Alex | BIG KATIE ENERGY
@wintersplinter.bsky.social
Abundance liberal - president of the Lina Khan Fan Club
🏘️urbanism 🚲bikes ☀️solarpunk 🔰georgism
🏘️urbanism 🚲bikes ☀️solarpunk 🔰georgism
oh my god. we did it. we did the worst thing: "transit oriented slip lanes."
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
oh my god. we did it. we did the worst thing: "transit oriented slip lanes."
'The city of Seattle has elected not to fill a giant sinkhole after neighbor objects. "It just adds some nice character" said the local, in reference to the gaping 20 ft deep hole in the street.'
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
'The city of Seattle has elected not to fill a giant sinkhole after neighbor objects. "It just adds some nice character" said the local, in reference to the gaping 20 ft deep hole in the street.'
As per usual the safety of children is less important than the ignorant opinion of some crank
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As per usual the safety of children is less important than the ignorant opinion of some crank
that whole area screams "1970s traffic engineer on crack" and needs to be torn down immediately.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
that whole area screams "1970s traffic engineer on crack" and needs to be torn down immediately.
Yeah I live a few blocks from here, we heard it last night. I'm a little shook up about it ngl
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yeah I live a few blocks from here, we heard it last night. I'm a little shook up about it ngl
I had to read 3 times bc that list (disability, age, injury, children) describes the ~30% of the country who can't drive a car and I thought "clear streets" was a new term for pedestrianizing.
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I had to read 3 times bc that list (disability, age, injury, children) describes the ~30% of the country who can't drive a car and I thought "clear streets" was a new term for pedestrianizing.
I'll run, how much does it pay lol
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I'll run, how much does it pay lol
talking about limited parking is pretty rich given the thousands of permanently unused parking spaces in underground parking garages.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
talking about limited parking is pretty rich given the thousands of permanently unused parking spaces in underground parking garages.
I'm being mean to Oly but I've actually never been there except to go to the capitol. I wanna get down there a few times next year, what would some cool things to do down there be? hikes/bars/whatever?
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm being mean to Oly but I've actually never been there except to go to the capitol. I wanna get down there a few times next year, what would some cool things to do down there be? hikes/bars/whatever?
Unfortunately those decades marked deep decline in the QoL within cities and a loss of institutional knowledge and muscle memory needed to run cities well. The US is experiencing the growing pains of re-learning how do do Urbanism, trying to catch up with other countries who never lost it.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Unfortunately those decades marked deep decline in the QoL within cities and a loss of institutional knowledge and muscle memory needed to run cities well. The US is experiencing the growing pains of re-learning how do do Urbanism, trying to catch up with other countries who never lost it.
Driving created a new frontier of under-priced land for a few decades until all the land value could be captured by rentiers. The end of the suburban frontier coincides pretty closely with the revival/return to city-centers as the agglomoration benefits once again outweigh cheap land.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Driving created a new frontier of under-priced land for a few decades until all the land value could be captured by rentiers. The end of the suburban frontier coincides pretty closely with the revival/return to city-centers as the agglomoration benefits once again outweigh cheap land.
This single-stair complex is similar in scale to large, dual-stair, 150+ unit buildings, but has ten stairwells! It's "single stair" bc any given unit only has access to a single stairway, not bc the whole complex has a single stairway.
bsky.app/profile/holz-bau.bsky.social/post/3m5maqvlkzk2m
bsky.app/profile/holz-bau.bsky.social/post/3m5maqvlkzk2m
oh wow i don't recall doing this... but apparently at one point i put together a little study of how to get a euro perimeter block by single developer in seattle w/ our ridiculous regs (max 2 single stair conditions per lot, so would need to do lot division)
150 homes in 5 stories. huge courtyard
150 homes in 5 stories. huge courtyard
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This single-stair complex is similar in scale to large, dual-stair, 150+ unit buildings, but has ten stairwells! It's "single stair" bc any given unit only has access to a single stairway, not bc the whole complex has a single stairway.
bsky.app/profile/holz-bau.bsky.social/post/3m5maqvlkzk2m
bsky.app/profile/holz-bau.bsky.social/post/3m5maqvlkzk2m
Additionally: I don't know stats but Olympia gives high-functioning alcoholism vibes
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Additionally: I don't know stats but Olympia gives high-functioning alcoholism vibes
YIMBYs need Urbanism/Strong Towns so that the density can be a stepping stone to liveability and better urban forms across a range of densities. Streetcar suburbs! Missing middle housing! Courtyard blocks!
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
YIMBYs need Urbanism/Strong Towns so that the density can be a stepping stone to liveability and better urban forms across a range of densities. Streetcar suburbs! Missing middle housing! Courtyard blocks!
Yeah I feel like this discussion needs to consider the US' uniquely bad forms of urban design, i.e. that one picture of downtown Houston in the 70s. If that was your only option for denser urban living, of course you'd move to the suburbs!
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yeah I feel like this discussion needs to consider the US' uniquely bad forms of urban design, i.e. that one picture of downtown Houston in the 70s. If that was your only option for denser urban living, of course you'd move to the suburbs!
high rate of traffic crashes?
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
high rate of traffic crashes?
I was hoping it would be more LVT coded, like a flat yearly fee per space. Still good though!
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I was hoping it would be more LVT coded, like a flat yearly fee per space. Still good though!
it's magnificent
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
it's magnificent
6 years to get 1/3 of the way there, we can definitely get the rest of the way there in under 10!
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
6 years to get 1/3 of the way there, we can definitely get the rest of the way there in under 10!
Damn she's good
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Damn she's good
Not so clear cut, this covers a lot of the ongoing discussion around this issue right now: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_...
Linear no-threshold model - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Not so clear cut, this covers a lot of the ongoing discussion around this issue right now: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_...