Daniel Herriges
dpherriges.bsky.social
Daniel Herriges
@dpherriges.bsky.social
Urbanist advocate. Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network. Writer at Strong Towns. Co-author "Escaping the Housing Trap." St. Paul, Minnesota.
St. Paul is lit right now!
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Driftless Area is awesome, and little known outside the Upper Midwest. Lots of extremely charming towns around there and great hiking.
September 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Oh, you mean this density gradient isn't just a natural outgrowth of urban land economics?
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The glitching Weather Channel widget on my phone just gave me a jump scare.

Forecast: End Times
June 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
There's a lot about this paper that's eyebrow-raising at best. I could do a longer thread but I'll just point out this paragraph where they bizarrely seem to treat average household sizes (dwelling units per population is just the inverse of that) as a direct measure of "supply constraints." Huh?
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The @strongtowns.org suburban Growth Ponzi Scheme as it finds its expression in a run-of-the-mill set of local news headlines.

(from last week's Sarasota News Leader)
June 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Great summary from @knightengale.bsky.social of why parking reform matters. Always use storytelling when advocating on parking (or any land-use) policy. Make the harms *real* for people.

This is a Dallas business that would have had to make its street crappier in order to open up. Now it doesn't.
May 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My go-to example here is Santa Monica. Ocean, mountains, 75° much of the year, basically paradise on Earth. Tons of people would love to live there who can't. I highly doubt that any amount of upzoning in Santa Monica will lead to meaningfully affordable rents in Santa Monica.
March 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM