Christopher Addison
@crispyaddison.bsky.social
Casual urbanist living in Montréal. Software developer. Formerly in Seattle and from the UK. Lover of cities, trains, and mass transportation 🌇🚇
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Zohran is set to be the most urbanist, pro-transit, pro-pedestrian mayor that New York City has ever had
Mamdani: "[Congestion pricing] is an opportunity to reshape the streetscape of the central business district of Manhattan. We have an opportunity here to do immense amounts of pedestrianization for the entire congestion pricing zone..."
July 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Zohran is set to be the most urbanist, pro-transit, pro-pedestrian mayor that New York City has ever had
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It's impossible to convey; you have to experience it. Two weeks in pretty much any major EU city and you will see, by way of contrast, just how much grubby, pointless unpleasantness is involved in day-to-day US life. We are rich as hell & yet we voluntarily eat shit, every day. It's crazy-making.
Having spent the past two weeks in France, I’m astounded at how much better city life is in Europe than in America, and I never put it together that one reason is that both parties starve blue states and cities. Rs because they hate city dwellers and Ds to seem unbiased (and to buy rural votes)
June 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's impossible to convey; you have to experience it. Two weeks in pretty much any major EU city and you will see, by way of contrast, just how much grubby, pointless unpleasantness is involved in day-to-day US life. We are rich as hell & yet we voluntarily eat shit, every day. It's crazy-making.
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They started building a bunch of apartments in Bozeman. You'll never guess what happened next.
Has Bozeman’s rental market finally flipped?
A glut of new ‘upscale’ developments is driving prices down from pandemic highs; city officials hope the surplus will have far-reaching effects in one of the state’s most expensive places to live.
montanafreepress.org
June 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
They started building a bunch of apartments in Bozeman. You'll never guess what happened next.
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As for so many across this country, Bernie Sanders has been the single most influential political figure in my life.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
June 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
As for so many across this country, Bernie Sanders has been the single most influential political figure in my life.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
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NIMBYism is strangling California. It causes our severe housing shortage, which pushes middle income, working class & young people out of our state. It fuels homelessness. It harms our economy by creating workforce shortages. It undermines child care, clean energy & so many other needs.
June 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NIMBYism is strangling California. It causes our severe housing shortage, which pushes middle income, working class & young people out of our state. It fuels homelessness. It harms our economy by creating workforce shortages. It undermines child care, clean energy & so many other needs.
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A 7 year old and 10 year old should be able to walk around the neighborhood on their own. On Google maps, it looks like the road they were on has sidewalks, but it’s a “stroad,” which is dangerous for pedestrians.
Charging the grieving parents in this situation is sick.
Charging the grieving parents in this situation is sick.
"Authorities told WBTV that adults must be held accountable in these types of incidents and should ensure their children are in a safe environment.
The driver of the SUV has not been charged at this time, per WCNC."
The driver of the SUV has not been charged at this time, per WCNC."
Parents Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter After Their Son, 7, Dies While Crossing the Street
Two North Carolina parents are facing multiple charges after their 7-year-old son was killed while allegedly crossing a street unsupervised on May 27. Jessica Ivey and Samuele Jenkins are being held o...
people.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A 7 year old and 10 year old should be able to walk around the neighborhood on their own. On Google maps, it looks like the road they were on has sidewalks, but it’s a “stroad,” which is dangerous for pedestrians.
Charging the grieving parents in this situation is sick.
Charging the grieving parents in this situation is sick.
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It's like a death cult
May 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It's like a death cult
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My first steam game ISLANDS & TRAINS has just released!! What began as a tiny hobby project has grown into something that I'm so thankful, excited and proud of.
It would mean the world if you could give this a repost and try the game on Steam 💌🌻 s.team/a/1957760
It would mean the world if you could give this a repost and try the game on Steam 💌🌻 s.team/a/1957760
May 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My first steam game ISLANDS & TRAINS has just released!! What began as a tiny hobby project has grown into something that I'm so thankful, excited and proud of.
