Jack Ketcham

The Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transportation Research Researchers warn of a “chilling environment” as studies examining road safety and other topics are killed off and layoffs hit federal agencies.

Making our transportation systems more safe, equitable and accessible is not something anyone thought was up for debate. Tying researchers' hands for using specific words is going to do real harm.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-25/how-trump-is-targeting-us-transportation-research

How Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY Mold By freeing apartment developers to build up to four stories across the city, the hometown of Harvard and MIT has set a new benchmark for the housing movement.

Let's get Tempe to follow Cambridge's model. A major key to their successes seems to be local organizations getting out the vote for more supportive city council candidates (and cultivating their own candidates).

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Arizona Starter Homes Act is back! The bill would preclude cities from various mandates that increase housing costs, without any health or safety basis, including large minimum lot sizes, unworkable setbacks, and costly design mandates.

NACTO Launches New Urban Bikeway Design Guide for the Next Generation of Innovative Cycling Infrastructure NACTO launched the revised edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, updated for the first time in a decade.

Today, we’re launching the third edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide–the first update in over a decade!

The new manual elevates planning from building great individual bike lanes to building great complete bike networks.

nacto.org/2025/01/07/n...

The Carrington Event (Entry 189.2P0312) — Omnibus In which a solar storm in 1859 leads to eye-popping auroras and a harboring of technological doom, and John compares gold pan and pizza sizes. Certificate #54094.

Fascinating, wild, and also super important—this is why I love Omnibus. If you haven’t checked it out yet, their latest episode on the Carrington Event and coronal mass ejections is an awesome place to start:

www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/the...

Been using the Cursor code editor for this and other projects the last couple weeks now too—total game changer in productivity. Highly recommend checking it out, and think it can help people pick up coding, new frameworks, etc more quickly.

Home – Holdeman Neighborhood Association The official website of the Holdeman Neighborhood Association in Tempe, Arizona. Stay connected with your community and learn about upcoming events and initiatives.

Got to work on my neighborhood association's website over the holidays 🏡 ✨

holdemantempe.org
Source at github.com/jketcham/hol...

This ones been fun to work on—using SvelteKit and Cloudflare Pages/D1/KV.

#webdev #cloudflare #sveltekit

Open Streets Tempe April 13, 2025 – A car-free celebration where people can walk, bike, roll, dance, and play. Experience the city like never before as our streets transform into vibrant public spaces.

Been working on the website for @biketempe.org's Open Streets Tempe during the holiday break, pretty pleased with how it's turning out!

Source is available at: github.com/jketcham/ope...

openstreetstempe.org

#openstreets #remixjs #webdev

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