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Femtosecond posted:It's election day in Vancouver and the unabashed YIMBY party YES Vancouver looks to be headed to defeat. The Mayoral candidate leader of the municipal slate, Councillor Hector Bremner has been polling way down the pack in barely double digits. The Globe and Mail published two election round up articles, one focusing specifically on housing, and he wasn't even mentioned. Update this guy got absolutely roasted in the election and came no where close to getting elected. Unfortunately it's hard to say whether this is because he used to work for an unpopular political party, or the public rejects market yimbyism.
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For the record land use is shaped by public transport. I can’t really think of many places in London I’d want to go that aren’t quicker and easier by walking, cycling or public transport- especially at peak times.
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Elon Musk had a brilliant [citation needed] never before seen [citation needed] idea to fix traffic congestion: Build double decker freeways.
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Instant Sunrise posted:Elon Musk had a brilliant [citation needed] never before seen [citation needed] idea to fix traffic congestion: quote plz
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luxury handset posted:quote plz https://twitter.com/awalkerinLA/status/1060683628093464577
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so is he just using his celebrity status to kick down the door and show off his bob moses cosplay or what
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tbf “his first idea” implies he eventually rejected it too
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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suck my woke dick posted:tbf “his first idea” implies he eventually rejected it too Also his idea was a way to make pre-fab steel framed highway sections, he wasn't claiming his idea was to have highways at all.
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suck my woke dick posted:tbf “his first idea” implies he eventually rejected it too Well the idea he settled on of building tunnels for no reason also sucks
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:Also his idea was a way to make pre-fab steel framed highway sections, he wasn't claiming his idea was to have highways at all. i guess someone managed to get it across to him that this already exists
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More highways don't alleviate traffic very long as people adapt to the new roads and encourage more cars. BUILD A RELIABLE COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM.
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The issue is simply public transit is about 30-40 years delayed from where it should be, although there is some progress. Obviously everyone knows about the Red Cars scandal at this point.
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Ardennes posted:The issue is simply public transit is about 30-40 years delayed from where it should be, although there is some progress. Obviously everyone knows about the Red Cars scandal at this point. This maybe a New England solution but I think the towns should start working together more to expand their regional transit options. That would require, however, towns to actually care about long term transit. Somebody fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Nov 12, 2018 |
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Mooseontheloose posted:This maybe a New England solution but I think the towns should start working together more to expand their regional transit options. That would require, however, towns to actually care about long term transit. LA's transit agency covers the county which includes a bunch of smaller cities, and there is a fair amount of cross-county cooperation. A lot of the issue though is just the amount of money it takes to build infrastructure in 2018 LA. LA just needs tens of billions to catch up at this point, and the federal government is going to have to pony up some money. Some funding has been raised through sales taxes but there is a limit of how much you can push it. Likewise, New York is going to have to spend billions to fix its existing system, but at the end of the day, it is money that is going to come back through efficiency.
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Yiiiiissssss, die cars die: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/11/spain-nationwide-car-free-city-center-car-ban/576976/
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Cicero posted:Yiiiiissssss, die cars die: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/11/spain-nationwide-car-free-city-center-car-ban/576976/ That sounds... un-American 
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On Tokyo's successes in market based housing affordability https://medium.com/land-buildings-identity-and-values/what-is-the-secret-to-tokyos-affordable-housing-266283531012
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Not sure if this is the best place for this or not, but since it's a sloooow thread... Does anyone have any suggestions for good books about affordable housing policy? I'm interested in it, but I'm realizing that most of what I know is based on blog posts, gut feelings, and stupid internet arguments.
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Insanite posted:Not sure if this is the best place for this or not, but since it's a sloooow thread... are you looking for something more academic or pop sociology? one of the issues with studying urban planning from the lay perspective is that unlike history or something there aren't a lot of people out there writing basic intros for curious adults from outside of the graduate school and up level, so you'll rapidly end up looking at $50 lit review compilations. if that's fine though check out The Affordable Housing Reader
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I'm down for either, but I'm fine with dry and wonky. I just ordered The Affordable Housing Reader this morning--encouraging to see a recommendation. Insanite fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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cool, and if you want further reading i'd suggest looking around for an appropriate syllabus from any graduate program class on affordable housing and just stealing that reading list. if you want to study this topic on a wonky level then you might as well go straight to the academic source
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That is a good suggestion and I feel dumb for not just doing it in the first place. 
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well normally you wouldn't have to go that route but like i said, there's a real lack of moderate level books on specific contemporary urban planning topics that aren't clearly advocacy books slanted one way or the other so if you want something better than blog posts you're pretty much going to have to go right into collections of current essays and research
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Insanite posted:Not sure if this is the best place for this or not, but since it's a sloooow thread... Anything interest you here? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/25/top-10-books-on-council-housing-public-john-boughton-zadie-smith-lynsey-hanley
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This is a good article if you can find it for free.
