Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane Twitter profile

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

Every Texan facing higher energy bills this summer should be outraged that crypto companies are making twice as much money from @ERCOT_ISO than they are from their *actual product*.

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@lukemetzger

1 year

This is grotesque. A bill by ⁦ @LoisKolkhorst ⁩ would’ve cut off such payments to bitcoin.

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@cityjane

3 years

@NeverSassyLaura Bet she has tickets booked for her next European vacation & that city has beautiful downtown apartments.

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@cityjane

1 year

We could do this in Austin too!

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@hussain_nathoo

1 year

This might be the coolest Sears box conversion I’ve ever seen.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

In 18 months, #atxcouncil reformed ADUs, fixed minimum lots sizes, eliminated parking requirements & addressed compatibility. That's 1, 2, 4 & 5, with 3 in process. So, @mnolangray , what's next? Asking on behalf of the first city in US to complete the YIMBY agenda 👏👏

M. Nolan Gray

@mnolangray

11 months

@ImBrianCrawford @ebwhamilton In no particular order: 1. Legalize ADUs (correctly) citywide 2. Legalize multifamily in commercial areas 3. Ministerial approval (+ shot clocks, process protections) 4. Legalize small lot + townhouses citywide 5. Eliminate parking requirements

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

LETS GO! #atxcouncil just lowered compatibility citywide from 540 ft >>> 75 ft, unlocking over 60K potential new housing units & great redevelopment of our commercial corridors. Thank you @chitovela3 & your staff for getting this done🙌

Compatibility blocking thousands of Austin housing units; regulatory update likely

The new findings will likely play into a final vote on updates to Austin's compatibility rules.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

As a Zilker resident & strong supporter of @rethink35 , I feel this in my bones. Where are @sosalliance @SierraClubATX @cclatx & others on the destructive I-35 project? Why are we fighting over a theoretical park plan vs the very real threat of highway expansion?!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

10 months

This is one of the fundamental issues with I-35 in Austin. TxDOT wants to build a bigger, louder, wider highway right through the center of the 10th largest city in America. How could they possibly think the project would be popular?

velo_voyager

@velo_voyager

10 months

One of the things DOTs most fail to understand is how awful highways are for people outside of cars. They are incredibly loud, ugly, unpleasant and feel hostile and dangerous. Nobody wants to breath, bike or wait for a train in the middle of a 10 lane freeway.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

6 months

==> YIMBY is *always* more than housing. Lifting zoning restrictions for critical services like daycares, neighborhood retail and small businesses is good policy and allows cities rebuild their urban fabric and broaden their tax base. What are you waiting for?

AURA: An Austin for Everyone

@AURAatx

6 months

Last year, nearly all of Austin was rezoned to allow childcare, & we removed parking mandates. Now we see a Spanish immersion school opening on a single-family lot in the middle of a residential neighborhood! Great work from @VanessaForATX & Council on childcare zoning reforms!

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@cityjane

1 year

@WalkableAustin Car free Drag please!

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@cityjane

2 months

Excited to see #atxcouncil & @DevelopmentATX move forward on single-stair reform this year as part of our 2024 technical building code updates!

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@the_transit_guy

2 months

Single-stair apartments, like this one in Seattle, allow for 20 housing units on a lot that used to contain one single-family home. We need to legalize apartments on small lots so that we can build more missing middle housing with beautiful floor plans! (B9 architects)

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@cityjane

1 year

Seems like @SebadriussiOk has thoughts about the @JonGallagher96 goal 😝 @LosVerdesATX @WeAreAustinTV #austinfc

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

7 years

@JillFilipovic Sounds silly, but that man has no joy in his life. He grimaces b/c pain & power are all that he understands.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

6 months

Thank you 🙏❤️ It’s been such a pleasure hosting all of the amazing @YIMBYtown attendees this week in #Austin Y’all made my (brief) mayoral term perfect 🏠🏢

Molly Goodman 🏘️

@MollyRose_Good

6 months

Congratulations to @YIMBYtown Co-Mayor @cityjane on an AMAZING #YIMBYtown2024 ❤️‍🔥

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@cityjane

4 months

Austin already eliminated parking minimums, so let’s fix front setbacks next!

