urbanists.social/@zak (byeee)

OPEN CLARK STREET IN ANDERSONVILLE. @slowstreetsorg check out

[Bugbear Bikes @bugbearbikes]

Have we told you that we're open yet? Tuesday - Friday 11-6, Sat & Sun 11-5. Service for all bikes, happy to match you with an e-cargo-bike.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@eevblog Wasn't the dumb trope that the billionaires would leave? Will their wealth get redistributed so fast they have to rent U-hauls and move themselves? Sounds good.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@cornoisseur 15mph speed limit in the Netherlands and above that banned on cycle paths and regulated more like cars. Probably appropriate there to protect their safe cycling infrastructure. Here what’s the point?

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@BlockClubCHI Doesn’t look shut down at all. It was more bustling than ever.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@cornoisseur This on the same day as the Milwaukee open street day was power.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

🚶‍♂️ Game-Changer: #London🇬🇧 Is Reimagining Oxford Street

Mayor @SadiqKhan plans to pedestrianise 1.1 km from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch—transforming one of the world’s busiest (and most polluted) shopping streets into a vibrant, people-first space. 🧵

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@UrbanCourtyard Often the city got it wrong, or the owner was already trying to sell or rent their place, or building permit apps were pending. I don’t really know what the macro effects were but on the micro level I saw a lot of small owners lose all their equity within a few short months.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@UrbanCourtyard A property would get reclassified from .85% annually to 5% annually, and their escrow payments on their mortgages would usually be the first thing they would notice. If they didn’t have the extra cash their property would be facing foreclosure very quickly.

[Dylan @DylanDoubly]

imagine seeing this and wanting all the cars back

[Dylan @DylanDoubly]

you’re next andersonville

[Brian @biancs60093]

@ZakPatterson As a nearby resident I really hope we do this permanently. It won’t be the end of the world
To close off one little tiny road in our city of endless roads. and it will make this plaza so much better than it already is.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

This feels special to me. I don’t know how else to say it. Lincoln Square is standing on the precipice of something great. I hope the right people realize it.

[Spritelass @Spritelass67]

@ZakPatterson Every neighborhood in the city should have this.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@alexanderv64100 This is the correct phone number for ward 47 Alderman Matt Martin’s office. Good suggestion.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

This feels special to me. I don’t know how else to say it. Lincoln Square is standing on the precipice of something great. I hope the right people realize it.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@DeanLogic Roads lead TO a city. This is a street. A street is for my kid to play in while I buy stuff.

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

@Marathonpundit You think we can handle more cars on our streets? You think the city would be better if every new person moving into the city had to bring a car? What if the population increased by 10%? Would you be happy with traffic increasing by 10%?

[DB Cooper @prf0908]

Cars have done more to ruin cities than any other singular thing

[urbanists.social/@zak (byeee) @ZakPatterson]

Sure would be nice if we could just try it in one.

[ROY @machinegunroy]

This what every other block in barcelona looks like

[🌋 bethany’s travel agent 🌷 @xcxistentialism]

Full Disclosure: I’m a transplant in this city, but I have never understood why cars were allowed to drive through a square…parking there feels like an obstacle course of death.