Cities are dynamic, changing, emerging, constantly reinventing themselves… Aaron Peskin treats SF like he’s the Park Ranger of Sequoia National Park. This isn’t how to run an urban city. Preservationist nature boy ideology juxtaposed over urban environments is catastrophic.

University of Washington campus ground maintenance vehicle

OMG, Tim Walz lands a haymaker: "crime was UP under Donald trump. That's not even counting the crimes HE committed!" FATALITY. 💀

Harris-Walz vs. Trump-Vance

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen was filled with cars until a 2 year pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

I ❤️ SF

221 is the first public Caltrain electric train in history 🚂⚡️

I'm on a task force on hurdles to building better places, and contrary to much dialogue here, it's more complicated than just "regulations bad... build, build, build." We've identified 6 buckets of problems, and improving conditions in one doesn't necessarily affect others. 🧵

Santa Fe NIMBYs: “nooo! You can’t build vertically! It’s ruining its unique southwestern character! 😭” The REAL historical character of the Southwest:

✅Daylight an intersection ✅Add a rain garden Laguna St, San Francisco

This is Spanish urban design showing off.

"I'm tired of hearing about how a two bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez #BetterInAUnion

bUt YoU cAn’T jUsT bAn CaRs

After Sphen died, his partner Magic was taken to see the body & he & all the other gentoo penguins began to sing. Apparently if a penguin’s mate dies it will search for it, so staff wanted Magic to know Sphen wasn’t coming back. I am in absolute bits

Healdsburg parklet scene goes hard. I’m happy to see a city set a new standard and keep them around #parklet

This outstanding map shows the different ages of the skylines across North America. Austin vs Fort Worth is fun. What urban histories do you see reflected here? Source: buff.ly/4cQpwjK

Most of the urbanism conversation is focused on high density, for rent housing. I think the much bigger opportunity is in middle density, for sale housing.