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@velo_voyager

4 months

Front setbacks are almost as cursed as parking minimums, a mandatory waste of valuable infill land.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

5 months

Had a stark reminder last night that North & West Austin has traditionally & will continue to undermine other areas of the city because they hoard resources & propagate paternalistic attitudes toward neighborhoods outside of their power structure. This has to change.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

9 months

2023 has been quite a year in Austin, and since it's my Birthday 🎂🎉🥳, I'd like to take a moment to reflect on some of the amazing things that happened over the last ~365 days thanks to the tireless community @AURAatx & our many partners, supporters and friends 🧵🧵🧵

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

WOW!!!! #atxcouncil just lowered minimum lot size citywide from 5750 sq ft >> 1800 sq ft 🏘️🏘️

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

10 months

So proud to have been a part of this effort. Thank you to @AURAatx @FarmAndCity @safestreetsatx @atxfriends @CNU_CTX @WalkableAustin & many others who have been working tirelessly for 2+ yrs to make this moment happen! I was lucky enough to share this quote today...

Council Member Zo Qadri, District 9

@CMZoQadri

10 months

Excited to have passed Item 28 today, eliminating parking mandates citywide while also ensuring access for people with disabilities. Austin is now the largest American city to join this trend. Thank you to all of the advocates who showed up today in support of this item! 🙌

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

9 months

Building a variety of housing, in more places, at different price points is *very popular*. In Austin, last years #atxcouncil elections confirmed exactly the same findings as the Pew survey below. But that popularity is *not* always clear during the political process 🧵

Austin Chronicle

@AustinChronicle

9 months

One week before City Council votes on housing reforms intended to increase affordable housing, a national Pew survey shows support for similar proposals.

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@cityjane

1 year

Every single person, be it city staffer, board and commission member and most certainly the professionals involved in this plan deserved much better treatment than they were shown today.

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@miiketsapos

1 year

Extremely displeased with this decision by the mayor & city council. Letting disinformation win without putting in ANY effort to stop it. It was a great vision plan for the future of Austin’s deteriorating and most well known public park.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

8 months

This is directly across the street from Twin Oaks Library, around the corner from a top AISD Elementary & steps from Thai Fresh, Bouldin Creek Cafe, etc. Site easily could have been a duplex, or house + ADU. Instead its a $1mil+ property that will likely sit empty for months.

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@JHof

8 months

Mary Street near to the library. Every build like this that isn’t a multi unit is an #atxcouncil policy failure. Yes, lots of vacant apartments, but have you seen the apartments? Nobody wants to live in stroad hell next to the highway.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 years

All set up at Bouldin Acres! We’ll be here chatting with #atxcouncil candidates in D5 / D9 until 8pm. Pics of the candidates to follow as they through to say hi!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 years

Beautiful to see #atxcouncil members @chitovela3 @VanessaForATX & @NatashaD1atx wholeheartedly endorse @CeliaIsrael for Austin Mayor!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

We see you @TheNimbee ! But in Austin we support legalizing housing not pointless lawsuits! So buzz off!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

9 months

Three instantly popular pedestrian corridors for Austin: The Drag, South Congress Ave, Duval between 38th & 45th.

Ryan Musser

@MusserRyan

9 months

DC is considering banning cars in some corridors as some other cities around the world have done to encourage more walking, biking & transit usage. The proposal would establish 3 pedestrian corridors, closing roads to cars for at least some hours each week

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

Thank you #atxcouncil for approving Austin's first E-TOD plan- this is transformational for our city, our future transit and supports the great work of @ATP_org @CapMetroATX 🚆

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

8 months

This is a underappreciated stat. Since the start of the safety improvements on Barton Springs Rd, there has been a noticeable difference in how cars & peds interact. Slowing down cars through the area has made it much safer to walk, cross the street, use the bike lanes, etc.

