Wyatt Gordon
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@GGWash ’s Virginia Correspondent 🚇🏗️🏢 | Adjunct Professor at @Wilder_Planning 🚌👨🏼🏫🚲
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May I please introduce you to the single worst house I have ever seen: the seven layer dip house. 🫣
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The people of Penn Station are crying out for seating. Why won’t you heed their call,
@Amtrak
? 😭
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Trucks this big don’t belong in cities. Tax vehicles based on weight and dedicate that money to the infrastructure they destroy.
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Transportation planning in Texas is having to walk 1.4 miles in 97 degree heat and cross a 12-lane highway to get to the strip mall across from your hotel.
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City officials when you ask them to expand public transit service:
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The highway through the heart of my city hasn’t turned a profit in years. Please investigate,
@CBSNews
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The U.S. Postal Service is in the midst of a 10-year plan aimed at erasing losses and eventually turning a profit. But in its last fiscal year, the agency reported a loss of $6.5 billion, a major step backward.
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In Europe this courtyard would be full of greenery and maybe a playground for residents, but in America it’s just storage for three cars. 🙃
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Few folks bother owning a car in Berlin because even at 4:30 in the morning the trains come every 10 minutes—a frequency most American cities don’t achieve even at peak travel hours. 🙃
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Wait, you mean people traveling 10-15 mph who don’t have to hunt for parking are more likely to see something they want and stop to buy it than folks going 45-55 mph?! 🤯
Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show
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Last week I got the chance to visit the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in modern day America. Come with me as I explore
@culdesac
— a 17-acre oasis of walkable living in the otherwise sprawling, car-dependent metropolis of Phoenix. 🧵
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Richmond’s sidewalks are so bad that this woman’s power chair was stuck on a hump, and she was trapped. I was biking to see a friend and she called out to me for help. No drivers stopped to assist her. Broken sidewalks have real world consequences and limit people’s mobility. ♿️
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I’m at the site of the crash where a driver killed my coworker and friend Shawn Soares last night while he was walking on the sidewalk here, and it’s not hard to see that Main Street is not safe. Lower the speed limit, build raised crosswalks, force drivers to slow down.
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After six decades of debate and nearly $10 billion spent, Honolulu’s Skyline rail finally launched this June. 🌈🚝 Come take a ride with me and learn the good, the bad, and the ugly of North America’s newest rapid transit system. 🧵
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Just because you have a yard full of trees doesn’t mean you lead a green lifestyle. The bigger the house & the further the commutes, the more carbon pollution emitted.
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If it just me or others seeing these Urbanist Dream Trucks™ all over now?
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Suburbia is so cursed. Why do I have to drive from one strip mall to the strip mall RIGHT NEXT DOOR?!
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“Cincinnati is hiring a five-member crew dedicated exclusively to installing & upgrading pedestrian infrastructure allowing the city to bypass the expensive & time-consuming process of soliciting outside contractors or waiting for overburdened city staff.”
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For those who think that the developing world has no interest in or capacity to build high quality passenger rail, meet Senegal’s electrified Train Express Regional (TER). 🇸🇳🚊 Come with me and learn about West Africa’s most exciting new train service. 🧵
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I can’t get over the fact that this is the actual entrance to the Austin
@Amtrak
station if you’re not in a car. Google even shows the path across the tracks. 🥴
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Do folks like unnecessarily curving sidewalks? This feels like the kind of thing designed by someone who doesn’t actually walk or roll anywhere. 😕
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One of my favorite aspects of Milwaukee has been the abundance of neighborhood bars. We need bars in residential areas to make it easy for folks to get to know their neighbors and not drink and drive!
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I participated in a resident focus group on ending parking minimums yesterday. We were all white. Everyone was retired but me. No one rode the bus or biked places but me. This fully non-representative group is who the city will listen to to decide if mandatory parking is good. 🫠
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“Those hit by cars weighing more than 4,000 pounds are 2-3 times more likely to die than people hit by smaller cars. D.C. is the first city in the nation to propose an annual registration fee of $500 for cars weighing more than 6,000 pounds.”
@yfreemark
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May no one else in our city ever have to witness the blood being power-washed away after a driver kills their colleague & friend. Shawn Soares deserved to live a long, happy life. His death yesterday was preventable. This will keep happening unless we demand safer streets.
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“I wonder why more people don’t ride the bus.” 🙃
30 minute waits between buses and the stops look like this:
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People LOVE car-free spaces. Why don’t we have more of them?
