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[Curtis Rogers 🚲 @CurtRog]

"Americans have an estimated 2 billion parking spots for 280 million cars. In the midst of an epic housing shortage and affordability crisis, we have an average of 1,000 square feet of parking per car — but only 800 square feet of housing per person"

https://t.co/bCBaQYEtoh

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@data_atx I think @sircalebhammer needs to bring @TxDOT on for a financial audit to explain how they spend all their money on roads. Actually, @megankimble would be a great guest for a TxDOT Financial Audit episode

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The new @dallasmavs stadium location really sums up American city planning. Even the cities that have rail are committed to not supporting it. Clearly the Mavs owners want parking revenue, but at what cost? @dartmedia can’t catch a break.

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@texasrunnerDFW @DonMiami3 Dallas population is pretty flat. No shade, I was born there, but the city prioritized highways to help people live in the suburbs and not invest in the city center.

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The lengths @Tesla has gone to make this a smooth design doesn’t make sense if it’s relying on hardware to “see” the world around it. I would rather ride in an AV covered in lidar, cameras, and any tech that will help the machine drive itself. I like the 2 seat coupe though

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@YIMBYLAND UT could build a marina when they develop south of Lake Austin Blvd

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

Truly, literally, every single business in rural Terlingua, TX is speaking out against the Big Bend border wall in a universally nonpartisan manner with everything they’ve got. One coffee shop built a massive replica wall with a canoe on top saying “STOP THE STEEL.”

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@tobinjstone Sorry if this has been mentioned, but I completely agree with you that surface parking is wasteful. To @PGuy77’s point, adding space between each parking space IS a superior design, compared to the basic single white line.

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There’s so much that @keds_economist gets right about housing. On the topic of more middle income housing, I wish they had discussed city rules that force everyone to have two yards and more parking than they need.

[Bloomberg @business]

The problem of housing affordability is much bigger than insufficient supply, says @keds_economist — it’s a mismatch with demand (via @opinion) https://t.co/JURlkTH9f6

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Stoked for this launch @americanhousing

[The American Housing Corporation @americanhousing]

For a half-century, America has critically under-built family-sized housing in our most dynamic cities and neighborhoods, rendering them childless and unaffordable.

It's time to save the American Dream.

Introducing The American Housing Corporation.

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As a @tesla owner (bought in 2020), I trust @waymo far more for AV rides. That said, scaling fast and making safety a lower priority worked well for Uber. I hope the public has higher standards for driverless tech.

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It’s interesting to hear ads for @SierraClub on @ezraklein show, given their recent NIMBY record and his Abundance campaign.

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Maybe the swing states from the last election should be the first primaries. Has this never been proposed? I feel like @ezraklein or @NateSilver538 would have said something by now. Iowa going early makes less sense every election cycle. @ABC graphic

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@JeffreyBrandes @RonDeSantis Would love to also see the govt stop mandating parking on homeowners and businesses

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@darren_stallcup Or start buying EVs? California invented @Tesla and @Rivian, right?

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@mspringut Klyde Warren Park

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Took @Uber to & from downtown Austin last week (thanks @DowntownATXInfo). Ride there smelled like cigarette smoke and driver was looking down at an iPad in his lap. Ride home was @Waymo 🤩 It feels like the early days again, unlocking a new service that will change things forever

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@YIMBYLAND @adampnathan This is a hard project to love. The unit count looks great but the design is tough to really get behind

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Sorry @jimfarley98, still rooting for @Ford, but we can’t see the forest for the trees if we’re still talking about emissions while China is dominating with EVs

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@SenTedCruz

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@SenTedCruz

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“Tax credits for third spaces”

@profgalloway always drops solid ideas in his list of improvements. The value of these places is more than their sales revenue and ability to pay property taxes, and we should treat them differently.