Ben Holland

Changing #LandUse and #zoning policies can bring far-reaching economic, social, and environmental benefits. A new RMI report quantifies the emissions reduction potential and added community benefits of reforming these strategies. Learn more: bit.ly/UrbanLandUseRe… #urbanism

@dailycamera You shouldn't paywall information like this.

High Peaks Elementary School on secure status in Boulder trib.al/Hb5s6b1

@davidsirota Where is your support for zoning and land use reforms that encourage more infill and transit-oriented development? Analysis at RMI, WRI, and UC Berkeley all find that infill development is one of the most important things a city can do (and has under its control) for climate

I'm told the new Yglesias blog post telling everyone how important he is called me a "legacy left-NIMBY dead-ender." I find this strange since just a few months ago, I supported and helped pass a YIMBY initiative to create more space for housing. denverite.com/2025/02/18/den…

A cogent rebuttal. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Rocky Mountain Institute research shows 90-foot buildings along Austin transit corridors would cut city driving 34% while creating space for one million homes. This approach reduces energy use 16%, improving housing affordability. cayimby.org/blog/the-keys-…

@seanjurs @RockyMtnInst When are you planning to do this?

@beethzor @unspinthespina1 @deaflibertarian Did you make it in? Trying to find a route out for my friends.

Not up there yet, 2.5 hours out from where we’re crossing into NC. I did get word from my cousin’s neighbor that his son was able to get to Mars Hill area from Erwin, TN. He also took NC 208 to Big Laurel Rd, which he said is fully clear.. not sure about after that though. I did see a video of people driving on 70 to get to Montreat, it was muddy but they got through, roads starting to get passable🙌🏼 I will let you know how it is once I’m there!!

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@beethzor @bernardshuford @TeslaTruckClub Also wondering about Mars Hill.

@bernardshuford @TeslaTruckClub How is Mars Hill looking?? I have family stuck out there, haven’t heard from them since Friday morning when their cars got totaled by trees

Been without internet and cell service since Friday morning. Cell service just came back. The hurricane demolished my town. My whole county really.

A1!!! My story about the Colorado Department of Transportation ran on the front page of today’s @nytimes. Immense gratitude to @vtitunik for the assignment and astute editing & Elliot Ross whose vivid photographs brought this wonky story to life nytimes.com/2024/05/31/hea…

Great article by @megankimble on Colorado's decision to shift funding away from harmful highway expansions and toward healthy, sustainable, and affordable transportation options like walking, biking, and transit. In addition to the climate benefits, this will save Coloradans billions of dollars (see below from CDOT's cost-benefit analysis): nytimes.com/2024/05/31/hea…

🚨Colorado is ditching needless highway expansions and shifting $1 BILLION in investments ➡️ clean public transit! This opens the door for other states to follow CO's lead by backing policies that improve air quality, save money, and save lives. @nytimes: nyti.ms/3yFTPv4

To make it possible for people to drive less, they need to live closer to where they are going. “I think where we stand now is that the real frontier is around land use,” said Will Toor, the executive director of the Colorado Energy Office nytimes.com/2024/05/31/hea…

For @nytimes, I wrote about a significant shift happening at the Colorado Department of Transportation: Instead of widening (some) highways, the agency is building rapid transit 🧵 nytimes.com/2024/05/31/hea…

Read / listen to this @drvolts convo with @RockyMtnInst's Heather House and Rushad Nanavatty volts.wtf/p/how-much-can… This is why housing policy is transportation policy is climate policy

Megan Kimble's new book, City Limits shares the experience of Texans impacted by freeway projects & those fighting for changes. I'm proud @megankimble included some of our work. You can help us give a copy of the book to Texas transportation leaders: secure.everyaction.com/s_c1CEvopU6G3z…

CITY LIMITS publishes TODAY!

@megankimble Congrats Megan!! Reading it now.

Construction of I-35 through Austin, TX destroyed Black neighborhoods and divided the city. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/e5T-jnVR6Fw This video is inspired by the amazing work of @SegByDesign and @SmartGrowthUSA Video by Reconnect Austin

What benefits would your state see if it prioritized other modes of transportation over driving? 💭 RMI’s Smarter MODES Calculator quantifies the money, lives, & pollution saved from reducing the amount we drive: rmi.org/insight/smarte… (1/2)

@alicentrhaenyra @komradekhris Agreed. basically sidelined the native Americans as afterthoughts in the film. Even Lily Gladstone’s character is given minimal screen time and lines compared to Leo & Deniro. It has a really odd neutral Goodfellas-like POV with all the murders. not a good movie.

@komradekhris I understand the cultural importance of Killers of the flower moon, but it was not a good movie. DiCaprio even got snubbed, that’s how bad it was. Everyone’s always talking about its cultural importance because the film cannot and does not stand on its own. I said what I said.

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@maryschmidt It’s straight up a bad movie. I don’t know why more people haven’t criticized how little the film presents the native Americans’ perspective. It feels inappropriately like any other bad-guys Scorsese film. And the acting, across the board, is super wooden.

IMO, Killers of the Flower Moon is way too long and - um - not that good. I was very conscious the whole time "MARTY AND LEO MAKING AN IMPORTANT MOVIE!" I can't be alone in this...