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Mike Eliason

3 months

Cool (and most definitely expected) news... 'Building for People: Designing Livable, Affordable, Low-Carbon Communities' on planning neighborhoods for productive, low-carbon, and climate adaptive living, ships on 12 December.

Building for People

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

9 months

i can't imagine why pedestrian deaths are way up

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@johnvoelcker

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Mike Eliason

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9 months

i can't imagine why pedestrian deaths are skyrocketing

Lucy Maloney

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9 months

My kid just sent me a link to this website where you can compare the size of different car models from multiple perspectives and said "you'll love this Mum". Reader, I did love it.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 months

wait i was told protestors in the past never broke any laws

HistoryLink.org

@HistoryLink

3 months

#OnThisDay in 1970, antiwar protesters blocked Interstate 5 in Seattle.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

new block-sized development in stuttgart. what do you see?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

4 months

giving a presentation this weekend and this is what i'm talking about...

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

driving to see trees is like the most american thing i can think of

Tom Roussey

@tomroussey7news

1 year

The worst cherry blossom traffic I have ever seen!!! They made Ohio Drive one way eastbound this year and I’m thinking they need to rethink that. Also they had plans to close East Basin Drive near the Jefferson Memorial but it is open.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

5 months

see that 2010 inflection point?

Kate Aronoff

@KateAronoff

5 months

Remember how the EPA killed the sedan?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

6 months

damn this place is adorable

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

9 months

this is less than 1200 cars - or probably about the same number of people you can fit on a newer shinkansen, or 1 of berlin's larger u-bahns.

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@FOXLA

9 months

'Twas the traffic nightmare before Thanksgiving as commuters sat through bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 405 Freeway in LA

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 months

your city's least affluent residents pay a disproportionate share of your city's property taxes

Juxtaposition underminer

@Jeffinatorator

6 months

Fun fact. The 1,874 single-family homes highlighted collectively pay less property taxes than the 135-unit apartment building.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

5 months

and yet it's incredibly intimate. and quiet.

non aesthetic things

@PicturesFoIder

5 months

The largest and the most populated city on earth, Tokyo, Japan

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

legalize it

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

8 months

let's see a 'self driving car' do this

Vinod Khosla

@vkhosla

8 months

Rail made sense a while ago. May be an obsolete concept today. Too inconvenient, too expensive compared to modern public transit ideas. It’s a shame other systems are not considered.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

if homes like this are illegal in most of your city, is it any wonder there is a housing crisis?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

how it how it's started going

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

will note, once again, that the absolute quietest place i have ever lived was in the middle of the car-free pedestrian zone - directly above a tram stop - in freiburg, germany

David Roberts

@drvolts

1 year

Fantastic NYT piece on the wildly under-appreciated health threat of *noise pollution*.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

4 months

not one US mayor is a climate leader here's the template copy it. steal it. implement it. we can't wait any longer.

Jonathan Berk

@berkie1

4 months

Anne Hidalgo became Mayor of Paris 10-years ago. In that time the City has; 🚲 built 1,300km of bike lanes 🌳 planted 145,000 new trees 💨 reduced air pollution by 40% 🌳added 45km of new parks 📚 converted 180 streets to “school streets” 📍 Paris 🇫🇷

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

also like taking 8 million cars off the road? literally taking 8 million cars off the road

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

1 year

Eating less meat is 'like taking eight million cars off road', new study suggests

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

here's a little anecdote i use when i am talking about how our current infrastructure was designed for a climate that no longer exists. we moved to landshut, bayern in 2019 (thinking we'd stay in germany indefinitely... siiiigh) was founded in 1200s. the isar runs through it

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

this is not a train system

Amtrak

@Amtrak

1 year

Trains. The Pacific Northwest. What else is there to say? Step onboard @amtrakcascades for your next adventure.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

the amount of open/green space and lack of cars in german development compared to the US will never cease to amaze me

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

8 months

had a last minute interview today with a journalist about US multifamily housing, how our codes induce apartments that are far less family-friendly or livable than other countries, and we ended up down the building code rabbit hole. that's where it got interesting.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

fun little thread that's basically a summary of a presentation i did the other day... high performance windows, seattle (l) v. high performance windows, germany (r)

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

11 months

paris has reduced car traffic by 40% in a decade resulting in a massive drop in air pollution and guess what - they're not stopping there meanwhile, in seattle where our mayors haven't been climate leaders

Anne Hidalgo

@Anne_Hidalgo

11 months

La pollution de l'air tue, nous ne pouvons regarder ailleurs. À Paris, en diminuant la place de la voiture, nous avons fait baisser le trafic automobile de 40% en 10 ans, permettant de diminuer de 40% la pollution de l'air. Et nous allons continuer !

