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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · 1d

#Ohio- I hope you voted in your local municipal and county elections today!

A woman with glasses smiles and holds a sticker that says “ohio voted”

Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · 4d

Left the room where husband is anxiously watching the #WorldSeries and talking at the TV. The atmosphere was getting too intense for me, a casual watcher, to be witness to the end of this game.

Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · 6d

Time for my annual appreciation post for multi family, gentle density neighborhoods… trick or treating at duplexes is half the work, the double the candy!

A duplex with an expectant grownup on the left porch and trick or treating kids on the right porch

A neighbor giving candy to a firefighter and alien is in the foreground. In the background are duplexes with other trick or treaters

Trick or treaters are lined up on the left porch. A grown up is waiting to give candy on the right porch of a duplex

Trick or treaters are going up the shared staircase to a duplex

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you! Your posts have been very helpful this season! We have a vpn 🤫 but I don’t have the bandwidth to figure out the schedules of smaller races & multi stage races with unusual schedules. Thank you again!

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Oct 3

@neorsd.org never misses 😂

NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · Oct 3

obligatory sturgeon mention content

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Reposted by Alison Goebel

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · Oct 1

E-bikes are the real urban mobility revolution. Cities need to take them seriously

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously

E-bike sales are booming, providing a clean form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.

grist.org

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Sep 28

I think of this graphic every day.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 28

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.

Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath

Venn diagram with stable services, low density, and low taxes. The area in the centre said “Does Not Exist.” And it’s correct.

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Sep 17

this is extremely helpful. Can you include on the webpage directions on usage/re-printing? Are these now Creative Commons type images, where we can use them as long as attribute the source? Or do users need to seek explicit permission from LILP to use/reprint?

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Excited about this new volume to inform and inspire more active transportation planning & projects in ohio and beyond!

Greater Ohio Policy Center @greaterohio.org · Sep 9

Last year, we published our first active transportation (AT) guide, providing tips for implementing an AT project, funding sources & technical assistance programs. We are excited to share How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers, Vol 2
www.greaterohio.org/publications...

How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers, Volume 2 — Greater Ohio Policy Center

Volume 2 builds on the case studies presented in the first edition by featuring additional examples of outstanding improvements local leaders and communities have undertaken.

www.greaterohio.org

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Sep 9

So proud of the cities in Ohio, many of them smaller #legacycities, who are spending the $$ & political capital to change streets back to 2way after decades of 1 ways.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 8

If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers

Picture of wide, blank, dead downtown street

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Sep 7

That TdF (2022?) when he wiped out on wet streets, dislocated his shoulder, popped it back in himself, and kept going. G is low-key hard core.

Also, all the Ben Stiller love he gets/got on twitter, esp during TdF. (I’m not on twitter anymore so not sure if Ben still gives him props!)

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jul 31

Feeling personally attacked every time I "ctrl+ s" and my new microsoft program tells me the file is automatically saved.

The fear of losing files runs too deep in these elder millennial bones to believe such claims. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Stock image from wikipedia showing three different types of floppy disks. Early personal computers used floppy disks to save and store files.

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jul 12

Co-signing this

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · Jul 12

Please please please please please …

Map of proposed passenger rail service in Ohio

Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thanks for asking. I have been worrying about him since the crash.

Reposted by Alison Goebel

ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · Jul 11

First part of the prose novel Lancelot du Lac, French, 14th century, 📸 by @charlylopezph

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is all true. Especially the part about how having le Tour on in the background morphs into actively watching each stage start to finish. He doesn't mention how that obsession then leads to watching every other race you can access. And then buying a VPN to access even more races. #cycling

Kel @kellulz.bsky.social · Jul 10

Teaching Americans about le tour #couchpeloton

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jul 6

SBS in Australia are excellent (and it’s free)

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jun 29

Now that the state budget is done (we got what we wanted! 🎉) my feed is switching back to a different obsession: 🚴🏼‍♀️.

Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jun 29

6️⃣ days till @le-tourdefrance.bsky.social starts and I have been mainlining my fave podcasts and YouTube channels for the last week. Christmas in July is almost here! #cycling

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jun 24

Helpful run down of the federal tax package proposal

Smart Growth America @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social · Jun 24

🏛️ The Senate’s new tax package could shape the future of community development.

It proposes making LIHTC + NMTC permanent—a big win.

But it misses the mark on urgent needs like affordable housing + inclusive growth.

See the breakdown + what’s next ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...

The play for permanence: The fate of community development tax provisions in the Senate’s draft tax legislation - Smart Growth America

www.smartgrowthamerica.org

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jun 20

One of my favorite thing about legacy city skyscrapers is that they almost never have a 13th floor. This one is in Dayton, Ohio.

Elevator call panel with no 13th floor listed. The buttons go …11, 12, 14, 15…

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Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jun 13

sign this letter sponsored by a number of statewide groups!

Greater Ohio Policy Center @greaterohio.org · Jun 13

Brownfield remediation funding is a critical tool for revitalizing Ohio’s communities. We need your help to preserve this important resource of all remediation projects. www.ohiobrownfields.com/take-action

Take Action — Revitalizing Ohio's Brownfields

The Ohio Senate Finance Committee’s proposed changes to the Brownfield Remediation Program (BRP) would undermine the significant progress that has been made over the past four years.

www.ohiobrownfields.com

Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jun 11

We need flexible, community-responsive funding that helps communities remediate brownfields for all types of end uses. Sign onto our letter to encourage Ohio's legislative Conference Committee to maintain that flexibility!

Greater Ohio Policy Center @greaterohio.org · Jun 11

🚨Call to Action!🚨 Sign GOPC’s Letter to the Conference Committee on HB96!

Ohio's main operating budget will be finished soon.

Join us in urging Conference Committee members to support the House's version of the Brownfields Remediation Program!

For More Details: mailchi.mp/greaterohio....

Call to Action on the State Operating Budget!

mailchi.mp

Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · Jun 6

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Greater Ohio Policy Center @greaterohio.org · Jun 6

Changes proposed by the Ohio Senate to the Brownfield Remediation Program would undermine the progress communities throughout Ohio have made revitalizing brownfields by limiting future grants to a narrow number of end-uses. Here, GOPC discusses all the uses of brownfield sites when cleaned-up

Alison Goebel @alisongoebeloh.bsky.social · May 29

If we were located in DC, these are the suite mates I'd want to share an office with! The building is beautiful, in a great location, and the SGA office is full of smart, talented, collaborative people.

Smart Growth America @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social · May 29

We’re looking for mission-aligned organizations to lease some of our office space in downtown DC!

Those interested would have the opportunity to share space with SGA and @t4america.bsky.social staff.

Learn more about the space and how to get in touch ⤵️
smartgrowthamerica.org/downtown-was...

Downtown Washington D.C. sub-lease opportunity - Smart Growth America

Background Smart Growth America (SGA) is seeking one to three mission-aligned organizations to share space within our high-quality office at 1350 I (“Eye”) Street NW, next to Franklin Square and the M...

smartgrowthamerica.org

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