Maldivian city planners are out here playing SimCity in real life.
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Civixplorer
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The transformation of Malé, Maldives 
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Is the Maldives sinking because rising ocean levels, or because of the millions of metric tons of steel, concrete, and glass they have built on the island in the last 40 years?
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The only incorrect place for urban rail is at grade.
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I was told elevated rail ruins neighbourhoods.
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SLC’s relationship to the mountains is what people who’ve never been to Denver imagine Denver is like.
Lifting all NYC zoning laws would usher in an American golden age but also hollow out much of America, like Tokyo did to Japan.
How does Philly survive in a world where NYC rent is halved?
The Sepulveda Transit Project would move 130,000 people with an automated train. If every Tesla carried three people, you’d need 43,333 car trips daily, or 700+ Teslas at any given time, a car every 100 feet, all driven by a human. Geometry is geometry.
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Katie Miller
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The Nashville Music City Loop is about $20 million per mile.
The LA Metro Sepulveda Transit Corridor is about $1.73 billion per mile.
The @boringcompany project is about 95 times cheaper per mile.
Boring FTW. x.com/govbilllee/sta…
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