localjoe.bsky.social
Interested in better cities and transport. More: housing, efficient transport, street trees, land value capture. Less: air pollution, bad subsidies, rent. Christchurch, New Zealand
👤 Joined on 08 October 2024
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@localjoe.bsky.socialOh, the solution is to just find more money, that’s so easy, why didn’t we think of that
Show PostI really like little projects like the Val'Tram, a suburban extension of the tiny tramway of Aubagne that will be single-track and reuse an old railway alignment. It comes at under €10 million/km. I doubt we can do a bike lane here for that price nowadays. youtu.be/I9SmBvH7r6E?...
Show Postone way to view ffpt advocacy is a premise: subsidy available is endogenous to what it’s spent on. that voters would embrace taxes for ffpt more readily than for frequency increases. you don’t ask how best to allocate a dollar because it won’t be there under certain allocations.
Show PostInteresting how all of the urbanists are like “yeah this is coming, at least it’ll be safer” and the normie progressives are like “people are going to die, this is so unsafe, I would never”
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