America's fire codes were drafted with a reckless disregard for traffic safety. For half a century, they have made our roads deadlier.

I spoke with Eliza Relman about the problem & how to fix it. 🧵1/24
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BREAKING: U.S. Department of Justice (citing Streetsblog reporting!) threatens to sue NYC over illegal parking by NYPD cops and other city workers: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/04/19/jus…

Perfect example of why we need bollards everywhere

Lawmakers to allow NYC to lower speed limit to 20 mph

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This Financial Times piece is the best examination of US crash deaths that I've seen in ages.

The US is so bad at this: 'Even after adjusting for distance driven, US fatality rates remain 2x the rich-world average.'

Here's a quick 🧵 to share insights (paywall).

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“If you know New York, you know two wheels are always faster than four.” Bike lobby has successfully captured the New York Mets

In Paris, just 4.3% -- 4.3%!! -- of the trips within the colored areas now occur in private cars.

Source: institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-tr…

DC is going backwards on improving bike connectivity, cancelling the most important cycling project for the city's west-of-the-park section because of opposition from drivers & businesses along the Connecticut Ave route.

SCOOP: Los Angeles Mayor KAREN BASS tells NBC News she's urging President Biden to appoint Rep. BARBARA LEE to be the next HUD secretary, succeeding Marcia Fudge

'I think a perfect person to follow her would be Barbara Lee': Mayor Karen Bass

w/Monica Alba nbcnews.com/politics/polit…

“For decades, the city's restrictive zoning and land-use policies have made missing-middle housing almost impossible to build. The city heavily regulates everything from lot sizes to building heights to how large a home's footprint can be.” 🧵 👇

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'The federal poverty level for a family of four stands at $31,200. United Way of Connecticut estimates the bare-minimum survival budget for a family of four with two young children in the state to be as high as $126,000.'

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If you're looking for eclipse glasses right now you understand why same day voter registration is important

Are we really experiencing a loneliness 'epidemic'?

I dug into it and found we don't have the data to back up the claim that loneliness has gotten much worse — and misrepresenting what's ailing us and why could be a big distraction

businessinsider.com/there-is-no-lo…

Have the surgeon general and the rest of us misdiagnosed loneliness as an 'epidemic'? Eliza Relman gets to the bottom of it. businessinsider.com/there-is-no-lo…

Breaking: Caps and Wizards deal for Virginia arena is dead, mayor of Alexandria says.

Ted Leonsis and Mayor Bowser will make an announcement about the future of Capital One Arena tonight, according to a source with knowledge. axios.com/local/washingt…

New from me: Canada's First Nations are building the densest neighborhood in the country by reclaiming their ancestral land and defying NIMBYs

businessinsider.com/first-nations-…

History in one bad photo: The MTA Board has voted 11-1 to approve a $15 congestion pricing toll to drive into lower Manhattan

Both Houses of the Florida state legislature have passed a bill, HB 1301, that would impose heavy limitations on the ability of cities & transit providers to convert a traffic lane to other uses, like bus or bike lanes
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Homes in England are more cramped than those in New York City, according to new analysis trib.al/0fuWYB1