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 months

no surprise to anyone who's ever been outside of the US - but this is how most pedestrian zones operate

push the needle

@pushtheneedle

3 months

all of Pike Place Market’s deliveries happen before anyone is here. you can shut it off to all traffic at 10am no problem

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

4 story two bedroom townhouse. just what in the hell are we doing, seattle?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 months

wait i was told we couldn't do this because of plows

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@dongho_chang

2 months

Raised crosswalk in Reykjavik

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

11 months

obviously it's the cell phones - which definitely do not exist in other countries - and not the massive stroads with absurdly oversized trucks and SUVs.

Vox

@voxdotcom

11 months

America has the world's safest air travel, but the safety record of our car-dependent ground transportation system is among the worst among wealthy nations.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 months

it *IS* a luxury - and should be taxed accordingly.

Just one person

@Newyorkist

2 months

"workers who want the luxury of [commuting in] their own vehicle."

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

we've had acoustic cargo bikes for 6 years. in 1 week after switching to an electric cargo bike - we rode 80 miles. i cannot express how much easier <waves hands> everything is with this bike. and how ridiculous cities aren't incentivizing their uptake

In 50 Years, Will E-Bikes Have Served Their True Purpose?

For the sake of our planet, let’s hope so

www.outsideonline.com

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

'Paris is removing 70,000 parking spaces (50% of all existing), introducing a new road code - with new pedestrian zones, expanded bike lanes, car-free zones - and lo and behold, it's working...' imagine if seattle's leaders were 1/100th as visionary on safe streets and climate

Peter Jelinek

@Peter_Jelinek

1 year

Paris baut 70.000 Parkplätze ab (50% aller bestehenden), führt einen neuen Straßenkodex ein – mit neuen Fußgängerzonen, ausgebauten Radwegen, autofreien Zonen – und siehe da, es wirkt...

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

probably should have done this about 20 years ago

IIHS

@IIHS_autosafety

2 years

One of our research priorities this year is to continue to look at how vehicle design changes could reduce the risks to pedestrians and cyclists.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

8 months

it's that time of year again

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

7 months

'Cycling has also been shown to cut risk of obesity by 39%, improve insulin sensitivity by 58% and lower the risk of dementia by 20-28%... The stats are impressive. In fact, if cycling were a pill, doctors would prescribe it to everyone.' yup

Why you should start cycling

It’s never too late to start cycling and feel the benefits, whether that's from a short and slow ride once a week or an intense workout

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 months

climate denial looks like:

Autodesk Revit

@AutodeskRevit

3 months

Surface parking design for real estate sites is an essential but time-consuming task. Read how software developers at @TestFitInc partnered with Autodesk to integrate their tool with Forma’s initial set of capabilities.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

11 months

seattle's waterfront could have looked like this...

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

imagine if we built like this near our light rail stations...

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

5 years

same scale

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

10 months

i asked bing's AI image generator to show me what some dense, bike-friendly, climate adaptive ecodistricts with mass timber passivhaus could look like, and friends...

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

4 months

massive EVs that accelerate to incredibly dangerous speeds in an instant have no place on city streets, and they are not a climate solution

Dave Gifford

@DE_Gifford

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Drivers having a normal one.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 months

this is one of the things i miss about germany by positioning the lights at the stop line, instead of across the street, it forces cars to stay back. if they block the crosswalk, they can't see the light change. makes it much safer for pedestrians.

