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@swyftcities
Swyft Cities revolutionizes mobility and transforms real estate, enabling more vibrant livable communities with @whooshtransport
Mountain View, California
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    Swyft Cities🚡
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    Dec 20, 2022
    Swyft Cities is here to revolutionize transportation and real estate! An innovative gondola system combines autonomous pods w/ lightweight, fixed cable infrastructure to move passengers efficiently w/ significantly lower cost-per-mile & less emissions than traditional options.👇
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    Jun 15, 2024
    Replying to @MarkDavis
    26-lane freeways like in Houston are massive, costly boondoggles that waste money and grab land. (BTW entire neighborhoods were bulldozed to make freeways)
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    Sep 24, 2024
    Replying to @the_transit_guy
    This is the above-ground storage at Amsterdam Station Centraal. Can you imagine what an equivalent car storage would look like???😱
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    Feb 6, 2025
    Replying to @Boenau
    Hmm...businesses are doing better, rush hour traffic is smoother, Broadway attendance is up, car-pedestrian accidents are down. Remind me again, why is congestion pricing a bad idea?🤔
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    Mar 5, 2024
    People say "of course European cities are walkable, they were never car-centric to begin with" The truth is, cities like Valencia were as car-centric as the US, they've just made a dedicated effort to reverse it & make cities about people, not cars📸@modacitylife #transportation
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    Feb 16, 2024
    Replying to @PhilSustainable
    It's only 2 blocks, but Minneapolis has the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District which not only has no cars but no streets! All homes are built are on quarter-lots. A hidden gem in the city! #minneapolis
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    Mar 13, 2025
    Replying to @cityaestheticss
    Because someone decided this was somehow better (Caveat: I fully support people who want to live in suburban sprawl, but those of us who prefer walkable Real Cities have far more limited choices because of outdated zoning)
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    Swyft Cities🚡
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    Jul 15, 2024
    Replying to @Intern_Fiachra
    You mean ride between the edge of the road and the grass against the flow of highway traffic? Yeah that sounds super safe.
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    Dec 28, 2023
    Many people are under the mistaken impression that Europe was somehow never as car-centric as the US, and has always been magically car-free. Truth is, cities like Amsterdam and Paris made a dedicated effort to give their cities back to the people. #transportation #urbanmobility
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    Brent Toderian
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    Dec 27, 2023
    Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s, via @fietsprofessor. The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today. Better choices instead of excuses.
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    Apr 9, 2025
    Replying to @CompletedStreet
    Who needs a thriving neighborhood when you can have a freeway on-ramp instead?😵‍💫
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    Jan 24, 2025
    Replying to @humantransit and @boringcompany
    Digging underground tunnels & stations is one of the most expensive ways to move people.
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    Sep 24, 2024
    Replying to @the_transit_guy
    The Amsterdam Stationsplein bicycle garage holds 7000 bikes (!) and even cooler, is underwater in front of the Station Centraal. Check out the cool "skylights" which show the water above the garage🚲🌊
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    Jun 21, 2024
    Replying to @DavidZipper
    🤦‍♀️This is the same Caltrans that admitted TEN YEARS AGO that freeway expansion does not reduce congestion
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    California's DOT Makes a Rare Admission: More Roads Mean More Traffic
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    Swyft Cities🚡
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    Oct 16, 2024
    Replying to @YIMBYLAND
    Minneapolis had beautiful European-style architecture and street layouts that unfortunately were pretty much all erased.
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