James Potts
@jamespottsphl.bsky.social
Advocate for modern, functional cities, designed for the people that live there 🏙️
CRE 🏢🏗️
HSR dreamer🚅
Lover of Idaho stops🚲
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CRE 🏢🏗️
HSR dreamer🚅
Lover of Idaho stops🚲
Philly sports 🏀 🏈⚾️
Deserves a ribbon cutting ceremony with everyone holding their “1’s” in the air
May 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Deserves a ribbon cutting ceremony with everyone holding their “1’s” in the air
It’s a start. Incremental urbanism is the way.
A lot of people just can’t envision the benefits, but these short trials can have a snowball effect.
A lot of people just can’t envision the benefits, but these short trials can have a snowball effect.
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s a start. Incremental urbanism is the way.
A lot of people just can’t envision the benefits, but these short trials can have a snowball effect.
A lot of people just can’t envision the benefits, but these short trials can have a snowball effect.
Long term, it’s also so dumb that the Northeast has regional flights, clogging runways and the air. Complete failure by our DOTs to not have NEC HSR.
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Long term, it’s also so dumb that the Northeast has regional flights, clogging runways and the air. Complete failure by our DOTs to not have NEC HSR.
Startups arent what they used to be
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Startups arent what they used to be
How many are practicing Catholics? People that leave the church aren’t removed that stat.
April 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
How many are practicing Catholics? People that leave the church aren’t removed that stat.
I was really hopeful for SmartCars when they came out, but Americans said nope, make my SUVs and Trucks larger but have less utility.
April 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I was really hopeful for SmartCars when they came out, but Americans said nope, make my SUVs and Trucks larger but have less utility.
At about the same time, Tobias Harris and BBall Paul could be advancing to the conference finals
April 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
At about the same time, Tobias Harris and BBall Paul could be advancing to the conference finals
PNC tried to sublease this space, but it’s such a bad location.
April 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
PNC tried to sublease this space, but it’s such a bad location.
$50 fine is too low.
I wonder if cops will actually pursue vehicles when they see a concealed plate.
I think the end game here is some type of drone tech that deploys when a license plate can’t be read by a speed/red light/sound camera, that directs officers to the vehicle in question.
I wonder if cops will actually pursue vehicles when they see a concealed plate.
I think the end game here is some type of drone tech that deploys when a license plate can’t be read by a speed/red light/sound camera, that directs officers to the vehicle in question.
April 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
$50 fine is too low.
I wonder if cops will actually pursue vehicles when they see a concealed plate.
I think the end game here is some type of drone tech that deploys when a license plate can’t be read by a speed/red light/sound camera, that directs officers to the vehicle in question.
I wonder if cops will actually pursue vehicles when they see a concealed plate.
I think the end game here is some type of drone tech that deploys when a license plate can’t be read by a speed/red light/sound camera, that directs officers to the vehicle in question.
Also, some of the early demand was fueled by Heinz and Campbell's Soup.
April 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Also, some of the early demand was fueled by Heinz and Campbell's Soup.
And the large Italian population plays into this. My grandmom was Sicilian and grew up on a farm in Swedesboro, NJ. There were a lot of Italian farming family's like hers in that area.
Sadly, over the last 30 years, many of these farms were turned into sprawling McMansions on isolated culdesacs.
Sadly, over the last 30 years, many of these farms were turned into sprawling McMansions on isolated culdesacs.
April 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
And the large Italian population plays into this. My grandmom was Sicilian and grew up on a farm in Swedesboro, NJ. There were a lot of Italian farming family's like hers in that area.
Sadly, over the last 30 years, many of these farms were turned into sprawling McMansions on isolated culdesacs.
Sadly, over the last 30 years, many of these farms were turned into sprawling McMansions on isolated culdesacs.
As someone who grew up in South Jersey, my understanding is that it's due to the sandy soil caused by that region once being covered by the ocean.
Have to go to a roadside farmstand for the best tomatoes.
Have to go to a roadside farmstand for the best tomatoes.
April 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
As someone who grew up in South Jersey, my understanding is that it's due to the sandy soil caused by that region once being covered by the ocean.
Have to go to a roadside farmstand for the best tomatoes.
Have to go to a roadside farmstand for the best tomatoes.
In this post congestion tax world, maybe there would be more interest in it at this point
April 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In this post congestion tax world, maybe there would be more interest in it at this point
[163k vehicles per day] x 365 x [$3 avg toll per vehicle] x [10% reduction in traffic] = $160mm/year in new revenue
This could support a $2 Billion, 30-year maturity municipal bond (1.5x DSCR, 4.5% interest rate).
$2B for capital expenses would go a long way in upgrading SEPTA.
This could support a $2 Billion, 30-year maturity municipal bond (1.5x DSCR, 4.5% interest rate).
$2B for capital expenses would go a long way in upgrading SEPTA.
The success of congestion pricing in New York should open lawmakers' eyes to what was once considered impossible—tolling the Schuylkill Expressway.
April 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM