My latest @LocusMag column is "Marshmallow Longtermism"; on conservatives' self-mythologizing as standards-bearers for deferred gratification and hard trade-offs, and their lack of these traits when it comes to climate change and inequality: locusmag.com/2024/09/cory-d… 1/

San Francisco socialists when laws fought for and passed by YIMBYs to increase height/density (AB1763) and streamline the permitting process (SB35) directly result in new 100% affordable housing

City of Concord, CA's Sept bike/walk committee agenda has been published & it's a horror show. First up, a 3-mile $10.2M paving project on Clayton Rd. City is planning no bike infrastructure b/c there's "no room".

They even made people sit on the ground in the goofy, faux historical murals of Penn Station at the Moynihan Train Hall.

Tbh this is why I had to stop watching Game of Thrones after a couple seasons. Every episode was just a lot of "stuff happening" slowly working its way towards a big denouement in the final episode. Not worth my time at all.

The two genders of Baltimore rowhouse.

Men (who drive) are not well.

A heartfelt request to housing policy colleagues, reporters, editors, & policymakers: drop “end single-family zoning” from your lexicon. It’s vague, inaccurate, & terrible political messaging. brookings.edu/articles/end-s…

DC Twitter: Any lunch/dinner recommendations within walking distance of the National Mall?

Gov. Gavin Newsom we urge you to #SignSB961 to tackle the #1 cause of deadly crashes in CA —dangerous speeding. This 1st in the nation bill will save lives & set a powerful ex. for the nation Sincerely, Walk San Francisco Families for Safe Streets National Streets Are For Everyone NACTO National Safety Council Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

We're still doing this?

Bike twitter (particularly folks who work at a city): Does anyone know of any US jurisdictions that do a good job maintaining pavement conditions on paved pathways? Unlike roads, which are tracked for PCI, pathways often end up getting built and never maintained.

Green gentrification is not real, you're describing amenities that all neighborhoods deserve to have.

The Minneapolis City Council says MnDOT plans to reconstruct I-94 between the Twin Cities’ downtowns can’t include expanding the interstate, and should consider removing it. sahanjournal.com/news/minneapol…

This person has never read the chapter in Caro's biography of LBJ about life on Texas hill country farm before electricity.

The families of the girls killed on the PCH are suing the state, county, the CA DOT, and the coastal commission. Curious to see what will come of it. And they have plenty of evidence of negligence..