'Cardboard is also a medium for reclaiming the disposable, for local improvisation and imagination, for prototyping other architectures and apparatuses for living.'

(Loved this Shannon Mattern riff on cardboard even before I got to my own citation)

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1956, a dynamic view of the Bay Bridge from about 2nd & Harrison.
Haven't done much research but things that stand out are the Key System trains from the lower deck, undivided two-way traffic on the top (!) , and a couple of workers standing on the sidewalk #sfhistory

Was literally at this stop on the 43 a few minutes ago

9th/Judah

They’re “reconnecting communities” by building a 7.5-lane arterial as the surface connection to the submerged 16- to 22-lane freeway

You can’t make this stuff up

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Funding freeze for I-35 expansion denied in heated CAMPO vote bit.ly/3WI25EP KUT

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Appeals court lifts injunction on Minneapolis’ 2040 plan bit.ly/4akilPE MPR News

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Detroit’s census lawsuit could have big ramifications for the city bit.ly/3WGB2d9 Outlier Media

So Whitmire would like to give away parts of the city for more vehicle lanes but will not give up any vehicle lanes for more city

Talking Headways Podcast: Highway Fighting in Texas usa.streetsblog.org/2024/05/09/tal…

Cardboard boxes make possible a global apparatus of commerce, consumption and reuse, displaying (& delivering) the fruits of capitalism while embodying its waste, inequity and exploitation.

From Shannon Mattern, on the social history of the cardboard box:
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Happy Birthday to the extraordinary Jacky Grimshaw! Jacky has been a pillar of CNT since she first joined in 1992 and has continued to demonstrate her leadership through multiple programs, campaigns, and her very own 'Jacky Fellows' at CNT. Today, we celebrate Jacky and her work!

⚽️ Matchday Alert! ⚽️

Don't miss San Francisco City FC vs Academica this at Boxer Stadium this Friday, 5/18 at 3 p.m. Avoid the hassle of parking & surge-charging with a smooth ride to the game on #SFMuni lines J,K, M, 29, 43, 49. Seats for only $12 here: sfcityfc.com/tickets #FIERROYORO

'A Republican-backed bill headed to the governor’s desk will implement standards prohibiting data collected through some community air monitoring programs like LEAN’s from being used in enforcement or regulatory actions tied to the federal Clean Air Act.'

Fun fact.

One third of the population of Switzerland lives within 5 kilometers of the main train line crossing the country.

Berkeley will be one of the first California cities to allow ADUs to be sold separately. Could be a major source of home-ownership opportunities. Very cool!

A WIN IS A WIN!!! Thanks to all of you who called and emailed, City Council delayed the vote to sell a portion of White Oak Bayou Greenway to TxDOT for their freeway expansions. It’ll be up again in one week, so STAY TUNED for action items and updates!!

I meet with farmworkers about housing issues a lot. We meet after the work day, there is food cooked and eaten, there are children, there are people getting connected to what they need. A kitchen isn't an extra it's essential.

The play by play of this meeting shows why the state really need to step in on housing. What a show.

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - The Definition of Great BRT Is Changing Fast bit.ly/3wyVoKB Streetsblog USA

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Federal Infrastructure Hub bit.ly/3UZBaTC Brookings