Beyond belief. Impossibly stupid. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4638590-desantis-signs-bill-banning-lab-grown-meat/
This is what passes for good news in US vehicle safety https://jalopnik.com/south-carolina-no-longer-asking-carolina-squat-drivers-1851445675?utm_campaign=Jalopnik&utm_content=1714503604&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR28Mx_QsqUSj4p9GIp4DtgXZK6s4oqVxXSI3ovC1WLNF9Qek299YmkVWm4_aem_Ac0u2yGP_hPybDTPhHgG-sItbfxLyOUgXkLCArELCGBGH-KyY7p0jHMjs8qLqU_dHdrayj0JrlPHCdtnxyXPN_4Y
@itamarst that was a damn good email
With Councilor Patricia Nolan's swing vote, and after five hours of public testimony, the #CambridgeMA City Council votes to procrastinate key #bike safety projects:
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/30/after-marathon-meeting-cambridge-city-council-narrowly-votes-to-delay-street-safety-projects
For a region that’s a bit structurally immune from zaniness and fun, losing the Underground (and the puppet store, cobbler, weird DoD knick-knacks store, etc) seems like a squandered opportunity.
A Somerville Underground would be unstoppably awesome somehow.
I keep seeing calls for missing middle housing in SFH neighborhoods but very few calls for legalizing commercial/mixed use.
Densifying residential only will be a disaster, that makes car traffic and parking worse as everyone still has to drive for all errands. Cities have to legalize all aspects of a dense neighborhood or they will fail. #urbanism #zoning
Some random reactions:
*Underground retail is shitty retail,
*Shitty retail is cheap-rent retail,
*There's no real model for sustainably-cheap-rent retail in new development,
*Landowners can do as they please with their property,
*Residents who fought for keeping the Underground will feel betrayed.
Crystal City Underground is going under https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2024/04/30/crystal-city-underground-closing.html
News -- H Mart appears to be opening in Somerville's Davis Square. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2024/04/h-mart-appears-to-be-opening-in.html
It's wonderful to see the Portland cycling community help out Jonathan by providing free content for @bikeportland to publish while he's out due to family emergency.
Bikes, the miracle cure: https://bikeportland.org/2024/04/25/bikes-the-miracle-cure-my-road-to-recovery-after-knee-surgery-385877
On going car-free: https://bikeportland.org/2024/04/24/oh-the-places-youll-go-without-a-car-385861
Our train adventure: https://bikeportland.org/2024/04/23/our-adventure-on-the-wes-train-to-wilsonville-385799
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22