Chris Meyer
@chrisjohnmeyer.bsky.social
Minneapolis Planning Commissioner & Legislative Assistant to Senator Omar Fateh
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When I read headlines like this, I find myself thinking back to the day that Chris Meyer bought 13 copies of Donald Shoup’s book The High Cost of Free Parking & gave one to each #Minneapolis city councilmember to persuade them to abolish minimum parking mandates.
Has anyone tried this in #Atlanta?
Has anyone tried this in #Atlanta?
Atlanta officials aren't fully sold on ending parking minimums - Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta officials have shelved a request to get rid of minimum parking requirements.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When I read headlines like this, I find myself thinking back to the day that Chris Meyer bought 13 copies of Donald Shoup’s book The High Cost of Free Parking & gave one to each #Minneapolis city councilmember to persuade them to abolish minimum parking mandates.
Has anyone tried this in #Atlanta?
Has anyone tried this in #Atlanta?
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Parking reformer @chrisjohnmeyer.bsky.social is on Bluesky.
Not only that, @citizen-cate.bsky.social wrote a story about his latest mission: abolishing minimum parking mandates, statewide. Give it a read!
Not only that, @citizen-cate.bsky.social wrote a story about his latest mission: abolishing minimum parking mandates, statewide. Give it a read!
Inside Minnesota’s People over Parking Act, with Chris Meyer | Sightline Institute
Making the case for statewide elimination of parking mandates.
www.sightline.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Parking reformer @chrisjohnmeyer.bsky.social is on Bluesky.
Not only that, @citizen-cate.bsky.social wrote a story about his latest mission: abolishing minimum parking mandates, statewide. Give it a read!
Not only that, @citizen-cate.bsky.social wrote a story about his latest mission: abolishing minimum parking mandates, statewide. Give it a read!
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Just got a rent renewal offer in Marcy-Holmes with zero increase in rent through Aug 2026. Adjusted for inflation, my rent will have *gone down* 8-10% in real terms vs 2022 when I moved in. $795 in 2022 vs $825 in 2026.
Grateful to everyone who has worked on housing abundance here over the years!
Grateful to everyone who has worked on housing abundance here over the years!
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just got a rent renewal offer in Marcy-Holmes with zero increase in rent through Aug 2026. Adjusted for inflation, my rent will have *gone down* 8-10% in real terms vs 2022 when I moved in. $795 in 2022 vs $825 in 2026.
Grateful to everyone who has worked on housing abundance here over the years!
Grateful to everyone who has worked on housing abundance here over the years!
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This clearly fits within MPRB stated goals. Hoping the new board will make climate a priority and include actions like this as a metric of success.
Hopkins might take the lead on cargo bike libraries - the free exploring them as part of their new climate plan. Maybe we can learn from them.
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This clearly fits within MPRB stated goals. Hoping the new board will make climate a priority and include actions like this as a metric of success.
Great profile- I hope he wins his congressional race!
"In four of six committees, SB 79 passed by a single vote. It passed the Assembly by two votes. And now, in the Senate, it passes by one vote." (real LBJ stuff here) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Scott Wiener defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can he fix America’s housing crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's House seat, he's putting the abundance theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Great profile- I hope he wins his congressional race!
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New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year:
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year:
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
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A few graphics showing how climate change is affecting the state. More in the story!
www.startribune.com/six-ways-min...
www.startribune.com/six-ways-min...
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A few graphics showing how climate change is affecting the state. More in the story!
www.startribune.com/six-ways-min...
www.startribune.com/six-ways-min...
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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No more big city mayors who hate big cities.
After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Los Angeles failed to defeat a major housing law, so it's turning to Plan B: Delay, delay, delay
A report from the city planning department outlines strategies for pushing off many of the effects of SB 79 through 2030.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
No more big city mayors who hate big cities.
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"In four of six committees, SB 79 passed by a single vote. It passed the Assembly by two votes. And now, in the Senate, it passes by one vote." (real LBJ stuff here) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Scott Wiener defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can he fix America’s housing crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's House seat, he's putting the abundance theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"In four of six committees, SB 79 passed by a single vote. It passed the Assembly by two votes. And now, in the Senate, it passes by one vote." (real LBJ stuff here) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Water is wet. www.startribune.com/speeding-dow...
