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Father, Software Engineer, Urbanist, NYer

Founder of Neighbors for A Safer Austin Street (ASaferAustinStreet.com)

Websitehttps://pedro.pjrt.dev
LocationNYC

This is neat

https://ismy.blue/

Is my blue your blue?

Test your color perception with this interactive test.

Berkeley has figured out how to plant trees in the parking lane instead of on the sidewalk taking away space to walk. It’s time to import this advanced technology to San Francisco. #sfPol
Progress is possible in New York. This is peace in our time!

RE: https://www.threads.net/@grecobs/post/C_NZoF0uycq
Gregory (@grecobs) on Threads

A year ago this would have been a mountain of leaking garbage bags but now it’s an organized row of trash containers. Containerization is beautiful!

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Anniversary blog post from August 24, 2014: If you've read the Power Broker, congratulations and welcome to the club. Now, do you remember who brought Bob Moses down and how? It wasn't Jane Jacobs!

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-defeat-of-power-broker.html

The defeat of the power broker

Robert Caro’s The Power Broker is one of the all-time classics of urbanism, assigned in many courses and read even by casual students of hi...

At first I didn't get the point of stay-in keys in cafe locks, but as I use my non-stay-in key cafe lock more and more, I think I'm starting to get it.

RSA slammed for promoting idea that people who don’t drive are a “burden for others”

After cross-party and civil society criticism last week of its new "Lose Your Licence, Lose Your Independence" campaign, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has doubled down with the release of a video which outlines the message that people who don't drive are a "burden for others". Around 20-25% of adults in Ireland do not hold a driver's license, a mixture of choice and not being able to…

https://irishcycle.com/2024/08/19/rsa-slammed-for-promoting-idea-that-people-who-dont-drive-are-a-burden-for-others/

Someone should have gone up to Kathy Hochul right before she was set to go on and told her that her speech was being indefinitely paused.
In fairness, the 🇺🇸 has pretty much given up on building anything.
Normal for contractors to be doing tweaks after opening, but what continues to be interesting here is the story of retail.

The MTA spent many billions on retails and ticket waiting ahead but $0 on things like secure bike parking 🤔 at GCT

https://gothamist.com/news/mta-still-finishing-miscellaneous-work-at-grand-central-madison-18-months-after-it-opened
MTA still finishing 'miscellaneous' work at Grand Central Madison, 18 months after it opened

A notice to contractors published last week shows the MTA still needs to complete "miscellaneous remaining work" at the station, which opened in January 2023 after more than a decade of delays.

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