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My 2023 Mustang Mach 1
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I wanted to share my Mach 1 that I bought recently and just finished detailing yesterday. Until we get a cars community, this seems like a good place to share our cars. It’s a 2023 equipped with the tremec 6-speed manual. I previously owned a 2021 Mach 1 in black that I sold so I could get into a Wrangler. I sold it to get back into a mustang because I really missed my 2021 Mach 1 other than the fact that the black paint was hard to keep clean. I went with a Mach 1 instead of a regular GT because I really like the tremec gear box over the getrag one.
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My 2023 Mustang Mach 1
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These stupid trucks
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These stupid trucks
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New Minneapolis climate plan has ambitious goals, lacks funding
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New Minneapolis climate plan has ambitious goals, lacks funding
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Assembly members propose sweeping overhaul of zoning rules to address Anchorage housing shortage
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Anchorage, Alaska is considering a dramatic simplification of zoning codes to address their housing shortage. The proposal divides the city into just two residential zones, one for areas with municipal services and one for areas on wells and septic. Not only greater density but also compatible non-residential uses would be permitted.
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Assembly members propose sweeping overhaul of zoning rules to address Anchorage housing shortage
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Electric vehicles alone can’t solve transportation’s climate problems: to cut heat-trapping emissions, we also need to reduce car use.
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while the headline is a bit self-evident, the article itself covers a lot of interesting ground on the politics and practical implementation of doing this, and what places around the world are doing to try and reduce car usage
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Electric vehicles alone can’t solve transportation’s climate problems: to cut heat-trapping emissions, we also need to reduce car use.
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Why US Malls Are Dying (And Why European Malls Aren’t)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586SO9-wWoA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586SO9-wWoA)
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Why US Malls Are Dying (And Why European Malls Aren’t)
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Return of rent control? How some US cities are trying to keep roofs over people’s heads
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Return of rent control? How some US cities are trying to keep roofs over people’s heads
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Community gardens can help combat rising food insecurity in Philadelphia, but their future is uncertain
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Community gardens can help combat rising food insecurity in Philadelphia, but their future is uncertain
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Death to the Skyscraper: Skyscraper construction, and the financial system that underpins it, is not stopping any time soon, despite its detrimental impact on the environment
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Death to the Skyscraper: Skyscraper construction, and the financial system that underpins it, is not stopping any time soon, despite its detrimental impact on the environment
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America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism
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America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism
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MBTA ridership in Boston hits highest level since pandemic began
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MBTA ridership in Boston hits highest level since pandemic began
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End Of The Line? Proposed Eastward Extension Of D.C. Streetcar Delayed Again
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End Of The Line? Proposed Eastward Extension Of D.C. Streetcar Delayed Again
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Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling
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subheading: > San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity.
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Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling
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This Is What It Takes To Be a Strong Town. Is Yours One?
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When it comes to improvements to your town or city or even country, it can often feel like you are powerless in the world. But you're not alone. A city is made of communities and communities are made of individual people. One day our kids or our kids kids, or their kids, will be able to safely just walk to school. And it starts with finding your community, finding out what works from people all over the world, and then maybe introducing the ideas to your neighbours or voting for city/town council members who align with your goals. I just wanted to drop a more hopeful message rather than news or information.
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This Is What It Takes To Be a Strong Town. Is Yours One?
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Minneapolis’s Indigenous Food Lab Market celebrates Native food and knowledge
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Minneapolis’s Indigenous Food Lab Market celebrates Native food and knowledge
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Cities Are Becoming More Like Sponges: Water management that prizes lakes and greenery over concrete makes for less flood-prone cities — and prettier ones, too
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Cities Are Becoming More Like Sponges: Water management that prizes lakes and greenery over concrete makes for less flood-prone cities — and prettier ones, too
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Restored electric tramway in Bergen, Norway (video)
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Since 1897 the city of Bergen was served like by an electric tram system. Sadly, like in so many cities, it was shut down in 1965. Since then however the city has started to dig up and restore the tracks, and slowly the historic electric tramway has come back in service. There are plans to extend the current line to the city center.
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Restored electric tramway in Bergen, Norway (video)
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A Modern Trolley Problem
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A Modern Trolley Problem
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Want To See the Future of the Food System In Action? Visit Your Local Farmers Market!
