Jackson Moore-Otto
@jmooreotto.bsky.social
Transpo policy @publicenterprise.bsky.social , also fighting for abundant housing + transit in MA. Anti-cynicism.
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My column in today’s FT: the vision since 2016 has been that the lever British governments pull to fight poverty is to increase the minimum wage. Time for government to start pulling its weight again too:
The minimum wage is not a cure all — we’re asking too much of business
Politicians spend too much time uttering cheap rhetoric about cheap labour
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My column in today’s FT: the vision since 2016 has been that the lever British governments pull to fight poverty is to increase the minimum wage. Time for government to start pulling its weight again too:
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Highly recommend this report on AI finances. @katemac.bsky.social & I interviewed the lead author
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Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Highly recommend this report on AI finances. @katemac.bsky.social & I interviewed the lead author
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
They're debating 50,000 year mortgages
whaddya think the average house price is in rivendell
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
They're debating 50,000 year mortgages
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GL Stearns doesn’t want us negatively polarized against liberal democracy. If other democracies can build transit, we really can here, too.
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
GL Stearns doesn’t want us negatively polarized against liberal democracy. If other democracies can build transit, we really can here, too.
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For Caravanserai Volume 1 Issue 7, our writers dove into proposals for public transit―the good, the bad, and the ugly.
We don't actually think tap-to-pay is a bad idea, by the way:
caravanseraiforum.substack.com/p/transit-vol1
We don't actually think tap-to-pay is a bad idea, by the way:
caravanseraiforum.substack.com/p/transit-vol1
This is a bad transit idea.
Which public transit ideas are actually good?
caravanseraiforum.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For Caravanserai Volume 1 Issue 7, our writers dove into proposals for public transit―the good, the bad, and the ugly.
We don't actually think tap-to-pay is a bad idea, by the way:
caravanseraiforum.substack.com/p/transit-vol1
We don't actually think tap-to-pay is a bad idea, by the way:
caravanseraiforum.substack.com/p/transit-vol1
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This is such a ridiculous, overzealous, ham-handed rent control ballot question it's almost as if it is being set up to lose (which it should).
commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/the...
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‘They're making a huge bet’: Rent control referendum splits progressives - CommonWealth Beacon
If a campaign to instate rent control across the Commonwealth makes it to the ballot, voters will need to weigh whether every municipality should adopt a measure more stringent than earlier attempts b...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This is such a ridiculous, overzealous, ham-handed rent control ballot question it's almost as if it is being set up to lose (which it should).
commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/the...
commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/the...
So excited to be joining the stellar team @publicenterprise.bsky.social !
Center for Public Enterprise now has a transportation vertical! Congratulations to @jmooreotto.bsky.social on joining us as its Program Manager. He’ll be focusing on transit and TOD value capture, rail electrification, and state capacity development.
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Jackson Moore-Otto
Building a better public sector.
publicenterprise.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So excited to be joining the stellar team @publicenterprise.bsky.social !
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Center for Public Enterprise now has a transportation vertical! Congratulations to @jmooreotto.bsky.social on joining us as its Program Manager. He’ll be focusing on transit and TOD value capture, rail electrification, and state capacity development.
publicenterprise.org/author/jacks...
publicenterprise.org/author/jacks...
Jackson Moore-Otto
Building a better public sector.
publicenterprise.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Center for Public Enterprise now has a transportation vertical! Congratulations to @jmooreotto.bsky.social on joining us as its Program Manager. He’ll be focusing on transit and TOD value capture, rail electrification, and state capacity development.
publicenterprise.org/author/jacks...
publicenterprise.org/author/jacks...
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Me and @jmooreotto.bsky.social wrote a bunch about green bank financial strategies! Lots here for state policymakers:
Launched today: the State Economic Power Project! This dives into cost of living + climate, on 2 pillars: (1) household budgets and (2) state budgets. Thank you Sarah Bloom Raskin, @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social @kostyack.bsky.social @advitt.bsky.social
climatecabineteducation.org/state-econom...
climatecabineteducation.org/state-econom...
