Magic BroomCycle 🧹🚲

@magicbroomcycle.bsky.social

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Anonymous urbanist lurker with roots in the DC area. My bicycle is my magic broomstick.

A picture of Tyson’s metro station, looking north from Tyson’s Mall. Large stroad (123) in foreground. Shows three levels. 1. Unused ground level, 2. Platform level with train. 3. Mezzanine with canopy.
Three designs for the new 8000 series DC metro cars. Option 1 is all steel with an oversized brown M. Option 2 has the traditional brown stripe with a smaller white M inside the stripe. Option 3 is the same as 2 but with the M in steel.
Housing affordability will not improve without a concerted focus on increasing the pace of single-family and multifamily construction. New home construction is not a cure-all for a lack of affordable housing supply. Because of the elevated cost of construction, much of this new supply is unlikely to be considered affordable for many households. Nevertheless, when a new home is occupied by a renter or owner who can afford to move, their prior home is now available for other buyers or renters.
One island with 100 houses compared to the same island with 1 apartment building and abundant natural space. Text says “why not prefer apartments in your town?”
Map of density by census tract in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Average density in between the twin cities appears to be about 5000 per sq mile, with Minneapolis proper having in excess of 10,000.
NHTSA diagram showing leasing causes of death by age group in 2010. Motor Vehicle traffic deaths were the leading cause of death for Children and Young Adults and 5th overall behind Cancer, Heart Disease, CLRD, Stroke, and Suicide.
Two concentric circles forming a donut with social needs on the inside and ecological needs on the outside