Laura Mitchell

@LauraGMitchell

3 months

PSA: Because this has become far too common, this (red arrow) is where cars are supposed to stop at intersections. The white blocked lines are a crosswalk. When that space is blocked by a car, it endangers pedestrians by forcing them to cross in less safe spots.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

tired: ADUs wired: whatever TF this is

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

4 months

family of 5 that grew up playing sports, camping, and golf all without needing a deadly SUV

Matt Stokes

@stokesmatthew81

4 months

What about for the family of, say, five who has outdoor hobbies like hunting, fishing, camping, even golf, that would mean a car or even van couldn’t always support?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

imagine boarding in seattle at 8 pm, and arriving in san diego at 6 am. that's what this train can do.

David Roberts

@drvolts

2 years

"OBB, Austria’s national railway network, has shared a glimpse inside its next-generation Nightjet sleeper trains, set to arrive in summer 2023." 😍😍😍

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 months

put these on streets for traffic calming instead

John Moore Arts Coverage

@MooreTheatre

2 months

The @CityofDenver ’s solution to encampments is to place gigantic, ugly rocks on public sidewalks to discourage #homeless from pitching tents there. These boulders are now the distinguishing characteristic of any walking tour of #Denver . It’s not only hideous. It’s embarrassing.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

would you live in a large family friendly cooperative, next to a park, with a variety of housing units (studios to 6-BR cluster apartments), with a car-free middle, playgrounds, massive balconies, and ample bike parking like this?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 months

climate arson ^4th power. amazing.

Chris Koerner

@mhp_guy

2 months

This Texas neighborhood boggles my mind: - Will be the 2nd largest fly-in neighborhood in the US. 400 lots will have runway access - 4,200 acres and 4,000 homes - 18 hole golf course - And what about cost? Direct access lots will run $400k+ and taxi lots are $200k+ I love

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Mike Eliason

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1 year

things edmonton is getting right that the supposed 'climate leader' city of seattle refuses to do. 1. allowing density off arterials. in an older neighborhood - 6+ story buildings on quiet residential streets, far off loud and toxic arterials

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

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@BlisterRich @tombellino yes the US is famously the only country with smartphones 🙄

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 months

those dang climate protestors, blocking the highway

Disaster News

@Top_Disaster

2 months

Massive flood on the street due to heavy rainstorm in Ebersbach an der Fils of the Stuttgart, Germany 🇩🇪 (02.06.2024) Video: Daniboyd342 TELEGRAM JOIN 👉

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

10 months

red flag: you only run two trains a day between the three largest cities in the pacific northwest

Amtrak

@Amtrak

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red flag: he goes to the café car and doesn't bring you back anything 🚩

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Mike Eliason

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1 year

i just don't understand why zero US mayors are stepping up to make cities for residents that are safer, healthier, quieter, and much much more livable.

Sam Balto

@CoachBalto

1 year

Mayor of major cities in America need to embrace who cities are for. Not what the suburbs want cities to be. Cities are for people not for cars.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

5 months

your next car should be a walkable neighborhood where you don't actually need to own a car.

Hank Green

@hankgreen

5 months

If you don't want an EV for your next car, what is holding you back?

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Mike Eliason

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9 months

'280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles. E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world' also significantly reduced embodied carbon emissions. lower costs. right-sized for urban environments.

Ars Technica

@arstechnica

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280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

my gross salary in bayern was 3/4 of my salary in seattle. quality of life was far higher in bayern. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦

@Noahpinion

3 years

This data is a decade old, but it shows that the U.S. has a higher median income than almost any European country.

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Mike Eliason

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1 year

0 lanes for cars FTW = a win for climate action, public health, safe streets, livability, and quality of life

Strong Towns

@StrongTowns

1 year

The real question is: how do we want our congestion? Do we want it in two lanes, four lanes, eight lanes, or more?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

9 months

'struck in the upper chest area' dude is 6'-7" no one is safe w/ how massive trucks and SUVs have gotten.

Shams Charania

@ShamsCharania

9 months

From Philadelphia Police Department: Kelly Oubre Jr. was struck in the upper chest area by a silver vehicle traveling at a high-rate speed on Saturday night. The car fled the scene. In addition to broken ribs, Oubre has injuries to his hip and right leg.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

11 months

@arpitrage 'sustainable' doing a lot of work here

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

11 months

52 new cycle paths built this summer in paris. seattle couldn't complete 1.

