It is an entirely good thing that New York elected officials went to Vienna to learn about social housing! Other American urban officials should go there too, they might learn something

Luke Zaleski THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS!

Also my family has started vacationing exclusively on Google Earth and we've found it to be #safer and the experience is just the same!

Agreed. Kind of cruel, especially after the past two years.

Covid­-19 disrupted the trend of ever­ longer lifespans econ.st/3s93ofA

Good to focus on the public health benefits of cycling and active travel, in addition to positive impacts on climate, pollution, congestion, liveability, safety etc.

In Western Europe, confidence in U.S. president drops in Biden’s second year, but still higher than Trump
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Two for starters:
1. Scholarships for men to train as teachers, esp in early years and English and for Black and Hispanic men (as Helen Lewis also argues)
2. Setting public targets at school district level for share of teachers who are male, starting with a 30% goal.

Anthony LaMesa Particularly discouraging is the mid-2010s were full of 'urban revival' stories with lots of ppl moving to cities and pushing hard for change.

We were all optimistic that it was actually transformational but turns out it was all just a mirage of empty promises.

Yes, generally speaking, European cities have made tremendous progress over the past decade — new public transit lines, pedestrianized spaces, rebuilt streets, etc. — and United States cities have made minimal progress or gotten worse. It’s sad, but visible.

New York’s streets are so much worse (congested, dangerous, loud, toxic) than they were ten years ago, and it’s not even close.

think this is true for every city

clueless, reckless drivers
complete disregard for traffic laws
zero enforcement
poor road design
bigger, faster cars