‘spread avenging light over the stradone (avenue) the gardens, amid the old buildings and the new.’
los angeles, ca
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1/2 Greek Royal Decree ΦΕΚ 249/Α/09-09-1955, “Περί όρων δομήσεως εν Αθήναις” (On Building Conditions in Athens) tied street-wall height to street width and allowed additional upper floors if each were recessed 2.5 meters (8.2 feet).
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In any event since this blew up, plugging my new site bannedincalifornia.org
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Amazing findings - traffic down not up in the Bronx, Staten Island, and NJ.
“Far from being a policy to benefit Manhattan at the expense of the region, [congestion pricing] has resulted in less traffic overall, even in some places that models predicted it could increase.”
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DC Metro has achieved an 82-85% reduction in subway fare evasion through a combination of taller fare gates and enhanced enforcement. Crime on the system has also fallen to its lowest level in seven years. statecraft.pub/p/how-to-save…
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I’m at a 99 Ranch Chinese supermarket in Arcadia and there’s a contractor’s office here inside the store, and they specialize in building ADUs.
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S(ubstack)-Bahn link here: substack-bahn.net/p/how-fran…
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One law. 92 projects. Zero cost to the state. Our new brief explores how a CEQA exemption accelerated sustainable transportation projects in California—and what’s next for streamlining safe, affordable, climate-friendly mobility. Read more. spur.org/publications/policy…
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New preprint where we propose "Rethinking Congestion as Lost Access"
📑 osf.io/fjdbs_v2 Short 🧵!
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The City of Los Angeles could largely solve its $1 billion budget shortfall by allowing more homes to be built near its transit stations, according to a new report out today from Streets For All, an LA-based safe streets and land use advocacy organization.
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Here's a great piece by the @nytimes Upshot desk about the many many ways congestion pricing is improving our city. It should be required reading in the offices of @VickieforNYC, @BobHoldenNYC and others: nytimes.com/interactive/2025…
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It's hard to imagine today, but in the early 2000s, Seoul's public transit was in crisis. However, a set of bus and fare policy reforms in 2004 led to dramatic turnaround, leading to the world-class system it has today. Here's how it happened—and what California can learn.🧵 1/x
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A great, comprehensive summary of what we know about why housing has become more expensive. In US: construction productivity *falling* (would be 3x higher if it improved at same rate as manufacturing in past 50 yrs!) plus densification *falling* (stricter zoning rules). 1/2
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This is my dream as an author: a glowing day-one review in The Economist:
"Mr Norberg adds fresh details and provocative arguments [and] deftly punctures popular misconceptions.
Could a history book be more timely?
America’s president will not read it, but others should."
