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this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment

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Here's the news report, though my most accusatory statements (accusing MoDOT of negligence) only made the intro for the broadcast. MoDOT had told me last week that this signal was fixed but in the half hour I was there with the reporter, the signal never triggered www.firstalert4.com/2026/07/27/l...

Landmarks updated me that the stabilization work on the side wall started last week. This was obtained through the LaSalle Park Community Association's partnership with the Legal Services Neighborhood Advocacy group and Landmarks is in charge of returning it to productive use.

It took an earthquake to get rid of a highway in San Francisco. Perhaps a sinkhole will sink this one. #CitytoRiver

Making a dangerous product and activity more dangerous. #MOLeg

A looming deadline could be the end of high speed rail in Illinois — or the beginning of an entire midwest network, a top advocate argues. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/03/31/c...

"If the car is to prevail, there’s still one solution: get rid of the cities. That is, string them out for hundreds of miles along enormous roads, making them into highway suburbs." #stl

“Since cars have killed the city, we need faster cars to escape on superhighways to suburbs that are even farther away. What an impeccable circular argument: give us more cars so that we can escape the destruction caused by cars.” Written in 1973, when the destruction was just beginning.

Maybe it's time we treat gas stations as the public nuisance they are "Three separate shootings in St. Louis on Friday left two men dead and three others injured. All three of the shootings appeared to have happened at or near gas stations in the city." www.ksdk.com/article/news...

Driver entitlement trumps public safety in St. Louis

Another slow month for building permits issued in #stl #stlbillion2026

Driver entitlement > safety of people outside of cars #carsruincities

Daylighting intersections saves lives. This is the opposite of that. Traffic is caused by too many cars. Next time take transit or use a smaller vehicle. #carsruincities

Daylighting intersections saves lives. #carsruincities

KMOV fanned the flames on this

We need to stop prioritizing parking lots over people. Today, I assembled a roundtable to discuss our Building Up Illinois Developments Plan — and the consensus was that we need to act fast. Looking forward to passing it and getting to work in our neighborhoods.

Celebrate with The Ville this Saturday at the MLK Cultural Boulevard Block Party! 🎉 ⏰ Saturday, March 21 | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 📌 4144 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive 🔗 Learn more at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mlk-cultural-blvd-block-party-tickets-1984599535635?aff=oddtdtcreator.

Parking impacts?! Many of the surrounding blocks are entirely vacant! 🤦🏼‍♂️ “Concerns raised by some residents and organizations focused on outreach and parking impacts, rather than outright opposition to the museum itself” www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

How to protect your city from #oil price shocks.

Happy #314day !

How an electric bike can protect your money as another oil shock hits. The argument for fossil fuels is ending, but so too is the argument for relying on cars for journeys of under five miles. Here's some numbers to convince: www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/how...

Will Metro step up and help people get around with more frequent buses and trains?

Market Street Brickline Greenway segment grand opening April 13

As a person who lives car-free, the effect this has on me is negligible. And I hope this spurs more people to demand walkable, bikable, transit-friendly places to live. Fossil fuels have always been a threat to national security and our pocketbooks

As gas prices skyrocket, will Metro step up and increase bus and train service? #stl #oil

Great turnout for the Gravois, Route 30, community engagement event. Runs until 7 at Five Star Senior Center #stl

When our cities subsidize and coerce driving, they are complicit. #zoneforpeoplestl #parkingsmartstl #carsruincities

Slow start to 2026 for #stl building permits issued. #stlbillion2026

also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd