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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Vivid! I wonder what this looks like for Los Angeles? Worse, because more car infrastructure, or better because less dense?

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(((Matthew Lewis))) progressive federalism SOS

@mateosfo

· Aug 9, 2017

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San Francisco has 195 million square feet of pavement for cars. Here's what that looks like:

3:03 PM · Aug 11, 2017·Twitter for Mac

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Eneko

@eneko

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Aug 11, 2017

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@andy_matuschak

Would be worse, right? Less density -> more surface area for the same population -> more streets -> more asphalt

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(((Matthew Lewis))) progressive federalism SOS

@mateosfo

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Aug 11, 2017

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betterinstitutions.com

Mapped: All 200 Square Miles of Parking in LA County, As One Giant Parking Lot — Better Institutions

What if you took all 200 square miles of parking in Los Angeles County and turned it into one giant parking lot? This map puts into perspective how much space we waste on car storage in LA, and...

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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Aug 11, 2017

Outstanding! Incredible! Horrifying! My goodness.

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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Aug 11, 2017

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@andy_matuschak

The answer is “much worse.” Wow! (thanks,

@mateosf

!) http://betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/1/2/map-a-parking-lot-with-all-of-la-countys-186-million-parking-spaces…

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Andrew Clark

@acdlite

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Aug 11, 2017

Took me a few moments to interpret this tweet because I assumed it was showing the area affected by a nuclear blast.

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