Nicole Sanderson
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Everyone is starting to notice our egregious typographical error.
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Everyone is starting to notice our egregious typographical error.
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
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Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities
August 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities
To this very day, Donald doesn't care about US manufacturing.
He's pretending to care as a cover for pumping the stock market.
The force of the US economy is so strong. Mathematically, it has to rebound after a dip.
He's pushing it down on purpose then peddling insider info about when he'll stop
He's pretending to care as a cover for pumping the stock market.
The force of the US economy is so strong. Mathematically, it has to rebound after a dip.
He's pushing it down on purpose then peddling insider info about when he'll stop
April 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
To this very day, Donald doesn't care about US manufacturing.
He's pretending to care as a cover for pumping the stock market.
The force of the US economy is so strong. Mathematically, it has to rebound after a dip.
He's pushing it down on purpose then peddling insider info about when he'll stop
He's pretending to care as a cover for pumping the stock market.
The force of the US economy is so strong. Mathematically, it has to rebound after a dip.
He's pushing it down on purpose then peddling insider info about when he'll stop
Housing policy is climate policy because housing policy is transportation policy
More and more people are saying it: housing policy is climate policy.
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Housing policy is climate policy because housing policy is transportation policy
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Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date on April 9 over 2024.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
April 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Single family zoning has always been about excluding poorer people from wealthy neighborhoods.
April 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Single family zoning has always been about excluding poorer people from wealthy neighborhoods.
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WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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April 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
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As a neuroscientist who studies urban stress, loud cars/motorcycles should be banned, or fined excessively until drivers reassess their need to broadcast their self esteem with unnecessary noise pollution. I don’t need to hear your car in my apartment.
April 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As a neuroscientist who studies urban stress, loud cars/motorcycles should be banned, or fined excessively until drivers reassess their need to broadcast their self esteem with unnecessary noise pollution. I don’t need to hear your car in my apartment.
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There was this whole thing where people said the French wouldn't embrace bicycle commuting like the Dutch because of inherent cultural traits and these lanes would be ghost towns. Instead, obviously, bike usage exploded as soon as the infrastructure was made available. These are all lessons people!
March 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
There was this whole thing where people said the French wouldn't embrace bicycle commuting like the Dutch because of inherent cultural traits and these lanes would be ghost towns. Instead, obviously, bike usage exploded as soon as the infrastructure was made available. These are all lessons people!
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It's sort of the central myth of American transportation. Let's debunk it once and for all.
The User-Pay Myth: Everyone — Not Just Drivers — Pays for Our Roads — Streetsblog USA
It's sort of the central myth of American transportation. Let's debunk it once and for all.
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's sort of the central myth of American transportation. Let's debunk it once and for all.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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"I posit that mass rezoning is not only justifiable but also one of the most cost-effective and least risky policy solutions for tackling housing affordability and supply challenges in the United States." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The Case for Mass Upzoning
Murray and Gordon argue against mass upzonings that are unaccompanied by value capture tools based on the grounds that (a) cities are giving away valuable public air rights to private property owne...
www.tandfonline.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"I posit that mass rezoning is not only justifiable but also one of the most cost-effective and least risky policy solutions for tackling housing affordability and supply challenges in the United States." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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You all know I love the inspirational power of a great “before & after” street or place transformation. Here’s a before, middle and after transformation, showing the temporary and then permanent changes. The evolution of a school street in Bratislava, Slovakia, HT @holz-bau.bsky.social. Very smart.
March 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You all know I love the inspirational power of a great “before & after” street or place transformation. Here’s a before, middle and after transformation, showing the temporary and then permanent changes. The evolution of a school street in Bratislava, Slovakia, HT @holz-bau.bsky.social. Very smart.
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Bolardos, jardineras, árboles, etc. permiten dar más seguridad a los carriles bici en Vitoria
March 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Bolardos, jardineras, árboles, etc. permiten dar más seguridad a los carriles bici en Vitoria
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This is very important:
“Society benefits a lot from people walking & cycling!
New figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Health show we save:
🚲 33 NOK for every km people cycle
🚶♀️ 49 NOK for every km people walk
This is compared to people not being physically active e.g. if they drive a car.”
“Society benefits a lot from people walking & cycling!
New figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Health show we save:
🚲 33 NOK for every km people cycle
🚶♀️ 49 NOK for every km people walk
This is compared to people not being physically active e.g. if they drive a car.”
Samfunnet tjener mye på at folk går og sykler!
Nye tall fra Helsedirektoratet viser at vi sparer:
🚲 33 kr for hver km folk sykler
🚶♀️ 49 kr for hver km folk går
Det er sammenlignet med at folk ikke er i fysisk aktivitet, f.eks. om de kjører bil.
