Cathy Tuttle

If you want to build a city for people, you have to start by talking to the people who already live in your city.

This graphic from the #Boston Planning Department brilliantly shows over-reliance on white, older, long-term homeowners to provide " #community " input even when communities are made up of non-white, younger renters.

#urbanism #housing #cities #yimby @maxdubler

Chart showing who shows up for "Citizen Participation" sessions in Boson in terms of White/Non-White, Homeowner/Renter, Over 55/Under 55, Long-term/Newer resident.

Unsurprisingly, for anyone who has worked in planning outreach, the participants heavily skew to old, white, homeowners.

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Corgi Dad

@CathyTuttle @maxdubler @DemonHusky but most that pack those community meetings are old white people who are retired and have nothing better to do.

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Cathy Tuttle

I've been biking them for 2 years and just learned a new word -- and a new program. H/T @modacitylife

Doorfietsroutes, thru bike paths, are smoothly aligned regional connectors between cities. Fun for tourists. Essential for #climate adaptation.

Regional #infrastructure requires incredibly hard political and engineering cooperation.

#Utrecht Province already has 150km (93m) of a planned 1500km #doorfietsroutes system. #Netherlands built 146km just in 2023.
https://www.provincie-utrecht.nl/onderwerpen/mobiliteit/fiets/doorfietsroutes#Hoe-worden-omwonenden-en-belanghebbenden-betrokken-en-geinformeerd #BikeTooter

I've been biking them for 2 years and just learned a new word -- and a new program. H/T @modacitylife

Doorfietsroutes, thru bike paths, are smoothly aligned regional connectors between cities. Fun for tourists. Essential for #climate adaptation.

Regional #infrastructure requires incredibly hard political and engineering cooperation.

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Cathy Tuttle

What kinds of roads we choose to build (and for whom we build them) is relevant to creating a future we can thrive in.

Back in the #USA, #Oregon Metro planner Robert Spurlock calculated a complete linked 1,000 MILE network of low-impact regional walk/bike trails would cost $500M. That's half the cost of expanding a mile of I-5 freeway. Admittedly that's just for 3-meter ribbons of asphalt, not beautiful Dutch fietspad with complex crossings and community input.

But we have to make choices now.

28 April at 9:43 | Open on social.ridetrans.it

Cathy Tuttle

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