Kevin DeGood
@kdegood.bsky.social
Man about town. I was assigned by division. Streetcars Suck.
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Kevin DeGood
@kdegood.bsky.social
· Dec 6
1/ I'm trying to understand why the modernist vision for urban renewal after WWII was so powerful. I think a small part of it is how people respond to models/visuals. And this got me thinking about art. I dig this painting by Camille Pissarro of Rue Saint Lazare, 1893.
Not upzoning near this park is the equivalent of running rail in a highway median. Your design choice effectively sets a glass ceiling on community use/benefit. Highway rail is mostly limited to commuting and the mega park to occasional visits. Go big, people.
There are historical reasons for siting big parks like Wilson Park in Detroit or Grant Park in Chicago along rivers & lakefronts. But doing so without permitting adjacent intensification of housing consigns them to occasional destination use rather than letting them blossom into everyday amenities.
July 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Not upzoning near this park is the equivalent of running rail in a highway median. Your design choice effectively sets a glass ceiling on community use/benefit. Highway rail is mostly limited to commuting and the mega park to occasional visits. Go big, people.
First time in Houston. THIS TOWN CANNOT BE REAL.
May 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
First time in Houston. THIS TOWN CANNOT BE REAL.
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the best way for California to tax the rich is to simply abolish prop 13
April 28, 2026 at 3:54 AM
the best way for California to tax the rich is to simply abolish prop 13
Fat check: True.
Just an appreciation post: DC Metro @wmata.com is a daily miracle—consistently fast, reliable, clean, frequent. This city is so much better because of it.
April 23, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Fat check: True.
Americans: This proposed duplex will destroy the fabric of the neighborhood and broader human civilization.
Also Americans: This double-decker highway will be sustainable and iconic!
Also Americans: This double-decker highway will be sustainable and iconic!
I'm working on a video about highways, and this project "fact sheet" in Miami had me cracking up.
March 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Americans: This proposed duplex will destroy the fabric of the neighborhood and broader human civilization.
Also Americans: This double-decker highway will be sustainable and iconic!
Also Americans: This double-decker highway will be sustainable and iconic!
DC runs a consolidated RFP for a group of federal and local programs that support affordable housing production and preservation.
This is the list of the controlling laws and regulations.
Yikes.
This is the list of the controlling laws and regulations.
Yikes.
March 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
DC runs a consolidated RFP for a group of federal and local programs that support affordable housing production and preservation.
This is the list of the controlling laws and regulations.
Yikes.
This is the list of the controlling laws and regulations.
Yikes.
Brits know how dumb it is to call it maths, right?
March 18, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Brits know how dumb it is to call it maths, right?
1/2 EVs, like all vehicles, should pay for their use. The operative word is *use*. A fee is a property tax, which decouples the vehicle from its impacts.
The real solution is charging for VMT based on location and time of day. This can be done without tracking because GPS is a passive technology.
The real solution is charging for VMT based on location and time of day. This can be done without tracking because GPS is a passive technology.
* SENIOR HOUSE REPUBLICAN SAM GRAVES SAYS AT EVENT IN WASHINGTON THAT HE WANTS TO IMPOSE FEES ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR HIGHWAY USE
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
March 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
1/2 EVs, like all vehicles, should pay for their use. The operative word is *use*. A fee is a property tax, which decouples the vehicle from its impacts.
The real solution is charging for VMT based on location and time of day. This can be done without tracking because GPS is a passive technology.
The real solution is charging for VMT based on location and time of day. This can be done without tracking because GPS is a passive technology.
1/2 A problem we have in public policy is that we use the word ‘regulation’ in a way that obscures the actual fight/issue.
The issues isn’t regulation; the issue is safety. Can a car without a steering wheel be safe given everything that can and does go wrong put in the real world?
The issues isn’t regulation; the issue is safety. Can a car without a steering wheel be safe given everything that can and does go wrong put in the real world?
March 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
1/2 A problem we have in public policy is that we use the word ‘regulation’ in a way that obscures the actual fight/issue.
The issues isn’t regulation; the issue is safety. Can a car without a steering wheel be safe given everything that can and does go wrong put in the real world?
The issues isn’t regulation; the issue is safety. Can a car without a steering wheel be safe given everything that can and does go wrong put in the real world?
How China Learned to Love the Classics www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
How China Learned to Love the Classics
The Chinese Communist Party has embraced the study of Greek and Latin—as, in some ways, an antidote to the modern West.
www.newyorker.com
March 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
How China Learned to Love the Classics www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Infinite Jest is simply fantastic and worth reading. There are still character and scenes I think about frequently even 23 years after having finished the book.
“Infinite Jest” is a masterpiece and a pleasure to read, Hermione Hoby writes. “Perhaps the greatest disjunction between the book’s reputation and its contents lies in the notion that it’s a pretentious slog no one could honestly enjoy.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/xQHtnb
January 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Infinite Jest is simply fantastic and worth reading. There are still character and scenes I think about frequently even 23 years after having finished the book.
This reality is one of the strongest arguments in favor of buses.
And it raises an interesting but depressing question: Is harder to get urban choice riders over their class- and race-based stigma against buses or to get dedicated (and consistently enforced) ROW for streetcars?
And it raises an interesting but depressing question: Is harder to get urban choice riders over their class- and race-based stigma against buses or to get dedicated (and consistently enforced) ROW for streetcars?
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This reality is one of the strongest arguments in favor of buses.
And it raises an interesting but depressing question: Is harder to get urban choice riders over their class- and race-based stigma against buses or to get dedicated (and consistently enforced) ROW for streetcars?
And it raises an interesting but depressing question: Is harder to get urban choice riders over their class- and race-based stigma against buses or to get dedicated (and consistently enforced) ROW for streetcars?
The year is 2137. The EIR is now 2.7 million pages. And at a community meeting on the west side, an old man stands at the microphone to tell the assembled public officials that the process is undemocratic and lacks proper public input. He and others have filed a lawsuit to block the project.
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The year is 2137. The EIR is now 2.7 million pages. And at a community meeting on the west side, an old man stands at the microphone to tell the assembled public officials that the process is undemocratic and lacks proper public input. He and others have filed a lawsuit to block the project.
China is not stopping its massive EV push.
Policy volatility comes at a huge cost.
Policy volatility comes at a huge cost.
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
China is not stopping its massive EV push.
Policy volatility comes at a huge cost.
Policy volatility comes at a huge cost.
There’s only one thing dads want this year: Isotoner gloves.
December 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
There’s only one thing dads want this year: Isotoner gloves.
One incredible aspect of AI that doesn’t gets enough attention is that it completely changes the ratio of searching to learning.
With AI, you skip most of the time/effort that goes into finding and instead focus on reading/learning. This is not a small efficiency.
With AI, you skip most of the time/effort that goes into finding and instead focus on reading/learning. This is not a small efficiency.
December 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
One incredible aspect of AI that doesn’t gets enough attention is that it completely changes the ratio of searching to learning.
With AI, you skip most of the time/effort that goes into finding and instead focus on reading/learning. This is not a small efficiency.
With AI, you skip most of the time/effort that goes into finding and instead focus on reading/learning. This is not a small efficiency.
Was it money? I’ll bet it was money.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Was it money? I’ll bet it was money.
No, WaPo, the pedestrian fatality crisis is not a result of a lack of investment. In fact, just the opposite.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
No, WaPo, the pedestrian fatality crisis is not a result of a lack of investment. In fact, just the opposite.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
The New Yorker and the Atlantic often provide the option of listening to an article.
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The New Yorker and the Atlantic often provide the option of listening to an article.
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
I’m legit shocked this is a serious proposal. This thing is a serpentine pile of awful.
LA is building a new $1.5 billion freeway into LAX.
The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away
The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away
Air traffic control
The LAX-pressway must be stopped
www.torched.la
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I’m legit shocked this is a serious proposal. This thing is a serpentine pile of awful.
From LA NIMBYs:
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
October 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
From LA NIMBYs:
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
