National Chapter Manager at YIMBY Action 🏘️
Richmonder working to make housing affordable. 🏗️🏢
Wyatt Gordon
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@burhanazeem.bsky.social helped pass new zoning laws allowing four-story multifamily buildings, with a percentage set aside for low- and moderate-income housing. Cambridge expects to build more than 3,500 new units over the next 15 years, 10 times the number expected under the old zoning laws.
Happy Pride from Capitol Bikeshare! 🚴🏼♀️🏳️🌈🚴🏿♂️
Wyatt Gordon
“For too long, a patchwork of local restrictions have made it too difficult and expensive to build and buy housing. Homeownership—a cornerstone of the American dream—is too far out of reach, and rent is too damn high.” 🏘️ @jbpritzker.bsky.social
“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”
I’ve transitioned to a new role with @mta.maryland.gov as the Deputy Director of Planning for the @redlinemaryland.bsky.social!
2026 marks 10 years since I pivoted from music to transit. To anyone on a non-traditional path: Keep persisting. Make yourself undeniable. Time to get to work!
"Painted bike lanes and sharrows may cost less and face less political pushback, but we now have evidence at a massive scale that protected bike lanes are really what can move the needle on ridership."
A “Yes in My Backyard” bill backed by Gov. JB Pritzker is designed to create affordable housing by pulling some zoning authority from cities and towns.
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Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
So much of the political class have not updated to their assumptions about how house prices interact with public sentiment
Protected bike lanes increase Citi Bike ridership in New York City, but painted bike lanes and sharrows do not show a statistically significant causal effect on ridership after accounting for confound...
Arlington NIMBYs are trying to say this is a "historic district" so that they can block new housing and services for disabled people.
Every time NIMBYs try something like this, we should eminent domain *their* property into affordable housing. Would solve a lot of problems.
Wyatt Gordon
New York has a massive opportunity to coordinate building new public facilities like libraries with thousands of housing units. New Utrecht is just the start…
New Yorkers need affordable homes. New Yorkers need great public libraries.
So we're building both.
Today, we took the next step toward creating a brand-new library and more than 200 affordable homes at the New Utrecht Library site in Brooklyn. Because public land should serve the public.