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Oh, you wanted to walk/roll on the sidewalk? Sorry, we need that space for car signs.
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Streetcar lines with grass around the tracks? America could never. 🚃
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The problem here isn’t the outdoor dining. It’s the fact that it’s not in place of the parking. The mobility of disabled people, families with strollers, and all of us is more important than free private property storage.
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Saving lives doesn’t have to cost a fortune. This small bump out protects pedestrians in the crosswalk and prevents drivers from parking to close to the intersection, so people can see approaching traffic better. ⚠️
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I vastly underestimated how big (and charming) Baltimore is. ❤️🖤💛 Forget Ohio. This is where folks priced out of DC, NYC & Boston should move.
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“Minneapolis leaped from 2,600 housing unit approvals in 2015 to 5,077 in 2020. Owners are having to lower asking rents to find renters, diverging from national trends that show spiking rents, and it’s promising for renters.” 🏗🏢
@janneformpls
@StreetsMN
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Doing a day trip to Austin, and it’s my first time on an
@Amtrak
double-decker! 🤩 What I don’t understand is why the train takes 2.5 hours to travel 80 miles. If we want rail to be competitive (let alone a climate solution) it can’t take double the time driving does. 🚆
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Want to know what true climate leadership looks like? Starting June 1st Germany will offer a 90-day nationwide transit ticket for unlimited access to all buses & trains in the country for just €9 ($9.50). 🚊🚍🚆
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21% of downtown Richmond is parking lots. Imagine all the beautiful old buildings torn down to become empty asphalt.
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Did you know the capital of the Dominican Republic has a rapid transit system? 🇩🇴 Urbanists often overlook the impressive achievements of developing countries. Ride along with me on Santo Domingo’s
@MetroSD_RD
— the most extensive 🚇 all of the Caribbean and Central America. 🧵
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Is there a reason these seats are so far off the wall on this brand new bus? Please educate me, transit experts. 🤔
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Since the success of Medellín’s Metrocable, cable cars have enjoyed a resurgence as a popular mode of public transit, especially in Latin America. 🇨🇴🚡🇩🇴 Ride along with me on Santo Domingo’s Teleférico and learn about the Caribbean’s biggest—and growing—cable car system. 🧵
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As someone who predominantly walks and bikes to get around, do you ever feel exhausted spending so much mental effort trying to stay alive just to get where you need to go?
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“The driver who killed two-year-old Seamus had just $100,000 of liability coverage per victim. The hospital charged the couple’s insurance $180,000. Before the DuBarrys saw a penny, their health and car insurers claimed the entire amount.” 🚘💸
@dlknowles
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Does anyone else feel unsafe driving the speed limit on the highway? When did driving 15-20mph over become normal? 😬
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If this bill from Virginia Sen.
@TommyNorment
passes, the punishment for rolling through a 🛑 on a 🚲 would be a $500 fine & your bike impounded for 6 months.
The maximum fine for doing the same thing in a 🚘 is just $250, no impounding.
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Another self-own is that Skyline only operates between 5am to 7pm on weekdays and 8am to 7pm on weekends and city holidays — despite being FULLY AUTOMATIC. No operators means you could run this 24 hours, but the last train leaves downtown at 6:30! 🤦🏼♂️
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Every dead cyclist is a policy failure. We need protected bike lanes, speed governors, and drunk driver detection in all vehicles.
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What if we took one lane of Constitution Ave and built kiosks for small businesses instead of the status quo of dozens of loud, polluting diesel trucks idling along the mall?
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Why do America’s airports run better transit than its cities? 🚝
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“Unlike U.S.-made models, kei trucks are subject to strict size and engine standards and generally top out at around 1,800 pounds. The average American pick-up, by contrast, weighs 5,000 pounds or more, and is significantly more lethal.” 🛻
@streetsblogkea
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Before Interstates 95 and 64 plowed through Jackson Ward displacing thousands of Black people & businesses, this was a vibrant community. Today, on the eastern edge of Gilpin you can still see the contours of the lives we deemed less valuable than suburbanites’ quick commutes. 🛣️
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Over the past few years Berlin has built an extensive network of public bathrooms in parks, near popular sights, and at transit stops. 🚰🚽 They help tourists, the unhoused, and regular residents alike. They are cheap to maintain & incredibly popular. Let’s do this everywhere!
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Yes, this is the busiest train station in Virginia—a state with roughly the same population and economic heft as Austria but far worse infrastructure. The only bus downtown comes once an hour weekdays 6am to 7pm.