State Economic Power Project Resources - Climate Cabinet Education
Check this page for policy resources related to insurance regulation, disaster recovery policy, and more.
climatecabineteducation.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Me and @jmooreotto.bsky.social wrote a bunch about green bank financial strategies! Lots here for state policymakers:
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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Forgive the Revolutionary War symbolism.
Today, NJ & VA were at a pivotal moment — just like during 2 defining periods of the Revolution. This time, two strong women stood against the pull of authoritarianism.
NJ & VA became beacons of victory & democratic strength for a nation needing it.
Today, NJ & VA were at a pivotal moment — just like during 2 defining periods of the Revolution. This time, two strong women stood against the pull of authoritarianism.
NJ & VA became beacons of victory & democratic strength for a nation needing it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Forgive the Revolutionary War symbolism.
Today, NJ & VA were at a pivotal moment — just like during 2 defining periods of the Revolution. This time, two strong women stood against the pull of authoritarianism.
NJ & VA became beacons of victory & democratic strength for a nation needing it.
Today, NJ & VA were at a pivotal moment — just like during 2 defining periods of the Revolution. This time, two strong women stood against the pull of authoritarianism.
NJ & VA became beacons of victory & democratic strength for a nation needing it.
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the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP
funny that the two groups in the political class who have been the least enthusiastic about trump term 2 are like neocon blob guys and economists
I feel like the econ policy people have been less annoyingly centrist on Trump than the rest of the think tank ecosystem purely because the only concrete policy he’s pursued in two months are tariffs, which like none of them like
March 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP
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There were many Union men who wept with joyful tears!
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years!
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers!
While we were marching through Georgia!
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years!
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers!
While we were marching through Georgia!
OH MY GOD, DDHQ CALLS IT AND DEMS FLIP BOTH STATEWIDE ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
There were many Union men who wept with joyful tears!
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years!
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers!
While we were marching through Georgia!
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years!
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers!
While we were marching through Georgia!
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I am also ranking Burhan Azeem as my #1 choice. I agree with everything Josh says. And I've also personally been really impressed with Burhan's amazing combination of commitment to Cambridge, deep thoughtfulness about the issues it faces and pragmatism and inclusiveness in his approach to them.
I'll shortly write a longer post, but I just wanted to say that I'm ranking Burhan Azeem as my #1 City Council choice, largely because of his relentless and successful push to fix our city's housing policy (largely by eliminating zoning restrictions that drive up rents and sales prices).
For the first time in a generation, triple-deckers and affordable apartments are legal again in Cambridge.
Impossible? It wasn’t.
Inevitable? It’s wasn’t that either.
It was a choice.
Vote Burhan #1 on Nov 4th and keep choosing housing.
Impossible? It wasn’t.
Inevitable? It’s wasn’t that either.
It was a choice.
Vote Burhan #1 on Nov 4th and keep choosing housing.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I am also ranking Burhan Azeem as my #1 choice. I agree with everything Josh says. And I've also personally been really impressed with Burhan's amazing combination of commitment to Cambridge, deep thoughtfulness about the issues it faces and pragmatism and inclusiveness in his approach to them.
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Great convo about literally building a better world.
“I am a progressive in the literal sense of the word, which is like, you need progress. [...] We will see if there’s pushback in Cambridge or not. [...] are people more scared about change than they are about the problem of high housing costs?”
“I am a progressive in the literal sense of the word, which is like, you need progress. [...] We will see if there’s pushback in Cambridge or not. [...] are people more scared about change than they are about the problem of high housing costs?”
The intra-Democratic debate over “abundance” can feel lofty and abstract. So for today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point, I asked Cambridge city councilor @burhanazeem.bsky.social about how the zoning law he passed this year put abundance principles into action: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/n...
The ‘abundance’ movement wants to build more housing, mass transit, and more. Can it save Massachusetts — and the Democrats? - The Boston Globe
A Q&A with Burhan Azeem, a Cambridge City Councilor whose new housing law marries abundance with economic progressivism
www.bostonglobe.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Great convo about literally building a better world.
“I am a progressive in the literal sense of the word, which is like, you need progress. [...] We will see if there’s pushback in Cambridge or not. [...] are people more scared about change than they are about the problem of high housing costs?”