Anne Hidalgo

@Anne_Hidalgo

11 months

Pas de doute, c'est bien la rentrée ! Vous êtes de plus en plus nombreux à utiliser les pistes cyclables. Pour répondre à cet engouement, 52 nouveaux aménagements ont été construits cet été ! 🚲

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

systemic problems in the anglosphere

Sam Dumitriu

@Sam_Dumitriu

1 year

Is Britain getting a bad deal? @Ben_A_Hopkinson and I looked at 242 infrastructure projects across 14 different countries. Our conclusion? It costs more to build new tram systems, railways, and roads in Britain than almost anywhere else in the world. 🧵

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'e-bikes aren't exercise' i scream, as i drive less than 4 miles in heavy traffic for the fifth time today.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

11 months

swedish architects out here planning new development with blocks full of small buildings and usable courtyards that american architects could only dream of

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

sara nelson's 'not everyone can ride a bike' comment has really been gnawing at me. it is true - and yet significantly *more* people cannot drive. fully a third of seattle's population. and yet, motorists never seem to acknowledge them when they think about mobility.

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Mike Eliason

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3 years

this is how vienna's developing a new, dense, walkable transit adjacent district. massive park. connections to adjacent streets. dense perimeter blocks w/ ample semi-public and private courtyards. kindergartens. community amenities. loads social housing. jobs. cafes. schools...

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 months

cars destroy vitality

Civic Grit

@civic_grit

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Before / after curb bumpout in Philly.

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4 months

a bollard would be cheaper/safer

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@SjamieIt

4 months

Drivers keep crashing into this hazard sign at Kent and Catherine. Each time I go by I see it bent over, straightened back out, bent over again, missing, replaced, over and over. Somebody crashed into it again last night. Look how many times the city has had to replace it.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

legalize this

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

the perfect urban truck. even more perfect when electrified.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

if you think an e-bike is cheating, let me tell you about this lazy, expensive, climate-destroying machine called the automobile

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

27 days

know what else should be eligible for $7,500 in federal tax credits? the only vehicles that simultaneously reduce operational *AND* embodied carbon e-cargo bikes reduce CO2 emissions over EVs by over 95% (and also don't emit other hazardous and deadly pollutants). plus - fun!

David Zipper

@DavidZipper

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INBOX: Waev (maker of the GEM low-speed vehicle) is suing the EPA and IRS, demanding that LSVs be eligible for $7,500 federal tax credits for electric cars.

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1 year

we really need to have a frank discussion on construction costs and quality in the US. this is social housing in vienna. mass timber. prefab passivhaus walls. mix of unit sizes. wood 3pane windows. US *market rate* housing is nowhere near this amazing.

Gleis 21, Vienna - BIG SEE

bigsee.eu

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

8 months

90% of seattle residents live within a 5 minute walk of a truck route or highway

Jonathan Berk

@berkie1

8 months

94% of Parisians live within a 5-minute walk of a bakery. 🇫🇷 🥖

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

9 months

early 1990s corolla hatchback's total height is same as the present land cruiser's front end just an absolute abdication of political leadership on safety.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

will never not be salty that as a family w/ 2 kids, it was both easier and a higher quality of life to live without a car in a small bavarian town of 72k, than a US city that bills itself as 'sustainable' with a population of nearly 800k

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

4 months

dystopian, unaffordable, inaccessible, not climate adaptive - but at least also there's nowhere to walk to

Ben Southwood

@bswud

4 months

It is quite remarkable just how much townhouse development is going on in Houston. These are four storeys, about 3,000 sqft (so very generous family homes), and I suspect about $700k. Pleasingly, they have hidden all the parking in garages at the back.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

if trucks can't see when turning right because they're so big - they shouldn't be allowed in the city. full stop.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

10 months

$1000 a month *just on car payments*

Politics & Education

@PoliticsAndEd

1 year

Percentage of people paying more than $1000 a month on car payments is incredible. 30% in Wyoming, 25% in Texas! The "Cars Mean Freedom" gang keeps getting painted into a smaller and smaller corner.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

thinking about how advocates have spent decades fighting for and winning incremental change on safe streets - and how the SUV negated literally all of it both at city and federal level. never been more dangerous on streets in this century.

