"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes" We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The message from Stamford was clear: Connecticut needs affordable, attainable housing, and we need it now. Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of HB 5002 was a setback, but the upcoming special session is his chance to make it right. As @mattsilber.bsky.social of @norwalkstreets.bsky.social put it... (1/2)

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

I had the incredible opportunity to attend @yimbytown.bsky.social, the nation’s largest pro-homes conference. Every community in Connecticut is responsible for building housing that is affordable for seniors, working families and students.

God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more

I get the politics and don’t want to hammer Lamont (sign the bill, please!), but uhhh One side: unhinged NIMBYs comparing TOD to the alien attack in the movie Independence Day The other side: people should be able to afford rent and live near train stations to NYC ctmirror.org/2025/06/20/c...

HELP NEEDED 🗣️ Governor Lamont still hasn’t signed HB 5002. If you want CT to address its housing crisis, call or email his office today and ask that he sign it! portal.ct.gov/governor/con...

Great article by Thomas Blyth about how Norwalk can build more housing, check it out! www.nancyonnorwalk.com/opinion-hous...

What would starter home reform for the next generation of Nutmeggers look like? My ideas: ✅ broadly legalize townhomes (the modern starter) ✅ min lot reform (I’d suggest “right sizing lots for today’s families”) ✅ easier lot subdivision ✅ study condo defect laws ctmirror.org/2025/06/17/g...

Shinkansen to Norwalk when? 👀

🚨Call to ACTION🚨 Email Governor Lamont to urge him to sign HB 5002 into law! This is a much needed and long overdue step towards building more housing in CT. portal.ct.gov/governor/con...

If you make it illegal to build today’s starter homes (townhouses, condos, duplexes, smaller lot SF), then yesterday’s become luxury properties

I think this is the first time I've lived walking distance from a grocery store and I'm out of my mind about it. I'll walk there several times a day. Oh did I forget to grab something? No big deal I'll simply Walk To The Store

crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable

Parking mandates stifle, if not outright prevent walkable urban spaces that all of Norwalk already loves. Kudos to Paul Fox for his testimony and @trumbullbrod.bsky.social for the fantastic thread!

Amazing things happening just up the road in Cambridge!

Guess what, fans of CT Transit Equity? We have a Committee bill to make CTtransit fares free for high school kids, veterans and low income residents. It’s up for public hearing Monday Feb 10 at 11 am - SB1243 www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabills...

Josh Goldstein from the Norwalk Common Council sees the housing crisis firsthand. He emphasizes in his testimony on Work Live Ride that "the fact that CT has a housing problem is well-known... we need to do more... we need all the tools in the toolbox to attack this problem."

Great testimony from Emily Burnaman of the Norwalk Bike Walk Commission! She highlights that Work Live Ride isn't a mandate—it’s an opportunity to build communities where we aren’t dependent on cars for every trip! 🙌

. @tanner.dev from @norwalkstreets.bsky.social provides a key point for discussion. When a legislator asks if our population isn’t growing, why build? He says, "It isn’t growing because we are not building." A valid point of concern for anyone who wants to move to CT. 🏘🚉

Heavy tariffs on Canadian lumber are going to make the housing crisis much worse.

2️⃣ Submit written testimony ✉️ Share your thoughts, can submit before or after the public hearing: 🔗 Submit here: www.cga.ct.gov/PD/tmy.htm

Had a fantastic time at Hunter College tonight for an event with @nerd4cities.bsky.social and @thewaroncars.bsky.social! 🚉🚲 Big thanks to the wonderful folks at @norwalkstreets.bsky.social for saving me a seat and providing the company!

We have little to no control over the situation federally but you do locally and at the state level Email your local reps and (respectfully) share your opinion about things. They genuinely like hearing from you and if you have a good idea it might actually happen! I cannot recommend this enough

“State Sen. MD Rahman plans to propose legislation this session to remove some of the municipal zoning regulations that prevent housing, particularly affordable housing, from being constructed, and enable the conversion of commercial property to residential.” www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-01...

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want walkable streets.

On the one hand, banning right on red is a proven way to save lives and reduce injuries. On the other hand, drivers are delayed by a few seconds. So it’s impossible to say if it’s good or not.

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

What nobody wants to accept is that this is a local government problem. Go to your town meetings, advocate for better zoning laws, convince your neighbors that their property values taking a dip is worth the reinvestment their community will get when more people can afford to live and work there.

The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."

Friday rush hour is the Final Boss of NYC traffic. We… won? The mind-breaking part is, we could have done this 15 years ago when Bloomberg proposed it. We just… chose gridlock. A better world was always possible.

Daily Show on Congestion Pricing: So far so good - except for a few cranky people. And Mayor Adams. youtu.be/h2Jlz-QEVZo

Lots of talk about spending, saving, etc. Worth repeating: Zoning reform is free. And there is so much good that can come from doing it. www.ctinsider.com/politics/art...

Asked whether he thinks there will be movement on housing bills this session, Rojas responded: “We’ll make movement.” ctmirror.org/2025/01/09/c...

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One highlight in the speech, however, was Lamont’s reiteration that we must 1. Deal with our housing shortage to lower the cost of living 2. Build up our cities and make sure that they are economic powerhouses for the state of Connecticut

Welcome Senator Murphy! We're always down to talk about CT housing, transportation, and sustainability here on Bluesky.

the Most Tri-State Man Possible gets it

every single time, congestion pricing becomes way more popular after it’s implemented traffic sucks, but people refuse to believe it will go away until it actually does

Name and shame, our state pays good money for transit infrastructure. It is owed to tax payers to maximize the benefit of that investment by allowing adjacent neighborhoods to become growing walkable communities You cannot have your cake and eat it too ctmirror.org/2025/01/06/t...

this is INCREDIBLE, congestion pricing is already working wonders traffic at 4PM on the average Sunday vs today Holland Tunnel: 30 mins ➡️ 10 mins Lincoln Tunnel: 10 mins ➡️ 4 mins Williamsburg Bridge: 10 mins ➡️ 5 mins

Congestion Relief Zone tolling is now in effect. Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info

T-minus 16 hours!

Big to see Fairfield County’s House member argue that we need to “quickly build more things: mass transit infrastructure, better highways, transmission lines and housing.” The intellectual war is *starting* to be won in favor of more homes. www.sheltonherald.com/opinion/arti...

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Connecticut has so many people excited to start a life here. These people are our future friends, family, and co-workers. Instead of being angry, let’s welcome their passion and productivity with open arms!

“To start with, however, let’s keep it simple and straightforward: to bring back the (Hallmark) Christmas spirit and the cute Connecticut towns we all seem to love so much, we must abolish parking minimums across the state.” Exactly 👏👏👏 onerous gov parking mandates make our Main Streets illegal!

“Buttigieg was introduced by an emotional Rashida Tlaib... She talked of a beloved uncle…who was hit and killed at a notorious intersection in town. Buttigieg heard about it…Now, there’s a multimillion-dollar federal investment to make the street safer for pedestrians. In short, government matters.”

Norwalk! (We’re completely unbiased)