Kyle Merville
@kmerville.bsky.social
Miami Real Estate Development, Urbanism, Construction, Sustainability, and Livability
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For anyone reading along at home: There's a figma floating around ;) that demonstrate how setbacks and parking chomp out of the contiguous green space that is essential to foster richer, denser tree canopy.
www.figma.com/proto/PI9mj9...
www.figma.com/proto/PI9mj9...
May 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
For anyone reading along at home: There's a figma floating around ;) that demonstrate how setbacks and parking chomp out of the contiguous green space that is essential to foster richer, denser tree canopy.
www.figma.com/proto/PI9mj9...
www.figma.com/proto/PI9mj9...
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I think we should spend less time worrying about how affordable brand new homes are and more time worrying about how affordable existing older homes are.
May 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I think we should spend less time worrying about how affordable brand new homes are and more time worrying about how affordable existing older homes are.
Beg buttons are the worst things for areas with high pedestrians traffic. Moving people should be the goal - not cars first.
You can learn more about the issues with SDOT's implementation of adaptive signals here. www.theurbanist.org/2018/09/06/e...
Eleven Ways Adaptive Signals Frustrate, Discourage, and Endanger People Who Walk - The Urbanist
# Things don’t always work as planned. That certainly must be the feeling at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) after the rollout of high-tech adaptive traffic signals along Mercer Street...
www.theurbanist.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Beg buttons are the worst things for areas with high pedestrians traffic. Moving people should be the goal - not cars first.
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a situation described in detail in @mnolangray.bsky.social ‘s book - if we regulated nuisances instead of prescribing uses (which requires foreseeing every possible use of land) this guy might actually have some recourse
This poor guy lives next door to a club where they were literally blowing air horns on a Monday night.
I would be in prison for a life sentence if that happened to me.
I would be in prison for a life sentence if that happened to me.
January 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
a situation described in detail in @mnolangray.bsky.social ‘s book - if we regulated nuisances instead of prescribing uses (which requires foreseeing every possible use of land) this guy might actually have some recourse
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Truly heinous www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.
www.404media.co
January 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Truly heinous www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
Did anybody learn anything from Nice or New Orleans?
Miami Beach forced to add more cars to a road that is filled with pedestrians vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack. @miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Miami Beach forced to add more cars to a road that is filled with pedestrians vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack. @miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
After Clevelander lawsuit, Miami Beach ordered to restore two-way traffic to Ocean Drive
A judge gave the city one week to make the changes, including the possible removal of bicycle lanes.
www.miamiherald.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Did anybody learn anything from Nice or New Orleans?
Miami Beach forced to add more cars to a road that is filled with pedestrians vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack. @miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Miami Beach forced to add more cars to a road that is filled with pedestrians vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack. @miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
“many curbside spots that flank streets can be replaced with relative ease by lines of trees planted in beds that also aid stormwater absorption.”
A much better use of space than private automobile storage.
A much better use of space than private automobile storage.
“By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. That’s one of the goals outlined in the French capital’s new 2024-2030 Climate Plan, which was released last week and will soon be voted on by the Council of Paris.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees
The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:58 PM
“many curbside spots that flank streets can be replaced with relative ease by lines of trees planted in beds that also aid stormwater absorption.”
A much better use of space than private automobile storage.
A much better use of space than private automobile storage.
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In North America, modern rail transit usually avoids conventional elevated lines in dense cities and even suburbs. Reece Martin of RMTransit discusses what makes elevated rail so good.
Video post: www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/17/s...
Video post: www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/17/s...
Sunday Video: How Elevated Rail Makes Cities Better - The Urbanist
# In North America, modern rail transit usually avoids conventional elevated lines in dense cities and even suburbs. Reece Martin of RMTransit discusses what makes elevated rail so good.
www.theurbanist.org
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
In North America, modern rail transit usually avoids conventional elevated lines in dense cities and even suburbs. Reece Martin of RMTransit discusses what makes elevated rail so good.
Video post: www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/17/s...
Video post: www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/17/s...
Progress on The River District. Mot a fan of the fake green on the parking garage.
November 17, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Progress on The River District. Mot a fan of the fake green on the parking garage.
Progress on Cipriani Residences Miami
November 17, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Progress on Cipriani Residences Miami
Evenings in Miami along Biscayne Blvd.
November 15, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Evenings in Miami along Biscayne Blvd.