As of 11a CT today, Minnesotans can apply for an e-bike rebate of up to $1,500. Story: www.startribune.com/starting-wed...www.revenue.state.mn.us/electric-ass...
In Bloomberg CityLab, I interviewed engineering prof Wes Marshall about his new book, Killed by a Traffic Engineer, and the reasons why US road designers prioritize car speed over street safety. Short 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
It's a profession that extracts value without providing any. They sell a product that they did not make - with little-to-no local competition - to people who are essentially *forced* to buy them, since you can't navigate most American communities without a car.
This is cool, but it would likely be much more impactful - and cheaper - to simply not build so many god damn highways.
A massive infrastructure project is underway to suture together the vast tracts of fragmented wildlife habitat that have been separated by the highway for decades. Construction on a key phase of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing began last month and it is expected to open in early 2026.
The construction is meant to give threatened animals a path over a 10-lane freeway instead of through it, hopefully extending their lives and their habitat.
One of the local train stations here in Austin just hosted a night market - it really brought the station to life 🙂 Had a fantastic time, and I hope there are more events like this to come.
(Still mostly unstyled - I'm focusing on the functionality first)
Always wondered how they got the cars into malls. Very polite of the car to take the stairs instead of crowding the elevator.
Ideas are easy! Execution is really, really hard!
Create an urban neighborhood that has: - Safe street design - Noise control - Daycare facilities *right next to* apartments - Local grocery And you've created a paradise for parenting. Suburban parenting requires *endless* errands for parents, and urban design can fix so much of that.