New semester at , the launch of the Alliance for Public Space Leadership site, a nice hat-tip in , some news, a new section, great street art, tons of jobs, and, of course, a picture of my cat.
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Writing about our changing cities. Prof-alum . Resident scholar . Grad . Chair . Streetbeat guy. Allora!
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Love for Queens, in a nutshell.
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More interested in the 20-minute suburb than the 15-minute city, tbh.
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I'm glad we've entered the skepticism phase of EVs. But one thing, I think, is overlooked is how much cleaner the air will be—even with tires still releasing PM2, and the car itself being a CO2 disaster—once tailpipe emissions are a thing of the past.
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One component of NYC's on-street carshare expansion that stands out: the introduction of Truqit, a rental pick-up truck startup. Seems genuinely capable of taking smaller vans off the street.
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"If you could live anywhere in NYC, where would it be?"
"Any street that’s closed to cars, like my street has been since the start of the pandemic. It feels great to walk out the door and just walk on the street..."
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Cars 🚗drive more 🛑slowly on 🌳tree-lined streets
We all know that trees are good for the environment, but a lesser known fact is that they help reduce the average speed people drive.
A🌳tree-lined street is therefore a safer street 🚸
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#roadsafety
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Yesterday while we discussed my trip to Ghent, my colleague mentioned an art deco pool near Namur that was converted to be the local library. When losing a pool, I think this is het best thing that can happen, Bibliothèque d'Andenne:
📖 lephare-andenne.be/le-phare-histo
📸 Florent Marot
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*whispers to nobody*
This has been happening forever. And it's okay!
The new £6.9m Covered Market masterplan was signed off by ’s Cabinet yesterday. Its standout feature is a redesign of the Market Street entrance: a traffic-free public square with seating on the street, and a ‘communal space’ within the market with a glazed roof.
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All sorts of confused. What makes this newsworthy? (Haven't cars always served a social purpose in L.A.?) Why should any of us care? (Isn't this normal there? )And why didn't the writer mention anything about cars' contribution to climate change? (Isn't that important to note?)
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Under ’s housing plan, every NYC community district will have to meet a 3% housing production target
The mapped which community districts have already reached that goal over the past 12 years (affordable housing is counted 2x)
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Today was a first: the street sweeper on my block was led by a Sanitation officer, and most of the cars drove off.
But what kind of system are we creating when a cop has to literally lead a cleaning agent, so it's not interfered with?
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Just. put. cameras. on. the. street. sweepers.
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This morning, I saw a transit enforcement agent writing a ticket for a Budweiser truck parked in a bus stop, during the morning rush. A few minutes later, the truck left, drove up the avenue, and parked... at the next bus stop.
Super efficient and flawless system we got here.
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Just. put. cameras. on. the. street. sweepers.
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Crosby Street (SoHo, Manhattan, NYC)
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How do I know these folks are out of touch? They think culture in NYC in 2023 is still happening off the Morgan L. 😆😆😆
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Going to pause before The Legend of Korra — lots of other animation to catch up on. But wow, the feelings of ~youth~ with this world.
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Yesterday I completed what had to be one of the best TV-watching experiences I can remember, from start to finish. Truly wholesome and entertaining—overall just left being so happy it exists. (And also wishing it existed as a kid.)
Folks, I finished Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Yesterday I completed what had to be one of the best TV-watching experiences I can remember, from start to finish. Truly wholesome and entertaining—overall just left being so happy it exists. (And also wishing it existed as a kid.)
Folks, I finished Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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I just told a bunch of friends that Astoria was the best, and that worked pretty well.
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For what it's worth, sure a carshare pilot didn't suffer well during a pandemic, when folks' concepts of hygiene/personal space dramatically changed as well as their travel patterns. Data from this last year is probably very different than the two before that.
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"5-year pilot." twitter.com/NYC_DOT/status…
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"5-year pilot."
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Today we announced the expansion of our citywide carshare program. This 5-year pilot has proven to reduce greenhouse gas emissions & personal car ownership. Our ambitious goal for 2023 is to add several hundred more spaces by working with @Zipcar, @Getaround & @truqit.
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Streetbeat currently at 666 subscribers 🤘🤘🤘
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Each one of these drops are just devastating.
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Atlantic Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, before-and-after the street’s “widening and modernization” immediately following WWII. In the years before the widening, the neighborhoods of eastern Brooklyn began to overtake Harlem as the largest Black community in New York City.
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This, to me, is what brings shared e-scooters to the outer boroughs in NYC. But I have heard from sources that using the docks to charge involves a host of issues with trenching and electrical lines that aren't anywhere near resolved.
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Bring 👏 this 👏 energy 👏 to 👏 NYC 👏
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For the record: I think Boris got his charges mixed up here, and is referring to the ULEZ (Ultra Low-Emission Zone), which charges older, polluting cars. Who said anything about cleaning up car fleets?
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Take it from PM @BorisJohnson, a NYC native who also served as Mayor of London - one of only a few cities worldwide that has Congestion Pricing: It’s just an extra burden on taxpayers. New York should NOT DO IT!
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Exhibit A.
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Pretty remarkable how often I tell even the most left of friends about stuff Biden has passed since taking office.
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This week's theme was London Pubs. Hope you enjoyed it.
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This happens the most with the American Rescue Plan, the infrastructure bill, and the Inflation Reduction Act. Tons of things happening from
those trillions of dollars worth of spending that are unfolding everyday - and yet, I feel like I’m breaking the news to folks.
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Pretty remarkable how often I tell even the most left of friends about stuff Biden has passed since taking office.
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Now, this is either the fault of folks not paying attention to policy - or the Biden administration doing a sloppy job with comms. In my opinion? It’s a little from column A, a little from column B.
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Pretty remarkable how often I tell even the most left of friends about stuff Biden has passed since taking office.
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Pretty remarkable how often I tell even the most left of friends about stuff Biden has passed since taking office.
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Folks, some important news: Moynihan Train Hall now has organized queues, with retractable belt barrier stanchions. Like, what you see at the airport and concerts. A small, but notable, fix.
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"Holy shit! I can piss somewhere other than the elevators!"
's Porcelain NY is back, as are (some of) the MTA's bathrooms.
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Every Groundhog Day I take a moment to honor the greatest FOIA request ever filed: the hilarious emails between De Blasio's staff and reporters when he dropped that groundhog.
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People unlock me
Shove kale stems in, I process
Churn, and yearn for friends
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I accept food scraps
I’m on city island ave
please come visit me
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I'd like to write a haiku about the loneliness of being the one Smart Compost bin on all of City Island.
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My work never done
So much mulch and trash to press
I keep watch alone
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