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One more aisle will fix it bro. You just gotta give me one more aisle
Will Poundstone
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Will Poundstone
@PoundstoneWill
Think of me as the William Kunstler of urbanism
Joined July 2022
- The collapse of I-95 in Philadelphia is eerie as we are just 17 days from the 30 year anniversary of a similar incident on I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- Replying to @_Reaganite_"If Hitler invaded Hell, I would at least make a favorable remark about the Devil on the floor of the House of Commons" -Winston Churchill
- We're talking about a state so dishonest that it calls itself an island when it is not.
- Replying to @JhonBenHans and @needstoo1We kind of do. The fact that we have no high speed rail for instance, is taken as a sign of poverty, when in fact it is the result of our high car ownership levels
- Replying to @urbanthoughts11The people in those cars are going to and from different places and can' t use the same bus
- 1880: One more track will fix it 1900: One more track will fix it 1920: One more track will fix it 1940: One more track will fix it 1960: One more track will fix it 1980: One more track will fix it 2000: One more track will fix it 2020: ???
- Replying to @bigmoodenergyThe average car today is quite a lot narrower than the average car of the 70s
- Replying to @bigmoodenergyYou are talking to a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of automotive history.The best selling passenger car of today vs the best selling passenger car of 50 years ago. Cars have in fact gotten smaller.
- Replying to @teryIGdev and @sentdefenderThat is completely the opposite of the truth.
- This would cause traffic chaos and in most cities it is topographically impossible.Imagine how nice America would be if only 20% of urban highways were turned into canal greenspaces.
- Another day, another Twitter Urbanist who turns out to be a suburbanite
- It occurs to me that 15 minute neighborhoods defeat the whole purpose of a city, which is to provide a large catchment area for jobs, labor, services, and customers. If you don't want to be more than a 15 minute walk from everything, you might as well live in a small town.
