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James Brasuell 🚌 πŸš‡

@casualbrasuell

Regional planning comms. Former Planetizen editorial director. Former Curbed LA editor. Former river guide.

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Nine out of 10 Americans live with someone else, but the portion of one-person households has been increasing, but overall, fewer people are living in multigenerational households than in past eras. See the data. nyti.ms/4bnoYTE

12.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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Legislative Update: Our First Comprehensive Look of 2026 - Streetsblog California Our first comprehensive look as the legislature starts advancing bills.

There's a lot happening in Sacramento, and here's how the legislation we're tracking is moving in the legislature.

cal.streetsblog.org/2026/03/09/l...

10.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I have no idea what’s going on.

10.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
There Have Been No Approvals for New Transit Projects in the First Year of the Current Trump Administration

There Have Been No Approvals for New Transit Projects in the First Year of the Current Trump Administration

For the 1st time in the 1st year of a presidential administration since at least 1993, under Trump 2, the Federal Transit Administration signed 0 new contracts for major transit projects, like subways or light rail.

The US is facing a crisis of rail transit investment: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

09.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 666 πŸ” 246 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 14

This is pretty bad, but if we didn’t have this someone might had to park a block away from their destination sometimes.

09.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Letterkenny is good too.

09.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.

It’s been a half-century since the OPEC oil crisis. Good thing the west has spent that time engineering smaller cars, developing renewables and working aggressively to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
www.wsj.com/world/middle...

09.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Lol, Joel. Good one.

06.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah. Love Tirzah’s.

03.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hear it, but I’m surprised you made the connection. Glad to find another fan of Twisted Teens in a very unexpected location.

03.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New meta-analysis of 26 published studies concludes that AVs will lead people to use cars a lot more β€” which would thicken congestion and worsen pollution (even if AVs are electric).

"AV deployment is anticipated to lead to an overall increase in Vehicle Miles Traveled."

doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

27.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 21

That made me cackle.

27.02.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m thinking of getting back into chess.

27.02.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I worry a lot that this will be the way I go. So sad for this man and his family.

25.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Walk aside the true folk, and let the traitors stay.

25.02.2026 04:53 πŸ‘ 367 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Nearly half of L.A. County’s pavement may be unnecessary, new map finds Researchers have released the first parcel-level analysis to map all paved surfaces across L.A. County. In particular, large parking lots are ripe for change, they say.

Fascinating new analysis finds Los Angeles County may not actually need 44% of its pavement for roads, sidewalks or parking: www.latimes.com/environment/...

19.02.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Melrose was supposed to undergo a complete streets makeover from Highland to Fairfax that would have installed stormwater gardens to mitigate flooding, among other critical safety improvements. The previous councilmember killed the project

16.02.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 550 πŸ” 188 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 18

Huzzah

04.02.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0


🧡 1/ We’re devastated about the layoffs at The Washington Post, which are gutting D.C. reporting. These journalists are an incalculable loss for our city. The 51st’s mission has always felt urgent, but now we know it needs to kick into high gear.

04.02.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11
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Council votes to remove all parking requirements for new Missoula developments If the change carries through final approval of the larger code document, Missoula will become the first city in Montana to eliminate parking requirements for all new development.

Congrats, Missoula! πŸ₯³

30.01.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I regret watching Caught Stealing even more than I already did, which I didn’t think was possible.

29.01.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One Battle After Another, or, as I like to call it, β€œBattles Everywhere All at Once” or β€œLittle Battles Everywhere”

17.01.2026 06:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of bluesky profile showing 773 followers

Screenshot of bluesky profile showing 773 followers

We have 773 followers right now

Can you help us get to 872?

IYKYK

11.01.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Greenland (2020) is the #4 movie on HBO right now.

11.01.2026 05:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Power is out in NW SF, affecting traffic signals and 5G network. All Waymo vehicles have simply bricked wherever they were, creating traffic chaos. AVs still have no plan for emergency evacuation in urban quake or fire
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

21.12.2025 04:30 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

That’s actually exactly where I would expect pickleball to be.

18.12.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The drought isn’t over. The drought is just beginning.

16.12.2025 19:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

volunteering as the designated survivor for portland bluesky during the mountain goats show tonight

09.12.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 299 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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YIMBY group threatens suit over Newsom's duplex ban in LA wildfire recovery YIMBY Law says unless Gov. Gavin Newsom reverses course it will sue this week over his executive order allowing cities to ban duplex projects in neighborhoods rebuilding after January's Los Angeles wi...

How rebuilding in LA’s wildfire zones mixes with all the pro-density housing laws passed recently in California is a major ongoing subplot in the recovery www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

09.12.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Remember when it rained for days in Los Angeles and it seemed like Trump might face some consequences for his association with Epstein? A lot can change in just a couple of weeks.

07.12.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0