Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
The Rochester, NY highway removal was able to reclaim 6.5 acres of land, leading to $229 million in development and millions in new tax revenue for the city.
We need more urban highway removals.
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Roboticools 2000
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20% Tax Increase
Half the distance promised
Three times the cost
On a train that will fix nothing…
In a city with the largest autonomous car factory in the world…
Joshua Fechter@JoshuaFechter
In 2020, Austin voters greenlit a 20-mile light rail system — raising their own city property tax bills by 20% to fund it. Costs ballooned, and the project's scope shrank. For now, it will reach less than half the distance — at about 3x the original per-mile cost.
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@data_atx @_AustinCurrent create new stormwater treatment facilities where none exist in the urban core is a big cost driver with no public transit benefit. It is good to treat stormwater, but should a first of its kind and currently controversial project bear that cost?
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@data_atx @_AustinCurrent I feel like one thing under-reported on the high per-mile cost is that Austin is getting complete streets style reconstruction including stormwater treatment of many of these narrow roads. By requiring Project Connect to (for example, not exclusive) (1/2)
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Incredible new article on Austin's light rail project from @_AustinCurrent
Many good moments, but my favorite:
The new ridership estimates are so bad and the costs so high we could buy every rider an Aston Martin instead 😂
austincurrent.org/2026/05/21/aus…
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
"If a border wall—or other destructive border infrastructure—is built inside Big Bend National Park, it would be the most egregious assault on the integrity of the entire National Park System since the construction of a dam in the Hetchy Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park more than a century ago."
This is a grave warning from seven high-level NPS superintendents, folks who rarely break ranks and wade into advocacy. I'm proud to see my former superintendent Cindy Ott-Jones among the co-authors.
Laiken Jordahl@LaikenJordahl
BREAKING: 7 former heads of Big Bend are urging @SecMullinDHS not to waive environmental & resource protection laws in the national park. If DHS rams this waiver through, it would be the first time in American history that all environmental laws were gutted in a national park.
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@mr_saltz I wonder if they made the same arguments when Cherelle Parker won the mayoral election….
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If you're looking for a crash out, Stanfords soldiers are doing Lib Jan 6
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
There are 91 PA energy generation projects that have PJM interconnection agreements, but no state or local permits yet. 78 of these are solar or wind projects subject to OBBBA's federal tax credit cliff this summer. That's about 1,415 MW of already-approved capacity at risk
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My top fountains in Philadelphia (not in order)
1. Logan Square Swan Fountain
2. John F Collins Park
3. Franklin Square
4. Girard Fountain Park
5. Dilworth Park
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
mbta is leading the way, tearing down obsolete trolleybus wires for the technology of the future: battery bus with diesel heater
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The City's goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 can be reached with PGW's help.
bit.ly/4wHz0Jp
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
cars/drivers are my biggest fear as a parent in philadelphia. it shouldn’t be this way and it would be very easy to fix if anyone gave a shit
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta@malcolmkenyatta
In the past 6 months, I lost a friend who was killed riding his bike and I could have lost my husband @drmattkenyatta , who survived after being hit riding his. This isn’t abstract for me. I wrote about it for @PhillyInquirer. share.inquirer.com/y5EKBe
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
BTW, in case you were wondering how Harris paid for this truck, the gas, signage or really any campaign materials, you can't know, as he hasn't filed a campaign finance report in a year.
Stephen Caruso@StephenJ_Caruso
State Rep. Keith Harris (D., Philly) is driving around Fairmount in a truck making brief speeches asking for people's vote ala an old Gilded Age whistlestop.
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@mr_saltz @StephenJ_Caruso They are using ratepayer money to influence their regulators! Perfectly legal just morally questionable
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@StephenJ_Caruso The public private energy conglomerate gets to have a pac?
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PECO can write campaign checks?
Stephen Caruso@StephenJ_Caruso
Fun little campaign finance finding: Gov. Josh Shapiro criticized PECO on April 9, calling a proposed rate hike "pure greed." On April 14, campaign cashed a $5,000 check from PECO. It was refunded 2 days later. whyy.org/articles/peco-…
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@senortalone @DPearsonPHL Ugh more people have responded to the park groups email about the new permit system than showed up for Love Your Park day to improve the park. If that’s not Philly in a nutshell…
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@DPearsonPHL Oh I know. Lemon Hill Neighbors may spontaneously combust.
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I live in this zone. I hope it clears out all the illegal insurance-fraud cars from the streets.
CBS Philadelphia@CBSPhiladelphia
Starting next month, if you live in this area near the 2026 FIFA Fan Festival, you'll need a special permit to park. The PPA is trying to keep street parking spots available for residents only. Here's what to know and how to apply for a permit. cbsnews.com/philadelphia/n…
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
You'd be shocked by the extent to which the "occasional visitor to your city" from a nearby suburb controls your city's housing and transportation policies.
The failure of democracy comes in many forms, empowering wealthy suburbanites with dictatorial powers is a big one.
Wendy D. Wakeman@WDWakeman
@SpceSVer As an occasional visitor to your city, I find the bike lanes confusing and I have rarely see anyone using them. Your experience could certainly be different
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
Reminder that suburbs are parasites that leech off of the city’s agglomeration effects without contributing to her prosperity
Siddharth Khurana@SidKhurana3607
Counties with a median income above 100K:
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Roboticools 2000 retweetledi
So jealous because here in Philly it's been 2 years since a Doctor was killed in one of the busiest bike lanes in the city and our Mayor Cherelle Parker has yet to even change a single thing about those streets.
What an embarrassment of a Mayor we have.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor
I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.
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@JawadPullin @jongeeting How about city council just raises property taxes to fund schools and septa? Obvi the state should do more but in the meantime we can’t let everything collapse
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One of the more memorable reads from grad school was my professor’s book about how elected school boards are basically money pits for dark money to inject national political issues into local elections, so soft pass
The Philadelphia Inquirer@PhillyInquirer
Philly City Council wants to consider having an elected school board following showdown over closing 17 schools ebx.sh/El3dS5
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