Kevin DeGood

@kevin_degood

8 months

6/ It's not just that speed kills. It's that speed also changes driver behavior. For instance, the higher the speed of a vehicle, the less likely the driver is to properly yield for a pedestrian.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

6 months

For all my #atx train nerds- this is pretty great. Watching @CapMetroATX Red Line pull into McKalla station @Q2Stadium ! And I missed it but Northbound train arrived just after - 2nd video shows it heading out. Such a joy to see great local transit at work!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

4 years

@VivaItalia15 @schmangee Just saw these the other day for a Green School program in Ireland. Seems like a fantastic visual esp. when paired with other mobility improvements.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

4 years

@norse1960 @natasharothwell If you want to go down the rabbit hole, Baby Ballroom, Netflix.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 years

This is 💯 part of the reason why @runforsomething is so successful. Their alumni network and mentoring is first class and supports new candidates in all the best ways.

Titus Benton

@TitusLive

2 years

Also true: New candidates need access to people who have been there & done that to be accessible, lend an ear, give advice, and meaningfully support. If that doesn’t happen in a more holistic & strategic way, we’ll never build the Democratic bench we desperately need in Texas.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

6 months

Hey! That’s me!! Just gave my opening remarks! So excited to welcome everyone #yimbytown2024 #yallinmybackyard #yt2024

Ryan Puzycki

@RyanPuzycki

6 months

Coming to you live from @YIMBYtown #yimbytown2024

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

This could be I-35 in Austin! Just because @TxDOT & state leaders lack vision, doesn’t mean that we have to accept *their* plan. Let’s fight for something transformational- Austin deserves a better project!

cars.destroyed.our.cities

@CarsRuinedCity

1 year

The most successful freeway removal project in history - Seoul, South Korea

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

Imagine *six* years of even worse construction than this around Lady Bird Lake! That's what @TxDOTAustin is proposing as part of their 20 lane I-35 expansion. Join @rethink35 today to ensure our Hike & Bike trail doesn't becomes just another highway construction site.

Oak Hill Parkway

@OakHillParkway

1 year

US 290 traffic at William Cannon Drive shifts, allowing crews space to connect US 290 to the new William Cannon Drive bridge. #Progress

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

🗣️🗣️Three of the nine votes at #atxcouncil for our pro-housing reforms are former @runforsomething candidates. You want more housing in your backyard? Support their work to elect younger, more progressive candidates:

Give - Run For Something

Donate Today Are you the kind of person who cares about building sustainable power? Do you want to help find and support our progressive leaders? Then chip in. It’s a little unusual to have an entire...

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Amanda Litman

@amandalitman

3 months

Shout out to @zoforaustin @VanessaForATX & @PaigeForAustin 🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

And the hits keep coming 🙌 Great results from the @austinmobility Barton Spring Road project just announced:

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

11 months

Thank you @RyanAlter & all the members of #atxcouncil for supporting this dense, walkable, housing-rich development What a transformation from parking lots ==> productive space! Can't wait to have this in my neighborhood. 🏘️🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Greg Anderson

@WalkableAustin

11 months

Passes City Council unanimously on final reading. Appreciate this new world

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

4 months

Austin Planning Commission tonight approved 192 deeply affordable LIHTC units after a 20 minute discussion:

Jordan Grimes 🌴🥥

@cafedujord

4 months

Evening, folks! I’m once again at Half Moon Bay’s hottest venue, the Ted Adcock Community Center, for the third planning committee discussion on a 100% affordable housing project for senior farmworkers. Hopefully the 3rd time’s the charm charm! 🤞🏻🧵

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 years

All best folks came out to the Our Future 35 event this morning. Welcome to the @TheWarOnCars

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

"Austin’s famous for tripping over the consequences of its own success, acting like a temporarily embarrassed college town & not nearly the 10th largest city in the country. Not building the entire South Central Waterfront area out to a downtown height is one of those situations"

TOWERS.net

@austintowers

1 year

“The only downside of additional height is that more people can see the buildings from their homes, and thinking that’s bad or somehow a compelling argument against construction is a fake idea”

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

10 months

SO PROUD 💚🏘️🙌 Austinites who want a more flexible, inclusive, accessible development code CAME OUT TODAY! Thanks to all of you for speaking, sharing your stories and taking time to make your voice heard! #atxcouncil

AURA: An Austin for Everyone

@AURAatx

10 months

🎉 Absolutely amazing: pro-housing Austinites made their voice heard today, outnumbering opponents over 2 to 1 and sending a loud & clear message of support for @LesliePoolATX 's HOME initiative to legalize middle-income homes!

