Alessandro Rigolon

@alerigolon.bsky.social

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Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7 .. more

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · Nov 18

My older daughter learned to ride a bike today. She was so happy. As she was riding, she said, “I feel free.” My heart is full.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

They’re also trying as much as possible to go after cities that aren’t upholding fair housing laws by being the most exclusionary in their region

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t think that (a) YIMBY groups claim that they’re the ones who started work on affordable housing and (b) they claim that all income levels will be served by the market. They’re generally a “yes and” group when it comes to supply and subsidies.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 13h

Seems like he’s having fun and maybe thinking about one more year. The performance by the defense in the last two weeks might be giving him pause about Scalley being ready

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve seen some NGOs celebrating market housing not being built as a win, as it it was a polluting land use. Even if that meant not having any guarantees that subsidized housing would be built.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 13h

Not your average Home Depot parking lot view

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 13h

I can understand this sentiment, but the leaders of many justice-oriented NGOs have an anti-market ideology and tend to deny the growing evidence of the benefits of housing supply. The “lived experiences” term is also becoming increasingly problematic when used to justify exclusionary zoning

Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 1d

While @resnikoff.bsky.social's article has some valid criticism, part of the challenge underscored here is that the YIMBY movement needs to continue to engage with justice orgs and listen to the lived experiences in dialogue. Swooping in and telling communities what to think is the wrong approach.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

Trying to run up the score and impress the committee?

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah and for some reason the defense has fallen off a cliff in the last game and a half. So a playoff appearance wouldn’t end well

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 19h

If the Utes are hoping to impress the CFP committee despite not being in the Big 12 Championship game, this is not a good way to

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22h

Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.

Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.

uhero.hawaii.edu

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

lol, Italian should have a big asterisk next to it

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

There should be an international network of car advocates. The European ones would probably think that the North American ones are too soft and complain about ridiculous stuff when they already have pretty much everything they want

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

I blame it on Ferraris, Maseratis, and Lamborghinis 😂 🤌

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Salt Lake City NIMBYs go like, “There’s nowhere to park.” Bologna NIMBYs are like, “Really?”

SLC Sugar House with so many surface parking lots

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine wanting MORE cars in a place where streets are narrow, walking is wonderful, and there’s literally nowhere to park

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

As in the US, NIMBYs make historic preservation arguments to oppose the streetcar. Honey, if only you knew what was there before cars ruined that beautiful city

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Yes NIMBYs exist in Italy too, and they say similarly ridiculous s**t as here in the U.S. thanks to Facebook

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Bologna is building a streetcar in one of its most iconic streets. People are losing their minds about not being able to drive there. Car brain has poisoned Italy and other EU countries, but the arc of history bends towards justice, including away from cars

Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is going to be a pretty cool tramspotting site when it's finished.

A picture of via Indipendenza in Bologna where tracks are being laid for the tramway.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

The casino reference is pure gold, considering his related bankruptcies

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

I can confirm the content of the label

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Completely GOOD

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

BUT, we might have Blutah by then and Nate Blouin as the governor. So maybe it will be a different story

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Dystopia: the year is 2040, and the Utah legislature will force Salt Lake City to turn every 2-lane arterial street into a 6-lane highway to address congestion caused by self-driving cars

Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social · 1d

Self driving cars will mire cities in congestion.

Congestion pricing is the most efficient and fair solution, esp if revenues go to transit.

www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Self-driving cars will transform urban economies

A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect

www.economist.com

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Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social · 1d

Self driving cars will mire cities in congestion.

Congestion pricing is the most efficient and fair solution, esp if revenues go to transit.

www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Self-driving cars will transform urban economies

A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect

www.economist.com

Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon

Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, this is famously why YIMBYs are definitely representative of the communities in greatest need of housing affordability. /s A number of YIMBY groups have even changed strategies around urban housing to be better partners... that was because this is still a very real issue!

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s start naming streets after the names of traffic violence victims

RareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 2d

The UK Is Naming Roads After Birds It's Losing

New analysis from the RSPB reveals an ironic trend of new housing developments using names of some of the UK's most threatened birds.

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...

The UK Is Naming Roads After Birds It's Losing

New analysis from the RSPB reveals an ironic trend of new housing developments using names of some of the UK's most threatened birds

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 1d

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

I became a citizen because my wife is a U.S. born citizen. Ironically, that was during the first Trump administration, and everything went smoothly. I’m glad I applied for naturalization then and not now

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Most Americans who voted for Trump did not understand he would do this.

Screenshot of a tweet from Nicholas Kristof on X.com. It reads: “This is insane: The Trump administration is arresting the wives and husbands of US citizens when they show up for their green card interviews, even though they entered legally and have no criminal record. So much for family values.” Below is a photo of a man standing outside holding a baby, looking distressed in a suburban neighborhood setting.

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