Mike Christensen, MCMP, CNU-A, AICP
@mrc-slc.bsky.social
Executive Director of the http://UtahRPA.org, home of @LinkUtah.org. Member of @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social, @strongtowns.org, and @railpassengers.org.
A townhome proposal in Riverton shows why Utah might strip local zoning power buildingsaltlake.com/a-townhome-p... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social
Riverton Wonders: Allow Some Townhomes or Lose Zoning Power?
The Riverton Planning Commission tabled a pitch for townhomes, but some officials worry about state preempting local cities for more housing.
buildingsaltlake.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A townhome proposal in Riverton shows why Utah might strip local zoning power buildingsaltlake.com/a-townhome-p... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social
Report: Biden Infrastructure Bill Spurred Increase in State and Local Highway Spending - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/r... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social
Report: Biden Infrastructure Bill Spurred Increase in State and Local Highway Spending — Streetsblog USA
The Urban Institute found an overall increase in capital investment in ground transportation — mostly on highways — and flat investment in public transit.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Report: Biden Infrastructure Bill Spurred Increase in State and Local Highway Spending - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/r... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social
Monday’s Headlines Remember - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/m... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @blakeaued.bsky.social
Monday's Headlines Remember — Streetsblog USA
Fifty U.S. cities and others around the globe memorialized the victims of traffic violence on Sunday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Transportation Politics Is Inherently Radical - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @carterlavin.bsky.social
Transportation Politics Is Inherently Radical — Streetsblog USA
And we need to embrace that if we want to win.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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World Day of Remembrance: ‘My Brother Did Not Die in Vain’ - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/16/w... via @nyc.streetsblog.org
World Day of Remembrance: 'My Brother Did Not Die in Vain' - Streetsblog New York City
A drunk driver killed my brother while he was biking in New York City. The movement for safer streets showed me that he did not die in vain.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
World Day of Remembrance: ‘My Brother Did Not Die in Vain’ - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/16/w... via @nyc.streetsblog.org
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We have some new fall items available in our fundraising store just in time for the holiday season. Help us continue the fight for more trains, to more people, to more places - and look good doing it.
Shop now: railpassengers.org/s...
Shop now: railpassengers.org/s...
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We have some new fall items available in our fundraising store just in time for the holiday season. Help us continue the fight for more trains, to more people, to more places - and look good doing it.
Shop now: railpassengers.org/s...
Shop now: railpassengers.org/s...
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With $425M in funding secured, part of Illinois' transformative Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, community leaders in the Quad Cities continue to push for support of a Chicago to Moline train that has been years in the making.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With $425M in funding secured, part of Illinois' transformative Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, community leaders in the Quad Cities continue to push for support of a Chicago to Moline train that has been years in the making.
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I am an airplane person who thinks that nearly all commuter flight routes should be replaced with high-speed trains
October 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am an airplane person who thinks that nearly all commuter flight routes should be replaced with high-speed trains
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Rep. Larsen, the ranking Dem member of the House transport committee, said: “Where do these harebrained ideas come from? Millions of people travel everyday using transit… Transit investments create and support jobs. Need I go on? These heavy-handed, top-down, egghead think tank ideas need to die.”
Trump admin Is attempting to massive cut federal transit funds, seeking to:
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
POLITICO Pro: Trump administration proposals seek to eliminate transit funding
DOT recently sent two proposals to the White House budget office seeking to pare back transit money.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Rep. Larsen, the ranking Dem member of the House transport committee, said: “Where do these harebrained ideas come from? Millions of people travel everyday using transit… Transit investments create and support jobs. Need I go on? These heavy-handed, top-down, egghead think tank ideas need to die.”
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imagine how much better our city would be if more mayors and councilmembers and department heads actually rode transit and bikes.
New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
imagine how much better our city would be if more mayors and councilmembers and department heads actually rode transit and bikes.
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The stair to the plaza from Broadway (3rd south) is still closed; use the entrance from 2nd, West Temple, or Main Street instead
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The stair to the plaza from Broadway (3rd south) is still closed; use the entrance from 2nd, West Temple, or Main Street instead
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REMINDER: Meet us in an hour (ignore the date on the post) at american plaza to play "Jet Lag: The Game" with us. Bring snacks, water, a pack lunch, or some money to buy those things, we'll play from 10-6
SLURM September 8th! Try out "Jet Lag: The Game" with us, courtesy of Troy from
@sweetstreets.bsky.social. Bring water, snacks, and a UTA day pass!
bit.ly/slurm-ut
@sweetstreets.bsky.social. Bring water, snacks, and a UTA day pass!
bit.ly/slurm-ut
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
REMINDER: Meet us in an hour (ignore the date on the post) at american plaza to play "Jet Lag: The Game" with us. Bring snacks, water, a pack lunch, or some money to buy those things, we'll play from 10-6
Forget ‘survive til ’25,’ Salt Lake City’s multifamily market faces a tough road buildingsaltlake.com/forget-survi... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social
Salt Lake City's Multifamily Housing Market Faces Years of Headwinds
Salt Lake City and Utah’s private equity landscape is a mixed bag, as the industrial sector is strong market while multifamily faces headwinds.
buildingsaltlake.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Forget ‘survive til ’25,’ Salt Lake City’s multifamily market faces a tough road buildingsaltlake.com/forget-survi... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social
Opinion: Daylighting Isn’t Anti-Driver — It’s Pro-Common Sense - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/d... via @nyc.streetsblog.org
Opinion: Daylighting Isn’t Anti-Driver — It’s Pro-Common Sense - Streetsblog New York City
Listen to a Republican: "The Department of Transportation's negative report on daylighting is like judging the effectiveness of lifeboats on the Titanic by studying the ones that never left the ship."
