@yitgordon

City planner fighting for affordable housing, safer, streets, and good public transit 🚊🏗️🏢

 Richmond, VA
Joined December 2011
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I love when Germans transform the Soviet era panel housing into prettier, more modern apartments.
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YIMBY Action@yimbyactionSep 21
How did Nashville NIMBYs react to single-stair reform?👀 In our latest episode of Infill, Sonja asks Nashville Councilman @HortonRollin how the city’s usual opponents of new housing responded to single-stair reform. Watch on YouTube. 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=MEqgdxhV…
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“Our society is good at nothing if not making it hard to build new things. Where these AI labs are located you cannot build an eight story apartment building without an agonizing public review process and probably not even then.” @ezraklein podcasts.apple.com/de/podcas…

We Can't Lose Control of A.I.

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 20 September · Subscribers Only · 31min

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The urbanism of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. 🇩🇪
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YIMBY Action@yimbyactionSep 18
Must read! 👇
Wyatt Gordon@yitgordonSep 17
While all eyes have been on blue states, Florida has taken a hammer to local control to build more affordable housing. In this blog post I wrote for @yimbyaction, learn how the Sunshine State has become a leader on pro-housing legislation. 🏗️🏢 yimbyaction.org/blog/is-flor…

Is Florida the YIMBY champion sleeper state? · YIMBY Action

California, Colorado, and Oregon get a lot of attention, but the Sunshine State has been passing big YIMBY bills consistently for years,tackling the…

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Andrew Stern@andrewbsternSep 17
We are in fact making this illegal @NYCHousing @helloDCWP
Rob Rausch Fan Club@ohjamesgotjokesSep 17
They really need to make this shit illegal
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While all eyes have been on blue states, Florida has taken a hammer to local control to build more affordable housing. In this blog post I wrote for @yimbyaction, learn how the Sunshine State has become a leader on pro-housing legislation. 🏗️🏢 yimbyaction.org/blog/is-flor…

Is Florida the YIMBY champion sleeper state? · YIMBY Action

California, Colorado, and Oregon get a lot of attention, but the Sunshine State has been passing big YIMBY bills consistently for years,tackling the…

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"Traffic Noise Kills 6,330 Americans a Year; We Stopped Counting in 1982" 🤔How do you have a count if you stopped counting? (Answered in the article.) usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/… [@StreetsblogUSA]

Traffic Noise Kills 6,330 Americans a Year; We Stopped Counting in 1982 — Streetsblog USA

Removing just five decibels of noise from our neighborhoods would save lives. So why aren't we even measuring it, never mind taking action to quiet our streets?

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This l'objet d'art in the river
A scenic view of the Richmond city skyline across the James River, which is filled with rocks and some rapids. A bright orange electric scooter rests prominently on a large rock in the river, with a pedestrian bridge on the left.

ALT A scenic view of the Richmond city skyline across the James River, which is filled with rocks and some rapids. A bright orange electric scooter rests prominently on a large rock in the river, with a pedestrian bridge on the left.

Nithya Shri
@Nithya_ShriiSep 7
If you take photos of random little things because they looked beautiful for no particular reason, please share here !!
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Peter Norton@PeterNorton12Sep 7
Walking did not merely decline. It was deterred, devalued, and denormalized.
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“The problem with cars in cities is that they don't fit—they’re too big. They’re taking more space than there is. That's the fundamental problem. And a whiz-bang technological solution that does not solve that problem is not a solution.” 🚍🚊 @humantransit podcasts.apple.com/de/podcas…

Human Transit with Jarrett Walker

Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 4 August · 57min

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This is what "enforcing the fares" looks like btw
Enforce the Fares@enforcethefaresAug 30
Here's the real reason LA Metro can't go fare-free, no matter how many times we study it.
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The urbanism of Wismar, Germany. 🐖
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The urbanism of Arad, Romania. 🇷🇴
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vivian@vivian39_Aug 22
me when im on the bus
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Peter Norton@PeterNorton12Aug 18
Replying to @humantransit
@humantransit: “Cities don’t function if everyone is in their own car. It doesn’t matter whether people are driving or being driven. It doesn’t matter if the car is electric or automated. ... Cars take up lots of space per person, so there isn’t room for them all.”
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@humantransitAug 18
Just got the publisher's OK to put the entire introduction of my book Human Transit online, where you can read it for free. Please share! humantransit.org/book

Human Transit - Book — Human Transit

  Below is the complete introduction of the Revised Edition my book Human Transit: How clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives.   You can read the preface and...

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DC YIMBYs 🏗@dcyimbysAug 15
There are parts of DC less than 200 feet from a metro where anything denser than a single family home is literally illegal. And the Zoning Handbook is really clear about why.
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The best time to plant trees in anticipation of hotter summers was 20 years ago. The next best time is today.
🚨Indian Gems
@IndianGems_Jul 25
Colombia reduced temperatures by 5°C by planting 880,000 trees along the streets of its cities.
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"Step into a New Era of Pedestrian Safety in Chesterfield County" chesterfield.gov/m/newsflash…

Step into a New Era of Pedestrian Safety in Chesterfield

A new pedestrian signal and crosswalk at the intersection of Robious Road, Cranbeck Road, and Mall Drive is now open, giving residents a safer way to cross one of Chesterfield’s busiest intersec

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GRTC@GRTCTransitJul 7
The numbers speak for themselves. The growth reflects what happens when transportation becomes more accessible. Join us July 14 at TAP Into Transit Day as we celebrate the impact of Open Access transit! RSVP Here >> buff.ly/ToeZyfP
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