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Kansas City Structural Engineer. Father of three, posting about cities, architecture, and transportation.
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Equal parts Christopher Alexander, Donald Shoup, and Henry George
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They got my dad. Someone needs to write about this.
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Best half time show I’ve ever seen and not even close.
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My thought is you start incrementally in the most urban areas or areas nearest transit.
In Tucson that’s probably the neighborhoods around the university. Broad scale upzoning for 3-4 stories mixed use.
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I’m huge fan of the Barcelona blocks and the EU style courtyard housing.
We should absolutely change our zoning to promote and allow this style of building development.
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this is also in my grab bag - eliminating facade modulation and upper level setbacks for mass timber and passivhaus buildings!
these are a legacy of poor urban planning in the 80s/90s that increase costs, embodied carbon, operational carbon, maintenance costs, etc.
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elevator reform! @stephenjacobsmith.com
(currently the minute you put in an elevator even in small buildings, it has to be massive and accommodate stretchers - this reduces the number of accessible homes in our state)
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Surprised they can still get Fly Ash. With coal power on the way out, fly ash is harder to come by.
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Visited a few weeks ago. Very promising!
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Cool yeah seems like could build buildings with interior fire rated enclosures for e-bike storage which would be super convenient for residents. Also would allow people to invest in nice bikes with less worry about theft or getting them into their apartment
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Probably not tbh
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Opportunity costs for that highway cap are incredibly high and no one is talking about it. That’s a lot of money that could have gone into lots of other great projects.
Or even the north loop. Filling it in would be a fraction of the cost and sim if not more benefit.
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Maybe they were right! Ultimately they are in a better position to determine that than a politician. Politicians/we should be concerned about the negative impacts of overly large parking on the city, but not on necessarily dictating a minimum amount of parking.
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100%
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Same. Loved those albums. My 15year old recently found that bright eyes album and also loves it. Brings my heart joy.
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Oh wow looks legit. Wish I had the full suspension
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Haha yeah. 5’9”. Obviously this should be illegal
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I don’t see the problem…
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Single stair limits at 3 stories means most multi family developments have to be double loaded corridors and small lot multifamily is basically impossible
Zoning often prevents good design via setback, far, and height limits among others.
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True, but that doesn’t explain why the suppliers of the instruments are able to make high profits.
Why can’t new instrument suppliers enter the marketplace and undercut the existing suppliers?
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We can.. sort of…but that’s also a new thing being worked out.
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Our building and zoning codes (set backs, min lot size, FAR, single stair limits,etc) prevent small scale builders and developers from competing. Small scale builders can compete on quality where large scale builders compete by limiting competition.
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u know im not ai cause i only proof read like 5% of my posts…the errors give it away
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kinda like the new one
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I like it