Jay Blazek Crossley
@jaycrossley.bsky.social
Texan husband dad safe streets advocate YIMBY freeway fighter policy wonk punk rocker serial boards & commissions member democracy builder pepper grower hot sauce maker advocate for sustaining human life on this planet executive director of Farm&City
Is all the evidence of this preference in the revealed preference camp?
In Houston, statistically valid surveys of 7.5 million residents of the region shows 3.5 million want urbanism, 3.5 million want sprawl, & some aren’t sure. But only about 1.5 million people worth of urban units are available.
In Houston, statistically valid surveys of 7.5 million residents of the region shows 3.5 million want urbanism, 3.5 million want sprawl, & some aren’t sure. But only about 1.5 million people worth of urban units are available.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Is all the evidence of this preference in the revealed preference camp?
In Houston, statistically valid surveys of 7.5 million residents of the region shows 3.5 million want urbanism, 3.5 million want sprawl, & some aren’t sure. But only about 1.5 million people worth of urban units are available.
In Houston, statistically valid surveys of 7.5 million residents of the region shows 3.5 million want urbanism, 3.5 million want sprawl, & some aren’t sure. But only about 1.5 million people worth of urban units are available.
I should read the report first, but curious if Safe Streets & Roads for All Funds and the doubling of Transportation Alternatives Program were included in the “streets and roads” bucket and whether y’all parsed out if that was a meaningful change or basically just a drop in the bucket of MOHR ROADS.
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I should read the report first, but curious if Safe Streets & Roads for All Funds and the doubling of Transportation Alternatives Program were included in the “streets and roads” bucket and whether y’all parsed out if that was a meaningful change or basically just a drop in the bucket of MOHR ROADS.
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To me, everybody who demagogued about crime when they wanted a 28% pay hike for Austin police should STFU about opposing a tax increase to pay for it if they have any integrity at all. But obviously, that's not what's happening. The loudest voices for spending the $ are now against paying the bill.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
To me, everybody who demagogued about crime when they wanted a 28% pay hike for Austin police should STFU about opposing a tax increase to pay for it if they have any integrity at all. But obviously, that's not what's happening. The loudest voices for spending the $ are now against paying the bill.
And this kind of “distraction” makes streets safer.
When we are driving, if there is something interesting to look at like trees along the road, or people, or a crosswalk respecting human life, we tend to pay attention more and slow down.
When we are driving, if there is something interesting to look at like trees along the road, or people, or a crosswalk respecting human life, we tend to pay attention more and slow down.
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And this kind of “distraction” makes streets safer.
When we are driving, if there is something interesting to look at like trees along the road, or people, or a crosswalk respecting human life, we tend to pay attention more and slow down.
When we are driving, if there is something interesting to look at like trees along the road, or people, or a crosswalk respecting human life, we tend to pay attention more and slow down.
Thanks. Great to hear.
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thanks. Great to hear.
I'm currently reading The Black Jacobins by CLR James about the Haitian revolution. And there is so much there about freedom and building a good and just society and the exuberance of emancipation comes through in the text. But, the outrageous level of violence in those pages is just staggering.
September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm currently reading The Black Jacobins by CLR James about the Haitian revolution. And there is so much there about freedom and building a good and just society and the exuberance of emancipation comes through in the text. But, the outrageous level of violence in those pages is just staggering.
I believe that long days moving soil around with a shovel or driving a tractor around or building benches really can do a lot of good for most of us.
September 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I believe that long days moving soil around with a shovel or driving a tractor around or building benches really can do a lot of good for most of us.
You were the one who alerted me to this here, but then I didn't keep up after this post (but I did leave that post open in a sea of other browser windows for a month!).
Do you know what happened with this? Did Vision Zero get cut at all? or any meaningful changes to transportation in the budget?
Do you know what happened with this? Did Vision Zero get cut at all? or any meaningful changes to transportation in the budget?
September 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You were the one who alerted me to this here, but then I didn't keep up after this post (but I did leave that post open in a sea of other browser windows for a month!).
Do you know what happened with this? Did Vision Zero get cut at all? or any meaningful changes to transportation in the budget?
Do you know what happened with this? Did Vision Zero get cut at all? or any meaningful changes to transportation in the budget?
I could run if we move back to the farm, although the district almost kisses up to our house in Austin and we used to be in the district.
September 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I could run if we move back to the farm, although the district almost kisses up to our house in Austin and we used to be in the district.
And now welcome to the 1st in a 4-part series with each step costing more of my Amtrak points.
I took the Northeast Regional (Train 94) from Newark, NJ, to New Haven, CT, with a coach ticket. I spent about half the time sitting at a table in the cafe car.
It was right on time at 2 hrs 20 minutes.
I took the Northeast Regional (Train 94) from Newark, NJ, to New Haven, CT, with a coach ticket. I spent about half the time sitting at a table in the cafe car.
It was right on time at 2 hrs 20 minutes.
September 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
And now welcome to the 1st in a 4-part series with each step costing more of my Amtrak points.
I took the Northeast Regional (Train 94) from Newark, NJ, to New Haven, CT, with a coach ticket. I spent about half the time sitting at a table in the cafe car.
It was right on time at 2 hrs 20 minutes.
I took the Northeast Regional (Train 94) from Newark, NJ, to New Haven, CT, with a coach ticket. I spent about half the time sitting at a table in the cafe car.
It was right on time at 2 hrs 20 minutes.