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[Turner @Turner_Kerr]

28 days ago, I committed to daily #meditation. I found @wakingup and immediately started the Introductory Course. The 10min sessions, paired with short lessons on meditation theory, give a structure to the practice that's meaningful and approachable. 1/2

[Transit Forward @transit_forward]

🚂🚂🚂🚂!

[Neil Heller @nbrhoodwrkshop]

Reminder that NIMBYs vehemently opposed this mixed-use project despite traditional design, high quality materials, and compact walkable form.
Signs with a monster-toothed building were put up. One NIMBY even played guitar at council singing about saving the ‘heart’ of the town.

[Greg Anderson @WalkableAustin]

City Council votes 9-2 to pass HOME Phase 1, a crucial step for making housing easier and less expensive to build in Austin. Grateful for their dedication to our community. Huge shout out to them, especially CM Pool, city staff, and passionate housing advocates! 🙏 ❤️

[Austin-Bergstrom International Airport @AustinAirport]

✈️Exciting News! 🌲Starting May 31, 2024, fly nonstop from Austin to Eugene, Oregon w/ @Allegiant! Explore the breathtaking beauty of Eugene's nature, view local arts, & savor farm-to-table cuisine. Your adventure awaits – tickets on sale now! Read more: https://t.co/QW4mBeYt6C

[Turner @Turner_Kerr]

I completed my final session today and encourage anyone that's considering starting this #habit to try Waking Up.

If you're interested in trying the Introductory Course with 30 days free, use the link below to sign up and let me know what you think!

https://t.co/GmnFgZHmyw

[Turner @Turner_Kerr]

28 days ago, I committed to daily #meditation. I found @wakingup and immediately started the Introductory Course. The 10min sessions, paired with short lessons on meditation theory, give a structure to the practice that's meaningful and approachable. 1/2

[The ATX @TheATX1]

Riverranchdrone @SSP took some nice drone shots of the 73-story, 1,022' Waterline tower this weekend. It's about 16 floors up.

[Turner @Turner_Kerr]

@suphannahrucker Long overdue

[James Rambin @jamesrambin]

of course now the make zilker great again crowd is alleging a nefarious conspiracy by the city to murder this tree. congrats if you previously allowed yourself to be duped by these geniuses

[Mayor Pro Tem Chito Vela, III @chitoforatx]

City staff published the analysis I requested of how Austin's compatibility rules affect housing! There are some really interesting findings and very good recommendations. Some highlights for you housing nerds out there:

[The ATX @TheATX1]

It's amazing that Austin with an MSA population of 2.4 Million is getting a supertall that will be the tallest building in Texas. The only other cities in the U.S. with supertalls have MSAs with more than 6 million.

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

I-35 at 4th Street is getting a traffic light for pedestrians/cyclists trying to cross the frontage road. Should be active this spring.

CapMetro's board today approved almost half-a-million dollars to ensure their railroad signal coordinates with the traffic signal.

[James Rambin @jamesrambin]

going to miss this bit of the hike-and-bike trail on parkland at waller beach, which txdot plans to permanently seize for use as a construction staging and highway maintenance yard

[Greg Anderson @WalkableAustin]

Vague vision, clear concerns. A project of this scale, and cost, warrants more than a hasty sketch. Hope local leaders demand more from @TxDOT before the gutting begins

[Reconnect Austin @ReconnectAustin]

TxDOT's planned expansion of I-35 is not only eliminating potential for future housing on a full cap over the highway...

It's limiting housing being built right now.

[Jack Craver @JackCraver]

Some of Austin's most celebrated environmental activists have become major obstacles to environmental progress.
https://t.co/HFrFWOvPwr

[Austin Transit Blog @atxtransitblog]

what an incredible disaster this is for the city. six years of construction right on the lake, right on the trails. @sosalliance nowhere to be found unsurprisingly, give your money to @rethink35.

[Charles Marohn @clmarohn]

My friend Jason is taking some heat for this, but he's not wrong.

Most people think that "hope" means we take what we have and make it better. That's delusional. Most of what we have built is going away. It was never meant to endure. It was purely consumption.

What emerges out of that transition can be better if we adopt a @StrongTowns approach and mindset, but we aren't promising to fix everything that is messed up.

The Strong Towns project was initially about explaining how the post-war Suburban Experiment was a Ponzi scheme, one that gave us growth today in exchange for crippling long-term liabilities. I can't change that math, which is merciless.

What I hopefully can change is how people process that (with compassion and optimism, not hate and division). We are trying to create an alternate model for prosperity, one that everyone can participate in, one that will create a broad renewal of our cities (see my first book).

Cut Jason some slack. He's a good guy who is not cheering for doom. He's rightly struggling with the delusion gap between American beliefs/actions and reality. I struggle with that, too.

[Turner @Turner_Kerr]

@bjwatx Advanced problem solving and a whole lot of communication

[marshall @marshallgeyer]

the new foxtrot location just opened under city hall - good pedestrian activation addition to 2nd street