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mmautner

@mmautner.bsky.social

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Software + economics 🌇 🚶🏽‍♀️🚲🛴🚌🚅 Urban environmentalist, pro-freedom of movement, we are all immigrants. Charge market rate for car parking.

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 49m

California "density". We have to end the crippling car dependency:

mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 50m

Oftentimes bike racks are not for parking bikes at all--they are for preventing drivers from parking on the sidewalk:

mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 52m

Season is turning, Nov. 2nd daylight savings time is soon. Winter commute approaching!

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Anne Paulson @annepaulson.bsky.social · 11h

Picture of white people holding up signs saying "Support sensible housing." Caption says "Keep out the poors."

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 1h

Once again, Silicon Valley is #1!!!!

sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-met...

San Jose metro area No. 1 in declining home building permits - San José Spotlight

San Jose and its surrounding cities have taken the top spot in housing — but the data is nothing to brag about. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area took the No. 1 spot for the biggest declin...

sanjosespotlight.com

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 16h

There's never been a better time to bike or take public transit.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Average new-vehicle manufacturer’s suggested retail prices hit an all-time high last month, reaching $52k, up 4.2% from last year.

(The best selling vehicle in the U.S. is a ford truck that sells for more than 65k)

All that “freedom” to be stuck in car dependency & traffic sure sounds expensive.

Average U.S. New Car Prices Top $50,000 For The First Time Ever

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 16h

Stretched limo of golfcarts in downtown San Diego:

mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 16h

Key Biscayne, FL—all parked outside single-family homes

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 1d

Before Herman Miller's Aeron chair, Silicon Valley had "Sensor":

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 1d

There are almost 200k CitiBike rides a day in NYC and I warrant 95% of these were without helmets, and the safety record of CitiBike is pretty darn good.

If you mandated every rider needed a helmet, you would kill off CitiBike overnight because carrying a helmet around is a PITA.

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