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Houston Lodging Project (NH=neighborhood)
@19th_c_Houston
Substack: What Are Streets For
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A newsletter on urban history, transportation, and land use, including original research.
Replying to @sp6runderratedDubya and the whole admin was so full of BS. The way the campaign conducted itself, the transition ("Clinton staff are sabotaging the White House), debasing Colin Powell with WMD, and starting a war with Iraq because of Dubya's daddy issues. Nobody owes an empty suit an apology.- Replying to @JohnnyCRocketsOr if you yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk. Sometimes, if you stop instead of flooring it through the yellow.
- I roundly ridiculed them and this should have been popular opinion. We coddled the New Age Anti-vaxxers, and like COVID, it spread and mutated, and it is now out of control.
- Replying to @cakesandcourageLiving in a city can have a civilizing effect. That is, if one chooses to leave the metal cage at home enough to make a difference. It is amazing how often people perform small random acts of kindness. Living in the suburbs is not conducive to tolerance of strangers.
- Replying to @mbonsmaYes. I have heard, "You touched my car!" Yes. That's my way of letting you know that your car is in the Xwalk. Now I am yelling at you because I want you to remember this uncomfortable experience, so maybe you won't repeat you behavior for the next pedestrian.
- My research would be greatly limited without Internet Archive.At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book. We do this so that everyone, everywhere has access to a great research library. #digitization #preservation #access
00:00 - Replying to @big_pedestrianOne of the frustrating parts of working in transportation (as well as listening to the general public) is the attitude that driving is a low-responsibility job that anyone can do.
- Replying to @bryan_caplanVaxes are preventative measures. We have less disease because they are broadly implemented.
- Replying to @mytweetontheweb and @YimbyEarthA very dependable system is living close enough to a grocer so that you can pick up an onion whenever you want.
- Cyclists who don't like sharing corridors with pedestrians remind me of another class of road users.
- Every complaint of drivers about hard objects used for traffic calming is "it made me slow down" or "I did not see it and ran into it." In both cases, the responses prove the need for calming.
- Replying to @yimbyismIn fairness, local codes are pretty arcane and labyrinthian. They are hard to understand and tedious, which is all part of what keeps bad code entrenched.
- Replying to @tobinjstoneNIMBYs: "Nobody wants high rises in their NHs" YIMBYs: "People living in high rises in my NH is OK." NIMBYs: "The opinions of YIMBYs don't count."
