Prospective Car Buyer Takes SUV Out For Test Hit And Run
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American traffic engineering is fundamentally sociopathic and in need of root and branch reform.
When you’re thinking about 5 — 6 with underground parking — story buildings, I assume single stair, but are you imagining an elevator too?
If so, full sized or holding out for recently legalized small ones?
Spokane as a haven for those fleeing the southern US climate makes me bullish on the city’s future.
The State Senate just approved Washington's elevator reform bill 41-6 after it was amended in the House, sending it to the Governor's desk.
The House's amendments removed language around international harmonization but it still represents a major reform for elevators in smaller buildings.
A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year
Can't wait to see them!
The City is competing against 15 other cities in the Strongest Town Contest! In this bracket-style voting tournament, Spokane will compete for the “Strongest Town” title by shining a national spotlight on our work to become a stronger, more resilient city. Vote every week at strongesttown.com.
Even more big news, SB 5156, the bill to allow smaller elevators passed the House! Shoutout to @sightline.org for their leadership on this bill.
You know what this means? Clean sweep for Futurewise's priority legislation 🧹🎉 The state is taking some big steps to Growing Together in every community!
Objectively, the highest-impact use case for AI is automating code compliance and permitting. You should be able to propose a townhome development and find out if it’s code and zoning compliant within 60 seconds, with a human giving final approval.
Let’s goooooo
This is real environmentalism, not that fake 70s shit that demonized cities
Before (2022) / After (2026) the recent pedestrianization and greening of Rue de Gravelle in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Just got word that the Tacoma planning commission advanced a motion to fully eliminate parking mandates citywide at their meeting tonight, by a 8-0 vote with one abstention.
If implemented, Washington's second and third largest cities would have both beat Seattle to eliminating parking mandates.
Publicly, nonprofit Latinos en Spokane is a passionate defender of immigrant and worker rights. Behind the scenes, though, ten workers and contractors interviewed by RANGE described high turnover, toxic working conditions and threats of retaliation:
I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...
Congrats!
Single stair is going mainstream yall
JEALOUS
NEW STORY // Neighborhood Cafe and Corner Store Bill Fails for Third Straight Year
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org.
www.theurbanist.org/2026/03/02/n...
We're in!
Spokane Reimagined entered @spokanecity.org in the Strongest Town competition organized by the national urbanist nonprofit @strongtowns.org.
Towns move through a March Madness-style bracket, with public votes dictating who moves ahead.
Voting begins TODAY!
www.strongesttown.com
Anakin and Padme meme: Safety is our first priority Higher than LOS, right? ... Higher than LOS, right?
Me talking to the city engineer about the new Vision Zero plan.
Sketchy rendering of our next middle housing project in Spokane, by CAST architecture, Heartland and Heritage Housing Company.
It is happening! We're going to build more middle housing in Spokane!
After decades of prioritizing new highway projects ahead of basic maintenance, the Washington Senate wants to add $2 billion in new debt to pay for state highway and bridge upkeep.
The state transportation budget is already 11.6% debt service.
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/24/s...
New meta-analysis of 26 published studies concludes that AVs will lead people to use cars a lot more — which would thicken congestion and worsen pollution (even if AVs are electric).
"AV deployment is anticipated to lead to an overall increase in Vehicle Miles Traveled."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
Are we confident we’re sending our best and brightest to Olympia? Yikes
www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Don’t look now, but this year’s condo reform bill has passed both houses of #waleg! 🎊 🎉
#HB2304 allows builders to provide a simpler 2-10 warranty (the same as offered for new-build oneplexes) for projects of up to 4 stories/12 units. The bill heads to the governor’s desk for signature.
“Oneplexes” 😂😂😂
