I found another one!

Paris to Madrid in 6h woah como???

Parabens to the Fundacao Joao Pinheiro! panel is on now, here’s the English feed: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BL7x...

Most famous person to pass beyond the veil in Santa Monica ? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

with everything going on, don't you want to zoom to a conference in Belo Horizonte tomorrow morning at 8:45 PST to hear some housing nerds talk about vacancy and deficits? fjp.mg.gov.br/seminario-in...

It was a pleasure to begin our 2025-26 Housing Lecture Series with @elpaavo.bsky.social After two years in Paris, we're thrilled to have Paavo back in LA, and enjoyed his history/analysis on French social housing. 🇫🇷🏗️ His lecture is linked below youtu.be/t2Yp8oPIAZw

anyone have the backstory on the revolutionary landlords of santa monica?

households in LA with more car space than house space

welcome to LA! Hanging on by some painters tape

I do agree w that Monkkonen guy, feels like he‘s got beef with American urban planning luskin.ucla.edu/sending-a-po...

Mexico City has a participatory budget. Usually, neighbors vote for pavement and street lighting with super low turnouts. This year, some of the wealthiest neighborhoods voted to hire lawyers to prtoect exclusionary zoning within their boroughs 😖

Moving back to LA I sought out a walkable neighborhood. Last night two people walking on the side were killed a block from my apartment. Should I still walk here? www.latimes.com/california/s...

do you have a guesstimate of how many total units of rezoned capacity SB79 will unlock? @idothethinking.bsky.social

a benevolent developer should make sure the first SB79 project in a single family neighborhood is a pretty building… prettier than ai can generate of course

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Ice breaker specialist Mikko Suominen (!!) warns about the crucial importance of continuing intense ice breaker R&D efforts to maintain Finland’s leadership in ice breaker technology. www.is.fi/taloussanoma...

Did someone say social housing? If you're in LA, I'll be talking about my research on French social housing on Oct 29th. I'll present early results from a project with Florence Goffette-Nagot & Romain Durand on why some landlords build so much more than others... www.lewis.ucla.edu/event/learni...

best birthday message #sncf #grandvoyageur #chemindefer #garedelyon

nerdy but important urbanism/city building stuff. enjoyed this discussion w/ @shanedphillips.bsky.social and @elpaavo.bsky.social on single stair & building code reform. ecodistricts. family-sized homes. my book (Building For People) and more! thanks for having me on, guys. enjoy!

why are setbacks so deeply engrained? Wood construction (bad noise insulation) has got to be a factor.

turns out a large majority of Angelenos want more apartments - even on single-family streets www.lewis.ucla.edu/research/a-l...

the old ugly wall is still there

sitting in traffic and feeling so free

another AFFH in California paper is out! In this one, we provide evidence of serious flaws in the role of public participation in developing local AFFH programs. Comments welcome! (it’s open access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Good morning!

Paris had the buildings but needed the trees, LA has the trees just needs the buildings

Property taxes are good, taxing (housing) production not so much. Read our paper’s summary on the UAR blog!

no savage parking ! on est civilisé

news from Suomi

Felicitări, România! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/w...

Yeah I think the night trains focus misses the main benefit of high speed rail - doing what would be a 4 hour drive in 2 hours and you’re chilling… good title tho

ICYMI last night, my pick for song of the summer www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK3H...

Aha, the other half of the circular argument on infrastructure and housing… www.latimes.com/california/s...

Evergreen

take that Paris

the correct allocation of street space?

Sicilia embracing the bike/bus lane, love to see it

Having been in France for a while, it’s striking to go to European cities that aren’t doing major pedestrianization / greening programs… they should! It’s great!

if you build it they will come

Worst day on Wall Street since the last time Trump was president.

another day another projet d’amélioration des cheminements et traversées piétonnes pour un cadre de vie plus agréable

Latest ep of UCLA Housing Voice with Dionissi Aliprantis, and @elpaavo.bsky.social co-hosting! We talk about the importance of accurately identifying high opportunity neighborhoods, and how voucher policy reforms can reduce residential segregation. Give a listen! www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/03/26/8...

city of culver city doing cool things

CA state auditor is reviewing HCD's review of housing elements, at behest of state senator who says reviews are too unpredictable & take too long. @nmarantz.bsky.social, @elpaavo.bsky.social and I submitted a comment letter. 1/5

Next week: Cities, Ecological Transition and Local Politics at l'Institut d'Éstudes Avancées de Paris @elpaavo.bsky.social www.paris-iea.fr/en/events/vi...

How much CO2 could Europe save in the transport sector by shifting to cycling? To explore this question, ecf.com has conducted a literature review—while it may not provide a definitive answer, it sheds light on the potential role of cycling. www.ecf.com/en/news/http...

New article on social mix and social interactions! In Hong Kong, a large survey shows that neighborhood context plays a minimal role in social life… Also, an anecdatum that null findings papers are harder to publish, this one took a long time to find its home. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

With @upcite.bsky.social and @ieadeparis.bsky.social I’ll be hosting an exciting research seminar in Paris on March 18th in the afternoon ! Join an all-star lineup of scholars from Zurich, Barcelona, Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris, and Culver City… RSVP: www.paris-iea.fr/en/events/vi...

We’re bringing zoning back?