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@cityjane

1 year

Thanks to leadership from our #ATXcouncil , Austinites will soon have the ability to buy more affordable homes on smaller lots. Can't wait to see awesome local projects like this ⬇️⬇️

Strong Towns

@StrongTowns

1 year

In 1998, minimum lot size rules in Houston’s inner city beltway were reduced from 5,000 square feet to 1,400 square feet, then in 2013 this reform expanded throughout the city. This is what our neighborhoods can look like when we reform local zoning regulations.

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@cityjane

10 months

Given the overwhelming creativity in Austin, our inability to produce engaging new civic spaces is so disappointing. As the 10th largest city in the US, we should be thinking much, much bigger.

James Rambin

@jamesrambin

10 months

a well-executed austin take on something like pike place market would be an instant top five tourist destination but instead we are getting another barcade lmao

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 months

Well-earned recognition for the lynchpin of Austin's housing reform movement, whom I'm lucky enough to call a friend. And for anyone who serves on a Planning Commission- this is what pro-housing leadership looks like ⬇️⬇️

Awais Azhar

@Awais_CRP

2 months

Woke up today to this surprise recognition from the @AustinChronicle ! I am truly humbled by this because everything I do is a team effort. It is an honor to serve on the Planning Commission and to serve the community that has given me so much love!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

11 months

How is @austintexasgov supposed to find $730M in 13 months? Thank you @VanessaForATX for asking this question!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

Really proud of my 14yr and her crew who took the @CapMetroATX 803 on S. Lamar last night so they could go to Olive Garden for dinner🚌🍝. Free fares for students makes a big impact when kids are given the chance to try and embrace transit!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 years

Sad to me that no one is suggesting Austin. It is a great place to raise kids, has excellent job opportunities but our unwillingness to build more homes means that it’s no longer a realistic option for most young couples. Totally failing the next generation.

YIMBYLAND

@YIMBYLAND

2 years

You’re an early 30s professional with a moderate income wanting to find a city to raise kids without sacrificing your career. What are the best cities for this type of family?

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

Big announcement: Austin Urbanist Discord ===> Austin Suburbanists Come talk cars, parking, freeways, SUVs, gas prices, Boring tunnels, suburban housing, car alarms, house alarms, and everything that makes our Austin / Central TX Car culture GREAT 🚗🚗🛣️🛣️🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

4 years

We have TRAINS IN AUSTIN! THANK YOU!!!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

Good morning from @Q2Stadium where we’re staging the @CapMetroATX @forward_transit @AURAatx transit picture!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

Would love to see #atxcouncil members making videos like this to explain why re-allocating space away from cars is critical to the long term success of our city.

Chad West

@ChadWestDallas

1 year

This summer I got to see a great plaza in New York City that combined reclaimed walkable and bike-friendly streets that encouraged business growth like restaurants and music. This was downtown Manhattan and vehicles still moved quickly during rush hour.

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@cityjane

3 years

@JoeCutrufo Our cargo bike families pick up in a separate spot (with the walking home kids) so they don’t have to sit in the car line with the exhaust fumes. Maybe request a sidewalk pick up area? Or just jump to the front of the line? Then other parents might want to join you 😉

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@cityjane

3 months

Elections matter 🗳️

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@cityjane

1 year

No big deal… just two amazing #atxcouncil members discussing reclaiming Austin streets for bikes & peds on weekly basis! 🎊🎉🚴‍♀️🚶‍♀️🤾‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Chito Vela III

@chitovela3

1 year

Love the idea of a Sunday ciclovía in Austin. Maybe on Congress from the Texas Capitol to Riverside? What do you think @ZoForAustin ?

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

7 months

In Austin this is @AURAatx @TXReasSolutions @AustinInfill & @FarmAndCity And you can meet all of them + @mnolangray @YIMBYtown this month!

