YIMBY News for 7/21

[Eric Budd]

Op-Ed: Lack of Transit is the Real Culprit Behind the Bay Area’s July Fourth Fiasco

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.05. growth, housing, project, transportation, walk, zone

July 4th is always an interesting holiday in San Francisco. People from throughout the Bay Area brave the typically foggy weather to watch the show from the Embarcadero. The fireworks are usually launched from a barge near Treasure Island, but for the 250th anniversary of the US, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced they would launch directly from the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a great idea for a photo op, but poor logistics planning turned it into a traffic nightmare that exposed serious gaps in San Francisco’s transportation system. