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Toxic air exposure increases with car-dependent designs.
Greenhouse gases and particulate matter from vehicle brake, tire, and road wear can penetrate deep into the lungs. What are some effects? 🧵
Greenhouse gases and particulate matter from vehicle brake, tire, and road wear can penetrate deep into the lungs. What are some effects? 🧵
March 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Toxic air exposure increases with car-dependent designs.
Greenhouse gases and particulate matter from vehicle brake, tire, and road wear can penetrate deep into the lungs. What are some effects? 🧵
Greenhouse gases and particulate matter from vehicle brake, tire, and road wear can penetrate deep into the lungs. What are some effects? 🧵
2 miles from the densest place in North America we have… a suburban style strip mall.
Tell me this is equitable/good urban design.🤦♂️
Tell me this is equitable/good urban design.🤦♂️
March 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
2 miles from the densest place in North America we have… a suburban style strip mall.
Tell me this is equitable/good urban design.🤦♂️
Tell me this is equitable/good urban design.🤦♂️
A single car parking spot has space for:
🚲 10-12 bikes
🌱 2-3 benches and multiple planters
📦 Parcel locker sand a waste/ recycling station
Your city is never ‘full’.
🚲 10-12 bikes
🌱 2-3 benches and multiple planters
📦 Parcel locker sand a waste/ recycling station
Your city is never ‘full’.
March 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A single car parking spot has space for:
🚲 10-12 bikes
🌱 2-3 benches and multiple planters
📦 Parcel locker sand a waste/ recycling station
Your city is never ‘full’.
🚲 10-12 bikes
🌱 2-3 benches and multiple planters
📦 Parcel locker sand a waste/ recycling station
Your city is never ‘full’.
Your average car parking spot can accommodate 10-12 bikes! Efforts like these make active transport viable. Let’s keep this momentum strong! ✊🚲
March 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Your average car parking spot can accommodate 10-12 bikes! Efforts like these make active transport viable. Let’s keep this momentum strong! ✊🚲
A 31-second-per-mile traffic delay increase raises fast food visits by 1%, or 1.2 million more per year in Los Angeles County.
U.S. urban designs are giving Americans less time and worse eating habits! Another reason to support access to diverse transport choices.
U.S. urban designs are giving Americans less time and worse eating habits! Another reason to support access to diverse transport choices.
March 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A 31-second-per-mile traffic delay increase raises fast food visits by 1%, or 1.2 million more per year in Los Angeles County.
U.S. urban designs are giving Americans less time and worse eating habits! Another reason to support access to diverse transport choices.
U.S. urban designs are giving Americans less time and worse eating habits! Another reason to support access to diverse transport choices.
57% of suburban office space nationwide is functionally obsolete.
Workers prefer walkable urban or mixed-use developments with amenities.
Let us supply this demand.
Workers prefer walkable urban or mixed-use developments with amenities.
Let us supply this demand.
March 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
57% of suburban office space nationwide is functionally obsolete.
Workers prefer walkable urban or mixed-use developments with amenities.
Let us supply this demand.
Workers prefer walkable urban or mixed-use developments with amenities.
Let us supply this demand.
Financially speaking, the suburbs are the ‘trust fund babies’ of cities.
Density (the parent) subsidizes sprawl (it’s dependent).
Density (the parent) subsidizes sprawl (it’s dependent).
March 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Financially speaking, the suburbs are the ‘trust fund babies’ of cities.
Density (the parent) subsidizes sprawl (it’s dependent).
Density (the parent) subsidizes sprawl (it’s dependent).
Livable streets start with making parking *optional*.
March 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Livable streets start with making parking *optional*.
A infrastructure no-brainer? Infesting in transit.
Compared to highways, transit has lower maintenance costs, longer-lasting vehicles, and greater long-term capacity. We deserve this.
Compared to highways, transit has lower maintenance costs, longer-lasting vehicles, and greater long-term capacity. We deserve this.
February 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A infrastructure no-brainer? Infesting in transit.
Compared to highways, transit has lower maintenance costs, longer-lasting vehicles, and greater long-term capacity. We deserve this.
Compared to highways, transit has lower maintenance costs, longer-lasting vehicles, and greater long-term capacity. We deserve this.
The biggest way we can save our government money WHILE creating new opportunities for Americans? By cutting the $1 trillion in annual direct and indirect costs the U.S. incurs due to disastrous land use policies that support urban sprawl.
February 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The biggest way we can save our government money WHILE creating new opportunities for Americans? By cutting the $1 trillion in annual direct and indirect costs the U.S. incurs due to disastrous land use policies that support urban sprawl.
These lives are lost because of a policy choice.
February 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
These lives are lost because of a policy choice.
In the past decade, passenger vehicle deaths per 100 million miles were 50x higher than buses and 17x higher than trains.
Providing transport options saves lives.
Providing transport options saves lives.
February 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In the past decade, passenger vehicle deaths per 100 million miles were 50x higher than buses and 17x higher than trains.
Providing transport options saves lives.
Providing transport options saves lives.
‘Work harder’— but you didn’t have to?
It’s time we built the diverse housing supply to make American housing accessible again!
It’s time we built the diverse housing supply to make American housing accessible again!
February 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
‘Work harder’— but you didn’t have to?
It’s time we built the diverse housing supply to make American housing accessible again!
It’s time we built the diverse housing supply to make American housing accessible again!
Suburban sprawl imposes $400
billion annually in external costs on all residents and businesses, regardless of location.
Yes sprawl continues to be subsidized by more productive, mixed-use spaces.
billion annually in external costs on all residents and businesses, regardless of location.
Yes sprawl continues to be subsidized by more productive, mixed-use spaces.
February 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Suburban sprawl imposes $400
billion annually in external costs on all residents and businesses, regardless of location.
Yes sprawl continues to be subsidized by more productive, mixed-use spaces.
billion annually in external costs on all residents and businesses, regardless of location.
Yes sprawl continues to be subsidized by more productive, mixed-use spaces.
I was today years old when I found out that suburban sprawl costs the U.S. economy $1 trillion annually!
Sprawl is bad business for all.
Sprawl is bad business for all.
February 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I was today years old when I found out that suburban sprawl costs the U.S. economy $1 trillion annually!
Sprawl is bad business for all.
Sprawl is bad business for all.
Just another day thinking about how good urban form filled with housing and transport options would solve many, many of our problems. 🥲🏘️
February 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just another day thinking about how good urban form filled with housing and transport options would solve many, many of our problems. 🥲🏘️
The suburbs we are given vs. the suburbs we had.
February 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The suburbs we are given vs. the suburbs we had.
It’s recommended that buyers spend no more than 2.6 times their annual income on a home—yet this threshold has been exceeded since at least 1985.
This is a policy choice.
This is a policy choice.
February 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s recommended that buyers spend no more than 2.6 times their annual income on a home—yet this threshold has been exceeded since at least 1985.
This is a policy choice.
This is a policy choice.
From 1985 to 2022, the median home price in the U.S. surged 423%, while median household income increased only 216%.
Inequitable urban development has created a housing affordability crisis.
Inequitable urban development has created a housing affordability crisis.
February 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
From 1985 to 2022, the median home price in the U.S. surged 423%, while median household income increased only 216%.
Inequitable urban development has created a housing affordability crisis.
Inequitable urban development has created a housing affordability crisis.
From sugar factory syrup tanks to contextual elements of a park’s design—same place, different urban needs.
You’ve got to love adaptive reuse!
You’ve got to love adaptive reuse!
February 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
From sugar factory syrup tanks to contextual elements of a park’s design—same place, different urban needs.
You’ve got to love adaptive reuse!
You’ve got to love adaptive reuse!
Don’t forget: A bus rapid transit lane moves 1567% more people per hour than a private vehicle lane.
February 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Don’t forget: A bus rapid transit lane moves 1567% more people per hour than a private vehicle lane.
Detroit’s population increased for the first time in 66 years!
There's no denying: their urban policies helped.
There's no denying: their urban policies helped.
February 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Detroit’s population increased for the first time in 66 years!
There's no denying: their urban policies helped.
There's no denying: their urban policies helped.
More flexible land use on the same property will yield more affordable units. 🏘️🚀
February 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
More flexible land use on the same property will yield more affordable units. 🏘️🚀
The zoning we need is objectively more productive and community oriented than what we have.
February 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The zoning we need is objectively more productive and community oriented than what we have.