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@StatisticUrban I'd put Boulder in C -- we don't have great transit but we are fairly bikeable.

What do we think of the car-free city life tier list? Any necessary suggestions or edits?

@DouglasCarswell @StatisticUrban Because we don't build nearly enough dense housing.

@StatisticUrban Why is everyone leaving the cities at the top and moving south?

@nbminor Thank you, I was trying to figure out how to find that!

Sure looks like RTD's debrucing effort will be successful tonight.

@JTorreCoaching @seandsweeney Amazing!

@elemdoubleu @seandsweeney We lived in West Hartford near the town center. I could walk to virtually everything - restaurants, grocery, library, theater, post office, CVS, coffee, doctor, school, shopping, I loved it.

Walkable urbanism is so underrated. Woke up, walked my daughters two blocks to pick up donuts & coffee, then walked to the the park one block in the other direction. Now sitting five blocks away watching them play by the lake. Zero cars involved. Everyone should have this luxury.

@JTorreCoaching @seandsweeney Where did you find that walkability in CT?

Yes! We moved from CT where we lived within walking distance of E V E R Y T H I N G. Wanted to replicate that. Found it and walked our kids to school for 11 years. We still walk to parks, dinner, the bakery, the ice cream place, the grocery store, just because…love it. (I had visions of going to the farmers market every Saturday - I’ve been 4x in 14 years 😆. That one didn’t play out like I thought it would.)

@UrbanCourtyard yes, this is my dream!

“Not a yard” in a Copenhagen courtyard block. I would VASTLY prefer this to my urban SFH yard because a shared courtyard means you can send your little kids to play with friends without having to arrange and supervise a special play date.

@AaronDSiegel @astro1095 @PopulismUpdates I switched to a 30 hour work week at my job with Wednesdays off and can confirm it's amazing. I have a small child. But it would be easier if everyone was off!

@astro1095 @PopulismUpdates i’ve done both and as an adult with a child and a mountain of responsibilities, wednesday off is a god send. perfectly breaks up the week.

Tell me your most radical position that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum

@BrentToderian We have loved living in downtown Boulder, Colorado, but there are very few families with kids downtown, and there are so many cars that it feels unsafe for kids. This tempts us to join friends in the suburbs, even though it would be so hard to give up the walk and bikeability.

THREAD: Can urbanites ever have a “crisis of the faith” about urban living? Sure we can. Here’s my story about how our own faith in very dense city living was shaken, and how we came out the other side appreciating our urban quality-of-life in Downtown Vancouver even more. 1/?

@BoulderCAST Yay! Do you know if this week will be clear on the front range or will the smoke come back?

Blue skies and clear views today in Denver! Enjoy 😍 #cowx

@AllenCowgill where is this??

@jahorne It costs too much per trip to actually use unless you have a monthly pass. Lime scooters are cheaper and getting more use. I wish the city or a nonprofit would take ownership of it (again) and subsidize trips! It does get heavy use from CU Boulder students who get passes included

@jahorne I think it SHOULD be, but where I live in Boulder, CO the city worked with a private company (Trek) to acquire the nonprofit that was operating it to make it "financially sustainable" (profitable) so that the city didn't need to help fund it.

Do you consider bike share a form of public transportation? Feel free to elaborate why or why not. I personally think that bike share should be part of the public transportation network. Buses and trains will never go everywhere and bikes really are the perfect compliment to fill in critical first/last mile gaps. Biking + Transit is a win win! There are times where biking was actually more convenient and or faster than taking transit due to infrequent service or issues with service coverage. Even in cities like DC, Philly, NYC and Boston, I've been able to get places faster than it would have been on transit several times. No, everyone can't bike and bike infrastructure is limited but it's about giving people options and choice for how to get around.

@MBforBoulder @WillToor @GovofCO @cityoflongmont Yes please!

@WillToor @GovofCO @cityoflongmont

Coming just two weeks after @GovofCO signed HB 1304 eliminating parking mandates near transit, it is great to see @cityoflongmont going further to eliminate them citywide! The momentum keeps growing-which city will be next?

@quadrupleyellow @modacitylife Thank you, this looks right up our alley!!

The Netherlands’ rural cycling network could be the eighth wonder of the world: thousands of miles of smooth, signed, scenic, separated paths connecting every remote corner of the country. The result? A cycle tourism industry worth €2.4 billion annually to the national economy.

@ericmbudd Omg so heartbreaking and infuriating

person driving giant truck kills two year-old girl in Boulder.

@JATompkins This is great! How is it funded? From the general fund or was there a special funding source?

Indianapolis is first major city in US to offer free bike share pass to residents.

@BuildUpDenver This is such a helpful thread. I was looking for these details, particularly on TOCs. Thank you!!

(How to start a 🧵 this expansive?) Look. Colorado Dems have unleashed massive potential for sustainable housing development in Colorado this session (which just adjourned this evening). Their complementary reforms make blurbs on any one bill incomplete... so let's dive DEEP

@AndyKnny Thank you!

@elemdoubleu Unfortunately, no comprehensive map yet. We're seeing individual stuff from cities. Something I'm hoping to work on soon.

Transit-oriented communities bill passes Colorado legislature cpr.org/2024/05/07/tra…