Jon Geeting
@jongeeting.bsky.social
Fishtown dad, urbanist, writer, connector. Policy and Advocacy director at Build Philly Now. Co-founder @5thsq
A major problem for PA, and Philly in particular
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A major problem for PA, and Philly in particular
Usually when you hear a sentence start this way, the second half is not typically how it ends. But they are right that what follows from the idea of housing as a human right is that we should try a lot of stuff that could plausibly create more housing. No silver bullets!
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Usually when you hear a sentence start this way, the second half is not typically how it ends. But they are right that what follows from the idea of housing as a human right is that we should try a lot of stuff that could plausibly create more housing. No silver bullets!
Love the “just try stuff” attitude from Baltimore planning officials, who unanimously recommended @electryandorsey.bsky.social’s land use reform package www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/10/31/a...
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Love the “just try stuff” attitude from Baltimore planning officials, who unanimously recommended @electryandorsey.bsky.social’s land use reform package www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/10/31/a...
I wrote about the Preservation Alliance’s recent economic impact report. Contrary to the media narrative and some of the quotes, it doesn’t say anything causal about preservation laws’ impact on population growth or housing or any of that
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I wrote about the Preservation Alliance’s recent economic impact report. Contrary to the media narrative and some of the quotes, it doesn’t say anything causal about preservation laws’ impact on population growth or housing or any of that
Leslie Richards will be our guest for BPN policy lunch this Friday open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
October 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Leslie Richards will be our guest for BPN policy lunch this Friday open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
It’s just one city board, but I’m pumped that Mayor Parker threw down the gauntlet on Turn the Key and replaced some unreliable TTK voters on there. That’s pro-housing political leadership open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s just one city board, but I’m pumped that Mayor Parker threw down the gauntlet on Turn the Key and replaced some unreliable TTK voters on there. That’s pro-housing political leadership open.substack.com/pub/buildphi...
Intro to PJM policy lunch this Friday at Pipeline Philly buildphillynow.substack.com/p/policy-lun...
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Intro to PJM policy lunch this Friday at Pipeline Philly buildphillynow.substack.com/p/policy-lun...
We have a great couple of energy-themed policy lunches coming up starting this Friday 10/3 with Christine Knapp (ex-Biden DOE), and on 10/10 with Zach Greene doing an intro to PJM and energy markets buildphillynow.substack.com/p/policy-lun...
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We have a great couple of energy-themed policy lunches coming up starting this Friday 10/3 with Christine Knapp (ex-Biden DOE), and on 10/10 with Zach Greene doing an intro to PJM and energy markets buildphillynow.substack.com/p/policy-lun...
This guy’s speaking our language! @publicuniversal.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This guy’s speaking our language! @publicuniversal.bsky.social
One thing the Senate Republicans aren’t wrong about is the House Dem majority chose to spend all their political capital on a big educational funding increase last year. Not gonna say that was wrong, but it meant transit had to fend for itself in an exclusive special session that memorably failed
June 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One thing the Senate Republicans aren’t wrong about is the House Dem majority chose to spend all their political capital on a big educational funding increase last year. Not gonna say that was wrong, but it meant transit had to fend for itself in an exclusive special session that memorably failed
I try to explain why the House Dems aren’t publicly positioning as aggressively as Republican Martina White on transit funding, but I’m not sure this logic is very convincing
June 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I try to explain why the House Dems aren’t publicly positioning as aggressively as Republican Martina White on transit funding, but I’m not sure this logic is very convincing
Republican Rep Martina White has gone farther than any of the PA House Dems have on SEPTA, saying she won’t vote for a budget that doesn’t include transit funding. How come Senator Joe Picozzi, whose district contains hers, doesn’t sound like this? thephiladelphiacitizen.org/philly-legis...
June 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Republican Rep Martina White has gone farther than any of the PA House Dems have on SEPTA, saying she won’t vote for a budget that doesn’t include transit funding. How come Senator Joe Picozzi, whose district contains hers, doesn’t sound like this? thephiladelphiacitizen.org/philly-legis...
