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Aaron Lubeck
@aaron_lubeck
Actually, this is probably not legal ANYWHERE in America,
@Noahpinion
. US fire lanes now need to be at least 20' wide, and probably 26' with the new code and high eaves. ⬇️This lane looks to be <15'.⬇️
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
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THIS KIND OF SMART, WALKABLE, MIXED-USE URBANISM IS LEGAL TO BUILD IN SOME AMERICAN CITIES 🥳🥳🥳 x.com/createstreets/…
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Jo-Jo Eumerus
@JEumerus
Pretty sure that Switzerland allows roads half as wide and less and yet home fire casualty rates seem to be lower.
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Aaron Lubeck
@aaron_lubeck
There are more casualties (and a higher casualty rate) in detached single-family homes. If reducing fire casualties were the TRUE motivation, the fire lobby would seek to ban single-family homes.
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Winston Adolf Jesus Sherlock aka Shirley
@msaunby
Reminds me of a visitor to my very remote house years ago complaining that there were no signs and it was impossible to find. He asked what would happen if the 🚒 needed to get to us? Simple - head towards the smoke and 🔥.
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Demosthenes1d
@demosthene1d
Fire code is insane. We have basically solved the problem, and yet we make things more difficult for everyone every year. And someone many many fewer fires means we need more firefighters.
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Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
@Car_Free_USA
City planners and elected officials love public meetings and they will hold 20 of them for a little bike lane but there will be 0 public notice when they let a private company install hundreds of surveillance cameras throughout your neighborhood.
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Hayden
@the_transit_guy
How do we build like 10,000 of these to solve our housing crisis?
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Philip Oldfield
@SustainableTall
Fantastic concept for an apartment building in Barcelona by Alihan Dumankaya I have lots of love for pale green tiles and timber shutters!
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Jason,
@jasonc_nc
This absolutely must be stopped. The constant bloat in fire department demands that has no bearing on safety while needlessly stealing space for people and housing has to end.
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Aaron Lubeck
@aaron_lubeck
Replying to @Car_Free_USA
Yesterday I heard the story of a fire marshal demanding that ALLEYS be 26 feet wide
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