We Built It That Way Podcast

A monthly show about how we shape the places we live, and how they shape us. Hosted by your pals @planning_guru + @mrjordanclark

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We talked about this little phenomenon way back on the first episode of the show, but this video is priceless 😅😭

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The “Grateful Jog” is something pedestrians can do to demonstrate submissiveness to drivers who stop at crosswalks.

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In cases where the driver defers, it's felt to be charity (by all involved), and the intruding pedestrian is in their debt.

(Even if it's the law that the driver yields at a crosswalk)

These are the expectations we inherit from a roadway system designed for car convenience.

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And to be clear, the whole thing demonstrates just how thoroughly car-brain has infected all of us.

The road network instills a might-makes-right mentality where the driver of the big heavy vehicle is owed seamless movement because they *can* go faster...

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���� New episode! 🔔

'Density: Just a fancy word for overcrowding?'

... wherein we try to establish a bit of context 😱 about a topic everybody's an expert on

👉 https://t.co/kFF6ND5lQt

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New episode coming out later today! 😎

We'll wade into the world of everybody's favorite villain/hero: Density.

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@RiderExMachina For the most part yes! 🙏 Thank you!

[push the needle @pushtheneedle]

japan discourages car ownership with cities banning street parking over night. this opens their streets to be curbless, pedestrian oriented, and vibrant. in japan 80% of kids walk to school. in the US that's 10%

listen to @99piorg's great podcast!

https://t.co/CCvZLQEye4

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@musharbash_b "... and that was an extended cut from Brian Eno's 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports'; you're listening to 'The World is Still Pretty Messed Up and Whatnot, So Let's Calmly Discuss Over Coffee' ..."

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So many neighborhoods are still stuck in the "before" phase of the inevitable street reclamation before/afters.

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I love biking, it brings me great joy, and I am a very experienced and extremely careful rider

AND

I feel like it’s only a matter time before I wind up in the hospital

We need to treat vehicular violence like the emergency it is.

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@carfreeacademy Same!

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Can't have alleys that create little moments of delight like this if we require every building to have a sea of parking around it

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Absolutely fantastic (and delightful) interview with Dr. @sue_pierre, whose approach and field of study @CriticalEcology is refreshing and necessary!

10/10 do recommend listening

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#CriticalEcology (SOCIAL SYSTEMS + ENVIRONMENT) is a new field/ep with @CriticalEcology’s Dr. @sue_pierre!

A heartfelt, hard science & surprisingly hilarious chat about the whys behind the environmental pickle the world is in & how to make it better. https://t.co/x8HSqpsQrT

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Lots of places are dangerous, unpleasant, unlovable, and cannot last. Because we ... built them that way.

Poured all that money into outcomes like this *on purpose*

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@ZealousRanter Danke! 🙏

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Looking to move to a bikeable-ish big city that doesn't charge SF or NYC rents? Enjoyed this video from our friends over at @propelbike

Any quibbles with this top 10?
https://t.co/v5Yt19FFWI

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@BikeSanAntonio @EditMeHarder @CityOfDallas 😬

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Brand new "bike infrastructure," Dallas, Texas, year of our lord 2022.

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"Drivers are offered a kind of impunity that doesn’t exist in just about any other situation where a human kills another human."
https://t.co/lzkSaYIfMS

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Related to what we discussed in our most recent episode, a tragically common story: