@schmangee.bsky.social
Planner and writer. Author RIGHT OF WAY. Traffic safety nerd. Mom of two. Ohioan.
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Traditionally, the standard for whether you can afford to buy a house is a 3:1 price-to-income ratio (i.e., if you make $50k a year, you can afford a $150k house). Every single major city in America is over that ratio, except Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis and Oklahoma City...
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Traditionally, the standard for whether you can afford to buy a house is a 3:1 price-to-income ratio (i.e., if you make $50k a year, you can afford a $150k house). Every single major city in America is over that ratio, except Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis and Oklahoma City...
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Data from the National Association of Realtors paints a painful portrait of American home buying:
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Data from the National Association of Realtors paints a painful portrait of American home buying:
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
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Making downtown "kid friendly" starts with reducing traffic speeds down below 20 miles per hour. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Let's make downtown Minneapolis more kid-friendly - MinnPost
The city's 2035 Plan outlines a smart and ambitious strategy for downtown, except when it comes to kids. Here's how to do better.
www.minnpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Making downtown "kid friendly" starts with reducing traffic speeds down below 20 miles per hour. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
First Energy ordered to pay $250 million in restitution to Ohio consumers after orchestrating a $60 million bribery and racketeering scheme 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 www.wkyc.com/article/news...
Ohio utility regulators impose $250M fine on FirstEnergy for HB 6 violations
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio says FirstEnergy violated state law and must refund customers $180 million and pay another $70 million in civil fines.
www.wkyc.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
First Energy ordered to pay $250 million in restitution to Ohio consumers after orchestrating a $60 million bribery and racketeering scheme 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 www.wkyc.com/article/news...
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Hard to overstate how bad the pandemic was for cities imo
I also liked tho in this article how the people interviewed made the case that smaller cities offer more opportunity for middle class people
Gotta agree as a clevelander and a middle class person www.dwell.com/article/rura...
I also liked tho in this article how the people interviewed made the case that smaller cities offer more opportunity for middle class people
Gotta agree as a clevelander and a middle class person www.dwell.com/article/rura...
The Millennials Who Ditched Cities During the Pandemic Would Like a Word
As a result of Covid, many young people moved in search of more affordable lifestyles. But in today’s America, is there any place left where you can have it all?
www.dwell.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Hard to overstate how bad the pandemic was for cities imo
I also liked tho in this article how the people interviewed made the case that smaller cities offer more opportunity for middle class people
Gotta agree as a clevelander and a middle class person www.dwell.com/article/rura...
I also liked tho in this article how the people interviewed made the case that smaller cities offer more opportunity for middle class people
Gotta agree as a clevelander and a middle class person www.dwell.com/article/rura...
In my book, I called roads like this “serial killers.”
I’m paywalled here but this kind of coverage is a huge improvement over how these issues have traditionally been covered www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
I’m paywalled here but this kind of coverage is a huge improvement over how these issues have traditionally been covered www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In my book, I called roads like this “serial killers.”
I’m paywalled here but this kind of coverage is a huge improvement over how these issues have traditionally been covered www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
I’m paywalled here but this kind of coverage is a huge improvement over how these issues have traditionally been covered www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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Big news: House GOP head of transport committee says he wants to retain the mass transit fund, defying the Trump Admin’s proposal, which I detail below ⬇️
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
Trump Administration is to propose a massive cut in federal transit funding as part of 2026 transport legislation.
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Fix Budget Shortfalls. But It Would Make Transportation Less Affordable for Americans.
A proposal to eliminate federal public transit funding would not only fail to address the existing funding gap but would also leave millions of Americans, pa…
www.urban.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Big news: House GOP head of transport committee says he wants to retain the mass transit fund, defying the Trump Admin’s proposal, which I detail below ⬇️
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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I agree that most Americans want a detached single-family house in the abstract, but current policy that skews development toward this one type suffer. Under current policy, people have to pay a premium for walkability and density, holding house size constant: www.mercatus.org/research/res...
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I agree that most Americans want a detached single-family house in the abstract, but current policy that skews development toward this one type suffer. Under current policy, people have to pay a premium for walkability and density, holding house size constant: www.mercatus.org/research/res...
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The president, somehow
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The president, somehow
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Got back from Detroit, and I couldn't help thinking how the urban crisis of the 20th c. has migrated to the inner suburbs. But when Detroit collapsed in 2012, it drew international attention. Few know or care about the death of Highland Park, MI right next door.
The Complications of Our Deteriorating Inner Ring Suburbs - Belt Magazine
When controversy erupted in August over the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, race was at the very center of it all.
beltmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Got back from Detroit, and I couldn't help thinking how the urban crisis of the 20th c. has migrated to the inner suburbs. But when Detroit collapsed in 2012, it drew international attention. Few know or care about the death of Highland Park, MI right next door.
On instagram I heard someone call her Megyn R Kelly 😂
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On instagram I heard someone call her Megyn R Kelly 😂
You really have so little to lose and so much to gain just being nice and friendly to people whenever you get a chance. It's crazy more people don't do this.
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
You really have so little to lose and so much to gain just being nice and friendly to people whenever you get a chance. It's crazy more people don't do this.
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I know there is a lot to doomscroll right now, but you need to plan some sort of offline activity and go do it.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I know there is a lot to doomscroll right now, but you need to plan some sort of offline activity and go do it.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
Yesterday I was reading these social media comments from a bunch of incensed (largely) men, about using speed limiting in cars (it's only proposed for repeat dangerous drivers).
They were really furious. An imposition on their freedom not to be able to speed, they said...
They were really furious. An imposition on their freedom not to be able to speed, they said...
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yesterday I was reading these social media comments from a bunch of incensed (largely) men, about using speed limiting in cars (it's only proposed for repeat dangerous drivers).
They were really furious. An imposition on their freedom not to be able to speed, they said...
They were really furious. An imposition on their freedom not to be able to speed, they said...
We are too permissive about dangerous driving in the US. The harms that result from this FAR outweigh the concerns related to managing it (which are real).
This is a political problem, largely. That's why I think World Day of Remembrance is important. Safety has not had the voice it deserves.
This is a political problem, largely. That's why I think World Day of Remembrance is important. Safety has not had the voice it deserves.
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are too permissive about dangerous driving in the US. The harms that result from this FAR outweigh the concerns related to managing it (which are real).
This is a political problem, largely. That's why I think World Day of Remembrance is important. Safety has not had the voice it deserves.
This is a political problem, largely. That's why I think World Day of Remembrance is important. Safety has not had the voice it deserves.
I've been thinking about, working w/ victims of traffic crashes, especially mothers who have lost children...
Everyone just wants these women to shut up and go away-- Politicians. Car companies. Traffic engineers.
By refusing to grieve privately, blame themselves -- they are flipping the script
Everyone just wants these women to shut up and go away-- Politicians. Car companies. Traffic engineers.
By refusing to grieve privately, blame themselves -- they are flipping the script
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've been thinking about, working w/ victims of traffic crashes, especially mothers who have lost children...
Everyone just wants these women to shut up and go away-- Politicians. Car companies. Traffic engineers.
By refusing to grieve privately, blame themselves -- they are flipping the script
Everyone just wants these women to shut up and go away-- Politicians. Car companies. Traffic engineers.
By refusing to grieve privately, blame themselves -- they are flipping the script
Just blown away at how quickly World Day of Remembrance (for victims of traffic crashes) has grown. #WDoR2025
This has been an invisible issue in the public consciousness, despite enormous harms and readily available solutions.
www.forbes.com/sites/tanyam...
This has been an invisible issue in the public consciousness, despite enormous harms and readily available solutions.
www.forbes.com/sites/tanyam...
Events To Remember Road Traffic Victims Held Across U.S. And World
Events planned for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on November 16 highlight how slowing speed can save lives and the need for road safety reforms.
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Just blown away at how quickly World Day of Remembrance (for victims of traffic crashes) has grown. #WDoR2025
This has been an invisible issue in the public consciousness, despite enormous harms and readily available solutions.
www.forbes.com/sites/tanyam...
This has been an invisible issue in the public consciousness, despite enormous harms and readily available solutions.
www.forbes.com/sites/tanyam...
I think it’s cool, notable 👀 that the winning candidate for Seattle Mayor said this:
“I want great, safe public spaces where kids can run around with abandon.”
www.kuow.org/stories/kati...
“I want great, safe public spaces where kids can run around with abandon.”
www.kuow.org/stories/kati...
Katie Wilson can barely afford to live in Seattle. That's why she wants to be mayor
Katie Wilson presents herself as a sensible coalition-builder who runs a small nonprofit and has lived the working-class life. A renter and a mother, she runs on issues close to her heart. She speaks ...
www.kuow.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I think it’s cool, notable 👀 that the winning candidate for Seattle Mayor said this:
“I want great, safe public spaces where kids can run around with abandon.”
www.kuow.org/stories/kati...
“I want great, safe public spaces where kids can run around with abandon.”
www.kuow.org/stories/kati...
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In which @schmangee.bsky.social and I do the Cleveland Public Library
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In which @schmangee.bsky.social and I do the Cleveland Public Library
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Just dug up this quote I gave @schmangee.bsky.social for her reported essay, "How to go car-free — or car-light — in Middle America", back when I was still a college student at Georgia Tech.
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Just dug up this quote I gave @schmangee.bsky.social for her reported essay, "How to go car-free — or car-light — in Middle America", back when I was still a college student at Georgia Tech.
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Stories like this kill me. 😭😭
Rural roads are so dangerous. And they disproportionately kill young men like this. Everyone one of these deaths is a profound tragedy. 19 years old smdh
Rural roads are so dangerous. And they disproportionately kill young men like this. Everyone one of these deaths is a profound tragedy. 19 years old smdh
Zachary Wensel, 19, was disabled when a driver drove left of center to pass an Amish buggy and struck him head on on his motorcycle in Holmes County, Ohio.
A short time later, unable to work, he took is own life 😭
His mother is fighting for a safety fix www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...
A short time later, unable to work, he took is own life 😭
His mother is fighting for a safety fix www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Stories like this kill me. 😭😭
Rural roads are so dangerous. And they disproportionately kill young men like this. Everyone one of these deaths is a profound tragedy. 19 years old smdh
Rural roads are so dangerous. And they disproportionately kill young men like this. Everyone one of these deaths is a profound tragedy. 19 years old smdh
Please admire this Dodge concept truck I saw at the Ford Museum in Detroit last weekend.
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Please admire this Dodge concept truck I saw at the Ford Museum in Detroit last weekend.
Another example of everything pure and beautiful being ruined: Trick or treat becoming a drive-to walking event.
I think this is true but my neighborhood is the destination trick or treat neighborhood and that actually rules.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
I think this is true but my neighborhood is the destination trick or treat neighborhood and that actually rules.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Where Have All the Trick-or-Treaters Gone on Halloween? Destination Neighborhoods
Urbanism and car culture play a role in eroding the holiday tradition, but so too has the consolidation of trick-or-treat to destination neighborhoods via social media.
substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Another example of everything pure and beautiful being ruined: Trick or treat becoming a drive-to walking event.
I think this is true but my neighborhood is the destination trick or treat neighborhood and that actually rules.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
I think this is true but my neighborhood is the destination trick or treat neighborhood and that actually rules.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Yaas! Come to this!
MY LOST SUBWAYS OF NORTH AMERICA EVENTS:
DETROIT: 11/13, 6pm, Next Chapter Books. www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-subwa...
CLEVELAND: 11/15, 1pm, Cleveland Public Library - Main Branch. cpl.libcal.com/event/13146709
DETROIT: 11/13, 6pm, Next Chapter Books. www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-subwa...
CLEVELAND: 11/15, 1pm, Cleveland Public Library - Main Branch. cpl.libcal.com/event/13146709
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yaas! Come to this!