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Anna Fahey

@trufahey.bsky.social

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Comms strategy re: #housing + democracy + climate My opinions. No endorsements here Parking talking points: https://www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/how-to-talk-about-parking-reform-and-win #ParkingrReform feed ⬇️

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hey! We've been working away on #parkingreform campaigns + also testing how best to **talk about parking reforms ** including qualitative + survey message testing! There's more to figure out in this space, but here's our preliminary recommendations + talking points! www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/h...

How to Talk About Parking Reform—and Win | Sightline Institute

A road-tested parking messaging guide, to gain more great neighborhoods and the homes we need, and to kick costly empty asphalt to the curb.

www.sightline.org

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

Fun fact about off street parking requirements: most people with garages use them for storage and do not park their cars in them.

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 1d

If it fits, I sits.

Pedestrians & wheelchair users can simply *deal* bc this driver has decided to use the sidewalk illegally & unsafely as their VIP parking space.

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 19h

Inflexible mandates are wasteful!

Towns are seeing they CAN HAVE NICE THINGS (more homes 🏘️, trees!🌳) with flexibility!!!

Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 19h

So far in 2025, 11 cities have clearly signaled that the era of mandatory parking is coming to an end! 🎉

parkingreform.org/mandates-map/

A table titled "Cities That Abolished Parking Mandates in 2025". It lists cities and the dates they removed mandatory parking requirements. The cities are Toledo, OH (Sep 9); Oak Forest, IL (Aug 26); Shoreline, WA (Aug 11); Denver, CO (Aug 5); Boulder, CO (Jul 24); Botnell, WA (Jul 8); Bremerton, WA (Jun 4); Fairview, OR (Jun 4); Franklin, WI (May 6); Fitchburg, WI (Apr 8); and Sherbrooke, QC (Apr 8).

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👀 reality is farce - but menacing

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Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us · 4d

“States as diverse as Washington, New Hampshire, Texas, and Montana each passed laws to reform their onerous local parking mandates this year ... While the details differ, the story is the same: Democratic and Republican, rural and suburban states are reforming their outdated parking regulations.”

Opinion: CT shouldn't lose its opportunity for parking reform

Arguments against parking mandates are so compelling and common sense that municipalities across the country are doing away with them.

ctmirror.org

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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 3d

Under-appreciated aspect of Austin's Parking Reform:
Austin Community College was freed from parking rules that forced them to add parking spaces every time they added more classrooms - which they were building with local tax dollars!

These rules are dumb, and not just for High Schools.

Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 3d

Seth Goodman’s graphic (above) shows what US planners deemed to be the absolute minimum number of parking spaces required for a 200,000 square foot high school as of 2013. Why does a school in Mesa "need" twice as much parking as one in nearby Phoenix? Beats me!

graphingparking.com/author/sethb...

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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 2d

Finally got something out of my head that's been there a while: A capsule history of the mid-density Chicago apartment building daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/the-life-dea...

The life, death, and rebirth of moderate-density apartment buildings in Chicago

The pantheon of Chicago architecture tends to cluster at either end of the density spectrum. In one corner you have the trophy commercial skyscrapers; in the other you have icons of domesticity, the b...

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 6d

Traffic calming is one of my all time favorite (relatively ) easy fixes!!!!

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 6d

Good hair day, tho

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Catie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social · 12d

In good news, I got this book just in time to bring to Shoup’s memorial service at UCLA tomorrow. Very special that he got to read & edit these essays in tribute to his work before he passed away last year. 🥹

Shoup Doctrine, book about Donald Shoup’s work on parking reform.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 10d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 11d

“Agatha’s Almanac” is so resolutely charming that there is no point in resisting its power, writes Dorothy Woodend.🍓📽️

‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Is a Masterclass on How to Live | The Tyee

Don’t miss Amalie Atkins’ remarkable documentary portrait at VIFF.

thetyee.ca

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 11d

It's not "fat generals in the halls of the Pentagon................"

Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 11d

You know what’s really “a bad look” for our military…?

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 11d

The Seattle City Council added a series of height and density bonuses for stacked flats as they amended Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed update to the City's Comprehensive Plan in September. The bonuses could create a stacked flat multiplex boom.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/03/s...

Seattle Council Sets the Stage for a Potential Multiplex Boom » The Urbanist

# The Seattle City Council added a series of series of height and density bonuses for stacked flats as they amended Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed update to the City's Comprehensive Plan in September....

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Sightline Institute @sightline.org · 11d

"If you set different rules, people will change how they play the game."

Thanks to those who made it to yesterday's *Hot Seat* w researcher Shannon Grimes! Our latest democracy and elections work/quips/analysis are always available via newsletter: sightline.org/newsletters

A group of people in discussion, seated in a colorful classroom

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 13d

The tell!!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13d

This short passage from a Politico afternoon newsletter captures a huge amount of the advantage gained by lying at scale and the why the DC press corps remains wired for the GOP.

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 13d

What Would Jesus Do?

Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, Portland OR updated zoning to allow this fast, easy, affordable housing to share residential lots with a primary house.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

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Sean Jursnick @seanjurs.bsky.social · 13d

New analysis by Pew shows how modern multifamily housing built since 2000 has far lower death rates than new single family homes and older housing stock.

www.pew.org/en/research-...

Modern Multifamily Buildings Provide the Most Fire Protection

A large body of research has demonstrated that apartment buildings and other types of multifamily housing can provide many benefits to a community, especially when built in high-demand areas where hou...

www.pew.org

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Josh Linden @joshlinden.bsky.social · 13d

We need more people to state unequivocally, and proudly, that cities are great. That they are wonderful areas of opportunity, of rich culture, of innovation and creativity, and of high quality living. Because they are!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14d

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.

Yes: free.

If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Self-Generation Incentive Program

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...

www.ladwp.com

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 17d

“Regulations that hinder building or add costs should be reexamined… State policy makers should, in consultation with developers & fire safety professionals, change the state building code to allow more single- stair construction.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/28/o...

Do apartment buildings really need two stairwells? - The Boston Globe

Fire safety advances have made single-stair construction safer.

www.bostonglobe.com

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