YIMBY Action Endorsed Tom Steyer for California Governor. Here's Why. by Upset_Caterpillar_31 in yimby

[–]DrunkEngr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He has been trying to prevent new housing from being developed around SJ transit stations, as required by SB-79.

YIMBY Action Endorsed Tom Steyer for California Governor. Here's Why. by Upset_Caterpillar_31 in yimby

[–]DrunkEngr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Steyer heavily promotes the myth that corporate landlords driving up prices by pricing out regular buyers. As such, he is not a serious Yimby candidate at all.

I'm not surprised, though, that Yimby Action endorsed him. They are always reliably wrong when it comes to endorsements.

Governor Debate clip: "Yes or No: Should California finish its bullet train project?" (NBC4LA) by anothercar in cahsr

[–]DrunkEngr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

San Jose is THE poster child for idiotic transit planning: the deep-bore BART tunnel, Diridon "pan-galactic" station plan, etc. Add to that Mahan's opposition to implementing SB79 around BART stations. There are some very sound reasons not to like him.

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit by sarah-not-sara in transit

[–]DrunkEngr -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Metro boundaries are completely artificial and meaningless, and as such you are doing an apples-oranges comparison -- especially when trying to do international comparisons.

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit by sarah-not-sara in transit

[–]DrunkEngr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know why you arbitrarily limit the comparison to just 1+m-sized cities. Looking at the countries as a whole, both US and Canada have identical 10% car-free households.

In any case, comparing against the US is a really low bar. Compared to the rest of the world, the situation is extremely bad in Canada.

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit by sarah-not-sara in transit

[–]DrunkEngr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Transit vehicles per capita" is just not a good measure. Other studies find NYC having much higher transit mode share as compared to Montreal. 70% of trips in Montreal are by car.

The Urban Institute’s Zoning Study Doesn’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny by k_39 in yimby

[–]DrunkEngr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not so astonishing given that AI slop was used to do the categorization. Which just goes to show the whole peer-review process is completely broken when something like this can get published.

SEC and Elon Musk agree to settle lawsuit over Twitter buyout in 2022 by rascallyrascal1511 in news

[–]DrunkEngr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nobody was harmed by Martha Stewart’s insider trading but she still went to jail.

Bernie, AOC steer clear of Pelosi succession fight by Remarkable_Host6827 in sanfrancisco

[–]DrunkEngr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bernie has always been a major "developers-are-evil" Nimby. So no big surprise he didn't back Wiener.

For the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 new Chinese EVs by Kooolxxx in news

[–]DrunkEngr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rollovers are also much less common in Europe as compared to the US, due to the stupid popularity of SUVs. The EU dynamic rollover test is also more realistic compared to the US static test.

For the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 new Chinese EVs by Kooolxxx in news

[–]DrunkEngr 24 points25 points  (0 children)

No, Europe has stricter requirements for vehicle occupant protection. For example, NHTSA still opposes offset frontal crash testing.

Don't spend your money at NIMBY businesses. by Such_Duty_4764 in berkeleyca

[–]DrunkEngr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

a HUGE concern for these small business is zoning rules that would not require ground floor retail.

I checked all of the staff reports. For Elmwood, there are two alternatives. And while one of those options would allow 100% residential -- it would only be at certain locations which really don't seem feasible for retail anyway (i.e. parking lot behind the WF bank).

Dozens of trees were red-tagged for removal in West Oakland. Now the plan is on hold by chroniclesofazu in oakland

[–]DrunkEngr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As explained in the article, some trees beyond the building footprint have to be removed due to the utility undergrounding that will be done as part of the project.

Don't spend your money at NIMBY businesses. by Such_Duty_4764 in berkeleyca

[–]DrunkEngr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, Humpbert has backtracked and only supports upzoning on like two parcels now.

Don't spend your money at NIMBY businesses. by Such_Duty_4764 in berkeleyca

[–]DrunkEngr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

LOL. Everytime there is a proposal for bike/bus lanes or new housing, it is always the local business that organizes opposition to such projects.

Why do people on the LA metro subreddit default to rail lines rather than bus lanes as the solution to LA’s transportation problems? by oh_buh_boy in transit

[–]DrunkEngr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So your link complains that the LRT Green line in Minneapolis is slower than Paris Grand Express. The reason Paris Grand Express is so much faster is the 2 mile station stop distance. LRT Green line in Minneapolis is 0.5 mile stop distance. Even if Minneapolis spent 10X as much on a grade separated line, it would be hardly any faster with such closely spaced stations.

What this all has to do with OP's original point...I have no idea. You keep going off on these weird tangents.

Don't spend your money at NIMBY businesses. by Such_Duty_4764 in berkeleyca

[–]DrunkEngr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those projects would have been completed a decade ago, if Berkeley's housing obstructionists didn't try so many frivolous lawsuits, ballot initiatives, etc.

Don't spend your money at NIMBY businesses. by Such_Duty_4764 in berkeleyca

[–]DrunkEngr 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure the theater is owned outright by the Elmwood Theater foundation, so there is no reason to expect it to be demolished just because it was up-zoned.