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Jason C
@jasonc_nc
Since dumb elevator rules are back in rotation, check out this comparison of a single stair project vs the U.S. required double corridor & oversized elevators. 25% more open space, way more windows per unit, and accommodates families. Code creates outcomes. (via
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Jason C
@jasonc_nc
Elevators can’t matter that much, right?
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Jason C
@jasonc_nc
Excellent deep dive on how one seemingly small part of building code contributes to higher housing costs. We get uglier, more inefficient buildings to live in too. Now multiply this same root issue of pointlessly bad codes, a refusal to look to peer countries, cronyism, and the x.com/MarketUrbanism…
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Jason C
@jasonc_nc
Up to a certain height and so on yes. It’s part of why you see so many 3 story “garden style” apartment buildings. That said if we used EU type elevators they would still be handicap accessible.
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James
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I'm all about single stair, but it doesn't seem fair to compare six story buildings to four story ones.
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Jason C
@jasonc_nc
It’s reflecting alternative methods. No one said these are identical. That’s actually kind of the point.
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DL
@daniel_loot
What? I’d much rather have more elevators This ain’t no third world country we can have some nice things. Jesus
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Jason C
@jasonc_nc
I think you’re misunderstanding the post Bad regulations cause the opposite.
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Case in point: our elevator industry is based on the desire of a Glendale AZ firefighter. The net outcome is elevators that cost 3x those in the EU. Rent-seeking & added cost, less ~real~ accessibility for those who need it. But hey you can spin a stretcher around fully flat x.com/jasonc_nc/stat…
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Richard K
@RichardK4
Why does the double loaded corridor have an entire random unnecessary corridor on the back and have random perimeter width added that isn't added to the singlestair building?
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Peter Davison
@Pcrawjr
No one’s going to build the one on the left because of the cost of cladding/windows on all those additional elevations.
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TheFarix
@TheFarix
Shorter escape routes. Lower apartment-to-stairways ratio. Greater flexibility with apartment layouts. Fire barriers between each apartment set. Remind me again why single-stareway apartments are so dangerous?
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