Saint John, West, New Brunswick; Trails, Techno and UptownSJ; Civic policy buff; Autism Dad + Restoring our Historic Home, circa 1913.
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"...there are really only two options.
1. “Flow streets,”...primarily exist to move cars at steady speeds with few interruptions;
2. “place streets,”...encourage people to bike, walk, shop, dine, linger, and in short, do everything else."
Great to see StreetsBlog cover our report, "How to Design for Cars in People-Centred Places," from @HappyCitiesTeam and @mobycon
The article hits multiple key points from the report:
- We can't win by making drivers the enemy
- Focus on travel times for drivers, not speed. Slow speeds can improve travel times by enabling smooth, consistent flow and reducing average distances.
- Great parking options can support vibrancy, if streets offer a great walk between parking and destinations.
- “Arterials" and “collectors” are incompatible with people-centred places because they focus on speed. Focus instead on steady "flow streets" and high-quality "place streets."
- Build complete networks, not complete streets. No single street can do everything.
@StreetsblogNYC
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The 'capitalism vs socialism' war is a waste of human effort and a perversion of human aspirations. Both capitalism and socialism are *tools* that have uses in a successful society, but almost nobody wants to live at the extreme of either one. Don't make tools into gods!
"Happy Cities and Mobycon have written a report on how to enable cars to travel efficiently in walkable, mixed-use, people-centered communities, without undermining the needs of active modes."
Eventbrite link: eventbrite.com/e/designing-f…
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Technology won’t solve the geometry problem of cars (they’re too big to fit them all through).
Congestion needs to be priced out – like we do to use all sorts of other infrastructure
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We have taken over the airwaves!
@SabrinaMaddeaux and I are giving 26 interviews this morning on CBC radio stations across the country, talking about the death of the starter home.
If you tune in at some point, you will hear one of us.
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NEW from me...
LeBlanc pledges to ‘figure out immigration system that works for New Brunswick’
That’s as feds remain steadfast in plan to freeze population growth, despite New Brunswick’s objections
tj.news/new-brunswick/leblan… #NB
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These boxes are static.
I repeat, these boxes are not moving.
xitter.cf/i/status/1476088226427…
"In cities, @elonmusk's hatred of sharing space with strangers is a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford."
Elon Musk called me an idiot before blocking me. Does that give me more or less status? humantransit.org/2017/12/elo…
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While housing isn’t everything, it’s the load-bearing pillar of Massachusetts’ economy.
If workers can’t afford to live here and set down roots here, employers can’t grow here, communities hollow out, and opportunity slips away.
Solve housing, and everything else gets easier.
I’m starting to worry about Massachusetts
1. Biotech is way off from a few years ago
2. Only 1 of the top 50 ai companies are in MA
3. The Fed research funding cuts hitting MIT, Harvard, Whoi are brutal.
4. The millionaires tax is working in the short run, but I know a lot of wealthy folks preparing for a FL move.
5. A glut of empty condos
6. It’s not “cool” for young folks
7. It’s expensive as sh-t.
I honestly don’t think the MA/Boston govt can do that much about it as they are kind of macro issues. I give them big credit for working on building more housing and fixing the T, which will help.
I’m trying to help w HubSpot, partnering w WHOI, teaching at MIT. I’d like to help more. Specifically I’d like to encourage and help more ai and climate companies in the state. I think ai and climate should be our dual growth engines.
I love these vids from New York City.
If a massive metropolis can do this,
Then our small city of 80k people can do it no prob!!
#SaintJohnNB #Trails #Transportation
Remember McGuiness Blvd got McBetter and now under Mamdani it will be McBestest!
Here's a @Streetfilms from a year ago w/excellent Before/Afters! Cannot wait for the complete safety treatment via @NYC_DOT & @ZohranKMamdani Thank you @EmilyAssembly @LincolnRestler
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#Helsinki🇫🇮 jshows us: It is possible to go a full year with zero traffic deaths.🚶♀️🚲🚗
Not a matter of luck.
But a matter of policy.
🚗 Slower streets
🚲 Protected bike lanes
❎ Safer crossings
📝 Data > excuses
Vision Zero works.
Cities can choose safety.
Who’s next?
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Spoiler for a piece coming out tomorrow. Ontario didn't forecast the big wave of immigration and non-permanent residents, which is totally understandable. They also didn't forecast a substantial decline in birth rates, which the housing crisis may have caused.
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Each and every fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets and roads for cars, making them faster and more dangerous, and how much space we could reclaim for people and public life.
We call them sneckdowns.
GIF via @otucis #sneckdown
