#Cities

I've seen a number of police chiefs come out with public statement unequivocally condemning what happened in the Floyd video -- an extent of public condemnation from law enforcement that
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Should the federal government flex its muscle to stop local governments from banning housing and maintaining segregation?Yep.The #YIMBYAct is a first step.https://www.sightline.org/2020/09/03/federal-hammer-on-apartment-bans/ The McCloskey&
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We are going to have to get to the point where people realize that spikes in cases don't necessarily mean we are doing something wrong. Increased activity comes with risks,
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With the NHL looking to transition to Phase 2 (small group workouts) as soon as next week, it's clear those voluntary sessions will be fairly restricted. Six players max in
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One question to ask is about the tactical decisions made by law enforcement in Minneapolis. Where are the police right now? I don't mean that in a "where are they?!"
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1/x Thread: things from reading about pre-Columbian Mesoamerica that help me in studying planning.1. Understanding the history of "mixed-use": Mesoamerican cities were packed with mixed use areas! Commerce and residential
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A big thank you to @NJLCV for hosting @NewJerseyDEP at its Sustainable Business Roundtable today. It was great to share the many strides we are taking to make New Jersey
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When you watch the Weather Underground series by @IPOT1776, you see they want a world without Patriotic Americans. So much so that they planned to outright terminate 20 to 24
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Ivy League urban planners are out here saying there’s no critique of covert racism in city making while those of us BIPOC living in cities have been talking about it
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MEETINGS are destroying the planet. Primitive weirdos forcing people to drive across town to sit in a room and breath each other’s pheromones when they could have telecommuted. If only
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We've been working on a Future of Cities special package and will be rolling out many pieces over the coming days. Here's one of mine to start, on how transit
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Instead of Republicans ever talking about how police brutality is actually an extension of corruption, tons of unconstitutional laws, over dependence on the nanny state, and a burden on taxpayers
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There's a lot of chat about that a shift to remote working triggering 'the end of big cities'. Or more realistically: big shifts in some kinds of work out of
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New report on buses by @CentreforCities (interestingly sponsored and supported by three companies that operate [franchised] buses). I'm going to the launch event in Manchester later. Very strong & clear
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1/3 Cricket began in Pakistan in 1947 Dec. In the last 73 years each Pakistan team had representation from Karachi/ Sind. This is the first time none has been included.
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The crap Biden and Wallace pulled to deflect from Antifa and BLM - harping on the Proud Boys nonentities, "Antifa is just an idea" - were not just evasive tactics,
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