the High Speed Rail board game based on The Map is back in print! thegamecrafter.com/games/us-high-… 🚄🐦 Printed in the USA by The Game Crafter To view the game rules / printable PDF, see californiarailmap.com/hsrgame

Transportation dictates urban form. Why autonomous gondolas were born at Google: The strategic value of transportation. 🧵👇

Walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods are possible. People are building them. But first, they have to fight: 👔 the politicians 🗂 the planners 🦺 the engineers 🔥 the fire marshal 💰 the bankers 📉 the appraisers 🙃 and every single neighbor And they still do it. #YIMBY #Urbanism

Britain’s long-term economic growth and strategic heft depend on winning the global contest for top-tier scientists, engineers, and technical founders. Following the government's announcement of a new head-hunting unit for scientists, engineers & founders, I wrote for

Irrespective of whether it is a good idea or not, it seems nuts that the Mayor of London can't even pedestrianise a street without permission from the Deputy Prime Minister. Let's make devolution substantive! Centre for Cities bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Why do Spanish cities look and feel so good? The paving is clean. The streets are buzzing. The metros are world-class. Part of the reason is land readjustment. 🧵

The heatwave is a good reminder that the new homes we are building don't have A/C, despite being very well-insulated in a warming climate. We think the Government should say that A/C is good, and allow it to be used to comply with overheating regulations.

the next time somebody tells you YIMBYs don't support affordable housing---the YIMBY organization here fully supports this 100% affordable housing project and the "progressive" nonprofits want to shrink it

YIMBYs win, ‘Freeze the Rent’ and other ways housing is shaping NYC’s mayoral race gothamist.com/news/yimbys-wi…

Berlin has a strong courtyard block grid that allows builders to add high-value new apartment buildings into existing fabric.

If national political reporters want to hone in on actual cause of shift to Trump last election, it's quite plainly Democratic NIMBYism. You all spilled so much ink on "inflation" but never unpacked most of inflation was housing, and most of that was caused by Democratic NIMBYs.

Our budget agreement with the Governor is now public. We fully protected public transportation funding — reversing all proposed cuts — & fully protected the $750M loan to Bay Area transit systems we previously agreed to with the Assembly. 🧵

Today, in collaboration with governors across the West, I’m launching Energy Superabundance — an initiative to expand production, modernize transmission, and support the advanced technologies that will power a more reliable and affordable grid. We’re unlocking prosperity for

For generations, people in San Francisco have built the future. They've created businesses, families, and diverse and vibrant neighborhoods. But that promise—to build a life and belong to your community—is slipping away for too many. Too many parents are asking whether they can

This Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom will sign the most transformative housing bill of a generation into law - AB 609, which formally recognizes new homes built in cities are good for the environment. Buffy Wicks is a hero for authoring the bill. And California YIMBY has the best team in the biz.

This bill is expected to be signed into law by the Governor on Friday. Why is it such a big deal? Let us explain in a short thread.

Meanwhile in SF we are gonna build housing 🫡

Thank you Senator Scott Wiener for your continued leadership on public transit! The Bay Area runs on Muni, BART, and Caltrain - we need to protect, improve, and expand it. 🚍

North Carolina is more progressive on eliminating parking mandates than north Manhattan

We're so close to fixing key drivers of California's housing crisis: ✅️ SB 79 would legalize apartments near transit. ✅️ AB 130 would end frivolous litigation against infill. ✅️ AB 253 + AB 1308 would prevent permitting/inspection delays. ➡️ Here's how you can help.