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Swyft Cities🚡

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Swyft Cities🚡

@swyftcities

Swyft Cities revolutionizes mobility and transforms real estate, enabling more vibrant livable communities with @whooshtransport

Mountain View, California

Joined October 2022

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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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to live in suburban sprawl, but those of us who prefer walkable Real Cities have far more limited choices because of outdated zoning)
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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian
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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@swyftcities
Apr 9, 2025
Replying to @CompletedStreet
Who needs a thriving neighborhood when you can have a freeway on-ramp instead?😵‍💫
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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
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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@swyftcities
Jun 21, 2024
Replying to @DavidZipper
🤦‍♀️This is the same Caltrans that admitted TEN YEARS AGO that freeway expansion does not reduce congestion
California's DOT Makes a Rare Admission: More Roads Mean More Traffic
From bloomberg.com
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@swyftcities
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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