Adrian Pietrzak
@zoningwonk.bsky.social
PhD student at Princeton studying urban politics and how to make our cities fairer and more affordable. He/him 🏳️🌈
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Ad a little on the nose huh
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ad a little on the nose huh
Boost turnout to over 3 million with one simple trick:
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Boost turnout to over 3 million with one simple trick:
Watching New York and Illinois fund their transit systems from Pennsylvania
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Watching New York and Illinois fund their transit systems from Pennsylvania
Does anyone know the retail vacancy rate for market east now? All I can find is this 2023 report, and I'd imagine it's worse than 22% now. Also unclear if they counted chestnut street, which is an absolute ghost town
September 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Does anyone know the retail vacancy rate for market east now? All I can find is this 2023 report, and I'd imagine it's worse than 22% now. Also unclear if they counted chestnut street, which is an absolute ghost town
City issued RFID scanners for every resident to access their container please! (Picture from Seoul, South Korea)
September 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
City issued RFID scanners for every resident to access their container please! (Picture from Seoul, South Korea)
Patronage mill tries to thwart good government reformers?!?
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Patronage mill tries to thwart good government reformers?!?
Have we forgotten that, quite famously, Republicans HATE Andrew Cuomo?
August 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Have we forgotten that, quite famously, Republicans HATE Andrew Cuomo?
How are we still doing this???
August 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
How are we still doing this???
Losing it at the fact that they spray painted this wood silver
July 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Losing it at the fact that they spray painted this wood silver
The DC 33 strike has caused the Manhattanization of Philly
July 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The DC 33 strike has caused the Manhattanization of Philly
The ULURP appeals board proposal by the Charter Revision Commission strikes me as really odd. Member deference is a norm, not something that's in the charter. If Council wanted to, it could collectively decide to end it. Or the Speaker could hold hostage Schedule C funds to end it.
July 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The ULURP appeals board proposal by the Charter Revision Commission strikes me as really odd. Member deference is a norm, not something that's in the charter. If Council wanted to, it could collectively decide to end it. Or the Speaker could hold hostage Schedule C funds to end it.
So why are Republican lawmakers, who are ostensively pro-suburb, pro-car, and anti-transit, able to see that eliminating parking minimums doesn’t mean banning parking, whereas many Democratic lawmakers claim banning parking minimums will ban parking and make traffic worse?
June 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So why are Republican lawmakers, who are ostensively pro-suburb, pro-car, and anti-transit, able to see that eliminating parking minimums doesn’t mean banning parking, whereas many Democratic lawmakers claim banning parking minimums will ban parking and make traffic worse?
We all know what this calls for!
June 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We all know what this calls for!
End of the road for the former 23 trolley on 12th, whose tracks were paved over
June 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
End of the road for the former 23 trolley on 12th, whose tracks were paved over
Sofia has managed to figure out how to install safety barricades without creating an obstacle course on the platform that obstructs passenger flow and increases dwell times. Things only possible in much wealthier nations like Bulgaria!
June 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sofia has managed to figure out how to install safety barricades without creating an obstacle course on the platform that obstructs passenger flow and increases dwell times. Things only possible in much wealthier nations like Bulgaria!
So much wrong here, but I take issue with de Blasio somehow being responsible for disorder or “the city’s recent decline.” Crime was down his whole term before the COVID spike, which happened in every city, regardless of governance!
June 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So much wrong here, but I take issue with de Blasio somehow being responsible for disorder or “the city’s recent decline.” Crime was down his whole term before the COVID spike, which happened in every city, regardless of governance!
Spot the difference:
June 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Spot the difference:
We’ve been here before!
June 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We’ve been here before!
I'm old enough to remember when the NYT made it their life mission to elect Trump as President because Biden didn't want to sit down with them for an interview. Same logic doesn't seem to apply to Andrew "avoiding local reporters" Cuomo!
May 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the NYT made it their life mission to elect Trump as President because Biden didn't want to sit down with them for an interview. Same logic doesn't seem to apply to Andrew "avoiding local reporters" Cuomo!
14-point pro congestion pricing swing among Democrats since Trumps "long live the king:" Congestion Pricing, welcome to the affective political polarization club, otherwise known as the strongest force on this planet
May 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
14-point pro congestion pricing swing among Democrats since Trumps "long live the king:" Congestion Pricing, welcome to the affective political polarization club, otherwise known as the strongest force on this planet
Submitting comments to the SEPTA Board today, you should too! wwww.septa.org/wp-content/u...
May 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Submitting comments to the SEPTA Board today, you should too! wwww.septa.org/wp-content/u...
The PA House Republican leader trying to figure out why SEPTA has a budget crisis
May 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The PA House Republican leader trying to figure out why SEPTA has a budget crisis
New York City is literally the place with the giant statue that says “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” with 40% of its population born *outside the country* and yet people make blood and soil arguments
May 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
New York City is literally the place with the giant statue that says “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” with 40% of its population born *outside the country* and yet people make blood and soil arguments
Good news: SEPTA finally has countdown clocks on the train
Bad news: we can see how bad the headways are!
Bad news: we can see how bad the headways are!
May 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Good news: SEPTA finally has countdown clocks on the train
Bad news: we can see how bad the headways are!
Bad news: we can see how bad the headways are!