Jake Scott

Colgate '20 Grad | R+Dataviz | Econ Nerd | Giants, Mets, Sixers (long story) | he, him, his |Views are my own | Github:

[Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi]

You may not be interested in the Alonso-Mills-Muth spatial equilibrium bid-rent gradient

But the AMM bid-rent gradient is interested in you

[Jake Scott @jakepscott2020]

@floor_per_area @TheOmniZaddy @atlanticesque This would make sense, figured it took some elbow grease and wasn’t just a off the shelf ready dataset. If you do find the code would love to see it (and would credit, naturally, if I ever used it!). Otherwise, thanks again for sharing!

[Jake Scott @jakepscott2020]

@floor_per_area @TheOmniZaddy @atlanticesque This is a lovely map! Where did you get the data on block lengths?

[BART @SFBART]

Another measurable improvement from the new fare gates is how much fewer corrective maintenance requests we have and the reduction in time spent cleaning and fixing things.

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

If you’re unclear on why expanding the supply of expensive housing is good even for those who can’t afford it, consider the following question: if we destroyed all luxury cars, would the price of a Kia go up or down?

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Where’s the street parking?!

[Effective Transit Alliance @eta_ny]

ICYMI, the NYS Legislature recently passed a law that would require two-person crews on all trains.

One-person operation, however, has proven safe & effective around the country and the world.

This bill would hurt riders and lock NY transit in the past.

https://t.co/ZfdLUAtvfx

[Jake Scott @jakepscott2020]

@umichvoter @Vvuvellu In round 7 and 8 (I think) they eliminate the wrong candidate

[Jake Scott @jakepscott2020]

@NekhiMichael I have no idea! Maybe some emergency drilling for some construction? An alien invasion? I don't care what it is, I just want it to quiet down!

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

Ahead of a 2007 plan to move car traffic more efficiently through downtown, the chamber exclaimed “the project will be a major boost for the county & Downtown Bamberg.”

Every downtown business is now closed.

…but traffic flows great!

📍 Bamberg, SC

[Gary Winslett 🌐🇺🇸 @GaryWinslett]

To understand the reason why inflation is so politically deadly for incumbents, you need to understand what I call it the “my raise, not my inflation” dichotomy. 1/4

[Jake Scott @jakepscott2020]

@RitaXenia @wanyeburkett I mean I grew up in exactly those areas and can assure you that it very much does.

[Jake Scott @jakepscott2020]

@aussieflya Any high level views on why this is? Something we seem to see over and over and has got to be fixed if we’re going to produce anywhere near sufficient supply.

[Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @HellGateNY]

"The scale shocked me."

According to a new study that looked used AI to generate illegal parking complaints, the NYPD marked complaints as "resolved" in just over half the cases where the vehicles were in fact still illegally parked.

https://t.co/T2BGpV1GJg

[Ben Furnas @bfurnas]

If umbrellas kept you dry, then places with the highest levels of umbrellas per capita should be the driest places in America, and yet they're some of the wettest.

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

This lovely train and bicycle trail has approximately 8 times the carrying capacity of the equivalent amount of space devoted to car lanes. Instead of loud, polluting, dangerous, ugly-ass freeways plowing through our cities, we could have this. 🚶🚲🚉 is cheaper, safer, better.

[Parking Reform Network @Parking_Reform]

How did this happen?

Simple. Morgantown, WV mandates that all restaurants build 1 parking space for each 100sqf of floorspace + 1 space for each employee.

That olive garden is about 10 000sqf. So that means they were forced to build >100 parking spaces!

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

Density is not overcrowding.

When we artificially constrain our housing supply, we force people into overcrowding situations as a result of a fear of adding modest density, often mislabeled as 'overcrowding.'

🖼️ @cayimby