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Want To See the Future of the Food System In Action? Visit Your Local Farmers Market!
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In Albany, a freeway ramp becomes a park, connecting thee city to its river
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In Albany, a freeway ramp becomes a park, connecting thee city to its river
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Colorado Unveils a Statewide E-Bike Rebate Program
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Colorado Unveils a Statewide E-Bike Rebate Program
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An electric bike leasing program is coming to low-income communities in Colorado Springs
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An electric bike leasing program is coming to low-income communities in Colorado Springs
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A suburban Minnesota district tried to close its most diverse elementary school—until parents fought back. And won.
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A suburban Minnesota district tried to close its most diverse elementary school—until parents fought back. And won.
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Building Better Cities: 8 Steps to Transform Your Urban Environment
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Building Better Cities: 8 Steps to Transform Your Urban Environment
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There’s a way to build thousands more housing units on San Francisco’s west side
Really hoping to see support for more of this style of development in the SF Bay Area. The Sunset District is notoriously low density and has been pretty NIMBY when it comes to building anything new in the area.
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There’s a way to build thousands more housing units on San Francisco’s west side
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Building Better Cities: 8 Steps to Transform Your Urban Environment
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8 Really good suggestions for how you can help make improvements in your town. The first, simply voting, is so important and also pretty easy.
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Building Better Cities: 8 Steps to Transform Your Urban Environment
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Why John Forester was wrong: Design streets for the humans you have, not the humans you wish you had.
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"Vehicular Cycling" is the (IMO) incredibly misguided philosophy which has shaped views on cycling infrastructure in the United States, and has since the 70s forced bicyclists to risk their lives sharing roads with uncaring drivers instead of having their own safe and efficient network of bike lanes. If only this movement had never happened, perhaps we would have better, greener, less congested cities with more cyclists.
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Why John Forester was wrong: Design streets for the humans you have, not the humans you wish you had.
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This little-known rule shapes parking in America. Cities are reversing it | CNN Business
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This little-known rule shapes parking in America. Cities are reversing it | CNN Business
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Living above libraries, fire halls and schools? More housing options coming to B.C.
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Living above libraries, fire halls and schools? More housing options coming to B.C.
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Montreal is spending $30 million to expand and improve bike paths
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$30 million dollars goes so much further on active transport infrastructure than it would on cars!
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Montreal is spending $30 million to expand and improve bike paths
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The Stealthy Politics of Urban Advertising
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subheading: > From billboards to graffiti to guerrilla marketing, civic and commercial interests have long fought to control the visual environment of the city. Today the contest is more heated than ever. this is a lengthy piece on every facet of "advertising" in public urban spaces, from actual corporate advertising to graffiti art, the history of those things, and the differing responses to and conflict between them
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The Stealthy Politics of Urban Advertising
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The Movement to Make Black Neighborhoods Better for Walking and Biking
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The Movement to Make Black Neighborhoods Better for Walking and Biking
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I love my electric car but I didn’t realize my life would revolve around charging it
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I love my electric car but I didn’t realize my life would revolve around charging it
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Anyone else car-free?
I'm coming up on about 6 months of car-free life in Seattle. It's certainly been challenging at times, and it's only possible at all because I work from home, but I'm making it work. I'm curious if anyone else is trying to do the same thing. There are a ton of anti-car communities online, but very few people seem to actually go car-free as, like, an ideological thing
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Anyone else car-free?
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I Tracked Down My Anonymous Landlord… Here’s What Happened.
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I Tracked Down My Anonymous Landlord… Here’s What Happened.
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Ithaca bets on heat pumps in mobile homes
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Ithaca bets on heat pumps in mobile homes
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Denver is closing streets to motorized vehicles once a month to draw more people downtown
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Denver is closing streets to motorized vehicles once a month to draw more people downtown
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This Is the Vibrant Future of Night Markets in Los Angeles
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This Is the Vibrant Future of Night Markets in Los Angeles
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What Are Complete Streets? Smart Growth America Raises the Bar
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What Are Complete Streets? Smart Growth America Raises the Bar
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Make Parking Impossible
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Make Parking Impossible
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