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Opinion: Daylighting Isn’t Anti-Driver — It’s Pro-Common Sense - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/d... via @nyc.streetsblog.org
States Across America Are Taking Action to Stop ‘Super Speeders’ - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/s... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @keawilson.bsky.social
States Across America Are Taking Action to Stop 'Super Speeders' — Streetsblog USA
The bills would require the worst of the worst drivers to at least adhere to the speed limit, which is not too much to ask.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Friday Video: The Positive Economics of Bike Lanes - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/f... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social
Friday Video: The Positive Economics of Bike Lanes — Streetsblog USA
Whatever it costs, it’s too expensive! That, more or less, was a recent argument about bike lanes made by Leslie Roberts, a City Council candidate in Montreal. “And we haven’t even looked at the price...
usa.streetsblog.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Friday’s Headlines Are Crashing Out - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/f... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @blakeaued.bsky.social
Friday's Headlines Are Crashing Out — Streetsblog USA
Despite some improvement over the past couple of years, U.S. traffic deaths remain higher than they were before the pandemic.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The Association joins in on comments to the STB on the proposed UP/NS merger, the Boss goes live on the air in Ohio, a wrap up of some newsworthy transit updates from around the US, and we kick off a new volunteer program. #HotlineFriday
See you onboard: www.railpassengers.o...
See you onboard: www.railpassengers.o...
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Association joins in on comments to the STB on the proposed UP/NS merger, the Boss goes live on the air in Ohio, a wrap up of some newsworthy transit updates from around the US, and we kick off a new volunteer program. #HotlineFriday
See you onboard: www.railpassengers.o...
See you onboard: www.railpassengers.o...
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While the longest government shutdown in our nation's history is now in the rearview, traveling for the holidays is still going to be a massive headache.
Holiday travel remains uncertain despite shutdown vote
Reopening the government doesn't mean air travel will immediately go back to normal.
www.axios.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
While the longest government shutdown in our nation's history is now in the rearview, traveling for the holidays is still going to be a massive headache.
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In a study released yesterday by NYU’s Marron Institute, only 6% of reviewed train lines from around the world still use a two-person crew - so does NY's MTA want to continue with "old technology, old practices and more expensive operating costs"?
Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide by year’s end whether to sign a law that would mandate two-person crews on all trains, a practice critics say is costly and outdated.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In a study released yesterday by NYU’s Marron Institute, only 6% of reviewed train lines from around the world still use a two-person crew - so does NY's MTA want to continue with "old technology, old practices and more expensive operating costs"?
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In order to be in compliance with a federal order that was made back on Oct. 1st, after a series of fires involving SEPTA's Silverline IV trains, the agency has been forced to halt service on certain lines while the equipment is inspected.
Regional Rail disruptions continue in Philadelphia area with several SEPTA trains canceled again Thursday, Friday
The trains that were canceled Wednesday on the Airport, Fox Chase and Chestnut Hill West lines will not run on Thursday and Friday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In order to be in compliance with a federal order that was made back on Oct. 1st, after a series of fires involving SEPTA's Silverline IV trains, the agency has been forced to halt service on certain lines while the equipment is inspected.
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Submit your feedback on the @mndot.mn.gov State Rail Plan by this Monday, November 17th! talk.dot.state.mn.us/state-rail-p...
State Rail Plan Update
The draft State Rail Plan is now available for your review and comments until Nov. 17 The Minnesota Department of Transportation is asking Minnesota businesses and residents to provide feedback on the...
talk.dot.state.mn.us
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Submit your feedback on the @mndot.mn.gov State Rail Plan by this Monday, November 17th! talk.dot.state.mn.us/state-rail-p...
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A thoughtful and clear-eyed piece about TxDOT's Statewide Multi-modal Transit Plan: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...
TxDOT plan for statewide transit network is an admirable long shot
Among the remarkable aspects of the statewide transit plan draft is that it’s from TxDOT.
www.expressnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A thoughtful and clear-eyed piece about TxDOT's Statewide Multi-modal Transit Plan: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...
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Widening highways over and over again, expecting that to fix traffic is that definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Widening highways over and over again, expecting that to fix traffic is that definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results
As Utah exports dirty soda, retailers say national brands are eyeing expansion into Utah buildingsaltlake.com/as-utah-expo... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social
National Real Estate Investors Are Looking to Cash in on Retail in Utah
Utah real estate professionals say the state is attracting more national retail due to its continued growth in Salt Lake City and St. George.
buildingsaltlake.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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