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Urbanism in Iowa…yeah I know. Founder of www.momentumdsm.org
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Talking about housing and zoning is so fucking boring, its plain as day obvious what the correct policy solutions are. I cant keep talking about this for 10 more years.

The crash and speed data from the Ingersoll Ave lane reduction and streetscape project is so beautiful 🤩

Dammit I was just getting to the best part of the power broker where Moses goes down hard and now I’m out of audio book credits on Spotify for the month?

How do we feel about this island protected sidewalk at the entrance to a gas station?

If you care about Public Transit in the Des Moines metro now is the time to voice your support for DART! Read how in this week's newsletter: mailchi.mp/eef6e4c076e8...

Just found out Conor Dougherty, the NYT "Sprawl is Good Actually" guy lives in Studio F--ing City: WalkScore 93/100 This exposure to walkability and frequent transit must be destroying him every day. He longs for the cul-de-sacs. He longs to breathe free. www.walkscore.com/score/studio...

Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year

Austin City Council votes 10-1 to legalize 5-story single-stair apartments, making Austin the largest US city outside of NYC to legalize single-stair! 🎉🎉🎉 Many thanks to all the supporters and to CM Chito Vela for leading this exciting reform! We did it y'all! 🙌

If your tariff lasts longer than 4 hours consult a physician

lol come on @axios.com this is literally just color coding the states by population

HF 533 had its subcommittee hearing this morning, where the bill was passed. The bill now heads to the full Senate Transportation Committee.

The Cubs are officially on a losing streak happy spring everyone!

FWIW I’ve always hated Tesla

Palo Alto denied 66 housing units because a group of senior homeowners thought that “hot young singles” having a balcony would mean that beer bottles could fall to the street. In case you’re wondering if aliens should abduct us all at this point.

Tried to access my account on the bad place and it just keeps crashing when I hit forgot my password so I guess that’s all folks!

MIPRC bill HF533 has passed in the House 95-1. This is an improvement on last year’s bill, which passed 85-6. Now it’s headed to the Senate.

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I like these contra flow bus only lanes in San Juan, also function as mobility lanes. Not protected but when you have a full sized lane it doesn’t seem as necessary.

San Juan day one and guess what the busses are free to ride right now and I have no idea why!

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I’ve been on the bus 3 times in Fort Lauderdale and 2 of those we’ve been delayed by bridge openings, not to mention just terribly slow service plodding along busy stroads. Ground transportation in Florida is an absolute nightmare.

First Brightline experience - seems pretty nice but my return trip is turning into an Uber because of severe delays on the system from a fire…based on conversations in the station sounds not uncommon

The largest depiction of our city’s name being on a parking garage is very, very, on brand

Morning bus ride in Des Moines

The Greater Austin area permitted 45,000 new homes in 2022 while the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts permitted 17,000 new homes.

In this week's newsletter we take a look at a proposal from a consultant for "whole block redevelopment" in Des Moines mailchi.mp/7fa4990803d1...

I saw 3 tesla trucks today. Tomorrow will be a better day I’m sure.

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