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Protected bike lanes protect a lot more than just people who bike.
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Anyone know what to call this style of housing? I want to call this mullet density: single-family in the front and a whole party of units in the back.
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What’s more manly? Loading groceries into your F-250 or hauling a big screen TV on your unicycle?
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“‘Jesus Christ,’ muttered UVa's architect after it became clear the vote was unanimous. She and two of her UVa colleagues left the meeting shortly after.” 🏗️🏢
@rmest0
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Anyone want to help me build a map of all the streets in Richmond named after Confederates and/or demonstrably racist people? With Mayor
@LevarStoney
& City Council now unanimously behind removing racist iconography, let’s help them. ✌🏼
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66% of Richmond is zoned for single-family homes ONLY. The ban on all other types of homes keeps housing artificially expensive so low-income residents & communities of color are excluded by default. To be inclusive we need inclusive zoning. 🏬🏘
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After one year of e-bike ownership I have ridden nearly 1,000 miles. Taking my bike instead of driving allowed me to avoid emitting 54,000 pounds of carbon pollution!
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Just 39 hours till cult fried chicken chain Raising Cane’s opens and Union Station is already back, baby! Throw a Tatte in and this will be America’s busiest train station in no time!
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I love outdoor dining but not when it means disabled people, families with strollers, and anyone walking past is forced into the street. 😤 Safety over profit.
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I bought an e-bike today! 🥳 Get ready for me to become (even more) unbearable! 🚴🏼♂️💨
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I love how
@GRTCPulse
stations use these lights to let you know your bus is getting closer. 🚌💨
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“Minneapolis slashed its parking requirements. That lowered the cost of construction. So, projects began offering rents below market. New studio apartments, which typically went for $1,200 per month, were being offered for less than $1,000 per month.” 🏗🏢
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Why are we shutting down sidewalks and forcing people to walk in the road just so developers can park for free at their building sites? Every construction project should be required to provide a safe way to walk and roll around it. 🚸♿️
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For a mid-sized city, Milwaukee has surprisingly good transit. The abundance of 15 minute routes made it easy to get around town without a car. My local friend actually rode the bus for the first time ever with me he was so impressed with my mobility thanks to
@RideMCTS
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“This month Norway implemented new taxes on car purchases that scale with vehicle weight. Although the fees are much higher for gas guzzlers, EV buyers must now pay them too. An Audi e-tron now costs around $2,600 more than it did before.” 💸
@DavidZipper
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POV: your city doesn’t care about people who ride the bus.
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Arm broken, toilet paper on the face preserved, and still covered in pink paint, this is how
@theValentineRVA
chose to display the statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis in their new installation—just as he was on the day protestors toppled him. 💯
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None of these cars are going 25mph—the speed limit here on Main St where a driver killed Shawn Soares Thursday. This road is dangerous by design. We know what needs to be done to keep this from happening again, but it’s been total silence from Mayor
@LevarStoney
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What’s worse for the economy: people driving the posted speed limit or 42,915 Americans dying every year? 🤔
Richmond has intentionally reduced many two-lane streets to one lane streets which has slowed down the pace of traffic.
Especially with slow drivers driving below the posted speed limit on long stretches of a street!
This is terrible for drivers and terrible for our economy!
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“We know that we can’t pave our way out of congestion here in Virginia.” -
@GovernorVA
Adding one more lane to I-95 would have cost $12 billion and within a decade would have been just as congested as the interstate is today. The entire rail initiative costs just $3.7 billion.
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Meeting with state DOT officials later on bike/ped issues. Do I change my shirt or nah? 😜
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Instead of saying “I hate novelty architecture,” try saying “I’m not a fun person.”
These are the Richmond Dairy Apartments in Jackson Ward. 🥛
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This is so much better than cars. More spaces like this please.
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1 in 3 tenants in Virginia are facing eviction. 😱 38% of all Virginians rent their home. That means 13% of the state could be homeless next month.
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This is Richmond, Virginia for all who are wondering. Main Street Station today has just two trains to D.C. while the Staples Mill Station in the suburbs served by an hourly bus route enjoys around a dozen. 🙃
America loved highways so much that they put an elevated highway mere feet away from a gorgeous train station.
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People love car-free spaces. Every city & town should have at least one.
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Did I find the gayest duplexes in Richmond? 🌈 You be the judge.💚💝💙🧡
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Imagine what DC’s waterfront could be if it wasn’t such a car sewer…
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