The view of Bowling Green and Immigrant Heritage Plaza this morning
Ben Donsky
- 12 Followers
- 164 Following
- 45 Posts
All things parks and placemaking. Economic development. Reality TV and fantasy sports.
@capntransit I don't think it's fair that non-drivers subsidize a free bridge crossing! Of all the fairness complaints, highlighting the people who plan their routes to maximize the negative externalities of their driving is particularly tone deaf. But I suppose he is Gridlock Sam after all.
@Mark Jaron Lanier conceived of it in his first book, "You are not a Gadget," but if I remember, doesn't go beyond talking about it in the context of a possible but unlikely utopian future where tech really does result in people having less work to do. He may have discussed that a major barrier to it being developed now (then, maybe 2013?) that there's no good ROI for investors and it will be capital intensive to launch. But it's sorely needed.
Max KennerlyAgain: if Thomas was a judge on any court except SCOTUS, this would be a no-brainer. It's bribery. He and everyone involved, like Harlan Crow, would be indicted.
But we're supposed to pretend it's okay because it's SCOTUS.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-money-complaints-sparked-resignation-fears-scotus
Cap'n TransitFor a while now I've been calling attention to the fact that the entire political class in Albany, from politicians like Assemblymember Glick to advocates like Vanessa Fajans-Turner to journalists like David Guistina, persist in excluding transportation and housing when they talk about "environmental issues."
Here, Glick and Guistina take turns getting morally outraged about the environment while avoiding any discussion of Glick's opposition to congestion pricing:
@capntransit it's absolutely nuts but seems more of a function of our unwillingness to build housing where people want to live (or need to live based on job location). Just saw a reddit post this morning from someone living in DC asking for tips for their new weekly commute to NYC. Hopefully they're taking the train, at least...
'Weinstein recalled that when he moved to the neighborhood 20 years ago, Sixth Avenue was similar to Eighth Avenue is now. But it was changed to a two-way configuration and "everyone's been pleased with the fact that no one thinks of it as an expressway anymore," Weinstein said. "So has DOT considered the bottle: Changing Eighth Avenue so it is not an expressway?"
'"We have not considered that," Lorenz said."'
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/10/30/cycle-of-rage-hey-dot-fix-the-bottle-not-the-bottleneck
Donor attribution has been heavily restricted in Atlanta parks. Stupid sponsorship attribution decisions have consequences, like overly restrictive public policy. Thanks, Power Bar.