Mimi Hutchinson, AICP

Does “Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a studio unit at 70% AMI” mean 30% of 70% AMI?

13.11.2025 05:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When emergencies beget emergencies: Austin Fire sedan parked in a busy two-way bike (*cough* scooter) lane.

31.10.2025 15:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Does tenant organizing improve housing quality & health?"

🔥 Fascinating new research by
@midwesterly.bsky.social, Drew Dearwood &
@alexkarner.bsky.social on the housing-health intersection out of UT Austin working with community org Basta!

#ACSP2025 —> Check out their findings👇

25.10.2025 15:11 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

📍Chicago-bound Amtrak Saluki 390

Used to take this line almost weekly when I worked in Chicago. Communication from staff re: track sharing stops has improved since then. Ridership also looks good. Can’t beat $14 for a 2-hour trip!

What would it take for Amtrak to get ROW on this segment?

02.01.2025 17:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📍 Odense, Denmark

Love seeing how the locals adapt their travel during rain and cold. Proper gear and infrastructure help, but they also embrace more dampness and chaos than most.

19.12.2024 12:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Up since 3 AM waiting on a delayed flight, so why not toss a hot take into the ether? The 15-minute city and similar ideals are creeping into mainstream discourse thanks to demonization from the right, who frame it as authoritarian and dystopian. Is this a reincarnation of NIMBYism or smthg else?

03.12.2024 13:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I agree, especially about unions, but e-commerce pays better, and in a tough economy, most people will prioritize self-preservation. I might choose differently, but it is a rational decision. Maybe this is where transit agencies can do a better job touting the intangible benefits of the job

29.11.2024 19:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As long as agencies are too cash-strapped to compete with the pay and benefits of e-commerce, they might need to emphasize the intangible perks of being a transit operator. Will it be enough though? Saying “this is a good job if you’re a people person” is pretty desperate

29.11.2024 06:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There’s also the issue of Amazon and other large shipping and e-commerce companies siphoning CDL drivers from transit agencies. From my perspective as a transit planner at the time, this seemed like a major cause of service reductions during the pandemic yet barely anyone talked about it

29.11.2024 04:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0