Nye tall fra Helsedirektoratet viser at vi sparer:
🚲 33 kr for hver km folk sykler
🚶♀️ 49 kr for hver km folk går
Det er sammenlignet med at folk ikke er i fysisk aktivitet, f.eks. om de kjører bil.
Dokumentasjonsrapport: Helseeffekter av fysisk aktivitet per km gange og sykling
Helsedirektoratet.no retter seg mot deg som arbeider innen helse- og omsorgstjenesten.
www.helsedirektoratet.no
March 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is very important:
“Society benefits a lot from people walking & cycling!
New figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Health show we save:
🚲 33 NOK for every km people cycle
🚶♀️ 49 NOK for every km people walk
This is compared to people not being physically active e.g. if they drive a car.”
“Society benefits a lot from people walking & cycling!
New figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Health show we save:
🚲 33 NOK for every km people cycle
🚶♀️ 49 NOK for every km people walk
This is compared to people not being physically active e.g. if they drive a car.”
Better would be to make "major roads" in cities obsolete so no one lives by them.
Maybe we should stop restricting all of the new affordable housing to lots directly facing the biggest source of pollution in the city. Just a thought!
University of Georgia study: “Living near major roads increases dementia risk by about 10%.”
March 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Better would be to make "major roads" in cities obsolete so no one lives by them.
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Minimum parking requirements have always been a failed policy. They destroy the vital urban fabric of our communities and make needed housing more expensive to build today.
These requirements, based on highly questionable math, should be fully eliminated to prevent further damage.
These requirements, based on highly questionable math, should be fully eliminated to prevent further damage.
March 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Minimum parking requirements have always been a failed policy. They destroy the vital urban fabric of our communities and make needed housing more expensive to build today.
These requirements, based on highly questionable math, should be fully eliminated to prevent further damage.
These requirements, based on highly questionable math, should be fully eliminated to prevent further damage.
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Desplazar los coches hacia el centro de la calzada PERMITE crear infraestructura segura de forma ✅ Rápida ✅ Barata ✅ Sencilla. Vitoria
March 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Desplazar los coches hacia el centro de la calzada PERMITE crear infraestructura segura de forma ✅ Rápida ✅ Barata ✅ Sencilla. Vitoria
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
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Never forget, if you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan cities for people and places, you get people and places.
Plan for the city you want.
HT Fred Kent
Plan for the city you want.
HT Fred Kent
March 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Never forget, if you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan cities for people and places, you get people and places.
Plan for the city you want.
HT Fred Kent
Plan for the city you want.
HT Fred Kent
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YIMBYism is wild because you start to ask questions like “why was single family zoning created?” and “are our regulations for building safety based on any actual safety data?” and soon realize that ~85% of the rules governing our cities are based on nothing but tradition and vibes.
We went through this with zoning, and now we're going through it with building code: trillion dollar industries depend on these things, yet a bunch of precocious bloggers can swoop in and expose these institutions as full of pseudoscience. Does nobody do their job? @aarmlovi.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
YIMBYism is wild because you start to ask questions like “why was single family zoning created?” and “are our regulations for building safety based on any actual safety data?” and soon realize that ~85% of the rules governing our cities are based on nothing but tradition and vibes.
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New proposed rule: If a street is slated for a safety improvement project in several years & the infrastructure is damaged* by drivers in the meantime, the timeline should be moved up.
*In this case: knocked over ped beg button on Pleasant Ave, slated for safe routes to school project in 2028-29
*In this case: knocked over ped beg button on Pleasant Ave, slated for safe routes to school project in 2028-29
March 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New proposed rule: If a street is slated for a safety improvement project in several years & the infrastructure is damaged* by drivers in the meantime, the timeline should be moved up.
*In this case: knocked over ped beg button on Pleasant Ave, slated for safe routes to school project in 2028-29
*In this case: knocked over ped beg button on Pleasant Ave, slated for safe routes to school project in 2028-29
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If this was really about government efficiency then we’d investigate highway widening projects before high speed rail & congestion pricing
February 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If this was really about government efficiency then we’d investigate highway widening projects before high speed rail & congestion pricing
Only those scared that cars are losing their appeal for consumers, like the owner of a bunch of car dependent real estate and a car manufacturer, would purposely bring congestion inefficiency back to Manhattan streets
February 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Only those scared that cars are losing their appeal for consumers, like the owner of a bunch of car dependent real estate and a car manufacturer, would purposely bring congestion inefficiency back to Manhattan streets
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In 1929, reknowned city planner Harlan Bartholomew warned that road widenings would exhaust cities' bonding capacity.
February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In 1929, reknowned city planner Harlan Bartholomew warned that road widenings would exhaust cities' bonding capacity.