Immanuel Gilen
@immanuelgilen.bsky.social
Belgian in NYC/New Orleans. Mostly interested in urban development/housing issues. CFO of Iris Development, developer of mixed-income housing.
Are they going to renumber the terminals once all the construction work is done? Bc there won't be a 2, 3 or 7 long-term, right?
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Are they going to renumber the terminals once all the construction work is done? Bc there won't be a 2, 3 or 7 long-term, right?
The mayor of a $1.3 trillion economy going on a full-week trade mission with a nation with a GDP of 27 billion dollars should be ridiculed, not to make fun of Albania's relative economic insignificance, but for the ease with which the mission's pretense can be invalidated.
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The mayor of a $1.3 trillion economy going on a full-week trade mission with a nation with a GDP of 27 billion dollars should be ridiculed, not to make fun of Albania's relative economic insignificance, but for the ease with which the mission's pretense can be invalidated.
I only ever take local buses if it's raining or too humid/hot out to want to walk. Speed is not a consideration.
October 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I only ever take local buses if it's raining or too humid/hot out to want to walk. Speed is not a consideration.
It's such an MTA failure that they exist in the first place, though. If they ran proper, reliable frequencies on Flatbush bus lines, I don't think these things would have existed. Just randomly checking right now, the bunching of the B41 is ridiculous.
October 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's such an MTA failure that they exist in the first place, though. If they ran proper, reliable frequencies on Flatbush bus lines, I don't think these things would have existed. Just randomly checking right now, the bunching of the B41 is ridiculous.
This is the type of building code to linguistic quirks mashup content I love to sign on for. Especially in a week with as much nonsense as this one. Well done.
September 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is the type of building code to linguistic quirks mashup content I love to sign on for. Especially in a week with as much nonsense as this one. Well done.
I'm sorry for being a bit slow but I don't understand what you're saying here. Your Q train was so fast that you were able to transfer to a local two trains ahead of the one you were hoping to transfer to?
September 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I'm sorry for being a bit slow but I don't understand what you're saying here. Your Q train was so fast that you were able to transfer to a local two trains ahead of the one you were hoping to transfer to?
can we name and shame the Brooklyn machine members, too?
September 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
can we name and shame the Brooklyn machine members, too?
It's maddening how little we care about noise enforcement. In the same category, how hard can it be to fine/ban exhaust modifications, loud motorcycles, etc etc.
August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's maddening how little we care about noise enforcement. In the same category, how hard can it be to fine/ban exhaust modifications, loud motorcycles, etc etc.
The level of adulation he has for de Blasio is not making me optimistic.
August 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The level of adulation he has for de Blasio is not making me optimistic.
I have a distinct memory of my shirt being completely soaked before I even started what ended up being a very short hike in El Yunque in PR. Unreliable narrator indeed...
August 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have a distinct memory of my shirt being completely soaked before I even started what ended up being a very short hike in El Yunque in PR. Unreliable narrator indeed...
Don't they do all-door boarding on SBS routes with random enforcement checks? It's been a few years since I've ridden the M60 regularly but I used to get checked by enforcement officers often enough to where it wouldn't make sense to evade the fare. That was in the "paper proof of payment" days tho
July 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Don't they do all-door boarding on SBS routes with random enforcement checks? It's been a few years since I've ridden the M60 regularly but I used to get checked by enforcement officers often enough to where it wouldn't make sense to evade the fare. That was in the "paper proof of payment" days tho
In spring, I have a few weeks of "New York state reminds me so much of nature in Belgium" before everything goes up another gear and I feel like everything around me is the jungle.
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In spring, I have a few weeks of "New York state reminds me so much of nature in Belgium" before everything goes up another gear and I feel like everything around me is the jungle.
What's particularly disheartening is the USA's safety relative to peer nations on even a VMT basis (given that the USA drives so much more than other nations!)
July 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What's particularly disheartening is the USA's safety relative to peer nations on even a VMT basis (given that the USA drives so much more than other nations!)
Yep, makes sense. Anything I would add would be the narcissism of small differences (if it wasn't already). Thanks for the research and advocacy, very interesting and important.
July 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Yep, makes sense. Anything I would add would be the narcissism of small differences (if it wasn't already). Thanks for the research and advocacy, very interesting and important.
Put differently, those roads are disproportionally sites of accidents relative to other places, but not necessarily disproportionally to use. Again, no pushback on the idea that wherever the accidents/deaths occur in absolute numbers is where a lot of our policy focus should lie.
July 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Put differently, those roads are disproportionally sites of accidents relative to other places, but not necessarily disproportionally to use. Again, no pushback on the idea that wherever the accidents/deaths occur in absolute numbers is where a lot of our policy focus should lie.
No real disagreement on your analysis/conclusion and policy focus. My point is simply that what "disproportionate" means is context-dependent. To get to one of our offices, I can take an NHS route or take city streets. Making a call on the relative safety of either route requires normalizing for VMT
July 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
No real disagreement on your analysis/conclusion and policy focus. My point is simply that what "disproportionate" means is context-dependent. To get to one of our offices, I can take an NHS route or take city streets. Making a call on the relative safety of either route requires normalizing for VMT
Very interesting. Thanks for looking that up. That's still a really significant discrepancy. I think overall safety is hard to assess given the (presumably?) significantly reduced risk to pedestrians and cyclists on such roads? Or are those included in the urban deaths denominator?
July 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Very interesting. Thanks for looking that up. That's still a really significant discrepancy. I think overall safety is hard to assess given the (presumably?) significantly reduced risk to pedestrians and cyclists on such roads? Or are those included in the urban deaths denominator?
I agree 100% with this criticism. But don't think it really applies to this comparison if we're trying to argue that pound-for-pound, one road is safer than the other. If that's the argument, I think you have to normalize for the amount of vehicles using that road.
July 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I agree 100% with this criticism. But don't think it really applies to this comparison if we're trying to argue that pound-for-pound, one road is safer than the other. If that's the argument, I think you have to normalize for the amount of vehicles using that road.
How does it compare relative to actual vehicle miles driven, though? Most roads are extremely low-traffic relative to highways.
July 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
How does it compare relative to actual vehicle miles driven, though? Most roads are extremely low-traffic relative to highways.
Reposted by Immanuel Gilen
When Hidalgo steps down next year, she'll have left an inspiring legacy: 350 km of protected bike lanes, 130,000 bike parking spaces, 300 school streets, 145,000 trees, 45 km of parks, and 140,000 fewer car parking spaces. Largely thanks to a light, quick, cheap experiment started 20 years earlier.🔚
July 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
When Hidalgo steps down next year, she'll have left an inspiring legacy: 350 km of protected bike lanes, 130,000 bike parking spaces, 300 school streets, 145,000 trees, 45 km of parks, and 140,000 fewer car parking spaces. Largely thanks to a light, quick, cheap experiment started 20 years earlier.🔚
It's on a rail and subway line! Really easy to get to.
June 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's on a rail and subway line! Really easy to get to.