Jared Jones

Urban planner living in Tampa. Passionate about the future of our communities. NIU and FSU grad.

[YIMBY St. Pete @yimbystpete]

very cool! https://t.co/1jVV2Ltjec

[Gregory L Little, Ed.D. @DrGregLittle2]

Some 18,000 years ago, sea levels were likely some 400 feet lower, essentially meaning Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and other states along all the US had some shorelines over a hundred miles out from today's coasts in some areas. Florida, for example, was twice as large then. Whatever evidence that still exists of the oldest sites in the Americas likely lies buried under sand and silt in the submerged areas. There is ongoing research in this area. Here is a bit: https://t.co/rjJdPxvNIa

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

@mottsmith @moseskagan Low impact development techniques are not remotely “performative”

[MoundLore @MoundLore]

Florida LiDAR

[Nate Monroe @NateM_Tributary]

Is having a well-staffed permitting department a priority? Is having a competent planning department a priority? For residents concerned about overdevelopment/inappropriate buildouts in their neighborhoods, probably. To some far-flung state legislator? Maybe not.

[Business Observer @BizObserverFL]

The Florida growth story is showing cracks, largely because of misaligned policy choices and a lack of a statewide vision, according to Jeff Brandes, a former Florida senator, founder and president of The Florida Policy Project. https://t.co/0A73REKyOB

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

The whole corporate home-buying outrage is a classic red herring.

It lets politicians & pundits point at "evil Wall Street" while dodging the real drivers of the housing crisis: zoning laws that block new construction, endless NIMBY regulations, local governments that won't let supply meet demand, and decades of bad policy that keeps building way below population growth.

Corporations own a tiny fraction of single-family homes nationwide (under 3-4% in most analyses). Blaming them feels good, but it's a distraction from the actual fix.

Yell about Blackstone all you want…until cities stop treating single-family zoning like sacred scripture, we will keep building the wrong products. We need to let markets work!

#HousingCrisis #RedHerring

[Jason, @jasonc_nc]

Quick and easy lens for people not well-versed in housing.

When an “expert” uses per capita in housing supply conversations, rather than per household comparisons, you can safely ignore them.

Measuring off the wrong metric is worse than none at all.

[Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler]

IZ satisfies planners who want to build subsidized housing but do not have the power to tax and spend to do so.

Also, critically, IZ gives elected Democrats a way to pose as friends of the poor while satisfying their NIMBY constituents' desire to block neighborhood change.

[Dion @2024dion]

The lowest hanging fruit in transportation engineering is still improving traffic signal timing. Most congestion is caused by intersection chokepoints, not the number of driving lanes, but current dynamic recalibration strategies are time and cost intensive. This effort in Metro Detroit to use GPS data to re-time signals improved traffic flow by 20-30% at a cost of just $2,500 per intersection per year. https://t.co/Q7AH4yMtFX

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

@mattyglesias A range of context sensitive design standards (think the new urbanism urban-to-rural transect) developed through collaboration-based stakeholder engagement including existing residents, development-related industry groups, and conservation/historic preservation advocates

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

Love to see it! ❤️Most successful sea turtle nesting season in decades reported https://t.co/5RgNTWypOP via @stpetecatalyst

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Whittier, Alaska- nearly the whole city lives in one building
Coober Pedy, Australia- nearly the whole town lives underground in former mines
Ganvié, Benin- in water, built on stilts!

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

The 4 lives lost in the Ybor City crash https://t.co/mJHeQWFvXK

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

Absolutely tragic. I feel for all the victims and their families.

The blame lays fully on the driver - but when we share roads with drivers like this, we need physical separation/protection (bollards, anchored planters, etc.)

[Tampa Police Department @TampaPD]

Tampa Police Share Footage and an Update Following Fatal Crash in Ybor: https://t.co/laqmxFJEuI

This remains an active investigation. FHP is the lead agency in the traffic crash and will be providing the remaining updates in this incident.

We ask that you continue to keep those affected, and those mourning the tragic loss of their loved one, in your thoughts as we continue to work in partnership with FHP to seek justice for the victims and their families.

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

Maybe future issues will go into fertilizer- and irrigation-free native Florida lawns & landscaping. Lower maintenance, irrigation, and infrastructure costs would ultimately *help* the developer's bottom line.

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

Another deep-dive piece in the TBT series on Florida's water quality issues. "Wasting Away: Florida lets big companies pollute with impunity. Waterways suffer" | https://t.co/5mOczG7Fqp https://t.co/zAdaP8IMUO

[Jared Jones @jareds_jones]

Anyway... it's good article & series overall and worth the read. The big-bad-developer trope just really grinds my gears. Ultimately, they're one cog in the machine that makes the whole construction industry (and all its externalities) go round.