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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16

      Guys...we gotta narrow our streets

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    2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16

      Haunted Forrest  🌲 Retweeted Haunted Forrest  🌲

      My proposal is to assign existing streets (centerlines to be precise, since we're ignoring existing widths) to categories in this 5-tier schema:https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/966026690723041281 …

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲 @380kmh
      We'll look from wide to narrow--starting with what I will call "Class A:" - multiple lanes per direction - controlled access, grade separated - intended for high speed, long distance pic.twitter.com/1ttrEAJlNS
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    3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16

      Major streets will probably stay the same width, but most streets would end up assigned to a category narrower than they're actually built. This residual land would be passed onto whatever properties fronted the street.

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    4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16

      For example--a 22' wide street reclassified as a 10' wide "class D" would bring property lines on either side of the street 6' closer to the centerline

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    5. threestationsquare‏ @threestationsq May 16
      Replying to @380kmh

      An extra 6' of land on each side would be difficult to actually make use of without demolishing or heavily modifying every existing structure, which seems unlikely to be worth it?

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    6. threestationsquare‏ @threestationsq May 16
      Replying to @threestationsq @380kmh

      Seems better to give all 12' (or more) to one side of the street, so only half as many structures need to be rebuilt to make use of it, and there's more motivation for them to do so.

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    7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16
      Replying to @threestationsq

      for a case where there are 12' to spare, maybe (although how do you decide which side of the street lucks out?), but there are bound to be cases where there's even less to parcel out. I'm anticipating more of a long-term benefit here--existing structures won't be there forever

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16
      Replying to @380kmh @threestationsq

      some people would probably go for modifications or reconstruction right away, but most would probably leave it be, with no changes in structure until you get new owners

      12:35 PM - 16 May 2018
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        1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16
          Replying to @380kmh @threestationsq

          this effort should go hand in hand with changes to zoning allowing both a broader mix of uses + smaller structures with smaller setbacks

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        2. threestationsquare‏ @threestationsq May 16
          Replying to @380kmh

          Existing structures can be there an extremely long time, especially if zoning/permitting are as difficult as in most US cities. "New owners" usually don't change the structure much. I just looked up my current house in an 1895 atlas; it had the exact same footprint then as today.

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        3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16
          Replying to @threestationsq

          right--which is why it must dovetail with zoning reform the broader cultural change of more frequent iterations of building is going to be necessarily much harder to accomplish and could take generations, all the more reason to start now!

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        4. threestationsquare‏ @threestationsq May 16
          Replying to @380kmh

          I'm not convinced that cultural change is feasible ever, and reforms should be designed to rely on it as little as possible.

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        5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16
          Replying to @threestationsq

          it happens all the time, but more to the point, isn't necessary to realize immediate benefits from these reforms. if it's really never possible tho, then enjoy permanent car culture and permanently unwalkable cities

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        6. threestationsquare‏ @threestationsq May 16
          Replying to @380kmh

          I don't think much more frequent iterations of building are a prerequisite for shifting away from cars. After all many buildings in use today predate the widespread adoption of cars!

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        7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16
          Replying to @threestationsq

          It's a prerequisite for large-scale changes to the urban fabric and a healthy/sustainable development industry--not for shifting away from cars

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        8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 16
          Replying to @380kmh @threestationsq

          basically a necessity to prevent the build environment from freezing the conditions under which it grew up into amber; a necessity for keeping construction roughly in line with changes in demand and technology

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        9. threestationsquare‏ @threestationsq May 16
          Replying to @380kmh

          I definitely agree that attempts to freeze all neighbourhoods in amber are extremely harmful and ultimately fatal to cities, economies and human flourishing generally. Just noting that it is possible to go too far to the opposite extreme.

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