Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰

Skinny kid from Cleveland. ||| Tax parking to fund transit.

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

"Massive property damage and pedestrians being injured (or killed) is our transportation system functioning precisely as designed. This is how it was designed to work."

https://t.co/FgIWmbPOYq

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

Engineers Are Unbelievably out of Touch on Parking Reform

https://t.co/glp2qon9Sj

[Lauren R. Welch @MsLaurenRWelch]

Forever in our hearts, Nikki. 🖤
Been thinking about you a lot lately.

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

What the U.S. Can Learn From the ‘Bike Mayor’ of Africa, Manuel de Araújo https://t.co/bWaKtkxkNy

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

"Government highway agencies have enabled the blatant falsification of traffic model results. As a result, the United States wastes billions on road expansions that fail to cure congestion and make it harder to get around without a car."

https://t.co/KKoxKvQniT

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

Prolly time to redesign Abbey (which seems to be where the driver came from. If it was Lorain...woof. But we already knew Lorain needs a safety redesign!)

https://t.co/jXUpjgycPd

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

Immigration is good

https://t.co/3vpzU3a4Ot

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

"Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses"

https://t.co/dldBiaLQK1

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

"Making driving truly optional can save the planet — and save American households trillions of dollars."

https://t.co/vpazrJqqAQ

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

‘Rage Against the Machine’: The Daily Toll of Cars in 18 Images https://t.co/v0Q23Xk8jV

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

"Killing 43,000 people a year is not the cost of doing business; it isn't ethically responsible to walk away from that and say, 'Well, that's what it costs to have a great and capacious highway system.'"

https://t.co/JTqiKK0LE9

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

"For decades, Congress has poured money into the same flawed system. We’ve seen the results of that strategy. It’s time to make smarter investments in our transportation system."

https://t.co/DGOA2zVNoh

[Smart Growth America @SmartGrowthUSA]

While disabled people are more reliant on public transit, accessibility barriers in our current transportation system can contribute to feelings of isolation & loneliness.

Learn how to be ally for people with disabilities, especially when using transit.
https://t.co/EjQQ3sI8n2

[Smart Growth America @SmartGrowthUSA]

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new program, the Center for Zoning Solutions!

Read a letter from our Director of Land Use and Development, Toccarra Nicole Thomas, to learn more about the Center! ⤵️

https://t.co/2nroFB2pgL

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

Meigs is the blueprint: develop some; preserve most.

Maybe without the midnight runway bulldozing...

https://t.co/kByNkRmfgY

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

@KhrysCLE @juliankhan 👆This. And while we should absolutely aim for the best outcomes possible...improving on an NFL stadium is an incredibly low bar. There are very few less meaningful uses!

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

"[Post-WWII], we've produced a landscape with more pavement than people. In most cities and towns, you’re likelier to see strip malls, freeways, and parking lots rather than public plazas, parks, recreational trails, or small-business lined main streets." https://t.co/KLGSMQu88D

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

This is very good!

https://t.co/OuekmuLoKj

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

Amen! Now let's do like a hundred more.

https://t.co/8ITuGkYN2p

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

There are also civic pride arguments to any number of *public goods*.

Better to spend tax money on those.

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

Not really. It's better than *not* having post-season baseball, of course, but it's not really big money in the grand scheme of things.

The structure of this piece itself kind of reveals that (1/N)...

https://t.co/BM6LVlbAYc

[Jeffrey Weston Sleasman 🔰 @jeffsleasman]

There are civic pride benefits to having all kinds of things that shouldn't get big subsidies. From having Fortune 500 company headquarters to architecturally attractive millionaire mansions to, yes, pro sports.

But the beneficiaries are private