The Republican Transportation Secretary is essentially forcing Amtrak to break itself apart into multiple pieces so that parts of it can be privatized.
Amtrak can't be privatized, but no one said that parts of it can't be!
the guy who sent mamdani a decorated one dollar bill, only for it to be rejected under conflict of interest law, wanted to talk to mamdani about a land value tax
Charging new housing developments a giant fee to fund the production of a small number of income-restricted units is the housing policy equivalent of responding to a hangover with a shot of vodka.
this admin genuinely has zero long term plans, they're forcing gas prices lower by draining the reserves, we're going to see shortages because they are morons who only think in days, rather than months
Riding the 2 on Sunset Boulevard and then wandering into UCLA reminds me that all property bounding a university should be high density and mixed use when commercially viable.
Fourplex under construction on Turnock Street in South Bend. Being built by the South Bend Heritage Foundation, the building will offer 1BR apartments at $840 per month and 2BR at $946 per month.
St. Joseph Co., jointly with the City of South Bend, has awarded a project to rehabilitate the Colfax Ave. bridge over the St. Joseph River. It will receive wider, protected sidewalks; a shared-use trail; lighting; and -- oh yeah -- monument elements in a light Art Deco style.
Two weeks in Scandinavian cities & I’ve not seen a single fire truck. Lots of vans. No ladders. No engines.
It’s almost like if you don’t send them out on the 97% of calls that aren’t fires you need fewer of them and can use cheaper & faster vehicles for those.
And when there is a fire they don’t have to be huge because they’re a “giant tool box” used to justify street designs causing the very accidents the ladder truck is mostly responding to.