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Kevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social · 10h

I think this is the case. The process itself has turned the public against housing. The only way to express power is to imagine objections. We’ve been nudging the public to object. When the process is removed, they will actually feel less objectionable.

East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 11h

Ultimately the crowd was a lot less hostile than they would have been in previous years because there's nothing they can do to stop the proposal

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 11h

BC lumber prices seem to be kind of normal?

www2.gov.bc.ca/asset...

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 15h

Sacramento's golden Tower Bridge.

The pyramid in the background is where they interred Ronald Reagan's mummified remains.

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 16h

If you're around on Thursday evening & not busy, you should come out!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/happy-hour...

Happy Hour with Abundant Housing Vancouver

Come meet your pro-housing neighbours at happy hour with AHV!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 1d

These types of dense, walkable apartments are illegal near much of California's mass transit infrastructure.

Tell Governor Newsom to sign SB79

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out I stole this line. At least it's not the same building.
bsky.app/profile/maxd...

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · May 28

Break up the massing final boss.

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 1d

Yup, just overnight on my way home

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking up the massing's final boss

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 3d

SB79 sounds like the best bill to come out of California for housing affordability yet; will be an inspiration for BC & other jurisdictions. If Governor Newsom doesn't sign it soon, I'll go to Sacramento myself to add to the popular pressure.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder to please call the governor and ask him to sign SB 79

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 4d

Probably dumb as hell to publish this on a Friday afternoon, but the clock is ticking to get @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign SB 79. Please share — and, if you're a Californian, please call the governor's office at (916) 445-2841 to ask for his signature. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 3d

people protesting an extra floor at the OV school because of congestion when I will quite literally buy a car to drive up to Ontario & 16th for his current catchment if he can’t get into the OV school

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 4d

Opinion: UBC SkyTrain must be Metro Vancouver's next transit priority | Urbanized

With a long-term lens of its immense benefits, Metro Vancouver's next public transit priority must be the UBC SkyTrain extension.

dailyhive.com

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 4d

If your city isn't installing speed cameras and isn't installing monitors for excessively loud engines, you are letting criminals ruin your quality of life while leaving money on the table.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that SF cameras have already caught thousands of people going more than 15 miles over the speed limit is a perfect illustration of why these cameras were needed in the first place. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

S.F. speed cameras are generating mountains of tickets and fines. Here are the totals so far

August was the first month that San Francisco’s automated speed cameras generated citations with a fine. One camera accounted for a quarter of all the tickets, according to data.

www.sfchronicle.com

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 4d

Out today! The Shoup Doctrine is a collection of essays honoring the life and legacy of Donald Shoup. It was a fantastic honor to be invited to contribute.

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 6d

People worried about the sustainability of democracy will be tempted to celebrate Americans being down on the economy now. But I worry part of this is that countries are becoming ungovernable in the Tiktok age.

Driving the news: The new Axios Vibes survey by the Harris Poll shows 65% of Americans see themselves as either sometimes or regularly financially squeezed each month, up from 58% in June 2024.

Surveys with longer track records tell a similar story. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index was 21.4% lower in September than a year earlier. It is now lower than at any point during the 2008-2009 recession.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell in September to 94.2, below the 98.7 recorded in June 2022 when inflation peaked.

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 7d

Soon! I don't think I'll be able to brew them fresh this year though, which is a shame.

Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 7d

I believe it's the only variety named for a font!

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 7d

My Tahoma hops grew into a big bush again this year. They might still be good; if anyone wants to harvest some, lmk.

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 7d

In the time since Vancouver Council voted to reallocate 10% of road space (which has gone nowhere), cities like Paris & London have practically transformed themselves, not to mention NYC's similar success with congestion pricing.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 9d

Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.

Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »

La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 8d

Some guy once said "urban noise is the smog of the 21st C" over on that other place before the poison took it over. To wit...

www.nber.org/papers/w34298

The Traffic Noise Externality: Costs, Incidence and Policy Implications

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 9d

There should be public grants for making new buildings art deco

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10d

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Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi.bsky.social · 12d

Everyone take a moment to gloat over the FinTwit folks who claimed labor & supply chains make quantum leaps in multifamily housing production impossible

"What about teh lumber", they said. "What about teh labor", they said

Then NYC simply exploded to completion levels unseen since 1965

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Davis Kyle @daviskyle.bsky.social · 12d

Looking forward to tuning into this panel tomorrow.

Some of the best YIMBY-LVT synthesis thinkers in North America presenting.

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 16d

I think once the businesses move in and the handrail is gone it will look a lot different, almost articulated if it's a bunch of random shops with big colourful signs.

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