thinking about how most of seattle's bi-directional bike lanes are nowhere near this wide or family friendly, wishing we had an ounce of mayoral climate leadership that was 1/100th as effective and forward thinking as anne hidalgo 6' wide lanes for each direction.

the story of paris's bike lanes is one of constant iteration. making them slightly better and larger over time. here's the problem with how we design bike lanes in seattle - that's almost impossible. the waterfront cannot expand without substantial cost. it's so shortsighted

our poor standards mean that our bike lanes are already too small and compromised to allow for ALEGRA infra, and futureproofing for increased usage . so updating will require substantial cost. on top of just being dangerous awful awful leadership x.com/spottnik/statu…

Going to remember this next time they tell me there’s no money to fix the intersection where my 1yo son was killed.

A startup in #Kitchener, #Canada, is developing a new approach to #affordable housing. It involves using the community land trust model and financing through community bonds. ow.ly/xPhH50TbrVF

So happy to see this finally get mainstream media attention. The NHTSA is asleep at the wheel and people are dying because of it.

Another potentially lethal heat wave hits Oregon - a record triple digit recording in friggin' September - and @oregondot and the Oregon Legislature is still insisting on spending billions of dollars widening freeways when 40% of Oregon's carbon emissions come from transportation

Holy shit this is too real, “the new bike lanes will be fun for the whole family on wheels, especially for children building core memories.”

A city cannot be created from the top down by people like VC's.

sleepy, incoherent, can't answer the question. sad!

given the time-value of carbon and the fact that expanding fossil fuel infrastructure amidst climate change only serves to impacts of climate change dramatically worse - this bill, written by two fossil fueled and very right leaning electeds - is a really, really bad one

third way's idea of smart climate policy is low-carbon concrete for *highway expansions* thirdway.org/e-binder/fundi…

Still blows my mind how we could let that go in a CLIMATE + AFFORDABLE HOUSING crisis: Clever 7 storey mass timber housing insulated with boxes filled with straw by a local box manufact. YES SIMPLE BOXES, clad with roofing tiles. Fotos Herbert Gruber baubiologie.at/strohballenbau…

nothing says 'climate forward' like an org focused on climate *arson* - and wants to eradicate the modest and already inadequate climate gains there have actually been. if i had an NYT account now i'd definitely cancel it. jfc.

“For every life the heaviest 1% of suvs or trucks saves in America, more than a dozen lives are lost in smaller vehicles.” 🚘 Doug Dowson economist.com/leaders/2024/0…

There's a funny composition effect where BRT is deployed in the densest/most congested areas, while uncongested suburban or highway buses zip along Still, maybe a bus corridor should have to be designed & enforced to a minimum standard of >10MPH to be considered BRT

"After the courts squashed its first-in-the-nation natural gas ban, the city of Berkeley, California, has emerged with a new strategy to curb the planet-warming fossil fuel: taxing large buildings that use it." canarymedia.com/articles/carbo…

drip drip drip

who cares what scofflaw motorists think?

Social housing is very popular in Seattle. Bizarre of Dan Strauss to undermine it like this. I don't think he understands where the electorate is at, and could be in for a rude awakening in 2027. thestranger.com/news/2024/09/0…