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Re: You’re going to need a bigger boat

adamold — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:04:10 -0000

It isn’t clear to me why the land costs are the same with such a widely variant allowed-height and -density.

Re: Most public engagement is worthless

adamold — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 23:17:51 -0000

Many of the "visionary" planners like JSK, Gabe Klein, etc. will point out that however the data is collected and the public is included, the changes are TOP DOWN from mayor who has a real commitment to different way of doing things.

Re: Most public engagement is worthless

adamold — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:23:26 -0000

It does seem worth asking whether we could have gotten from a walkman to an iPod using the incremental "smallest thing possible" approach.

Re: does gentrification cause eviction?

adamold — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 22:59:27 -0000

It gets more interesting at the block group level, where the numbers are more variable.

Re: South Miami-Dade Attracts Cyclists. Recent Accidents Have Prompted A Safety Campaign

adamold — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:23:30 -0000

It is never the fault of the motorist. Thousands of people killed every year—very few prosecutions.

Re: Don't Just Rebuild the Collapsed Pedestrian Bridge in Miami

adamold — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:35:21 -0000

Yes.

Re: Street design implications of autonomous vehicles

adamold — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:26:25 -0000

I'd like to hear a more fleshed out program for curb management. That will probably be the first important impact—you see difficulties already at airports.

Re: Avra Jain turns to Overtown for next restoration project

adamold — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:01:02 -0000

Larger buildings can't be built with the current zoning there—just duplexes. Also, no way to provide rents at this level in a new building without a lot more subsidy.

Re: My Reno Epiphany — Strong Towns

adamold — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 13:29:05 -0000

Ha, love it.

Re: Systemic bias against small scale development

adamold — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:10:17 -0000

Are there good examples of large central urban lots with intense zoning being parceled off and sold to small developers?

Re: Editorial: Cities should have control of transportation plans

adamold — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:33:29 -0000

Seems weird to suggest that Oregon’s policies have been anti-car when most of its cities and towns are and have been for 70 years primarily built for cars, no?

Re: Mapping the Effects of Parking Minimums

adamold — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:14:07 -0000

What datapoint did you use for "proportion of parking"? Current zoning? Property appraiser data?

Re: What is blight? — Strong Towns

adamold — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 15:05:29 -0000

"Blight," at least here, also applies to the vacant lots that torn down houses sit on. Removing blight means building or renovating to a productive use, not just bulldozing.

Re: Florida has more than 30 Confederate monuments.

adamold — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:51:22 -0000

jfc, dude, get a grip.

Re: Innovative design for affordable housing

adamold — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:53:05 -0000

Is 13 du/acre really the "density" that will be required to offset the housing shortages we're facing today and looming in the future?

Re: Florida has more than 30 Confederate monuments.

adamold — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:24:34 -0000

It is interesting that the monument to the confederate soldiers in the Miami City Cemetery was erected in 1913, replacing one of the two most honored positions in the cemetery--the circle for the Daughters of the American Revolution (the other being the circle for Julia Tuttle and her descendants).

Re: How to Make Protected Bike Lanes More Effective

adamold — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:00:41 -0000

Tom, does 30 years of crash data really suggest that "protected lanes" have higher crash rate than unprotected lanes? I would like to see that study if you have it.

I think using Strava data will end you you up with a bunch of Lycra Cyclist routes, which should probably have their own lanes, sure, but you won't get the current bike commuters or those routes.

You can do a daily bike count and measure the current bike traffic accurately but, as they say, it's like deciding where to build a bridge by measuring how many people are swimming across a river.

Re: A Composition of Fallacy

adamold — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:19:15 -0000

I think a Dramatic Downzoning would likely be considered a "takings" and be found unconstitutional.

Re: Some 20-MPH Streets Are Safer Than Others

adamold — Mon, 29 May 2017 11:08:19 -0000

Sadly, if the speed limit is high—even if the road is narrow and tree lined—some people will speed, and Waze will route drivers through the neighborhood. Also, reducing speed limits can allow the installation of a more broad range of traffic calming interventions (like chicanes, etc).

Re: Miami’s Future Should Be Transit and Walking, But the Mayor’s Focused on Robot Cars

adamold — Sat, 27 May 2017 07:19:08 -0000

This is why we need more density on the coastal ridge and other higher areas around transit stations. You can't increase density in a nice way without good transit, and you can't get solid transit if subsidize cars into everything you're building.

Re: Form-based code with step-backs

adamold — Mon, 01 May 2017 09:24:32 -0000

Conversely, Miami has step backs at 8 stories, but requires so much parking that you basically guarantee a big podium full of cars with a little tower on top.

Re: Editorial: Watch out for trendy notions on housing, parking

adamold — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:37:44 -0000

Parking minimums is a "trendy planning idea" from the 70s, that is slowly losing its luster. Sure, cars will still be around. Some will park on the street, some will pay for a space in a garage, and some will choose to buy a house with on-site parking. Some people will build units with 4 spaces and buy more cars than they need. Nobody would be stopping them.

Re: Why owners say opening a bar or restaurant in Miami is the worst

adamold — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 09:51:54 -0000

Sarasti should be given a small army and carte blanche to fix this.

Re: Ask R. Moses: Can a hilly town become walkable?

adamold — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 21:13:48 -0000

Morgantown has some built in advantages. The first is that the older housing stock there tends to interface with the street nicely. Porches, stoops and not enormous setbacks are all good for walking. The informal sardine-style packing of college students into low density zones also helps. Last and not unimportant is the futuristic people mover.

Re: Scientists Warn Cities About Using Fish to Fight Zika

adamold — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:50:54 -0000

use a local fish?