Jonathan Salmans

Urbanist Blogger. Supports a more walkable, bike friendly Pittsburgh with better transit.

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@Innamo is right to call for a countywide tax reassessment and therefore has my vote. However, the Longtime Owner Occupants Program (LOOP) program she supports would make taxes less fair and less efficient. 1/3 https://t.co/EMlg3TS8eM

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@CharlesCMann Trump is solving global warming and making China pay for it.

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"SMALLER CLASSES, SMALLER CLASSES, SMALLER CLASSES", I've been hearing for my whole life.

But it turns out smaller classes don't help much. We should be spending that money on hiring BETTER teachers, not MORE teachers.

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@rustbeltjacobin @CoreyLeander @JGossman78 @EricLevitz What evidence are you aware of that homework is beneficial in elementary school?

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@CoreyLeander @JGossman78 @rustbeltjacobin @EricLevitz Was referring to this one for OP: https://t.co/sYr7fxRdFk

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@CoreyLeander @rustbeltjacobin @EricLevitz No strong evidence for lots of homework, esp elementary. We rarely had much homework in Catholic school but all performed pretty well at the next level and were usually ahead of our peers in the first year of College. It's just not needed much.

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@CoreyLeander @JGossman78 @rustbeltjacobin @EricLevitz OP was about elementary school. All these studies are about college. Some homework is beneficial in high school and possibly beneficial in middle school, but there isn't evidence of benefit in elementary school.

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@mattyglesias Looking forward to your article on this.

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@DominiqueJL15 I think there should be more shame directed at public schools that fail so badly that people would rather pay to go somewhere else than attend them for free.

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@RyanDeto I don't think you should treat the 2014 study's conclusions as if they are definitely true. Other countries have been able to build high speed rail for much lower cost through mountainous areas.

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@DogeMan1234567 @JohnRTyndall @RyanDeto @Amtrak I think Pittsburgh to Cleveland is viable at existing speeds if there were three daily trains during daylight hours, but I agree with your general point.

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@JohnRTyndall @RyanDeto @Amtrak It's more scalable than planes. New York and Philadelphia's airports are at capacity. Adding train capacity is much easier than Adding flight capacity at these airports.

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@RyanDeto Closing the public schools during the draft was a big mistake, I wish those responsible would be held accountable.

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The rules against speeding aren't just because *you * might make a mistake. They're there so that the results are less catastrophic when *other people* make a mistake. You can be the best driver in the world, but if somebody else makes a mistake and pulls out in front of you, the situation is much worse than it would other wise be if you're speeding because 1) you will have dramatically increased stopping distance; 2) the results of a collision will be much worse.

*You* don't get to say that this is a chance you're willing to take, because we're all on the road together.

Speeding selfishly imposes real risks on innocent people for what is really a pretty minor benefit.

That's why it's literally illegal.

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@mattyglesias Do you think Canada's Healthcare system is better than ours?

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Kyiv tonight

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@JusticeWillett Kmj1

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@LeahLibresco @BenHatke I can confirm those books are fantastic!

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@binarybits @QuaintTransfer 😲

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@binarybits Drivers under 18 are so dangerous they should be encouraged to take self driving cars.

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@KelseyTuoc I have four children and it is an awesome thing!

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@PastorBowman @lymanstoneky No, people prefer high speed rail for intercity routes when it'san option. Here are examples from Spain anf France.