Joe Minicozzi

@clmarohn They have that fancy sign that says that they've made a "place"! If you can name it, that's all you need to do, no? (kidding)

This street won multiple Complete Streets awards. It's a horrible & deadly stroad that separates a residential neighborhood from a DC Metro transit stop. Check out these before and after photos (I double checked -- we don't have this backward).

@StiltzMcGee @JeffSpeckFAICP This pairs well with @JeffSpeckFAICP 's article. Also, @StrongTowns #growthponzischeme youtube.com/shorts/qDfPUg5…

Another great piece by @JeffSpeckFAICP ! Is It Time to Retire National Walk to Work Day? nextcity.org/urbanist-news/…

@izurietavarea @ggraham @stevemouzon My creds are on my LinkedIn. I don’t have an economics degree. Should that matter?

@ggraham @stevemouzon @JoeUrbanThree He does God’s work but he’s an architect I believe.

Dhiru Thadani: There are about 20,000 cities and towns in the US, and 9% of them are failing, usually because their original economic engine has gone away. #CNUcouncil

@clmarohn “If the City charged just $5.50/day for each of its free spaces, that would raise $6 billion in annual revenue—revenue that's currently being left on the curb.” WOW.

Insane stat, especially since the majority of NYC households don't even own a car. Cities blow astounding amounts of wealth caring for automobile storage.

@BudsforBUD @NoHospitalDwtn @CityofUtica @MayorPalmieri @mikeforutica @Celeste4Utica @AJPicenteJr @clmarohn @joe_cerini @StrongTowns @UR_Sentinel @uticaOD So sad.

@NoHospitalDwtn @CityofUtica @MayorPalmieri @mikeforutica @Celeste4Utica @AJPicenteJr @JoeUrbanThree @clmarohn @joe_cerini @StrongTowns @UR_Sentinel @uticaOD Almost 3-1/2 years of urban destruction! Corrupt project’s first senseless demolition? Carriage house at 456 Columbia Street (like many others, it too was worth saving!)... betteruticadowntown.com/456-columbia-s…

Happening Now! Sadly Columbia Bar building in @CityofUtica is taking it in the backside, soon to be erased! As #MVHealthSystem Wynn Hospital seeks their sea of surface parking… what a waste! betteruticadowntown.com/500-columbia-s…

Straight out of the old advertising messaging strategy: "the more you spend, the more you save!" landroverhuntvalley.com/business-tax-a… Don't ask if you need a vehicle over 6,000 lbs. Just buy it because you'll get a tax break. Amazing.

@Boenau Any pickup over 6k lbs qualifies. As well as a Yukon or Suburban.

@charlesincities @CityLab Ironic that they’re on mass transit.

This is probably the most succinct reporting on the 15-minute city conspiracy. If you plan cities, it's worth reading so you know what you are up against. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab

@Boenau @ProfitGreenly @Boenau Google “range rover tax break” and check out the law that supports it. There’s a policy reason why there are more of these 6k lb vehicles around. Dothemath!

Good read. Gets into the road damage done by heavy vehicles & ideas to get away from gas tax. @ProfitGreenly

@WalkableDFW You hate America. Kidding.

@UrbanizedOkie @downesphoto @pmonies @cityofokc Can you send us the addresses that you are looking at? I think we have OKC data. Also, as a simple rule, you can do your own "value per acre" analysis for tax comparisons by just dividing the value into the acreage. Do it for this property against the houses across the street.

@downesphoto @pmonies @cityofokc Try @JoeUrbanThree…it’s his specialty

Controversial opinion: @cityofokc should not permit this use in the inner city. These drive thru only buildings belong in the suburbs, not the urban core.

@bernicebuffalo @bernicebuffalo I don’t think these folks are into the use of ‘facts’.

@aaron_renn The puppy mill lobby must be incredibly strong.

Glad to see Indiana's GOP addressing the big, critical issues facing the state today. Almost certainly another lobbyist backed piece of legislation. We can add puppy mills to slumlords, gambling, and deadly nursing homes as a core industry in the state. indystar.com/story/news/pol…

Accountability and culture change is needed.

PLEASE read this post! Many people who want to change things for the better in their place want an example of another ... strongtowns.org/journal/2023/2…

@JimBarrows @cdempc Tracks with everything we’ve seen. We use “per acre” rather than “per foot” cause it better demonstrates the issue. Also, land is commonly broken into acre units.

On a per-square-foot basis, the dense, walkable, transit-oriented, mixed-used neighborhoods of #Brookline pay much more in property taxes than the parts of town that are more automobile-oriented. #mapoli

@unreckable @the_transit_guy And for extra fun, I put a very beautiful Italian hilltown, that's been around for a few 1,000 years (with a pop. of several thou.) side-by-side with a walmart. It helps to understand them if you've been to any of these places, but I like maps too. urbanthree.com/urban-mirror/

@JoeUrbanThree @the_transit_guy What’s the point of this?

A casual reminder that downtown Houston has 54,000 parking spaces per mile. You can fit 3 Vatican Citys into all the parking spaces in the area shown below, or 89 Super Walmarts.

@unreckable @the_transit_guy Lots of points. For starters, the use of land for placemaking. The start of the thread was about the Vatican vs. Houston, so I used our website to put them side by side at the same scale.

@BrentToderian @DavidZipper landroverhuntvalley.com/business-tax-a…

@BrentToderian @DavidZipper @BrentToderian Brent: there’s a ridiculous tax break in the US for cars over 6k lbs. google “Range Rover tax break”

This city will require owners of vehicles weighing over 6k lbs to pay an annual $500 vehicle registration fee, almost 7X the cost to register a “modest” sedan. No other US city has done something this significant yet. Via @DavidZipper. Should YOUR city? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…