Jon Geeting, sensible moderate on car-free streets thephiladelphiacitizen.org/open-streets...
May 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Jon Geeting, sensible moderate on car-free streets thephiladelphiacitizen.org/open-streets...
One possible solution: the city buys a bunch of Meridian barriers to save on security for the many 250th birthday events planned next year, and then we still have them around after that to loan out to community groups
May 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
One possible solution: the city buys a bunch of Meridian barriers to save on security for the many 250th birthday events planned next year, and then we still have them around after that to loan out to community groups
Police security costs can eat up 25% or more of the total budget for events involving a street closure. This is poison for the business models of a lot of beloved events that now barely break even
May 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Police security costs can eat up 25% or more of the total budget for events involving a street closure. This is poison for the business models of a lot of beloved events that now barely break even
I wrote about the Meridian vehicle barriers as a way to cut the costs of Open Streets events. The city could buy a bunch of these for 2026 events, and then loan them out to community groups thephiladelphiacitizen.org/open-streets...
May 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I wrote about the Meridian vehicle barriers as a way to cut the costs of Open Streets events. The city could buy a bunch of these for 2026 events, and then loan them out to community groups thephiladelphiacitizen.org/open-streets...
Council should amend the parking relief bill to include CMX3
May 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Council should amend the parking relief bill to include CMX3
For a long time, the conventional wisdom was that the “right” way to deal with this is going around to all 56 municipalities hosting regional rail stations, and persuade them to change their local laws. But 56 different transit-oriented development laws would be terrible!
May 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
For a long time, the conventional wisdom was that the “right” way to deal with this is going around to all 56 municipalities hosting regional rail stations, and persuade them to change their local laws. But 56 different transit-oriented development laws would be terrible!
Allowing a lot more dense housing to be built near frequent transit would be a good thing from the state government’s standpoint. Harrisburg spends all this money on the service and capital infra, but then municipal politicians are empowered to squander all the secondary benefits
May 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Allowing a lot more dense housing to be built near frequent transit would be a good thing from the state government’s standpoint. Harrisburg spends all this money on the service and capital infra, but then municipal politicians are empowered to squander all the secondary benefits
If every-15-minute service on regional rail increases regional land values, some people will look at that and get the idea to build some new denser housing near transit stations. But local growth control laws make that more or less illegal in a lot of places
May 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If every-15-minute service on regional rail increases regional land values, some people will look at that and get the idea to build some new denser housing near transit stations. But local growth control laws make that more or less illegal in a lot of places
Only about 27% of the proposed bond spending would be at all helpful for building new housing—a big shift from the origins of this plan, which called for *building* 30,000 homes. We badly need some more pro-building stuff in there thephiladelphiacitizen.org/a-housing-pl...
May 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Only about 27% of the proposed bond spending would be at all helpful for building new housing—a big shift from the origins of this plan, which called for *building* 30,000 homes. We badly need some more pro-building stuff in there thephiladelphiacitizen.org/a-housing-pl...
My one original idea in the piece is that we should hand the corner daylighting job (installation and maintenance) off to Rich Lazer and the PPA, via an MOU with the Streets Department
April 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My one original idea in the piece is that we should hand the corner daylighting job (installation and maintenance) off to Rich Lazer and the PPA, via an MOU with the Streets Department
I wrote about @CouncilmemberKJ’s impressive Vision Zero record as Council President, and the opportunity to add corner daylighting to the list. @thephilacitizen
April 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I wrote about @CouncilmemberKJ’s impressive Vision Zero record as Council President, and the opportunity to add corner daylighting to the list. @thephilacitizen
I wrote about why it would be a big mistake to pull back now on Philly city gov’s popular SEPTA benefit for city workers for @thephilacitizen.bsky.social thephiladelphiacitizen.org/lets-expand-...
April 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I wrote about why it would be a big mistake to pull back now on Philly city gov’s popular SEPTA benefit for city workers for @thephilacitizen.bsky.social thephiladelphiacitizen.org/lets-expand-...
