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busways on 125th and 145th please !!

New poll reveals stunning support for more Boston housing — and some ways to make it happen A new poll shows that the vast majority of Boston residents, both renters and homeowners, believe the city needs much more housing to address the high cost of renting and buying.

“More than 80% of Boston residents believe the city needs to build thousands more homes to address the housing shortage…”

www.masslive.com/news/2025/10...

holy guacamole

8 years of community outreach, 10 years of study, 5 more years of community input, 1 year pilot, then scrapped and everything gets torn out to be replaced by a car lane

nyc is completely infested with cars, we need to do something about that

Design cities that cater to children and families.

Paris has built 180 “School Streets” throughout the city, prioritizing children near schools. These streets feature greenery, safer walkways, and play spaces, creating a more inviting environment for children and families.

this should be soho in new york

NYC’s future with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social help

both a blessing and a curse

It’s astonishing how much of the noise and daily stressors of city living are simply a result of cars and traffic.

Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”

(Among MANY other public benefits.)

Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane.

#CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness

Two photos of the same intersection in Barcelona, shown before and after transformation. The top image shows a standard urban street with parked vehicles, asphalt, and sparse greenery. The bottom image shows the same location converted into a lush public space with trees, plants, benches, and pedestrian pathways, illustrating the city's superblock redesign.

Barcelona has transformed 160 intersections into public spaces, and I think every city should implement superblocks like this immediately.

Governor Murphy still wants to widen a highway through Jersey City, something that will spew more carbon into the atmosphere. One day people will make the connection between the immediate emergency they're declaring and the longterm emergency they're enabling.

Rue Milton via Google. Barriers and cars.

Photo of the same street taken by me. Greenery and no cars.

School Street, Before and After: Paris gives a glimpse of how cities would look if they put kids first.

La gentrificación no es el problema, es el síntoma La reciente marcha contra la gentrificación nos obliga a pensar el problema de la vivienda desde su origen y no a partir de sus síntomas. Este texto ofrece una visión integral sobre a lo que nos enfre...

Wrote about gentrification in CDMX (in Spanish). Bit annoyed that my map is all pixelated.

redaccion.nexos.com.mx/la-gentrific...

can’t wait to vote you out of office. it’s unacceptable to slander and spread racist lies about progressive leaders.

i hope to see more of you !!

need more supply

US Attorney Foley blasts Mayor Wu over ICE comments. Wu fired right back, saying ICE is spreading ‘fear.’ - The Boston Globe "Every arrest and detention is pursuant to and sanctioned by federal law,” Massachusetts US Attorney Leah Foley said in a video message posted to social media.

We see what’s happening with our own eyes. A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free.

i actually believed this was a way to skirt the tariffs. “assembled in the USA”

Billionaires Boost Cuomo’s Fundraising Lead in NYC Mayor’s Race Former Governor Andrew Cuomo expanded his commanding fundraising lead in the New York City mayoral race with help from a few billionaire donors, according to newly published numbers filed with the cit...

Billionaires are funding Andrew Cuomo because they know he’ll work for them, not you.

Brick Alley way

When you realize that this alley can actually fit an F-150 (an extreme example), you start to see how overbuilt and wide all our streets are.

Cincy, OH

Reactionary NIMBYs opposed to changes in the street to make way for people should never be taken seriously.

City Beautiful — How Did We Create the Housing Crisis? The housing crisis: how did we get into this mess? This video looks at the last 100 years of housing policy to try to understand how.

I tried to condense 100 year of housing history to help put our current crisis in perspective. Check it out on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/cityb...

These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving The rates of fatal crashes and crime are both lower on public transportation than on roadways

“According to the data, driving a car in the U.S. is far more dangerous than taking public transit—in terms of crash risk and crime.”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p...

These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving The rates of fatal crashes and crime are both lower on public transportation than on roadways

According to the data, driving a car in the U.S. is far more dangerous than taking public transit—in terms of crash risk and crime.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p...

Nathan Fielder: What’s So Funny? No, seriously.

why does manhattan have so much land for parking

the tomato is native to mexico.

Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.