@eherot

Dad,đźš°, DevOp, biker, and YIMBY. Lets build some housing!

 Jamaica Plain, Boston
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Joined August 2008
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We (Democrats) have to fix housing in the places we run or else none of these other things even matter.
sid 🔆🇨🇦
@lilbabygandhi6 Nov 2024
> be democrats > pull the economy out of a crater > rebuild manufacturing in the USA > pump up the stock markets to record highs > bring unemployment to the lowest rate in decades > lose
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I vaguely recall that there used to be a bike lane here…
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Dear @NBC10Boston, I’m so glad you’re taking an interest in the handgun violence that occasionally curses our neighborhood but is there any chance you could not add insult to injury by keeping my toddler awake to the sound of your circling helicopter for an hour afterwords?
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It’s almost 10:30 at night ffs.
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Schrödinger’s bus is both empty and full of mentally ill people and junkies at the same time.
Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
@Car_Free_USA22 Sep 2024
The bus lane is carrying more people than the car lanes.
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Police are a gang. We are the victims.
Fifty Shades of Whey
@davenewworld_215 Sep 2024
A police officer in NYC faced demotion and retaliation from higher-ranking cops because he was ticketing drivers that have "courtesy cards" issued by police unions that normally let drivers get away with violations, and now, taxpayers have to pay him a $175k settlement. nytimes.com/2024/09/10/nyreg…
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One of my probably fairly unpopular opinions is that our cities should have 50% more cops and they should get many times as much training but that the vast majority of them should not carry guns.
aaron from queens 🇵🇸@aaronnarraph16 Sep 2024
NYPD followed an alleged fare evader, tried to tase him, and then: > shot him > shot another cop in the abdomen > shot a woman in the leg > shot another man AND GRAZED HIS HEAD
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There is really no justifiable reason for a cop patrolling an urban area to ever fire a gun *even in self defense* because the chances of hitting a bystander are just too high.
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I guess if you want a bus lane to go away you should just…double park in it repeatedly?
Boston Herald@bostonherald13 Sep 2024
The Wu administration plans to remove a bus lane on Summer Street that runs through South Boston, citing data from a six-month pilot that showed it wasn’t working as intended, largely because cars were illegally using it more than buses. trib.al/fo1f5b6
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There are quite a few middle class Americans who spend many times this amount on large guns that serve no useful purpose whatsoever.
chad, biblically accurate angel
@endofanerajc11 Sep 2024
kamala harris was not wearing earphone earrings during the debate. she was wearing $800 tiffany & co pearls. instead of pushing conspiracies how about we point out that most americans would kill for $800 in their savings, not on their ears, and she’s out of touch that way.
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Oh look another way that EVs are not going to save us from cars destroying the natural environment washington.edu/news/2020/12/…

Tire-related chemical is largely responsible for adult coho salmon deaths in urban streams | UW News

A team led by researchers at UW Tacoma, UW and Washington State University Puyallup has discovered a chemical that kills coho salmon in urban streams before the

washington.edu
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Good.
Only In Boston
@OnlyInBOS5 Sep 2024
ALERT: There are Boston Police officers posing as pedestrians in South Boston this week, handing out $200 citations to drivers not stopping for a pedestrian in the crosswalk.
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Folks with young kids: We’re going to be visiting Montreal this weekend and are hoping to do a ton of walking around. Any recommendations? (Also, it looks like it’s going to rain, for what that’s worth)
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Personally I’m just not comfortable with the idea of such a small number of pretty weird people being in control of such a large portion of the world’s wealth. It gives them too much power.
Armand Domalewski
@ArmandDoma2 Sep 2024
a mental model people have of taxing the rich is based on consumption—why should Bezos enjoy his third megayacht while people shiver on the street—but at certain level of wealth higher taxes don’t really alter consumption but rather investment…I feel like some sort of progressive consumption tax would better address the equity concerns that drive this conversation
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The goal should not be "let's try to figure out how to have a slightly better process for granting special permits" The goal should be to not require so many special permits in the first place.
Planning Department@BostonPlans30 Aug 2024
As we work to improve Boston’s development review process, we looked at cities across North America to learn from their experiences. Check out our peer cities reports on our project page to learn more: bostonplans.org/projects/imp…
Baltimore created a Planning Academy with a six-week training program that aims to build community leadership around planning, zoning, and development.

