Eric
ewm91.bsky.social
Eric
@ewm91.bsky.social
Architectural Designer in DTLA
(via SF 🏳️‍🌈, Made in Italy 🇮🇹)
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Here's the public reception to the US DOT's announcement that it will "review" funding for the California High-Speed Rail project.
Remarks disrupted by protesters who gathered behind the curtain chanting “build the rail”
February 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Oh my god, Joel Kotkin says that the recent LA fires are proof that we need to build more car-dependent sprawl in the desert and the Central Valley? STOP THE PRESSES! www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Opinion: California's housing problems require a better solution than densify, densify, densify
New multistory apartment buildings packed in along Sunset Boulevard or the Wilshire corridor may add to L.A.'s total housing stock, but they aren't solving the housing crisis.
www.latimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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CEQA is the law that swallowed CA. A developer who criticized CEQA for adding endless red tape then uses it to challenge a neighboring project.

When you give people a leverage tool, they’ll use it — unless you take it away. Let’s take it away & focus CEQA on actual climate action, not NIMBYism.
Rick Caruso wants LA to build faster — just not near his property
Just two days after Caruso embarked upon a press tour touting his red-tape-slashing plan, his other LA mall sued the city to delay the construction of a major job center right next door
www.torched.la
February 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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so we moved to bluesky
November 15, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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If you're wondering what political will and vision looks like, look no further than Oslo:
December 12, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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Soon…
Reverse running 70mph test train on new D-Line extension
YouTube video by N Nadlor
youtu.be
December 1, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Elon Musk is reviving his campaign to kill California high-speed rail.

The Hyperloop only existed to fuel opposition to the project, now he seems to want to use his leverage with Trump for another crack at ensuring it’s never completed.
December 1, 2024 at 1:24 AM