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This supports my skepticism that rental software is a significant factor in keeping rents up, as compared to limits on supply.
I think this is mostly San Francisco finally shrugging off the pandemic, but it is *really* funny that rent prices in San Francisco shot up *immediately* after the city banned RealPage and other algorithmic price setting software.
My pre trends are incredible!
My pre trends are incredible!
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This supports my skepticism that rental software is a significant factor in keeping rents up, as compared to limits on supply.
My fault for not showing up? (I've had a lot going on). Why we need to keep plugging away on supply and urbanism generally, even when the outreach focus is different.
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My fault for not showing up? (I've had a lot going on). Why we need to keep plugging away on supply and urbanism generally, even when the outreach focus is different.
Sigh.
the thing about cars is people have no respect for what cars can actually do in terms of damage, and you’ll see this even among people who rightly get mad about lack of gun control
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sigh.
I think the quirkiest place I've ever lived was Baltimore (in the late 1980s, so while I was in a gentrified name, there were still plenty of the working class whites with "hon" accents, etc) I grew up in pre hipster Brooklyn, but as a native I can't necessarily recognize the quirkiness.
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think the quirkiest place I've ever lived was Baltimore (in the late 1980s, so while I was in a gentrified name, there were still plenty of the working class whites with "hon" accents, etc) I grew up in pre hipster Brooklyn, but as a native I can't necessarily recognize the quirkiness.
Some brief points re Braddock Road
Braddock Road from Russell to West has fast traffic and dangerous conditions.
Safe walking and biking is especially important there because of the metro station and trails.
Braddock Road from Russell to West has fast traffic and dangerous conditions.
Safe walking and biking is especially important there because of the metro station and trails.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Some brief points re Braddock Road
Braddock Road from Russell to West has fast traffic and dangerous conditions.
Safe walking and biking is especially important there because of the metro station and trails.
Braddock Road from Russell to West has fast traffic and dangerous conditions.
Safe walking and biking is especially important there because of the metro station and trails.
Numbers noted.
1800 residents in Rosemont. 60-some-odd people voted against replacing parking spots with bike lanes.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Numbers noted.
I don't think I need to say more
“We don’t have a national housing crisis, we just have housing shortages making housing unaffordable in most of our largest cities, with spillover effects being felt in many places all over the country”
is one of those statements that I guess is technically true in a meaningless way
is one of those statements that I guess is technically true in a meaningless way
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I don't think I need to say more
Spread this.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Spread this.
I won't be attending this for reasons I won't share here, but its a good event, and I do hope my advocacy for street safety honors all the victims
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is this Sunday. 1 in 100 Americans die in car crashes, including the author's friend.
Traffic victims all over the world will be remembered Sunday. One was my friend
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November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I won't be attending this for reasons I won't share here, but its a good event, and I do hope my advocacy for street safety honors all the victims
Best response to today's news that Ive seen.
What Dems need to do is shore up mutual aid networks between now and the next expiration. They need to help constituents prepare for an even longer shutdown next time. "We underestimated the GOP's commitment to starving your family. We won't make the same mistake again."
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Best response to today's news that Ive seen.
I regularly see people running and walking in bike lanes, even when there's an immediately adjacent sidewalk. It never occurs to me to argue against sidewalks for that reason. The fact that some less experienced people choose to ride a bike or scooter on a sidewalk instead of the bike lane isn't
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I regularly see people running and walking in bike lanes, even when there's an immediately adjacent sidewalk. It never occurs to me to argue against sidewalks for that reason. The fact that some less experienced people choose to ride a bike or scooter on a sidewalk instead of the bike lane isn't
I hope Mamdani is conciliatory enough towards the many liberal new yorkers who had deep concerns and advances the good policies on housing and transportation ny needs. The larger victories of Spanberger and the oft derided Sherrill in more Republican places suggests the path to future Dem victories
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I hope Mamdani is conciliatory enough towards the many liberal new yorkers who had deep concerns and advances the good policies on housing and transportation ny needs. The larger victories of Spanberger and the oft derided Sherrill in more Republican places suggests the path to future Dem victories
So wait, Ms Clement lost in Arlington ?
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
So wait, Ms Clement lost in Arlington ?
"Cut red tape and build homes"
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Cut red tape and build homes"
!!!!!
They called it! Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia gubernatorial race!
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
!!!!!
Iiuc, there are things Mamdani was asked to repudiate more clearly than he did and i have friendsin NYC, liberal Dems, very concerned. While I hope Mamdani proves a conciliator, i think attacking Schumer for ́not endorsing, as if this shows Schumer is a bigot, is a bit much.
Schumer had a chance to repudiate the gutter racism and Islamophobia of Cuomo's campaign and he just fucking didn't. And that is disqualifying. He should be ashamed and we the voters should make sure he feels that shame.
Reporter: Today is election day in New York City. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: Look, I voted. And I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.
Schumer: Look, I voted. And I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Iiuc, there are things Mamdani was asked to repudiate more clearly than he did and i have friendsin NYC, liberal Dems, very concerned. While I hope Mamdani proves a conciliator, i think attacking Schumer for ́not endorsing, as if this shows Schumer is a bigot, is a bit much.
FYI
DRCA is walking the Braddock bike lane proposal with city staff this Thursday at 10am - shoot me a note if you want to join. I intend to bring my million pound e-bike and make them ride the right angle from the bike lane onto the PY trail around those bollards
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
FYI
Because a lot of folks on this site are holding up Z and his
approach as the future of the party, the rebuke to the establishment, etc, and ignoring how different NYC is from swing states and districts. Seems reasonable to provide some reality.
approach as the future of the party, the rebuke to the establishment, etc, and ignoring how different NYC is from swing states and districts. Seems reasonable to provide some reality.
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Because a lot of folks on this site are holding up Z and his
approach as the future of the party, the rebuke to the establishment, etc, and ignoring how different NYC is from swing states and districts. Seems reasonable to provide some reality.
approach as the future of the party, the rebuke to the establishment, etc, and ignoring how different NYC is from swing states and districts. Seems reasonable to provide some reality.
Costumes for Smarter Growth
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Costumes for Smarter Growth
Someone on Facebook, in response to the possibility that Falls Church will ban gas powered leaf blowers, said what about noxious autos? What do think the odds are that they actually support measures to encourage less driving?
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Someone on Facebook, in response to the possibility that Falls Church will ban gas powered leaf blowers, said what about noxious autos? What do think the odds are that they actually support measures to encourage less driving?
Yeah
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle & go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”
-Arthur Conan Doyle
-Arthur Conan Doyle
'Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife on an early tandem bike, 1892'
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Yeah
Wow.
Attention: for all you housing lovers along the Northeast Corridor - Baltimore’s City Council just passed single-stair reform AND repealed residential parking minimums AND reduced setback requirements one-after-another this evening
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Wow.
What if someone wanting a new curb cut had to pay for the value of the on street parking spots to be removed? Isn't that the Shoupian solution?
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What if someone wanting a new curb cut had to pay for the value of the on street parking spots to be removed? Isn't that the Shoupian solution?
"I need a parking space in front of my house, even though it means the bus stop isn't accessible, because cars make it too dangerous to walk from another spot" The paradoxes of autocentrism.
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"I need a parking space in front of my house, even though it means the bus stop isn't accessible, because cars make it too dangerous to walk from another spot" The paradoxes of autocentrism.