“I am a progressive in the literal sense of the word, which is like, you need progress. [...] We will see if there’s pushback in Cambridge or not. [...] are people more scared about change than they are about the problem of high housing costs?”
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The intra-Democratic debate over “abundance” can feel lofty and abstract. So for today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point, I asked Cambridge city councilor @burhanazeem.bsky.social about how the zoning law he passed this year put abundance principles into action: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/n...
The ‘abundance’ movement wants to build more housing, mass transit, and more. Can it save Massachusetts — and the Democrats? - The Boston Globe
A Q&A with Burhan Azeem, a Cambridge City Councilor whose new housing law marries abundance with economic progressivism
www.bostonglobe.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The intra-Democratic debate over “abundance” can feel lofty and abstract. So for today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point, I asked Cambridge city councilor @burhanazeem.bsky.social about how the zoning law he passed this year put abundance principles into action: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/n...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Using his powers to extract tribute from foreign countries, "donors," etc. and then using those extraconstitutional slush funds to bypass the Constitution and the rule of law. Literally the opposite of originalism and a profound threat to the continuation of constitutional democracy in this country.
$550 billion in Japanese funding.
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
Trump’s Japan Deal and the Disappearing Appropriations Clause
The deal circumvents the Appropriations Clause and congressional safeguards, creating a system answerable only to the White House.
www.justsecurity.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Using his powers to extract tribute from foreign countries, "donors," etc. and then using those extraconstitutional slush funds to bypass the Constitution and the rule of law. Literally the opposite of originalism and a profound threat to the continuation of constitutional democracy in this country.
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The ballot questions are uncontroversial, so much so that little has been written about them. I decided to take a shot an explainer!
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/27/m...
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Making sense of the charter changes on the ballot - Cambridge Day
A new charter for the City of Cambridge is on the ballot, but is not getting much discussion.
www.cambridgeday.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The ballot questions are uncontroversial, so much so that little has been written about them. I decided to take a shot an explainer!
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/27/m...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/27/m...
Great post by Ari, with a stellar rundown of the of the lesser-known pros and cons of school committee candidates
Who I am voting for, and why, Cambridge 2025.
(Easy chart on the first page, then 7 pages of word salad, which is still more comprehensible than some of the school committee candidates' websites)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(Also obligatory fuck off Tim Flaherty)
(Easy chart on the first page, then 7 pages of word salad, which is still more comprehensible than some of the school committee candidates' websites)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(Also obligatory fuck off Tim Flaherty)
Who I am Voting for (and why
Who I am Voting for (and why!) 2025: Cambridge There’s an election in Cambridge. November 4. You should vote. For starters, here is a cheat sheet. You do not need to read beyond the first page. You p...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Great post by Ari, with a stellar rundown of the of the lesser-known pros and cons of school committee candidates
New heuristic for an elected's dedication just dropped
May have knocked on too many doors to the point where my shoes don’t have bottoms anymore.
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New heuristic for an elected's dedication just dropped
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The “transit is unsafe” narrative is both false and part of a larger anti city, anti transit ideology -
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/25/t...
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The Real Reason the Far Right is Demanding Action on Transportation Violence — Streetsblog USA
A series of brutal deaths on U.S. roads and trains is sparking outrage on the far right – and a push for some disturbing policy solutions that will only make our country more violent.
usa.streetsblog.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The “transit is unsafe” narrative is both false and part of a larger anti city, anti transit ideology -
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/25/t...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/25/t...
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Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
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The world is divided between supply skeptics who believe high hard costs are an intractable problem and those that have looked at US codes and buildings in other developed countries.
U.S. regulators worried about safety require larger elevator cars than in Europe. But these rules reduce the number of elevators, exacerbating sprawl and the accompanying dangers.
Learn more in ep. 2 of our Incentives Series with @stephenjacobsmith.com!
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/09/24/9...
Learn more in ep. 2 of our Incentives Series with @stephenjacobsmith.com!
www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/09/24/9...
September 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The world is divided between supply skeptics who believe high hard costs are an intractable problem and those that have looked at US codes and buildings in other developed countries.
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"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
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September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.