M. Nolan Gray

@mnolangray

7 months

You can't go wrong.

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@cityjane

6 months

Want to get parking reform in your city? Get @Parking_Reform & friends like @CurtRog @agreenfield319 @DanielKavelman @YIMBYtown #YIMBYtown #yallinmybackyard

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 years

Credit where credit is due: We don’t get this amazing @statesman front page without @rethink35 @agreenfield319 @kelseyhuse30 & so many others working tirelessly to make this project better. Thanks for holding @TxDOTAustin accountable.

kel-c huse

@kelseyhuse30

2 years

Found a copy of this at Mozart’s. The universe provides 😌😌

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@cityjane

1 year

How can @austinmobility @ATXcorridors and @austinmobility look at this map and say they are serving our neighborhoods? We need our South Austin #atxcouncil members to come together and push for better East / West crossing for pedestrians & cyclists.

kel-c huse

@kelseyhuse30

1 year

Planned urban trails for South Austin. Still no way to travel East - West through S Austin without taking ridiculous, inconvenient routes (often huge hills). We need SOMETHING. How do we get protected lanes on Oltorf?🚲

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@cityjane

6 months

Elections matter 🗳️✅🏗️🏘️🏡🏙️

YIMBYtown

@YIMBYtown

6 months

We are so grateful to have eight Austin elected officials attending #YIMBYtown2024 ! Thank you, Mayor @KirkPWatson and #atxcouncil members MPT @LesliePoolATX , @NatashaD1atx , @VanessaForATX , @chitovela3 , @RyanAlter , @PaigeForAustin , @zoforaustin ! #yallinmybackyard #YTATX

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@cityjane

1 year

@KUTnathan Reminder: there is still time to tell @TxDOTAustin that Austinites want a better I-35 Project. Great action guide from @FarmAndCity here:

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

Well earned praise for our #atxcouncil . But don't forget these wins happen b/c @AURAatx (& many others) did the work to elect pro-housing candidates like @CMZoQadri @RyanAlter @joseforatx . Every #YIMBY group needs a slate of candidates that young people are eager to support!

David Hogg 🟧

@davidhogg111

3 months

Few people are talking about it but the work the Austin City council is doing right now on housing and parking is one of the most important things Democrats have done this year. Mark my words- if Democrats don’t kick NIMBYism to the curb young voters will stop voting.

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@cityjane

1 year

You know what else the TxDOT Commission has zero of? Women board members.

Miriam Schoenfield

@MiriamSchoenf

1 year

Reminder: The Texas Transportation Commission has 0 people on it with background in transportation, engineering, or urban design. Our state transportation system is essentially a fundraising department for the governor’s campaigns.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

9 months

Including 30 new income restricted units in a transit rich, walkable area with great local amenities. People >> Parking every time.

TOWERS.net

@austintowers

9 months

You can fit 300 new apartments on this parking lot off Burnet Road without even demolishing the existing office building on the property. Good thing there’s only a few thousand other parking lots in Austin where this would work.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 years

@MsPackyetti Attended a Back to School event w/ an on-site vax clinic. Lots of 12+kids eager to get shots for the fall & several convinced their hesitant parents to get the vax too. Shots were optional but setting eased concerns & made it part of “back to school”routine.

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@cityjane

1 year

Big shoutout to all of you who tweeted, emailed and reached out to CAMPO about this agenda item over the past few days! Great to see so many bike / ped / trail advocates getting involved and this is just the start!

Tom Wald

@tomwald

1 year

Thank you everyone for speaking up--it worked! TxDOT has requested that the item be removed from CAMPO's Mon 4/10 agenda. "This agenda item will be removed at the request of the TxDOT-Austin District so a full public engagement process can occur."

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

9 months

Guess we’re going “Austin their Dallas” when it comes to eliminating parking mandates 😝

Joshua Fechter

@JoshuaFechter

9 months

Right now: A city panel in Dallas is hearing a proposal to nix the city's minimum parking requirements for virtually every kind of property citywide If ultimately approved, Dallas would be the largest U.S. city to get rid of those requirements

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@cityjane

4 months

==>Austin: If you want bright, open, spacious apartments in smaller buildings submit a comment TODAY!

