patrick.kennedy
@thedotcity.bsky.social
Cities for choice in housing, neighborhood, transpo; universal access, opportunity & upward mobility.
Prof of Sustainable Development @SMU; Board of Directors Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Founder: THE.City & the American Dream
Prof of Sustainable Development @SMU; Board of Directors Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Founder: THE.City & the American Dream
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patrick.kennedy
@thedotcity.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Great Idea: Freeways Without Futures
Reducing state and federal infrastructure costs while boosting local economies by strengthening urban places is a win-win from in-city freeway transformation.
www.cnu.org
Read my interview for CNU's 25th anniversary compendium of Great Ideas (posting to pin basically). www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
What if we just got rid of vowels entirely?
Sorry. Let me translate into tech speak and spell.
Wht f w jst gt rd f vwls ntrly?
Sorry. Let me translate into tech speak and spell.
Wht f w jst gt rd f vwls ntrly?
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
What if we just got rid of vowels entirely?
Sorry. Let me translate into tech speak and spell.
Wht f w jst gt rd f vwls ntrly?
Sorry. Let me translate into tech speak and spell.
Wht f w jst gt rd f vwls ntrly?
I don't think we should sacrifice the one planet in the known universe that can support life for a longshot bet on a miserable if not impossible life on Mars.
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I don't think we should sacrifice the one planet in the known universe that can support life for a longshot bet on a miserable if not impossible life on Mars.
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"How much does it actually cost to be car dependent?" This Dallas-based analyst set out to answer that question for cities across the U.S.
Find Out Exactly How Much Downtown Highways Cost Your City — Streetsblog USA
"How much does it actually cost to be car dependent?" This Dallas-based analyst set out to answer that question for cities across the U.S.
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"How much does it actually cost to be car dependent?" This Dallas-based analyst set out to answer that question for cities across the U.S.
I would like to have a word with both those who plan races around town and those who approve the routes that trap people without adequate detours.
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I would like to have a word with both those who plan races around town and those who approve the routes that trap people without adequate detours.
Im gonna need to see the math on this. x.com/factpostnews...
FactPost on X: "Fox tells Americans to buy artificial trees so Christmas tree farms can be used for data centers: "Everybody needs to get on board." https://t.co/GoelMD8HDw" / X
Fox tells Americans to buy artificial trees so Christmas tree farms can be used for data centers: "Everybody needs to get on board." https://t.co/GoelMD8HDw
x.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Im gonna need to see the math on this. x.com/factpostnews...
Here is @thetexanrhino.bsky.social on the DART pull-out elections. May I add that it is very frustrating to hear suburban cities say they don't get the value that they pay in. We have spent 40 years building red blue green orange and silver lines and we carry extraordinary debt for doing so...
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here is @thetexanrhino.bsky.social on the DART pull-out elections. May I add that it is very frustrating to hear suburban cities say they don't get the value that they pay in. We have spent 40 years building red blue green orange and silver lines and we carry extraordinary debt for doing so...
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Impatiently waiting for the Is to come up so I can gawk at Indy's numbers.
The C's and D's are up now on the Atlas of Inner City Highway Impacts: www.thehumanecosystem.city/portfolio-1/...
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
The Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts — The Human Ecosystem: a Planning and Urban Design Practice in Conjunction with AmericanDream.City
www.thehumanecosystem.city
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Impatiently waiting for the Is to come up so I can gawk at Indy's numbers.
when everything is deregulated these are the monsters to emerge from the primordial soup.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
when everything is deregulated these are the monsters to emerge from the primordial soup.
Looking at the State Farm office complex at CityLine. Doesnt look like the tops of these garages ever see much utilization.
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Looking at the State Farm office complex at CityLine. Doesnt look like the tops of these garages ever see much utilization.
Considering doing a remote work-from-the-train day in the near future.
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Considering doing a remote work-from-the-train day in the near future.
Ever get the feeling that too many of one generation learning to code will compel the next generation to learn to farm, hunt, craft, fix, make fire...
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ever get the feeling that too many of one generation learning to code will compel the next generation to learn to farm, hunt, craft, fix, make fire...
