what is a fetish for walkability
December 28, 2024 at 3:34 PM
what is a fetish for walkability
this is an extremely important thing to understand. transit needs density and walkability in order to work more than it needs money. if you have the density and walkability, transit is *profitable* to operate!
American public transit will never compete with cars on convenience until we stop forcing every home and business to provide copious amounts of free parking, which spreads out destinations to the point that transit isn’t scalable and makes walking profoundly unpleasant.
A good public transit system should be just as effective as driving. An excellent public transit service would make driving seem ridiculous.
The only reason we don't have that is because we decided not to fund it. It's a simple as that.
The only reason we don't have that is because we decided not to fund it. It's a simple as that.
July 9, 2024 at 5:28 AM
this is an extremely important thing to understand. transit needs density and walkability in order to work more than it needs money. if you have the density and walkability, transit is *profitable* to operate!
Parking lots turn streets into miserable places to walk.
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
December 18, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Parking lots turn streets into miserable places to walk.
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
Conservatives understand perfectly well that keeping people in car-mandatory suburban isolation makes more conservatives, and connecting them with transit and walkability creates empathy and solidarity:
Both Houses of the Florida state legislature have passed a bill, HB 1301, that would impose heavy limitations on the ability of cities & transit providers to convert a traffic lane to other uses, like bus or bike lanes www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...
March 27, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Conservatives understand perfectly well that keeping people in car-mandatory suburban isolation makes more conservatives, and connecting them with transit and walkability creates empathy and solidarity:
Give us walkability and trains.
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Give us walkability and trains.
Walkability changes everything
New episode is up! We talk to Derek Guy, @dieworkwear.bsky.social—aka the Menswear Guy—about how dense, walkable cities influence what people wear, what the great fashion capitals of the world have in common, how the housing crisis is affecting style, and much more. thewaroncars.org/2025/01/07/1...
141. Cities and Fashion with Derek Guy, The Menswear Guy
thewaroncars.org
January 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Walkability changes everything
Stop fucking quote retweeting this you goddamn geeks I’m talking about city walkability and drug quality
The United States might be the worst country on earth bro
July 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Stop fucking quote retweeting this you goddamn geeks I’m talking about city walkability and drug quality
Imagine: neighborhoods intentionally linked by hospitals, grocery stores, libraries,
community centers to intentionally maximize walkability.
community centers to intentionally maximize walkability.
May 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Imagine: neighborhoods intentionally linked by hospitals, grocery stores, libraries,
community centers to intentionally maximize walkability.
community centers to intentionally maximize walkability.
You gotta pay more for houses with walkability because we don't build nearly enough of them...
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
You gotta pay more for houses with walkability because we don't build nearly enough of them...
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
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Home weatherization
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Rain gardens
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Agri-voltaics
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Dense housing
Walkability
Fossil fuel phase out
Peace
*If I ran the world
Composting
Bicycles
Libraries
Repair cafes
Wetlands
Voting rights
Plant based diets
Home weatherization
Water conservation
Sharing
Rain gardens
Green roofs
Agri-voltaics
Electric school buses
Dense housing
Walkability
Fossil fuel phase out
Peace
*If I ran the world
December 31, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Hot trends for 2025*
Composting
Bicycles
Libraries
Repair cafes
Wetlands
Voting rights
Plant based diets
Home weatherization
Water conservation
Sharing
Rain gardens
Green roofs
Agri-voltaics
Electric school buses
Dense housing
Walkability
Fossil fuel phase out
Peace
*If I ran the world
Composting
Bicycles
Libraries
Repair cafes
Wetlands
Voting rights
Plant based diets
Home weatherization
Water conservation
Sharing
Rain gardens
Green roofs
Agri-voltaics
Electric school buses
Dense housing
Walkability
Fossil fuel phase out
Peace
*If I ran the world
Third places are nearly nonexistent without walkability.
May 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Third places are nearly nonexistent without walkability.
Bikeability is an important bridge to walkability in sprawling U.S. cities
November 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Bikeability is an important bridge to walkability in sprawling U.S. cities
the plan? build a social media following by tweeting about pants and then, when the moment is right, put out anti-walkability tweets until people sell their homes in walkable neighborhoods, allowing me, a non-rich person, to buy a home in a walkable neighborhood for $300k
Describing a 10 min walk this way is the most American thing I've ever read
December 31, 2024 at 10:39 PM
the plan? build a social media following by tweeting about pants and then, when the moment is right, put out anti-walkability tweets until people sell their homes in walkable neighborhoods, allowing me, a non-rich person, to buy a home in a walkable neighborhood for $300k
Great housing policy is crucial for climate, but also delivers: less homelessness, traffic, air pollution, and depression; and more walkability, beauty, social interactions, affordability, economic innovation, transit options, and parenting opportunities (walkability facilitates kid independence).
Today on Volts: you may have noticed that some climate/energy types (like me) have become obsessed with housing & urban land use lately. Why? Why are they climate issues? What's the connection? The great @mateosfo.bsky.social and I attempt to answer those questions.
Why housing is a pass/fail question for climate
Housing is a climate issue we can't afford to ignore — Matthew Lewis explains why.
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March 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Great housing policy is crucial for climate, but also delivers: less homelessness, traffic, air pollution, and depression; and more walkability, beauty, social interactions, affordability, economic innovation, transit options, and parenting opportunities (walkability facilitates kid independence).
one reason we buy more cars from europe and asia relatively than they buy from us is bc they invest in robust public transportation and walkability
April 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
one reason we buy more cars from europe and asia relatively than they buy from us is bc they invest in robust public transportation and walkability
August 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"15 minute cities, bike lanes, walkability, and public transit are social engineering."
June 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"15 minute cities, bike lanes, walkability, and public transit are social engineering."
Infill urban housing/upzoning/walkability is by far the top answer to this question, and there isn't really a close second.
Climate pals, what are your favorite examples of actions that simultaneously reduce climate pollution and help us adapt to climate changes that we can no longer avoid?
Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.
Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.
August 5, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Infill urban housing/upzoning/walkability is by far the top answer to this question, and there isn't really a close second.
As a walkability advocate, Ella Colson practiced nonviolent civil disobedience.
February 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As a walkability advocate, Ella Colson practiced nonviolent civil disobedience.
maybe if we started calling 15 minute cities “cruise ship neighborhoods” conservatives would understand the value of walkability
December 6, 2024 at 4:16 PM
maybe if we started calling 15 minute cities “cruise ship neighborhoods” conservatives would understand the value of walkability
The walkability of Europe really is a beautiful thing
May 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The walkability of Europe really is a beautiful thing
Congrats to Erin Turowski, a veterinarian-turned-advocate bringing climate resilience and walkability to the forefront.
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Congrats to Erin Turowski, a veterinarian-turned-advocate bringing climate resilience and walkability to the forefront.