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Construction of I-630 in Little Rock is a textbook e.g. of highways being used as tools of disenfranchisement & segregation through suburbanization. 630 destroyed the prosperous Black community at W. 9th St., while opening up new land for—racially-restricted—suburban development.

Jorge Torrico Once home to a thriving Black community, much of Southwest DC was also demolished in the 1960s for highway construction. More on DC here: segregationbydesign.com/washington

The first table appears to be by an advocate for ‘gentle parenting’. I had mentioned that from my perspective (Taking Children Seriously), both columns suggest the conventional view of children, and have been asked to clarify. There is a lot more to say, but my table might help.

❓ Why bother with the philosophy? Because when you are a parent on the sharp end of ‘experts’’ and other people’s disapproval and pressure to comply with the prevailing coercive ‘wisdom’ 😳 — ✨ having a deep understanding of WHY can really REALLY REALLY help! ✨ So if you

how cute are these doodles!! Also, fascinating bit on differences between troubled vs untroubled families

Cars have adverse impacts well beyond the street.

I wish we could have DOTs, which are meant to serve the public, do trains. But DOTs are primarily highway sales organizations run by people who do not use or understand transit and view it primarily as an opportunity to extract resources rather than a way to safely move people.

Scientific proof that flex posts are shit. #WorldBollardAssociation 🎥Anne van der Veen

In the US, this is because traffic engineers treat sidewalks and bike lanes as "crash recovery zones." Meaning the motorist with 3-tons of steel, air bags and restraints needs something soft to crash into.

Endorsed, via josh.works/bollards

Houston Mayor John Whitmire, a 74-year-old Democrat, is a reminder that Motordom is a bipartisan club.

.World Bollard Association™ I remember a video you posted a while ago of a small car, going too fast around a large curve, rolling over, and hitting bollards, and in the video you can see on the other side of the bollards is a few people, who would have been hit by the car otherwise. I just

I feel extremely late to the party to have learned *today* that I can view in goodreads.com/notes EVERY SINGLE KINDLE HIGHLIGHT I'VE EVER MADE IN NEARLY EVERY BOOK I'VE EVER MADE A HIGHLIGHT INSIDE OF!!! Here's the new workflow: 1. highlight text on kindle 2. next time I

A reminder that emergency sirens are loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss. And the only reason they’re that loud is because private vehicles are (a) insulated from outside noise and (b) blocking the way of emergency vehicles.

A gentle reminder that Japan has a national zoning code that allows commercial in almost all zones.

Fewer things changed my perspective on the reality of American cities than the realization that they weren't built for the car, but demolished for it. (Interstate highway construction in Kansas City MO, 1957)

New post on the stack

it's because of a mix of fraud and... fraud, which causes real "misallocation of real resources" like people over-valuing things that can be pulled out of the ground at great effort and blood, and food. escholarship.org/uc/item/7sq3f6… it's also known as 'supremacy'. meh.

Traffic calming 🛑 📍Bratislava, Slovakia