U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high

The number of pedestrians killed by drivers has been climbing for over a decade. Experts say some solutions are within reach.

www.npr.org

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 month

why aren't any of the folks whining about the excellent NYT piece on elevator costs asking why US building regulations are undemocratically written by a private corporation, and not the government - resulting in far inferior housing to zurich, vienna, tokyo or singapore

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

stop expanding highways, jay

Governor Jay Inslee

@GovInslee

1 year

If we want to give future generations a chance to enjoy spending time in Mount Rainier National Park, with its forests still standing and glaciers intact, then we are going to have to defeat climate change. It’s a moral and ethical imperative.

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@holz_bau

2 months

close it all to cars you climate cowards

Pike Place Market

@pike_place

2 months

ICYMI! Our popup summertime public seating areas have returned. These seasonal public seating areas have picnic tables on Pike Street, Pike Place, and the MarketFront deck. Get to know all 9 public seating areas 👉 #PikePlaceMarket

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

show me you've never biked before, without telling me you've never biked before

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 months

@jdcmedlock reminds me of seattle's millionaires who make life flights for our regional children's hospital go to a helipad a mile away and then get in an ambulance - rather than landing on the hospital.

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@holz_bau

5 months

the scarier part is that EVs and e-SUVs are not only much heavier, but they can hit deadly speeds in under 2 seconds this is going to make this problem much, much worse.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

450 units of affordable housing in vienna (l) v. 365 units of affordable housing in seatac published costs for vienna are $120k per unit. much more open space. not centered on a highway. the way we handle dense multifamily housing in this country is dystopian.

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@holz_bau

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there are effectively no pedestrian safety regulations in the US

AutoPap

@AutoPap

2 months

In a land where you sue if your coffee is too hot, how the hell did this pass US pedestrian safety regulations?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

this is great, @copenhagenizers #COP26

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

7 months

limiting multifamily housing to arterials and highways is a massive public health crisis

Elai

@elaifresh

8 months

What living between 880 and 580 does to a mfer 😭

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

8 months

this kind of development on the left is illegal in nearly all of the US... so instead, we get this on the right. they are effectively the same density. which would you rather live in? which do you think had a broader mix of residents? is more accessible? climate-friendly?

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

motorists will do anything but drive less

Can Extremely Reflective White Paint Save the Planet?

Probably not, but geoengineering in some form is going to be necessary to address climate change.

nymag.com

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

he's not wrong tho

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

you may not like it but this may be one of the best (and most important) developments of last 20 years

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

9 months

pretty amazing that it takes years to get a bare bones safe streets project approved, funded and built - and then one person can come in an unilaterally erase it in just minutes. this is what climate arson looks like

Stack Melter (no such issue)

@jchris

9 months

@BikePortland “Portland means progress.”

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

car free streets FTW

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

5 years

emissions from SUVs have obliterated *all* emissions saved from EVs. SUVs are also why pedestrian deaths are up 50% in just a few years. banning SUVs is good for: livability 🌆 climate 🌳 safety 🚶‍♂️ health ❤️ and most importantly quality of life

Electric cars are not enough. It’s time to get serious about banning SUVs.

This week, the International Energy Agency announced that growing customer preference for SUVs are leading to increased emissions.The gains…

15kwhm2a.medium.com

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

2 years

denver's first round of e-bike rebate program sold out in mere days. the second round? in minutes nearly 4,200 bikes have been purchased. this is what climate action looks like.

Denver spent $4.1 million to get more people on e-bikes. It worked - Fast Company

Denver launched a rebate program to encourage residents to buy e-bikes and drive less. It's already wildly popular.

www.fastcompany.com

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

if money was no object, why would you move to a city in the US?

Richard Florida

@Richard_Florida

1 year

Where Americans would move if money was no object

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

underground parking is the carbon iceberg of construction - accounting for a third to nearly half of LCA emissions. eliminate parking - eliminate the iceberg.

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

1 year

paris: we're removing 60,000 parking spaces to make a healthier, safer, and more sustainable city. seattle: let's demolish the highway dividing the waterfront and downtown, and then build a tunnel *and* a highway at the street level to keep the division. with awful bike lanes

push the needle

@pushtheneedle

1 year

say hello to your new waterfront, seattle

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Mike Eliason

@holz_bau

3 years

you can get or you can with this get with that

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