YIMBYLAND

@YIMBYLAND

4 months

SINGLE STAIR REFORM The comment period for Austin’s amendments to the IBC (international building code) ends tomorrow! If we can convince them that single stair reform is important, this could unlock tons of housing! Please help us with a comment! 👇

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@cityjane

1 year

Thank you to @CMQadriD9 bringing this item forward and to @VanessaForATX @joseforatx for their earlier work on parking issues at daycares & bars. We appreciate the great work of their staffs and #atxcouncil ongoing efforts to address the hidden costs of mandated parking!

Jack Craver

@JackCraver

1 year

This is likely to pass on consent, with no debate. This was unfathomable less than a year ago.

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@cityjane

8 months

Want to know how Austin got these results? Come to @YIMBYtown Feb 26-28 and find out in person 🌮🚲🏘️

Cyrus Tehrani

@housebostonorg

8 months

It’s unheard of in modern American cities to have these two headlines apply to the same city. The only reason it’s happening is because Austin leads the country in new homebuilding.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

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As an @AURAatx board member, seeing Austin voters overwhelmingly support our pro-housing, pro-transit candidates on Tuesday night was tremendously exciting.

AURA: An Austin for Everyone

@AURAatx

2 years

Last night, Austin voters boldly supported our pro-housing, pro-transit #atxcouncil & Mayoral candidates. We had six endorsed candidates, and all six were the top vote winners in their races.

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@cityjane

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@mdbell79 Sincerely wish I had the opportunity to take your class and read Embassytown in undergrad. Too many "serious" scholars dismiss the Sci-Fi genre when in fact it offers tremendous learning opportunities. Congrats to you and your student.

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@cityjane

1 year

So, minimum lot size reforms (1) produces a big number of new housing units (2) makes the units built more affordable (since buyers are purchase less land) & (3) provides real climate solutions for growing cities. Tell me again why we can't have this in Austin, Dallas, etc?

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

9 months

I’m thankful for advocates like @CurtRog , @DanielKavelman & @agreenfield319 , for leaders like @CMZoQadri & for partners like @FarmAndCity @CNU_CTX @safestreetsatx & @atxfriends . And gratitude to all of @AURAatx w/out whom we couldn’t have change the parking paradigm in Austin.

Curtis Rogers 🚲

@CurtRog

9 months

Thankful that Austin is on this list 😊 @cityjane @DanielKavelman

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@cityjane

1 year

Super great that this brand new *Cancer Hospital* will be built directly adjacent to a CO2 spewing, needlessly expanded, 20-lane I-35. Yet another reason we need to @rethink35 !

Austin Business Journal

@MyABJ

1 year

This potential project would be big for downtown.

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@cityjane

6 months

Attn: #YIMBYs in #ATX : Official Kickoff party for @YIMBYtown 2024 is *today* starting at 4:30pm @ZilkerBeer 🍻🏘️ We're also taking the @CapMetroATX Red Line to the new McKalla stop @Q2Stadium from Plaza Saltillo at 5:45pm. Join us if you are in town!⚽️🚆

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@cityjane

8 months

Between the 2016 @austinmobility bond, @ATP_org #ProjectConnect & @austintexasgov #visionzero , South Austin keeps hearing about bike/ped safety "improvements" and "road diets" but after 10+yrs this ⬇️⬇️ is still very much our reality

urban cowboy 🌇

@xurbanxcowboyx

8 months

Austin has too many car lanes, as a South Austin resident this particularly stands out to me in South Austin although it's a problem everywhere. From Central to South Austin we essentially have 5 highways (2 actual highways + three stroads with 4+ lanes, marked in pink)

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@cityjane

1 year

Honestly, we undervalue how much the narrative around housing in Austin has shifted over the past few years. Thanks to writers like @jamesrambin @AKMcGlinchy @daustinsanders @JackCraver & others, this type of coverage is now the outlier, and thankful not the norm.

James Rambin

@jamesrambin

1 year

a very uncharitable way to write about 416 units of affordable housing, but also a reminder of how much coverage of these projects has changed in the last 10 years. every article about new apartment buildings in austin used to sound like this, seriously!