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luxury handset posted:well normally you wouldn't have to go that route but like i said, there's a real lack of moderate level books on specific contemporary urban planning topics that aren't clearly advocacy books slanted one way or the other so if you want something better than blog posts you're pretty much going to have to go right into collections of current essays and research No biggie. There's definitely a paucity there, but I'll manage. Sri.Theo posted:Anything interest you here? Just about all of them! I'll put them in my queue. I think I can ferret it out, yeah. Thanks x 3!
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From a month ago, but I was too lazy to post it: Minneapolis, Tackling Housing Crisis and Inequity, Votes to End Single-Family Zoningquote:In a bold move to address its affordable-housing crisis and confront a history of racist housing practices, Minneapolis has decided to eliminate single-family zoning, a classification that has long perpetuated segregation. It's not the answer to the problem of affordability, but it's an important piece of the puzzle. Unmentioned in the article are the less contentious portions of the plan that outline direct investment in affordable housing, modes of transportation beyond just cars, and more.
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Cugel the Clever posted:From a month ago, but I was too lazy to post it: Minneapolis, Tackling Housing Crisis and Inequity, Votes to End Single-Family Zoning I was on another forum talking about this and boy the dog whistles were flying fast and loose here's a couple of choice examples: quote:No one was ever stopping that. They want to go into good, family neighorhoods and convert single family homes into triplexes they can rent out to mulitple families on sec 8 assistance. quote:Families have chosen to live in family-centric neighborhoods since the beginning of family's. Not sure how this negatively affects you, or why you feel so strongly that others should have to change the way they live, to suit you?
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Insanite posted:
That article carried a good chunk of my thesis.
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Nitrousoxide posted:I was on another forum talking about this and boy the dog whistles were flying fast and loose here's a couple of choice examples: people who live in duplexes: not families
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Drugs are actually half as effective when consumed within single-unit residential zoning.
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Thieves have their movement speed reduced by half when moving through single family home neighborhoods, allowing more effective police response times.
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mmm11105 posted:On Tokyo's successes in market based housing affordability The big secret is a a declining population. Small roads and minimal setback requirements (less footprint required for a dwelling) and a culture that doesn't treat homes as an investment (single family homes are frequently torn down after 40 years or so in Japan) also help.
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ChipNDip posted:The big secret is a a declining population. tokyo's population isn't declining  japan as a whole is but the tokyo metro is growing slightly, though this trend may finally impact tokyo in the next few years and lead to a decline
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luxury handset posted:tokyo's population isn't declining Japan is aging like crazy and I think the population of Japanese people is in the decline. The Japanese are apparently combining literally working themselves to death and not loving to slowly die off. They have an absurdly low fertility rate that is declining. I read somewhere that like 40% of people in their early 20's are virgins in Japan which is pretty crazy if you really think about it.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Japan is aging like crazy and I think the population of Japanese people is in the decline. The Japanese are apparently combining literally working themselves to death and not loving to slowly die off. They have an absurdly low fertility rate that is declining. I read somewhere that like 40% of people in their early 20's are virgins in Japan which is pretty crazy if you really think about it. yes that is all true, my point is that japan as a nation is not the same as the tokyo metropolitan area, which will have demographic trends somewhat disconnected from towns in rural japan which have closed their elementary schools for lack of children
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I work in a planning office, and there's a hilarious constant war between the Environmental people who want to turn abandoned properties into Solar Fields and the Economic Development people who want to turn them into warehouses. I just wish there was a way to do both.
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Elendil004 posted:I work in a planning office, and there's a hilarious constant war between the Environmental people who want to turn abandoned properties into Solar Fields and the Economic Development people who want to turn them into warehouses. I just wish there was a way to do both. Are you being sarcastic or is there no way to load the roof of a large, flat warehouse with solar panels?
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Elendil004 posted:I work in a planning office, and there's a hilarious constant war between the Environmental people who want to turn abandoned properties into Solar Fields and the Economic Development people who want to turn them into warehouses. I just wish there was a way to do both. what kind of planning? you said in a different thread you're not familiar with the term CBD which to me is like saying you work in a mechanic shop and you've never heard of a differential. not trying to call you out here, just curious
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luxury handset posted:yes that is all true, my point is that japan as a nation is not the same as the tokyo metropolitan area, which will have demographic trends somewhat disconnected from towns in rural japan which have closed their elementary schools for lack of children Yeah, Tokyo's population has grown by over a million people in the last two decades. It's a slow rise, though. I've seen a number of American market urbanists bring Tokyo up as an example of market urbanism making housing affordable. Is it really right to give so much credit to new market-rate housing? As far as I can guess, simple national zoning laws are great, but prodigious mass transit spreading out what's thought of as 'desirable' is the hero. Insanite fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Jan 10, 2019 |
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