Speeding down 30% in Minneapolis where cameras were installed
The city will begin ticketing drivers starting Friday after giving out warnings during the first month speed cameras were active.
www.startribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Water is wet. www.startribune.com/speeding-dow...
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Current board reopened what everyone thought was a settled issue, so let's do it again! We still have an adopted long range plan in place that supports doing the fiscally responsible thing.
This is @wedge.live area of expertise but iirc the current board only put the Uptown plan on ice, they didn’t kill it, but the delay maaaaybe killed the Met Council money?
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Current board reopened what everyone thought was a settled issue, so let's do it again! We still have an adopted long range plan in place that supports doing the fiscally responsible thing.
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Woah! This is great news.
Welcome back Robin! She was a good PW Director for Minneapolis. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Walz appoints new chair of Metropolitan Council
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday that he's appointing Robin Hutcheson to chair the Metropolitan Council, starting in December.
www.mprnews.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Woah! This is great news.
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advocates are still reeling in this moment that the transit bill that passed is *very good*, and includes policy reform like setting parking minimums to zero in areas around transit across the state
In bits of good news, the legislature passed parking reform in Illinois! I think the governor still has to sign it but this is cool
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Illinois legislature adopts People Over Parking Act to right-size parking requirements in transit-served areas - Streetsblog Chicago
At about 4:22 AM this morning the Illinois Senate concurred with the Illinois House on bill SB 2111, approving a revenues and reform package that will avert the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff, struc...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
advocates are still reeling in this moment that the transit bill that passed is *very good*, and includes policy reform like setting parking minimums to zero in areas around transit across the state
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You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.
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This is awesome! Love to see this great program take root and grow.
Thanks to a generous grant from the @mplsfoundation.bsky.social we're excited to announce that we will be DOUBLING the number of @mplscargobikelibrary.com locations in 2026!
www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/clim...
www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/clim...
12 Local Groups Receive Grants for Climate Action
Twelve local organizations will receive a total of $370,000 from the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund.
www.minneapolisfoundation.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is awesome! Love to see this great program take root and grow.
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I’m so proud to have the support of former MPRB commissioner Chris Meyer, who continues to be a leader in climate resilience! It is refreshing for public servants to be grounded in values and earnestly show up for all the right reasons.
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m so proud to have the support of former MPRB commissioner Chris Meyer, who continues to be a leader in climate resilience! It is refreshing for public servants to be grounded in values and earnestly show up for all the right reasons.
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Fab idea! his is the closest we'll get to a European plaza!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fab idea! his is the closest we'll get to a European plaza!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
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i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park
October 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park
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I don't think @gavinnewsom.bsky.social understands he'll be writing his legacy with how he decides on SB 79. He entered office promising millions of new homes and he's close to leaving without having gotten anywhere near that goal. Signing SB 79 is the one serious step he can take.
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I don't think @gavinnewsom.bsky.social understands he'll be writing his legacy with how he decides on SB 79. He entered office promising millions of new homes and he's close to leaving without having gotten anywhere near that goal. Signing SB 79 is the one serious step he can take.
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if your response to this - a basic statement of sympathy about an attack on a synagogue - is to bring up Israel, please delete your account
I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.
October 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
if your response to this - a basic statement of sympathy about an attack on a synagogue - is to bring up Israel, please delete your account
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This.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
i iust think it’s antisocial to be eager to drive here, honestly. more vroom vroom streets going in and out of downtown where people don’t have to take the highway is really bad for people and street life
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
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Hello Lyndale Ave South community. Opponents of a safer design for Lyndale are generating a ton of emails (via action network), many from outside Minneapolis, to city council members in support of the no bike lane option. You may want to get busy contacting your council members.
September 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hello Lyndale Ave South community. Opponents of a safer design for Lyndale are generating a ton of emails (via action network), many from outside Minneapolis, to city council members in support of the no bike lane option. You may want to get busy contacting your council members.
I walked 26 miles around New York today, starting in Yonkers and ending at the Brooklyn Bridge. I’m really sore but had a great time!
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I walked 26 miles around New York today, starting in Yonkers and ending at the Brooklyn Bridge. I’m really sore but had a great time!