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 months

Reminder: Planning Commissioners are *unelected* volunteers, yet somehow these folks feel entitled to call out the efforts of a CA State Senator? After attempting to undermine an affordable housing project & being put on notice by the CA Gov.? This needs to become unacceptable.

Jordan Grimes 🌴🥥

@cafedujord

3 months

Thanks to state law, Half Moon Bay commissioners were forced to advance an affordable housing project for senior farmworkers last week. Immediately after, they assailed #AB2560 , a bill to strengthen those state laws, as "a disaster" and "a significant threat" to the community.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

8 months

All of which is to say, South Austin mobility has gotten a terrible deal over the last +10yrs: faster cars, more accidents, very limited bike/ ped improvements and no long term, cohesive plan for the area. Residents need #atxcouncil to do better for our neighborhoods.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

4 months

So proud of @AURAatx , our leadership team and our amazing members. And tremendously glad I get to help support our mission everyday.

AURA: An Austin for Everyone

@AURAatx

4 months

This is just the beginning. Minimum lot size reduction, compatibility reform, & transit-oriented development are right around the corner, and even after our work will still continue!😤

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

2 years

@Cobylefko To be clear, the villain here is Union Pacific, which refuses to negotiate in good faith with the City of Austin. Amtrak can't invest in upgrades until this is resolved:

Bowie underpass project derailed - Austin Monitor

After two decades of planning, negotiations to construct the Bowie underpass have come to a halt. The project at Third and Bowie streets is part of the 2001 Seaholm District Master Plan. It would...

www.austinmonitor.com

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@cityjane

1 year

Allowing small lot development produced *significant housing* in Houston & offered a pathway to homeownership for millions of new and long term Houstonians. Shouldn't we want this for all of our TX cities? 🧵

Emily Hamilton

@ebwhamilton

1 year

New policy brief! Following minimum lot size reforms in Houston, nearly *80,000* small-lot houses have been built. What can other cities and states learn from this model?

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

9 months

This ⬇️⬇️ And thank you to long time leaders like @JayCrossley @DanKeshet @juliamontgomery @Mateo_in_ATX @rcauvin & so many others. HOME happen because we stand on the shoulders of housing leaders whose never, ever gave up the fight 💜

Julie Montgomery

@juliamontgomery

9 months

Deeply gratified and grateful. Well done and thank you, #ATXCouncil . Thank you, @LesliePoolATX and @zoforaustin , for your leadership. Thank you, @AURAatx , for your decade of advocacy and movement-building. Thank you, Austin, for electing this pro-housing dais. #HOMEatx

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

4 months

Sincerely wish that communities across the country understood just how much housing is denied/removed/ delayed by local Planning and Zoning Commissions. While this case is particularly bad, there are basically 1000s of similar situations in cities all over the US.

Adrian Covert 🇺🇸🗽🥑

@AdrianCovert

4 months

I appreciate the Governor publicly pressuring the Half Moon Bay planning commission to approve this apartment building, but is it too much to ask to simply eliminate the ability for planning commissions to veto housing? Like why are we putting up with this?

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

6 months

Nashville neighbors having a totally normal one over their missing middle housing proposal These efforts *are* popular (and good policy) but meetings like this are super tough for electeds, and make it easy for MM reforms to fail. Got to figure out a better way.

nicole is outside your jurisdiction

@startleseasily

6 months

Lots of boos & people shouting “RECALL!”

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

1 year

And a new report from RMI this found that "land use reforms can reduce vehicle miles traveled by up to 13%, building energy use by up to 16%, & local greenhouse gas emissions by up to 14%...relative to business-as-usual patterns of development. "

Urban Land Use Reform - RMI

Urban land use and zoning reforms are an overlooked climate solution that can help US cities achieve significant emissions reductions.

rmi.org

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@cityjane

2 months

In a time when everything can feel hard and hopeless, working in the housing space with so many thoughtful, knowledgeable & eager to help folks is inspiring💚 Great reminder that local organizing and advocacy builds community, overcomes cynicism, & often leads to lasting change.

