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E-bikes are already displacing more emissions than electric cars. Imagine the positive cascade of effects if more governments offered purchase incentives for e-bikes.

Yeah I basically think Sora is poison and the people who made it are evil people.

House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.

"In effect, these voters responded to the most comprehensive attempt to provide concrete benefits to them since the New Deal by loading an economic shotgun and pointing it directly at themselves." prospect.org/politics/202...

The Plymouth County Correctional Facility is the only ICE detention center in Massachusetts and the linchpin to ICE's infrastructure in New England. It seems like the easiest way to weaken this infrastructure is for the Mass. legislature to pass a law terminating any county-level contracts with ICE.

Trump Says US Tariffs on Heavy Truck Imports to Begin Nov. 1 President Donald Trump said 25% duties on medium- and heavy-duty trucks would begin Nov. 1, the latest expansion of his tariff regime aimed at protecting domestic industries.

Maybe he’s an urbanist after all.

That looks amazing! Budget Bytes is not a vegan-only website, but they do have a ton of cheap and delicious vegan recipes. www.budgetbytes.com/category/rec...

I demand a union representative.

It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that a random woman in a sports skirt recorded on a random instagram reel in chicago has done more to directly confront the human rights abuses of ICE than both standing minority leaders

the preferred term is clankxr,

The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation

What can mid-rise housing look like on side streets where lots are redeveloped one at a time? This example is a good one.
- All homes have windows in at least two directions.
- Elevator building.
- Entry door from a balcony for fresh air.
50x122 is a common lot size in much of western North America.

Some have argued that traffic cameras are a regressive tax on low-income people. While I agree that fines could be somewhat commensurate with income, maybe people of any income could just stop driving 15 mph above the speed limit?

look the leftist critics of Obama were right about ICE and the drones and we are seeing those fears validated daily.

Neo-Temperance Movement incoming.

I’d rather have legislative elections be all or nothing than the current rule by supreme court. Do European countries even have judicial review?

We should just end judicial review, really

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

Chinatown will soon have its own permanent @bpl.boston.gov library branch for the first time in a generation. And the new branch will bring with it 110 units of affordable housing!

The new Fields Corner Branch has officially been topped off!

Not only will it be the first BPL mass timber building, but it will also be the first branch built to meet the City of Boston's Zero Net Carbon standard for municipal buildings.

We can't wait to welcome the community into this space!

If there was a poll about the shutdown that was like "60% of voters blame Democrats" we'd get wall to wall news "analysis" saying the Democrats must immediately capitulate or face electoral ruin, but when we have the opposite (like we do now) the media doubles down on efforts to blame Democrats

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously E-bike sales are booming, providing a clean form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.

“The e-bike market is skyrocketing — and, according to some studies, outpacing electric cars…The question now is: Do officials double down on deadly car-centric urban design, or do they rethink cities to encourage people to ditch four wheels for two?”

Via @grist.org grist.org/transportati...

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson: If Republicans get their way, tens of millions of us are gonna lose care, premiums are gonna explode and funding for life-saving care research is gonna go away.

Democrats need to stand firm, and they need to fight for a funding bill that keeps families on their healthcare

E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.

E-bikes support fewer car trips.

V @lloydalter.bsky.social

diagram: Share of occupied apartments in buildings with 20+ units as of 2023, by decade of unit construction

interesting report from IFS with @bobbyfijan.bsky.social on the lack of family sized homes in US apartments due in part to financing regiments leading to market failures and overproduction of studios and 1BR homes.

also note the plug for single stair buildings.

ifstudies.org/report-brief...

This is also the same message the DFL is sending its Minneapolis base.

ok, we should let him

diagram : Modern Multifamily Buildings Were Significantly Safer, Even When Compared With Single‑Family Buildings of Similar Age

US multifamily housing is 6 times safer than single family homes - and safer even than older multifamily buildings

sprinklers.

it's why 6-8 story point access blocks are a no-brainer.

great research from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social & PEW

www.pew.org/en/research-...

Do apartment buildings really need two stairwells? - The Boston Globe Fire safety advances have made single-stair construction safer.

We need to address both housing supply & ensuring family-sized homes that aren't just suburban single-families. Legalizing single-stair (w/safe construction materials) can help with both. We shouldn't be re-inventing the wheel w/long commissions; learn from places like Seattle & get it implemented.

think a lot about how this guy thinks parents want kids who run on 4 hrs of sleep

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.