David King
@cityplanning.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Arizona State University
I study transport, land use, local governance.
Cityplanning.01 on signal.
Four freedoms.
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uFu5Z2YAAAAJ&hl=en
I study transport, land use, local governance.
Cityplanning.01 on signal.
Four freedoms.
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uFu5Z2YAAAAJ&hl=en
There was also a great power pop band from Tempe, AZ called the Spinning Jenny (there are quite a few bands with this name. It's a device to make textiles.)
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There was also a great power pop band from Tempe, AZ called the Spinning Jenny (there are quite a few bands with this name. It's a device to make textiles.)
My favorite bit of trivia about London black cab drivers is they have unusually large hippocampi, the part of the brain used for spatial knowledge.
This story is interesting for one view of the state of the taxi/ridehail market.
Gift link.
This story is interesting for one view of the state of the taxi/ridehail market.
Gift link.
He Wants a New Start. So He Is Taking the Hardest Taxi Test in the World.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My favorite bit of trivia about London black cab drivers is they have unusually large hippocampi, the part of the brain used for spatial knowledge.
This story is interesting for one view of the state of the taxi/ridehail market.
Gift link.
This story is interesting for one view of the state of the taxi/ridehail market.
Gift link.
Reposted by David King
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
Some details on adaptive reuse and office conversion into apartments here.
Metro Phoenix sees surge in adaptive reuse apartments - AZ Big Media
Metro Phoenix boasts the 20th biggest pipeline of adaptive reuse apartments, according to RentCafe.com's latest report.
azbigmedia.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Some details on adaptive reuse and office conversion into apartments here.
Emergent Tokyo is an excellent book. It was the subject of a recent Econ Talk podcast, too.
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Emergent Tokyo is an excellent book. It was the subject of a recent Econ Talk podcast, too.
Which one, if any, feels pride that Peter Parker is also from Queens?
Two fellas from Queens just vibing.
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Which one, if any, feels pride that Peter Parker is also from Queens?
The last time a Pope came to town, Tempe rebuilt Mill Avenue and made it more walkable. Pope-based urbanism is rare and these chances shouldn't be wasted.
Pope Leo in Phoenix? After Vatican meeting, bishop may invite pontiff
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix helped produce a video for the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network that addressed suicide prevention.
www.azcentral.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The last time a Pope came to town, Tempe rebuilt Mill Avenue and made it more walkable. Pope-based urbanism is rare and these chances shouldn't be wasted.
twen's new album is great. They should be bigger.
TWEN - Tumbleweed [Official Music Video] (2025)
YouTube video by twen band TV
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
twen's new album is great. They should be bigger.
I feel like evacuating a city of 14 million because they are going to run out of water should be a bigger story regardless of where it is.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I feel like evacuating a city of 14 million because they are going to run out of water should be a bigger story regardless of where it is.
Marshall Crenshaw does an amazing cover of this song, too.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Marshall Crenshaw does an amazing cover of this song, too.
Reposted by David King
New from me on Route Zero: if you're only following EVs, or AVs, or charging, or batteries, you're missing the bigger picture about what's coming next in automotive. I call it The Convergence—but is it what drivers want?
Subscribe for free to read more!
www.routezeromedia.com/p/the-quiet-...
Subscribe for free to read more!
www.routezeromedia.com/p/the-quiet-...
The Quiet 'Convergence' That's Transforming the Auto Industry
How EVs, autonomous cars, AI and robotics are forming the next phase of the car industry. But is this what drivers really want?
www.routezeromedia.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New from me on Route Zero: if you're only following EVs, or AVs, or charging, or batteries, you're missing the bigger picture about what's coming next in automotive. I call it The Convergence—but is it what drivers want?
Subscribe for free to read more!
www.routezeromedia.com/p/the-quiet-...
Subscribe for free to read more!
www.routezeromedia.com/p/the-quiet-...
