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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids all men to sleep under bridges, in SROs, or on lots smaller than 10,000 sqft-the rich as well as the poor.

Philadelphia, PA Se unió Haziran 2020
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Can we do anything about Vermont's housing crisis? Most obstacles to affordable housing construction are local! Let's reform land-use regulations, allow denser infill construction in our town centers, and incentivize walk-able mixed use communities. brookings.edu/policy2020/big…
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@AnneDornPhilly @coryfromphilly Yeah it seems like her primary objection here is “losing the schools is bad for communities” not “development is bad” given her relatively positive view on TOD. And for the housing people, it seems short sighted to reduce the argument to being solely about housing
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Anne Dorn@AnneDornPhilly·
@coryfromphilly @_NotA_Bot_ Gautier is trying to block the facilities master plan, working under the theory that this is a developer based conspiracy. Which I don’t buy. But there is something fishy going on here, and I agree blocking the plan is the right move. Someone with clout should call the mayor.
Anne Dorn@AnneDornPhilly

Many believe facilities planning is about conveying closed schools to developers, but I’m bullish on political oxygen based cynicism. Of 30 speaker slots at today’s board meeting, 1 went to inadequate speech therapy, 2 to immigrant student policy, and 27 to facilities planning.

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@poiThePoi @alanthefisher Commuter rail is closer to $1 per mile in Philly, and Amtrak costs per mile on the NEC is under $0.50 per mile, though tickets can be purchased for under $0.075 per mile
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Poi@poiThePoi·
@alanthefisher You also pay $11 in taxes to subsidize that $2.90. Driving outside NYC is 70 cents, taking a bus, train, or subway is $4/mile. And you sometimes put more than one person in the car.
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Alan Fisher@alanthefisher·
Because a decent chunk of Real Estate in this country relies on cheap gas. Its only accessible via car, and because of its low density its built far away from real job centers. This means that the value of these properties would tank if the price of gas/energy rises to the point where commuting from these places costs more than the saved value of moving out here to own these homes
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Idk why gas prices are so culturally salient in america. You could drive an hour a day and it probably comes to less than $3k/year. Is it because they put the price on billboards along the road?

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@jongeeting I’m sure they have lots of aesthetic rules, but just in terms of massing and construction materials, 20 stories and 8 stories seem like decent max heights given the construction cost cliff
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@jongeeting It seems like the Vancouver style TOD zoning reform is pretty well designed to allow “whatever you want in steel within 200m” and “whatever you want in wood within 800m”
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Can we talk about how minuscule these TOD bonuses are outside of CMX-3? Who decided “7 extra feet is enough of an incentive” and decided to call it a day? If the Mayor’s office was serious about TOD, you’d expect an opening proposal that was ambitious, not pre-watered down
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Mayor Parker sent legislation to City Council today that would beef up Philadelphia's transit-oriented development law, tripling the scope of its effect--while still exempting areas zoned for single family inquirer.com/real-estate/co…

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@jberk988 @jongeeting That’s not a crazy NIMBY fundamentalist position, it’s something that can be accommodated with enough funding. Maybe pro-housing people should be arguing for public funding for those uses?
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@ShadyTim215 A serious TOD bonus would allow 7 stories next to a heavy metro line at the very least. Vancouver is allowing 20 stories and zero parking minimums within 650ft of skytrain stations
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Timothy Conway@ShadyTim215·
@_NotA_Bot_ 7' is the minimum height of a habitable space. The bonus doesn't account for a floor or a roof but with clever design you can use it to squeeze in an extra floor. A solid 9-10' bonus would be MUCH more useful.
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Was wrong on this, she supports expanding the Tod density bonus zones.
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Limiting TOD density bonuses to just 500 ft around L stations, substantially limits developable land in walking distance to transit, while excluding other transit modes that provide excellent access to CC job centers. Trolley stations that allow transfers to buses come to mind.
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@coryfromphilly Ok, I wrote that after reading the TOD article, not the recent one. It’s pretty bad, but I kinda get why it’s an emotional issue, and again, 4 properties aren’t hugely important for regional housing supply.
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@coryfromphilly That’s not how her interview quotes read at all. If she adopted language that you approved of, she’d instantly get voted out. Like she’s on the record saying the TOD density bonus zones should be larger than proposed by the mayor.
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@senortalone On Twitter sure, but maybe mostly among transit people? Where do you think he should be getting flak, like a @jblumgart article about proposed TOD ?
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D Talone@senortalone·
@_NotA_Bot_ Young gets flak for his insane overlays, but has anyone even brought up the B and the lack of TOD upzoning?
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@senortalone That’s to say I don’t think JG is a NIMBY at heart, just balancing interests in council that isn’t likely to do much currently
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@senortalone In my limited experience, councilors in other places tend to flip to voting in favor of zoning improvements after it gets to a critical mass. Surprising number of votes are unanimous for pretty ambitious rezonings.
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@senortalone Yeah, it takes guts to be the first one to support incremental reforms, have to give her props.
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D Talone@senortalone·
@_NotA_Bot_ At least L stations are included. The B was left out entirely.
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