Jack Ketcham

Head of Engineering @afterdotcom - Pro walkable streets

[Connect Bay Area Transit @Connect_BayArea]

The Bay Area Considers the Unthinkable: Life Without BART. By @hknightsf and Soumya Karlamangla for the @nytimes.

https://t.co/CJST908Puv

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

Updated the Open Streets Tempe website to have this 'Add to Calendar' button (ics file download for Apple/Outlook) -- always wish more event websites had this

https://t.co/MpopNaFarP

[Addy Osmani @addyosmani]

Boris created Claude Code. His point here is important - when AI handles the code generation, the engineer's value shifts to the decisions above the code:

1. what do we build?
2. why? for whom?
3. and how it all fits together.

The bottleneck was always judgment, taste, and systems thinking. AI just made that more obvious.

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

@YIMBYTempe @KendraFlory @MoultonBelec Well deserved!!

[Bike Tempe @biketempe]

Want to know the future of biking and walking in Tempe?

The candidates have shared their stances on Vision Zero, improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and ensuring safer access to city amenities. Read their responses to our questionnaire:

https://t.co/kf0inzkcWu

[Tempe YIMBY @YIMBYTempe]

NEW: Despite Tempe's housing shortage, most councilmembers showed hesitation to expand Accessory Dwelling Units at last week's City Council meeting.

Read our article below ⬇️

https://t.co/swmpZkiPFB

[Bike Tempe @biketempe]

The Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) has a survey open until Sept 30 about transportation choices valley wide.

https://t.co/uP5ckWZp8W

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

Nothing like a fresh new bike rack! Helped finish the install on this one.

[Bike Tempe @biketempe]

New bike rack installed this morning as part of our Bike Racks for Businesses program!

This one is located in the complex with Okun Dentistry near Southern and Rural.

Do you know a business that could use better bicycle parking? Tell them, and then tell us!

#bikeracks #tempe

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

@NWSPhoenix Need an updated graph of the 110+ days!

[The Flood Control District of Maricopa County @maricopaflood]

Curious to know where #Monsoon2023 rainfall stands through early Sept or in comparison to the last 15years? We'll definitely finish ahead of 2020, but still very dry. The image below is the "average" total around Maricopa County (using 297 index gages), not just Sky Harbor #azwx

[Tempe YIMBY @YIMBYTempe]

NEW from us: In light of Phoenix legalizing backyard Accessory Dwelling Units, we revisited Tempe's ADU legalization.

Our review of Tempe's permit data shows *just* five casitas have been constructed since its passage in 2019.

https://t.co/uMbnymy9Ej

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

See you there tomorrow!

[Bike Tempe @biketempe]

Think of the coolest thing. Now add bikes, free pizza from Boulders on Broadway, helmets, bike lights, safety checks, and did I mention pizza? ���🍕 Join us at the ASU Bike Co-Op, tomorrow, Thu, Sep 7 at 5p. Learn to ride safe, eat well, and yes, there will be free shiny things.

[Tempe YIMBY @YIMBYTempe]

Congratulations on Phoenix City Council for voting 8-1 to legalize ADUs city wide!

Huge win for Phoenix and a great example for cities across the state!

[Joan Meiners, Ph.D. 🐝🚴‍♀️ @beecycles]

Some AZ cities rep themselves as sustainable building leaders. But we found many of the same are hindering growth in other ways, incl. adopting policies that restrict the most sustainable and needed types of housing and by sending lobbyists to oppose legislation designed to help.

[Tempe YIMBY @YIMBYTempe]

City Council UNANIMOUSLY voted to move forward the General Plan to a vote in March 2024

There’s a lot of love for new homes for new neighbors in this room, and it feels great

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

I'd be interested to see a chart like this but for (monsoon season) precipitation YTD @NWSPhoenix

[NWS Phoenix @NWSPhoenix]

Here is the latest count of 110 degree days so far this year in Phoenix. We have seen 35 days at or above 110 degrees which is the highest amount YTD and is now the second most in a single year on record behind 2020 (53 days). #azwx

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

Woah just saw the switchover...

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

The US National Archives really has some top notch gifs
https://t.co/E65HUWiJtx

[Jack Ketcham @_jket]

This is what parking mandates ruined for us

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

We used to build these all over North America, until zoning laws effectively made them illegal. It’s time to bring back missing middle housing.