Reposted by David King
TIL Edmund Fitzgerald, namesake of the ship lost with all hands in a Lake Superior storm in November 1975, had a great uncle Edmond Fitzgerald who also had a ship named after him, the Edmond Fitzgerald, which was lost with all hands in a Lake Erie storm in November 1883
How the Fitzgerald Sank Twice
An excerpt
greatlakespeopleandplaces.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
TIL Edmund Fitzgerald, namesake of the ship lost with all hands in a Lake Superior storm in November 1975, had a great uncle Edmond Fitzgerald who also had a ship named after him, the Edmond Fitzgerald, which was lost with all hands in a Lake Erie storm in November 1883
There just aren't many of these types of neighborhoods so prices go up, and in most cities there can't be that many of these types of neighborhoods as a matter of geography. Gift link.
A Chicago Neighborhood With a Suburban Vibe Is Seeing Home Prices Soar
Bigger backyards and a shorter commute have made Lincoln Square one of the city’s top destinations for families
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
There just aren't many of these types of neighborhoods so prices go up, and in most cities there can't be that many of these types of neighborhoods as a matter of geography. Gift link.
Yikes.
The NTSB has released its preliminary report on the crash of UPS flight 2976, finding fatigue cracks in multiple places on the engine pylon that separated from the MD-11’s left wing during takeoff. Read the full report: www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Yikes.
Even when elected officials push back against the surveillance state, people say they want it!
I want everyone who supports this to read up on Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance.
(Can’t do gift links with AZ Central, unfortunately)
I want everyone who supports this to read up on Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance.
(Can’t do gift links with AZ Central, unfortunately)
South Tucson leaders didn't want license plate-reading cameras. Residents said otherwise.
South Tucsonans filled the council chambers to call on the council keep Flock cameras as a tool for their under-resourced police department.
www.azcentral.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Even when elected officials push back against the surveillance state, people say they want it!
I want everyone who supports this to read up on Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance.
(Can’t do gift links with AZ Central, unfortunately)
I want everyone who supports this to read up on Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance.
(Can’t do gift links with AZ Central, unfortunately)
“Builder’s remedy” has been law since 1990 but was only “discovered” in 2022.
The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Builder’s remedy” has been law since 1990 but was only “discovered” in 2022.
Waymo starts testing in Minneapolis today. Gift link.
www.startribune.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Waymo starts testing in Minneapolis today. Gift link.
Good to see this.
Arizona moves ahead with desalination, other water supply projects
Arizona will provide taxpayer money to help private companies develop plans for at least two and possibly three desalination plants in California or Mexico.
tucson.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Good to see this.
Reposted by David King
Traditionally, the standard for whether you can afford to buy a house is a 3:1 price-to-income ratio (i.e., if you make $50k a year, you can afford a $150k house). Every single major city in America is over that ratio, except Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis and Oklahoma City...
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Traditionally, the standard for whether you can afford to buy a house is a 3:1 price-to-income ratio (i.e., if you make $50k a year, you can afford a $150k house). Every single major city in America is over that ratio, except Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis and Oklahoma City...
Reposted by David King
Some states are already locking down how the data they share with Phoenix-based Nlets is used by federal authorities
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
Congressional Democrats urge Hobbs to limit driver data sharing with ICE
Arizona Nlets driver data ICE access raises privacy concerns as Democrats urge Hobbs to limit DMV sharing
azmirror.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Some states are already locking down how the data they share with Phoenix-based Nlets is used by federal authorities
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
A distance driven tax would fix this, and raise money.
To paraphrase Russel Long: "Don't Tax You, Don't Tax Me, Tax that Robot on the Street."
To paraphrase Russel Long: "Don't Tax You, Don't Tax Me, Tax that Robot on the Street."
Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A distance driven tax would fix this, and raise money.
To paraphrase Russel Long: "Don't Tax You, Don't Tax Me, Tax that Robot on the Street."
To paraphrase Russel Long: "Don't Tax You, Don't Tax Me, Tax that Robot on the Street."
You'll never guess who this guy voted for. He sounds like a peach. It would be cheaper for the HOA to pay him to move somewhere else. Gift link.
Don’t Tread on Frank: How One Man’s Yard Became a Battlefield
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You'll never guess who this guy voted for. He sounds like a peach. It would be cheaper for the HOA to pay him to move somewhere else. Gift link.