It would mean the world if you could give this a repost and try the game on Steam 💌🌻 s.team/a/1957760
It would mean the world if you could give this a repost and try the game on Steam 💌🌻 s.team/a/1957760
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In the next session, it is absolutely essential that #waleg give transit agencies their own permitting authority.
Rinck gets city staff to confirm that this amendment would add new requirements to light rail permits, including some requirements that could potentially be wholly unique among city projects. The ST3 projects will have a LOT of permit submittals.
May 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
In the next session, it is absolutely essential that #waleg give transit agencies their own permitting authority.
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“Across the board, building a single-family home remains easier than developing even the smallest multiplex—revealing a system that rewards the former and hinders the latter.
If cities want to support the kind of housing they say they value, they need policies that make it possible.”
If cities want to support the kind of housing they say they value, they need policies that make it possible.”
May 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“Across the board, building a single-family home remains easier than developing even the smallest multiplex—revealing a system that rewards the former and hinders the latter.
If cities want to support the kind of housing they say they value, they need policies that make it possible.”
If cities want to support the kind of housing they say they value, they need policies that make it possible.”
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I spy a train on a floating bridge! 👀
May 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I spy a train on a floating bridge! 👀
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I absolutely love all of the neo-art deco that’s been built in NYC recently
May 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I absolutely love all of the neo-art deco that’s been built in NYC recently
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The situation with Union Station and it's train shed is silly. Battery trains in the centre of a city are silly. We should probably remove the train shed. My latest, and possibly last transit post:
open.substack.com/pub/nexttoro...
open.substack.com/pub/nexttoro...
The Union Station Train Shed Should Go.
A historical structure that hurts Toronto.
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The situation with Union Station and it's train shed is silly. Battery trains in the centre of a city are silly. We should probably remove the train shed. My latest, and possibly last transit post:
open.substack.com/pub/nexttoro...
open.substack.com/pub/nexttoro...
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it’s kind of annoying that almost every large democratic city is sitting on a nearly-infinite money printer
all they have to do is override the NIMBYs and implement major upzonings that will massively boost tax revenue
all they have to do is override the NIMBYs and implement major upzonings that will massively boost tax revenue
May 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
it’s kind of annoying that almost every large democratic city is sitting on a nearly-infinite money printer
all they have to do is override the NIMBYs and implement major upzonings that will massively boost tax revenue
all they have to do is override the NIMBYs and implement major upzonings that will massively boost tax revenue
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Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
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Imploring City of Vancouver engineers to understand that this is not a recipe for patio enjoyment or success. Loud, polluted, and one driver mistake or medical emergency away from disaster. Stop ruining vibrant commercial streets by simultaneously making them car sewers.
May 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Imploring City of Vancouver engineers to understand that this is not a recipe for patio enjoyment or success. Loud, polluted, and one driver mistake or medical emergency away from disaster. Stop ruining vibrant commercial streets by simultaneously making them car sewers.
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Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
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Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.
April 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.
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Degrowth is a cancer on the left.
Her take on California's housing problems, per the excellent @emily_hoeven:
"It’s time for California to 'move away from development, development, development.'"
(What? Our cities are building *too much* housing?!)
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"It’s time for California to 'move away from development, development, development.'"
(What? Our cities are building *too much* housing?!)
2/5
April 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Degrowth is a cancer on the left.
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"Down with the BRT, long live the bus."
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Down with the BRT, long live the Bus
Why Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept
open.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Down with the BRT, long live the bus."
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
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this is just a level of sickness that i don’t think any society can come back from
April 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
this is just a level of sickness that i don’t think any society can come back from
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“If a car generates more potholes in our roads, takes up more parking space and poses more danger to pedestrians, cyclists and other car occupants compared with smaller vehicles, then it is only fair that its owner pays more for driving that vehicle.”
Via @theguardian.com
Via @theguardian.com
The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay
If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays more
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“If a car generates more potholes in our roads, takes up more parking space and poses more danger to pedestrians, cyclists and other car occupants compared with smaller vehicles, then it is only fair that its owner pays more for driving that vehicle.”
Via @theguardian.com
Via @theguardian.com