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A SERIOUS request to @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social — please create an account for Bloomberg Citylab here on @bsky.app. Citylab has been an excellent platform for articles about cities (I used to write for it, and @langealexandra.bsky.social won a Pulitzer for it!).
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“Toderian, Vancouver’s former planning chief, has identified a 3-part formula for child-friendly downtowns.
Housing is most critical: Without [two or] three-bedroom apts, it’s ‘game-over’ for families in downtowns, he says.”
Read on — my interview on kid-friendly downtowns, in Bloomberg Citylab.
Housing is most critical: Without [two or] three-bedroom apts, it’s ‘game-over’ for families in downtowns, he says.”
Read on — my interview on kid-friendly downtowns, in Bloomberg Citylab.
Struggling Downtowns Are Looking to Lure New Crowds
Traditional business districts in cities like Chicago and Portland are still waiting for office workers to return. Can younger residents and families fill the gap?
www.bloomberg.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A SERIOUS request to @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social — please create an account for Bloomberg Citylab here on @bsky.app. Citylab has been an excellent platform for articles about cities (I used to write for it, and @langealexandra.bsky.social won a Pulitzer for it!).
REPOST if you support Citylab.
REPOST if you support Citylab.
I think its really hard to articulate to others what living next to major construction is like. We lived through the buildings next door (a six story and five story building) get demoed and built and it was a horrible experience at every stage with no way to deal with them violating rules.
And so here we are voting on a zoning overlay that is going to flat-out bone my neighborhood for the next decade ... assuming it gets built at all ... and I'm still kind of raw about what the Mayor said [checks watch] like 90 minutes ago.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I think its really hard to articulate to others what living next to major construction is like. We lived through the buildings next door (a six story and five story building) get demoed and built and it was a horrible experience at every stage with no way to deal with them violating rules.
@cityofsomerville.bsky.social any update to when we will get updated parking data? Last data appears to be from 2020: data.somervillema.gov/Transportati...
City of Somerville Parking Permits | City of Somerville, MA
data.somervillema.gov
June 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@cityofsomerville.bsky.social any update to when we will get updated parking data? Last data appears to be from 2020: data.somervillema.gov/Transportati...
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“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com
He’s always been this way.
He’s always been this way.
Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.
gizmodo.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com
He’s always been this way.
He’s always been this way.
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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Meanwhile, if we stopped creating life-threatening emergencies for ourselves in the USA, we could start to easily and quickly improve basic living conditions, like the quality of the AIR WE BREATHE for crying out loud
Paris Proves the Power of Pedals: How Cycling Helped Cut Pollution in Half.
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
Paris Proves the Power of Pedals: How Cycling Helped Cut Pollution in Half
So how did Paris, once choked with vehicle traffic and notorious for its pollution, pull off such a turnaround?
momentummag.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Meanwhile, if we stopped creating life-threatening emergencies for ourselves in the USA, we could start to easily and quickly improve basic living conditions, like the quality of the AIR WE BREATHE for crying out loud
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Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
March 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
I remember how hellish the commute from the south end to cambrideport was. Amazing to see how fast bike infrastructure improves. Well done @boston.gov
March 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I remember how hellish the commute from the south end to cambrideport was. Amazing to see how fast bike infrastructure improves. Well done @boston.gov
Its very frustrating seeing error after error after error from DOGE who seem to just not understand basic accounting. We all want more efficient government. www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hK...
DOGE Is The Real Fraud ft. Liz Dye
YouTube video by LegalEagle
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Its very frustrating seeing error after error after error from DOGE who seem to just not understand basic accounting. We all want more efficient government. www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hK...
It's really hard for me to look at real estate prices in Massachusetts and understand how anyone but the extremely rich can live here anymore.
February 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It's really hard for me to look at real estate prices in Massachusetts and understand how anyone but the extremely rich can live here anymore.
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These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
Quite scary seeing how much people are spending on gas and insurance for cars. Families routinely spend close to $600 to $1000 a month in some areas of the US!
January 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Quite scary seeing how much people are spending on gas and insurance for cars. Families routinely spend close to $600 to $1000 a month in some areas of the US!