025 elections. Let me know what I missed! open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
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Chief Justice Roberts is out. Says the major questions doctrine pretty clearly applies here; the tariffs simply can't survive that. Looks like five pretty clear votes against Trump.
And we STILL haven't gotten to Gorsuch...
And we STILL haven't gotten to Gorsuch...
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Chief Justice Roberts is out. Says the major questions doctrine pretty clearly applies here; the tariffs simply can't survive that. Looks like five pretty clear votes against Trump.
And we STILL haven't gotten to Gorsuch...
And we STILL haven't gotten to Gorsuch...
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I won!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I won!!
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Hannity spinning so hard right now. Claiming it’s a good sign that GOP candidates are not doing even worse than they are. (Which…don’t hold your breath Sean)
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Hannity spinning so hard right now. Claiming it’s a good sign that GOP candidates are not doing even worse than they are. (Which…don’t hold your breath Sean)
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this is genuinely wild
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
this is genuinely wild
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It looks like this election is going to be a massive reality check for the people who have been insisting that "New Jersey is becoming a red state". That was always a load of crap.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It looks like this election is going to be a massive reality check for the people who have been insisting that "New Jersey is becoming a red state". That was always a load of crap.
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The New Jersey Republican state assembly minority looks like it is going to get absolutely decimated from this election. They are losing state assembly reps in the north and the south.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The New Jersey Republican state assembly minority looks like it is going to get absolutely decimated from this election. They are losing state assembly reps in the north and the south.
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I thought there might be some interesting takes to be dug out of state assembly races in New Jersey tonight, but, not really. The story seems to be that Republicans are getting their clocks cleaned all over the state...just looks like a massive blue wave. www.nj.com/politics/202...
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I thought there might be some interesting takes to be dug out of state assembly races in New Jersey tonight, but, not really. The story seems to be that Republicans are getting their clocks cleaned all over the state...just looks like a massive blue wave. www.nj.com/politics/202...
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All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
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more the merrier! www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...
Biederman’s to open a second location in Rittenhouse
Lauren Biederman, who brought hand-sliced smoked fish to South Philly five years ago, is adding a shop at 20th and Spruce Streets.
www.inquirer.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
more the merrier! www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...
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Reminded of Philadelphia's partial open-minded attitude during the Zoning Code Commission reforms. Really don't want the Overton window closed here!
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reminded of Philadelphia's partial open-minded attitude during the Zoning Code Commission reforms. Really don't want the Overton window closed here!
Love the “just try stuff” attitude from Baltimore planning officials, who unanimously recommended @electryandorsey.bsky.social’s land use reform package www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/10/31/a...
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Love the “just try stuff” attitude from Baltimore planning officials, who unanimously recommended @electryandorsey.bsky.social’s land use reform package www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/10/31/a...
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perfect. no notes.
November 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
perfect. no notes.
I wrote about the Preservation Alliance’s recent economic impact report. Contrary to the media narrative and some of the quotes, it doesn’t say anything causal about preservation laws’ impact on population growth or housing or any of that
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I wrote about the Preservation Alliance’s recent economic impact report. Contrary to the media narrative and some of the quotes, it doesn’t say anything causal about preservation laws’ impact on population growth or housing or any of that
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On Friday, I'm talking with a transit expert about the authority governors have to shift the final year of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill funding away from highways, to EVs, transit, & pedestrians. Many governors do not know they have this authority! And this year is a crucial window!
Questions?
Questions?
States Have More Power Than They Think to Fund Sustainable Transportation
States have the authority to fund trains, buses, bike lanes, and sidewalks with money that would otherwise be used to build more highways.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On Friday, I'm talking with a transit expert about the authority governors have to shift the final year of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill funding away from highways, to EVs, transit, & pedestrians. Many governors do not know they have this authority! And this year is a crucial window!
Questions?
Questions?
Leslie Richards will be our guest for BPN policy lunch this Friday open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
October 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Leslie Richards will be our guest for BPN policy lunch this Friday open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
It’s just one city board, but I’m pumped that Mayor Parker threw down the gauntlet on Turn the Key and replaced some unreliable TTK voters on there. That’s pro-housing political leadership open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s just one city board, but I’m pumped that Mayor Parker threw down the gauntlet on Turn the Key and replaced some unreliable TTK voters on there. That’s pro-housing political leadership open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
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Important to remember that not only did we pass #SB79, the biggest transit-oriented upzoning bill ever, we also passed a clean CEQA exemption for new multifamily infill housing.
This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.
This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Important to remember that not only did we pass #SB79, the biggest transit-oriented upzoning bill ever, we also passed a clean CEQA exemption for new multifamily infill housing.
This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.
This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.
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lol the degrowth “left” is praising Trump for killing solar projects
hard to think of a more embarrassing ideology tbh
hard to think of a more embarrassing ideology tbh
October 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
lol the degrowth “left” is praising Trump for killing solar projects
hard to think of a more embarrassing ideology tbh
hard to think of a more embarrassing ideology tbh
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If you think about it, it's unbelievably frustrating that the 2nd-poorest big city in the US authorized $800M in bond money for housing and the politicians managing it are basically oblivious to very obvious success stories in peer cities
October 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If you think about it, it's unbelievably frustrating that the 2nd-poorest big city in the US authorized $800M in bond money for housing and the politicians managing it are basically oblivious to very obvious success stories in peer cities