ALT Baltimore created a Planning Academy with a six-week training program that aims to build community leadership around planning, zoning, and development.

Seattle’s engagement model encourages developers to build an engagement plan that begins very early on. This makes the project review process more transparent and provides more opportunity for community involvement.

ALT Seattle’s engagement model encourages developers to build an engagement plan that begins very early on. This makes the project review process more transparent and provides more opportunity for community involvement.

Toronto created a city-wide Planning Review Panel whose members are selected by lottery. This panel is an example for potential new forms of advisory groups, including considering how to broaden the focus beyond one project or one neighborhood.

ALT Toronto created a city-wide Planning Review Panel whose members are selected by lottery. This panel is an example for potential new forms of advisory groups, including considering how to broaden the focus beyond one project or one neighborhood.

Denver has mitigation impact fees for a range of categories. These transparent fees allow developers and community members to predictably plan for the amount and type of mitigation for each project.

ALT Denver has mitigation impact fees for a range of categories. These transparent fees allow developers and community members to predictably plan for the amount and type of mitigation for each project.

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Making a pretty strong case for confiscatory taxes on the ultra rich tbh
evan loves worf
@esjesjesj29 Aug 2024
Think of the amazing amount of power and money this guy has and he has the brain of an 8th grader
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MA car owners be like, “See? What if I need to outrun an enemy drone??” arstechnica.com/culture/2024…

Trying to outrun Ukrainian drones? Kursk traffic cams still issue speeding tickets.

Drones are everywhere. Traffic cameras don't care.

arstechnica.com
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I would say that this bus stop design is not working.
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There are no words
Titorelli’s Omnimedia Empire@Tweetorelli25 Aug 2024
Candidate for Boston City Council @VitaleforBoston insists on parking in a bike lane, gets ticketed, and has her driving privileges removed.
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It’s pretty frustrating that the city’s takeaway from this was “we need even more meetings” and not “let’s just let the elected officials do the thing we elected them to do”
Planning Department@BostonPlans22 Aug 2024
Replying to @BostonPlans
We found that the individuals already engaged with the Planning Department are not representative of the City of Boston. Check out who currently participates in development review versus the demographics of all City residents. (2/4)
Existing participants vs City of Boston Overall Existing participants WHITE (80%) VS NON-WHITE (20%) Existing participants HOMEOWNER (75%) VS RENTER (25%) Existing participants OVER 55 YEARS OLD (56%) VS UNDER 55 YEARS OLD (44%) Existing participants LONG-TERM resident (70%) VS NEWER resident (30%) City of Boston overall WHITE (45%) VS NON-WHITE (55%) City of Boston overall HOMEOWNER (32%) VS RENTER (68%) City of Boston overall OVER 55 YEARS OLD (25%) VS UNDER 55 YEARS OLD (75%) City of Boston overall LONG-TERM resident (16%) VS NEWER resident (84%)

ALT Existing participants vs City of Boston Overall Existing participants WHITE (80%) VS NON-WHITE (20%) Existing participants HOMEOWNER (75%) VS RENTER (25%) Existing participants OVER 55 YEARS OLD (56%) VS UNDER 55 YEARS OLD (44%) Existing participants LONG-TERM resident (70%) VS NEWER resident (30%) City of Boston overall WHITE (45%) VS NON-WHITE (55%) City of Boston overall HOMEOWNER (32%) VS RENTER (68%) City of Boston overall OVER 55 YEARS OLD (25%) VS UNDER 55 YEARS OLD (75%) City of Boston overall LONG-TERM resident (16%) VS NEWER resident (84%)

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