Chris

Classic car-brained society moments.

An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car.

Our car culture summed up in one video.

The problem is the powers that be are so car brained.
Scooter kills person on sidewalk… ban scooters.
kid gets killed on e-bike riding to school (legally) on 50mph road, ban kids on ebikes (actual example from LA Times).
Meanwhile cars just keep on killing.

The infrastructure does a good job of limiting that for the most part. But it still can happen. We had a couple on scooters kill an elderly man in one of the only dense walkable neighborhoods in LA. Of course all the focus was on the escooters and non on the lack of safe micromobility infrastructure

As someone who rides frequently with an e-bike on the sidewalk because of our infrastructure in LA, I can tell you 20mph is insanely fast for sidewalks that have huge bumps and driveways. it’s pretty hard to do that. The thing is, the worse the infrastructure the less likely there are pedestrians.

hahaha

Big!(if true)

A law in the way gravity is:

Total coincidence but I was also rocking my Rovelo apparel

"Bicycles Deliver the Freedom That Auto Ads Promise" @tomflood.bsky.social

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 people told dave chappelle his jokes weren’t funny and this ego maniac has been having a meltdown over it for ten years

There is a gulf in America. I submit it is the gulf between good and evil, or at least not-evil and evil.

The gulf is not just between people who oppose this and people who are indifferent to it or reluctantly accept it in support of immigration policy or see it as collateral damage.
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Costs go up and down, but you can control for zoning. You can control permitting speeds. Are you familiar with LA’s ED1 affordable housing, it was immediately successful so our mayor quickly changed the zoning to stop it. It showed how much Zoning and permitting are a faucet you can turn on/off.

That makes me the elder gifted kid statesman (52)

For sure. I don’t think anyone would argue against that. Also interest rates. But the zoning has to come first. the only reason to keep it is segregation.

Of course it’s not the whole thing. But if it’s illegal to build it as it is in much LA or any other California city, then it doesn’t matter how much the other costs are, right?

NIMBYs Rule Everything Around Me

done

Most of what I've read of his work is market rate housing. Of course zoning applies to all of it. I've been lobbying for California's TOD bill with affordable housing builders. They can't build if it's illegal to build. You don't believe zoning is the first piece of the puzzle?

Superintendents involved in houisng and active transportation policy, that’s my jam! How do we get there in LA?

I watched a clip of that podcast with he and Theo Von and they were just laughing about it (it being his dads death) the whole time. I don’t think he cares.

Did it too! 🫡

Freedom.

Ha! My commute is over that bridge. I look down on that river of cars everytime and think, “glad I didn’t drive.” My next thought is usually. “Glad I live close enough to bike.” Then I’m at “We need more housing close to jobs” and now all I can think about is housing policy for the rest of my ride.

What if we built walkable, transit oriented neighborhoods in the best climate in the world?
this guy: what if we don’t

No on SB79 because local control blah blah

This guy wants to keep the segregationists in charge. I disagree.

Ha! The portion I’ve paid off on my house and the equity are very, very different, but maybe that’s just me.

Can I see the equity one now?