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Lots of great alternatives to street parking—let’s stop wasting our downtowns

"Parking at Trader Joes, amirite?! 😩😩😩"

San Mateo County:

No cars thanks!

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I don’t make the rules!

They gave up their parklet, sadly—let’s not be too lenient on them.

Copenhagen is unlimited re-fills and local ownership

Funny that someone can spend that much on a car and still have to street park it and drive it on El Camino Real. Suspensions be toast 🔥

Trust me, they care more about parking.

“Evil man attempts to *checks notes* make bus faster”’

Weekend Caltrain, every train has limited seating:

It is much more simple than that: surfeit free parking -> higher prices on the shelves. The ground lease must be paid somehow.

If you have to drive to obtain life-sustaining groceries at livable prices then your community has failed you. TJs should charge for parking so that prices don’t reflect your parking subsidy

Thank you for your leadership on SB 79—our most fire protected and defensible locations in California are near existing public transit corridors. Denser, smarter land use will make our state more resilient, in facing off with NIMBYs who don’t care for others’ fire risk exposure while using FAIR plan

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

Oh ho ho! Look what the cat dragged in...

Thank you @governor.ca.gov for taking bold leadership in addressing the housing + climate crisis in our state! Signing SB 79 means more housing in our cities, less housing at the wildland-urban interface where victims of fires like Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Paradise suffered tremendously.

The @caltrain.com corridor in the SF Bay Area should at least get a mention here. With the new trains and new schedule it pretty amazing!

Throw regular bicycles on there for a chuckle 😊

Updated this chart because it was missing an important option. You don't need to use an e-bike for all trips for it to save you a lot of money!

$0.70/100 miles is also a worst-case scenario. Your cost is likely much cheaper than this.

Goals

Probably! 🥴

How much you think the sign cost?

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

You have to laugh: the scope of this "micromobility hub project" is re-poured curb cuts at a couple of crosswalks & some painted bicycle logos in the street. Total cost $350k. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am--how's that for "micromobility"?! 😂

No time to commute!

For those without enough home space to comfortably work from home it is a reprieve. Otherwise they’re paying more (rent or buy) for more residential WFH space that they pay out of pocket, post-tax. Office mandates are not a fringe benefit, but having a paid-for office you can optionally visit is

Meanwhile I have coworkers who jokingly say that they only come to the office to take advantage of free charging for their EVs. I myself go to the office irregularly (my boss and boss's boss both work fully remotely ex-California, where my employer's based)--I am speaking only on my own behalf.

To me, the pronounced divergence in commercial vs. residential property prices will be felt for a century to come. Laboring requires space--not for children. Offices are an untaxed employee fringe benefit--but employees have to pay to live and commute there to obtain the benefit!

The COVID shelter-in-place guidance and resulting work-from-home boom has resulted in a massive shift in land use (and property values). What are some the most interesting changes, in your eyes?