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A website showing the impact of building highways through the middle of US cities, measuring things such as air pollution, property taxes lost, and more.
Many of these mid-20th century mistakes can, and should be reversed.
Many of these mid-20th century mistakes can, and should be reversed.
The C's and D's are up now on the Atlas of Inner City Highway Impacts: www.thehumanecosystem.city/portfolio-1/...
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
The Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts — The Human Ecosystem: a Planning and Urban Design Practice in Conjunction with AmericanDream.City
www.thehumanecosystem.city
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A website showing the impact of building highways through the middle of US cities, measuring things such as air pollution, property taxes lost, and more.
Many of these mid-20th century mistakes can, and should be reversed.
Many of these mid-20th century mistakes can, and should be reversed.
I would love if more of these local stories popped up in the commentary.
where in the 1960s (population ~90-100,000) a hispanic neighbourhood was demolished for I-380 and an off-ramp www.thegazette.com/history/litt...
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I would love if more of these local stories popped up in the commentary.
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where in the 1960s (population ~90-100,000) a hispanic neighbourhood was demolished for I-380 and an off-ramp www.thegazette.com/history/litt...
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
where in the 1960s (population ~90-100,000) a hispanic neighbourhood was demolished for I-380 and an off-ramp www.thegazette.com/history/litt...
Sharing because Sesame Street was foundational for my love and fascination with cities.
How about you?
open.spotify.com/episode/5Px5...
How about you?
open.spotify.com/episode/5Px5...
U Is for Urbanism
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sharing because Sesame Street was foundational for my love and fascination with cities.
How about you?
open.spotify.com/episode/5Px5...
How about you?
open.spotify.com/episode/5Px5...
Thank you, majority of Addison city council. Except for this guy. Buddy, we just opened a $2 Billion rail line specifically for you and Richardson. www.keranews.org/transportati...
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thank you, majority of Addison city council. Except for this guy. Buddy, we just opened a $2 Billion rail line specifically for you and Richardson. www.keranews.org/transportati...
SMALL TOWNS SHOULD NOT SPEND MONEY ON DOWNTOWN PLANS.
Mineral Wells could be the new Waxahachie if they play their cards right (and ignore the downtown plans that suggest tens of millions of public real improvements).
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
SMALL TOWNS SHOULD NOT SPEND MONEY ON DOWNTOWN PLANS.
I have a theory. We should be entering into a golden age for small Texas towns. Why? this house in Mineral Wells is $433k. My dirt costs more than that in Dallas.
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I have a theory. We should be entering into a golden age for small Texas towns. Why? this house in Mineral Wells is $433k. My dirt costs more than that in Dallas.
Tear out the highway and redevelop the lakefront.
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tear out the highway and redevelop the lakefront.
Cities A thru D, now in the thread.
Posting Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts now available: Akron
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Cities A thru D, now in the thread.
The C's and D's are up now on the Atlas of Inner City Highway Impacts: www.thehumanecosystem.city/portfolio-1/...
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
The Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts — The Human Ecosystem: a Planning and Urban Design Practice in Conjunction with AmericanDream.City
www.thehumanecosystem.city
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The C's and D's are up now on the Atlas of Inner City Highway Impacts: www.thehumanecosystem.city/portfolio-1/...
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
Find Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Des Moines, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Durham, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, etc etc.
Taps the sign: for the cost of 1/10th of the interstate system that was wrongly used to demolish inner-city nhoods we could have built 36! Paris metro systems for the cost Montreal built its initial metro system.
This can be rectified.
This can be rectified.
US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Taps the sign: for the cost of 1/10th of the interstate system that was wrongly used to demolish inner-city nhoods we could have built 36! Paris metro systems for the cost Montreal built its initial metro system.
This can be rectified.
This can be rectified.
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Posting Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts now available: Akron
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Posting Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts now available: Akron
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this is going to be quite the resource.
Posting Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts now available: Akron
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
this is going to be quite the resource.
Posting Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts now available: Akron
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Posting Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts now available: Akron