climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Mike Eliason
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Ring ring: it's @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and me reminding you that early voting begins this Saturday!
"E-bike ownership and use had the most growth in the 30-39 age bracket, rising from 19.3% in 2024 to 23.2% in 2025. Families with young children revealed an above-average interest in purchasing e-bikes, with almost 9% of such households planning to purchase in the next 12 months..."
Danny is so close to getting it. The labor productivity gains are all going to landlords and capital. That’s why people are pissed. The solution is progressive statewide taxes and building a bunch of housing.
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The War on Cars
Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅
Brad Lander
WA state ranks No. 1 in economic productivity, meaning we crank out more gross domestic product per hour worked than anyplace else. This prosperity hasn't made us happy.
28% of Germans own an e-bike - up from 15.2% five years ago.
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so the 'residents for thoughtful growth' think the cost of land is free if you build a 4-plex. also: AI slop
explains a lot!
I authored this letter to fight for Seattle residents and their tax dollars. In addition to millions that would be directed away from our community, I'm concerned with the precedent this "cap" would set for Seattle. I'm grateful to my colleagues for signing on and hopeful for the path forward.
Source: SAZ Bike, Bastian Dietz Energy company E.on has recently published survey results indicating that 28% of Germans own an e-bike or speed pedelec, in comparison to 15.2% five years ago. Over 30,...
"what was once a path into the middle class, homeownership, now becomes a path into bankruptcy court, a path beaten by fleeing insurers and incoming extreme weather." www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/10/c...
Will Norman
The Seattle Times
Mike Eliason
single stair doubles this number
World Cup fans are about to get firsthand experience in American sprawl and car-centrism. They're unlikely to be impressed.
From the latest episode, out tomorrow.
Strasbourg has long been one of France’s leading cycling cities, with more than 600 km of cycle routes across the urban area, including ring and radial connections. Together with its shared bike system and strong regional links, Strasbourg shows what is possible when you give bikes priority!
COUNTERPOINT: Expanding and rebalancing the Court was fully justified by 2017 and needs no further justification but if it did Callais would do nicely.
A single political party controlling the Court for 56 consecutive years even while losing 7 of 8 popular votes for president is reason enough.
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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Mike Eliason
"Court-packing would create a slippery slope to the destruction of judicial review...To the extent Callais is a problem, it can be better addressed by steps such as banning gerrymandering. There are also better remedies for various other shortcomings of the Court," writes @ilyasomin.bsky.social.
Caleb Heeringa
Look Both Ways with David & Wes
Dutch Cycling Embassy
Jamison Foser
Los Angeles, home to roughly 150 covered transit stations, is racing to blunt the law by modestly upzoning 55 single-family areas, potentially delaying the full SB 79 rollout until 2030.
To the extent Callais is a problem, it can be better addressed by steps such as banning gerrymandering.
A new state law that allows denser housing development near major transit stops goes into effect in July, opening the door to construction of more than 1 million new units in California's urban centers.
In a letter to King County Councilmembers, eight members of the Seattle City Council call a proposed Seattle-only cap on pass-through funding from a new countywide 0.1% sales tax "not acceptable nor equitable" and ask that it be fully dropped at Friday's planned vote.
