CaptainTransplant

Lefty Georgist Yimby | ATX ➡️ BK

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“It’s becoming nearly impossible for working-class people to buy and keep a roof over their heads,” @AOC and @SenTinaSmith write. ��Congress must respond with a plan that matches the scale of this crisis.”

Read: https://t.co/o4ishwWu92

[raghav @punkajpandeyji]

This is so Mamma Mia coded

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Why did America destroy its own cities?

A thread... 🧵

[Nic Cota @nictrieslife]

Checkout this NEAT TRICK PHILLY USED TO INCREASE transit ridership and not spend a cent!

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

Housing data for month of May in Manhattan:

* Zero new multi-family residential buildings permitted

* Avg. monthly rent: $5,379

We can't continue on this path.

I know it's the 11th hour & 59th minute in Albany. But we just can't let this session end without action on housing.

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

The A train (connecting JFK to Manhattan) is running every 23 minutes. This is so depressing for a city as globally relevant as NYC.

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

@mnolangray Midwood / Homecrest in Brooklyn

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

"Electric bicycles in Denver are replacing an estimated 100,000 vehicle miles per week."

https://t.co/rGqy30gVOl

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

I’m a middle income, South Asian YIMBY, just getting by renting in Brooklyn. I’ve consistently voted for leftist / progressive candidates, advocated for public housing, etc. Once again an obnoxious white dude is just denying my existence. This is really harmful rhetoric SMH.

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

New Jersey suburbanites are not unfairly burdened by this. They enjoy the benefits of NYC without paying a fair share into its taxes. Congestion pricing is incredibly equitable and if @SenBooker is actually a progressive he would support it!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

New Jersey’s U.S. senators have joined the fight against New York City’s plan to charge drivers on Manhattan’s busiest streets, arguing that the tolls would unfairly burden suburbanites who must travel into the city for work. https://t.co/81spvWLoT1

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

@MartinConcagh Not all YIMBYs are centrist, there are plenty of us Left YIMBYs. Though you’re correct the YIMBY movement has done a lot in recent years the credit does not go entirely to centrists in the movement.

[Deep Singh Badhesha @DeepNotShallow]

Denver is not full.

Colorado is not full.

America is not full.

Everyone who lives here should be able to stay. Everyone who moves here should be welcomed.

If you disagree with this, please discard your "Progressive" tag at the door 🫡

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

@ATXPOA

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

I feel like Brooklyn should have a lot more protected bike lanes planned???

[NYC DOT @NYC_DOT]

Our upcoming protected bike lane projects will include high-ridership areas, bridges & Priority Investment Corridors. Hardening will include installing cement jersey barriers & continuously testing new materials on bike lanes in all five boroughs. Details: https://t.co/sOgXxRGD9x

[FuckCars @FuckCarsReddit]

16/ In short, the bio-physical basis of our own existence is already under threat. This means we have to reduce our energy use to mitigate the damage we impose on the biosphere. One way to do this is by quickly restructuring our urban environments, like the following:

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

@DaddyBodyNoGym @pushtheneedle This ☝🏾but unironically

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

Pedestrian fatalities are falling in countries around the world.

In the US they're rising.

[Mayor Pro Tem Chito Vela, III @chitoforatx]

Unanimous vote from the Houston City Council to permanently close 7 blocks around its light rail downtown to vehicles. Lessons here for Austin and the Drag.

[CaptainTransplant @CptTransplant]

@the_transit_guy Food🍔: Calcutta
Weather🌡: Los Angeles
Culture 🎭: Toronto
Transit 🚌: Singapore
Architecture🏛: Bruges
Parks 🏞: San Francisco
Economy 💰: New York
Location📍: London
Sports Teams ⚽️: Liverpool (YNWA)