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@cityjane

2 years

@nathanallebach Related & relevant:

Qagggy!

@Qagggy

2 years

This is a dystopia.

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@cityjane

2 years

Is this the line for pickle ball at South Austin Rec Center? 😝 Nope! Just lots of Austin folks eager to #earlyvote before 7pm tonight!

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@cityjane

1 year

@WalkableAustin Great chance to let TxDOT know that no one in Austin wants this version of the project. Comments are due by next Tuesday, March 7th:

Tell TxDOT BEFORE March 7th: Your I-35 expansion plans are the WRONG direction for Austin and our...

The OFFICIAL public comment period for TxDOT's I-35 expansion proposal ENDS March 7th. This is your ONLY chance to get your input into the public record, where it can help make the case for REJECTING...

actionnetwork.org

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@cityjane

7 years

@jengilligancole @samswey @margyartgrrl Yes! Love the statue of #BarbaraJordan @AUStinAirport . She was a tremendous leader in her time & its such an iconic piece of art - perfect!

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@cityjane

11 months

This! Time for USDOT to push state agencies to improve urban roadways. Cities across the country are stuck with car-centric, dangerous urban streets & few options for improvement b/c they *legally* can’t make common sense changes.

Greg Shill

@greg_shill

11 months

As I expected, this street is owned not by the city of Nashville but the state DOT. Maximizing an asset like this for pedestrians is outside the mandate, culture, and funding structure of most state DOTs. It’s akin to outsourcing kindergartens to the Department of Corrections.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

3 years

Annual reminder that there are no child specific play areas anywhere in Downtown Austin. Which is something #atxcouncil could easily fix.

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@cityjane

3 months

In case you think we have "fixed" housing in Austin, we are *nowhere* near the fee level and speed of permitting in Houston. => $2k in fees & >40 days for approval of 4 units of housing on a small lot should be the standard we strive for in every Texas city.

Wilson

@WilsonCalvert

3 months

@DanKeshet @CGEAPlanning That's the full replat. The variance fee is $416.80 Recording of the plat takes another 4-6 weeks on top of the approval if it is within city limits.

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

4 months

Like the idea of > $300K townhomes in #ATX ? Then come speak *Thursday* at #atxcouncil in support of Items 4, 5, & 6! Sign up here:

CasaGraphica

@CasaGraphicaATX

4 months

Houston lowered their minimum lot size to less than half of Austin's and allowed townhomes to be built by right almost 20 years ago. Today? There are over 250 townhomes for sale for less than $250K in the city limits. We don't have to reinvent the wheel here.

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@cityjane

3 years

Let’s start branding every bike lane in Austin with this message:

Paul O'Hara

@pohara

3 years

Love this 🚴

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@cityjane

3 months

***Reminder*** @TxDOTAustin will be realigning the Butler Hike and Bike Trail for about 10 years once they begin construction of I-35!

Austin Parks & Rec

@AustinCityParks

3 months

***Reminder*** There will be a temporary small trail realignment on the Butler Hike & Bike Trail at the @WaterlooGW beginning June 10, 2024 for about 2 weeks. The trail will remain open. More closure information:

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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane

6 months

@CutterWGonzalez Sadly we (a) don't have a ton of old time / Oil & Gas money in Austin to fund such endeavors and (b) *still* have a small town, college / capitol mindset which hampers our ability to create visionary projects for the city.

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@cityjane

3 years

Hey #AustinFC fans @LosVerdesATX @AustinAnthem @LaMurgaATX - want to see initial concepts for the new @Q2Stadium McKalla stop? Coming this Thursday! Register below ⤵️⤵️

Movability

@Movability

3 years

@CapMetroATX is hosting a virtual briefing on Sept. 9 to share details on the proposed connectivity and design improvements for the existing Red Line service. Learn more and register here for the live virtual community update:

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@cityjane

4 months

True housing leadership from our own @chitovela3 ! Let’s make sure he’s re-elected to #atxcouncil this fall:

Chito Vela III

@chitovela3

4 months

Tomorrow is a big day for Austin! Council will be voting on several items that will impact our future housing supply and make homeownership accessible to more Austinites. A short🧵

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