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All of these US beach areas with single-family homes on stilts are absurd, just build condo buildings on pilotis so you don’t need a separate set of stilts for every single unit. Does any other country do this?
All of these US beach areas with single-family homes on stilts are absurd, just build condo buildings on pilotis so you don’t need a separate set of stilts for every single unit. Does any other country do this?
They’re going to vote on 2-4% for one-year leases. Social Security cost of living adjustment this year is 3.1%, inflation in the metro area has been 3.4%. My prediction is they’ll raise them 2.5-3%
They’re going to vote on 2-4% for one-year leases. Social Security cost of living adjustment this year is 3.1%, inflation in the metro area has been 3.4%. My prediction is they’ll raise them 2.5-3%
We received our building permit on Houston’s first triplex (duplex + ADU) under their new ordinance Here’s how I analyzed it: For context, anything more than 2 units previously was automatically treated as commerical which meant it was cost prohibitive - full civil plans…
Pro-housing group @OpenNYForAll supported @housing4allNY on good cause eviction. Will HJ4A return the favor and campaign against parking minimums that raise the cost of housing? @ceaweaver nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/04/29/sup…
Really startling how much cheaper new construction rents are in Switzerland vs. the US: 2BR/1BA (721 sq. ft.) in Bern for CHF 2,040 ($2,242) homegate.ch/rent/4000751059 2BR/1BA (688 sq. ft.) in Astoria, in Queens, for $4,500 streeteasy.com/building/30_43…
"The coastal agency has hired a second lobbyist..." I don't love it when government bodies spend taxpayer dollars to play politics.
"The coastal agency has hired a second lobbyist..." I don't love it when government bodies spend taxpayer dollars to play politics.
The entirety of the state of New Jersey has never reported more than 25,000 multifamily permits in one year to the Census Bureau’s Building Permits Survey since records began in 1980 (housing-data.vercel.app/states/New%20J…), so I’m confused about that Newark dot
The entirety of the state of New Jersey has never reported more than 25,000 multifamily permits in one year to the Census Bureau’s Building Permits Survey since records began in 1980 (housing-data.vercel.app/states/New%20J…), so I’m confused about that Newark dot
The quality of NYC architecture and construction has improved a lot within the last decade or two (within the limits of the codes at least), we should build a lot more of it. This is affordable housing in the Bronx newyorkyimby.com/2024/04/130-ea…
Mexican transit is such a depressing topic. There are so many countries in Latin America that have followed European models successfully – and then there’s Mexico, which must’ve looked at the roaring success of modern US transit and decided that’s what it should have too
Mexican transit is such a depressing topic. There are so many countries in Latin America that have followed European models successfully – and then there’s Mexico, which must’ve looked at the roaring success of modern US transit and decided that’s what it should have too
As an Angeleno/Californian, the scale of new development in Montpellier (pop. ~300,000) is incredible. It’s the fastest growing city in France, and at least a good percentage of that growth is happening at higher densities. This is the Higher Roch Tower, Brenac & Gonzalez, 2022.
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@MarketUrbanism yes this is the exact setup that would be needed
@MarketUrbanism @christofspieler For other countries, I need more research to actually understand finding and governance mechanisms, but in all the continental Europe municipalities are very central to local transit and street governance except in German city-states and some Nordic countries
@MarketUrbanism @christofspieler directly by cities as urban transportation was devolved to cities via the institution of the versement transport payroll tax that funds both capital and operations, including bus priority measures that the French cities prefer to "pack" in BRT-lite (BHNS) projects
@MarketUrbanism @christofspieler Yes. In Italy is mostly low-cost interventions funded directly by cities, sometimes with EU funds (like Bologna's traffic light priority system original implementation and current upgrade). In France it was funded by the govt via "circulation plans' subsides in the 70s and later
@MarketUrbanism @christofspieler The big difference is that the transit "agency" in most of Europe is a mere operator, so transit priority policies are initiated and managed by cities (Italy, Austria, DE, NL) or agglomerations (FR) that owns the streets and have a political mandate
@MarketUrbanism you are right. I screwed this up-- switched up NYC and Newark-Jersey City in labeling on initial chart. Went back and corrected, double checked the others. corrected:
@rwsolinski @MarketUrbanism Yes, there's going to be all manner of bus and van services because they built the station in the middle of the woods and not on the legacy station site in the city so you NEED to take a bus or van (or drive) to get anywhere at all.
@MarketUrbanism I have seen people pointing at ADIF/Spanish influence for this project. I think they have a point, because it's the same engineer-y approach to rail with little attention to unban integration that RFI/Italferr has for new lines if they are not well directed by regions/local govts
@MarketUrbanism @patapackala Mexico built a brand new double track electrified mainline northeast of Mexico City to Queretaro paralleling the busiest highway in the country. They ran slow passenger service hauled by E60s for 3 years then privatized it and took down the wires.
@crzwdjk @MarketUrbanism @patapackala This is wild. They built the line with the wires and then removed the wires just three years later! es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_El%C…
@MarketUrbanism @MeowRuka Yeah the first video appears to be tarmac left in there from when the road was last resurfaced, poor form. Testing the water pressure annually (which also flushes it) seems like it should be done regardless of whether it's underground or is an American style fire hydrant, no?
@MarketUrbanism are they above ground anywhere other than America? ours are usually in the footpath or grass verge rather than in the road itself but otherwise they're just like that
@MarketUrbanism I thought you knew because you referenced how they need upkeep in your tweet?
@MarketUrbanism In America the firefighters don’t even get a chance to try…
Fire outside Muni's Islais Creek division, Indiana Street at Caesar Chavez, extinguished just minutes ago
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@MarketUrbanism This is going to sound both silly and confusing but cleaning hydrants was Fred Dibnah's excuse for stealing water for his traction engine.
@MarketUrbanism Apparently it's pretty common for them to be like that, but it doesn't matter because they carry enough water to give them time to deal with that and 1000 other situations.