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1 Nov, 9 tweets, 3 min read
seattle's mayor - who, instead of leading on climate action and sustainable mobility, has killed and delayed bike lanes all over the city for the last 4 years - proclaims, 'These actions shall include... doing more to incentivize modes like biking '

what a joke.
i wonder how many of these articles i can find... hmmm

seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t…
just the other week, SDOT killed bike lanes on 45th.

under durkan's purview.

there are no safe east-west route for people on bicycles on 50th, 45th, and 40th.

theurbanist.org/2021/10/14/sdo…
can't forget this 'climate leadership' from durkan on 35th ave NE

theurbanist.org/2019/03/26/may…
ah yes, incentivizing ridership by... delaying bike infrastructure.

smart policy, jenny!

theurbanist.org/2018/11/15/bik…
delay delay delay

seattlebikeblog.com/2021/07/06/cit…
remember when SDOT killed miles and miles of protected bike lanes in the bike master plan?

also under durkan

seattlemag.com/transportation…
who needs bike delays? the densest part of the city, apparently

theurbanist.org/2017/08/24/pik…
nothing says 'climate action now! sustainable mobility should be prioritized' like... prioritizing cars over safe biking infra.

theurbanist.org/2019/10/25/to-…

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wohnBAUMoffensive Profile picture
4 Nov
this is a new one (well, to me...) a colleague mentioned i am fairly critical on twitter... and challenged me to put forth a positive vision.

'if you were developing a baugruppe and not limited by poor zoning or high costs, what would it be'

so... challenge... acccepted?
the form.

it would definitely be a baugruppe... self developed (non-market, normally) urban housing.

is it co-housing? yes/no/maybe?

i wrote about baugruppen for the urbanist years ago

theurbanist.org/category/baugr…
the legal form in WA is a challenge, in part because of funding, and in part because of condo laws.

i think it would be better as a coop, but could be an llc.

more on condo issue here: sightline.org/2019/01/09/mod…
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wohnBAUMoffensive Profile picture
4 Nov
NIMBYs fought this 4 story development on the right for years, and you can barely tell it even exists when biking by it.

hell, the entire street (and several blocks on either side) should be at least this tall

the stroad needs to go tho Image
btw - this is why we can't meet our climate goals

sprawl. single family zoning. car-centric streets.

the 4 story building?

that's the antidote. Image
if we really prioritized climate action, walkability, livability, good urban street walls...

the 60' ROW here would have continuous, 60' tall, 6-story buildings lining greenwood (and adjacent blocks) from fremont to shoreline.

just like berlin. seattle pre-zoning did this! Image
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wohnBAUMoffensive Profile picture
4 Nov
'Our city’s climate goals are not being met — and the reason they aren’t being met is because of *cars*'

-me, over 2 years ago. but still 100% true today

theurbanist.org/2019/06/07/bik…
'Relegating cyclists to greenways off arterials will never result in the rapid uptake of cycling adoption we need to meet our climate goals. It prevents cyclists from getting to their destinations , which are very often on arterials because of our absurdly limiting zoning plan.'
damn, this hasn't aged one bit.

it's just 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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wohnBAUMoffensive Profile picture
3 Nov
a lot of e-cargo bikes were just eliminated. this will make it much harder for families or businesses to ditch cars.

build back better? only if we're building cars, apparently.

what a dumb timeline.
this should have been increased. it should have had same income limits as EVs. it should have included non-electric cargo bikes as well

we have no serious decarbonization goals.
the embodied carbon of one small car is > 50 e-cargo bikes.

an EV has much higher embodied carbon than a car.

just. idiots.

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1 Nov
frankfurt's being testing tram delivery paired w/ cargo bike for last mile solutions as well.

sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/tra…
also peep this @AlecMacGillis

logistiktram!

logistiktram.de Image
and it's not new - dresden had the CarGoTram for VW in dresden for 15 years

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarGoTram
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30 Oct
boy i forget about this every few months - but setback requirements in low rise zones really do make for the sh*ttiest urbanism possible.

LR3 in UV on a 50' wide x 100' deep lot has a 50' height limit, max far of 2.3

5000*2.3 = 11,500. divide that by 5 floors = 2300sf plates
2300 sf plates on a 50' wide build (zero side yard setbacks) results in buildings that are only 46' deep.

however, there land use code requires 7' average setbacks for LR3.

so a 2300 sf floor plate ends up being 36' wide x 63.9' deep
so you go from condition where units open up to street & massive courtyard that is more than half of the lot (left, space for trees!); to one where building units are oriented looking *at* the neighboring lots, almost no usable outdoor space (right)

it's just so f*cking moronic
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