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Toxic air exposure increases with car-dependent designs. Greenhouse gases and particulate matter from vehicle brake, tire, and road wear can penetrate deep into the lungs. What are some effects? 🧵

2 miles from the densest place in North America we have… a suburban style strip mall. Tell me this is equitable/good urban design.🤦‍♂️

A single car parking spot has space for: 🚲 10-12 bikes 🌱 2-3 benches and multiple planters 📦 Parcel locker sand a waste/ recycling station Your city is never ‘full’.

Your average car parking spot can accommodate 10-12 bikes! Efforts like these make active transport viable. Let’s keep this momentum strong! ✊🚲

A 31-second-per-mile traffic delay increase raises fast food visits by 1%, or 1.2 million more per year in Los Angeles County. U.S. urban designs are giving Americans less time and worse eating habits! Another reason to support access to diverse transport choices.

57% of suburban office space nationwide is functionally obsolete. Workers prefer walkable urban or mixed-use developments with amenities. Let us supply this demand.

Financially speaking, the suburbs are the ‘trust fund babies’ of cities. Density (the parent) subsidizes sprawl (it’s dependent).

Livable streets start with making parking *optional*.

A infrastructure no-brainer? Infesting in transit. Compared to highways, transit has lower maintenance costs, longer-lasting vehicles, and greater long-term capacity. We deserve this.

The biggest way we can save our government money WHILE creating new opportunities for Americans? By cutting the $1 trillion in annual direct and indirect costs the U.S. incurs due to disastrous land use policies that support urban sprawl.

These lives are lost because of a policy choice.

In the past decade, passenger vehicle deaths per 100 million miles were 50x higher than buses and 17x higher than trains. Providing transport options saves lives.

‘Work harder’— but you didn’t have to? It’s time we built the diverse housing supply to make American housing accessible again!

Suburban sprawl imposes $400 billion annually in external costs on all residents and businesses, regardless of location. Yes sprawl continues to be subsidized by more productive, mixed-use spaces.

I was today years old when I found out that suburban sprawl costs the U.S. economy $1 trillion annually! Sprawl is bad business for all.

Just another day thinking about how good urban form filled with housing and transport options would solve many, many of our problems. 🥲🏘️

The suburbs we are given vs. the suburbs we had.

It’s recommended that buyers spend no more than 2.6 times their annual income on a home—yet this threshold has been exceeded since at least 1985. This is a policy choice.

From 1985 to 2022, the median home price in the U.S. surged 423%, while median household income increased only 216%. Inequitable urban development has created a housing affordability crisis.

From sugar factory syrup tanks to contextual elements of a park’s design—same place, different urban needs. You’ve got to love adaptive reuse!

Don’t forget: A bus rapid transit lane moves 1567% more people per hour than a private vehicle lane.

Detroit’s population increased for the first time in 66 years! There's no denying: their urban policies helped.

More flexible land use on the same property will yield more affordable units. 🏘️🚀

The zoning we need is objectively more productive and community oriented than what we have.

‘They’re trying to take away our cars!’ No. We deserve the liberty to choose any mode of transport.

Small independent retailers employ 52–57 people for every $10 million in sales, while e-commerce giant Amazon, like big-box stores, employs only 14 per $10 million in revenue! And what’s best for small retailers? Walkable spaces.

Great to see these smaller, nimble and more appropriate vehicles being used in dense cities for deliveries. Keeps bigger trucks and vans off local streets.

As a NYer, it's no surprise that this stadium is as isolated as it is, given that it's completely surrounded by highways and industrial spaces. We HAVE TO make better land use decisions.

Just a reminder, every $1 spent on transit can generate up to $5 in local economic activity. 🚉🚀

Is it a coincidence that the ‘most dangerous overall’ is one of the most car-centric areas of NYC?

Private interests keep your community down. If you don’t have access to the lifestyle choices that good urban design provides, question why. Every single day.

This is hard to see for various reasons. This unsustainable growth will backfire if our voices are kept quiet.

In the U.S., each year, 1,300+ deaths and 116,800+ injuries occur in crashes on snowy, slushy, or icy roads. Since this study (2014), over 20,000 highway miles have been added in the U.S., only exacerbating these problems.

Pros to living in a car-dependent place: ❌ Viable transport choices ❌ Active, healthy lifestyles ✅ Motivational quotes

The Katy Freeway’s 219,000+ daily vehicles on its 40 miles of road produce 3,504 tons of CO₂ emissions. This hurts.

20% of a state’s transportation maintenance budget is dedicated to snow and ice removal. For Colorado, that's $84.8M. Some estimates place the national figure at $4 billion. Is this worth it? ⤵️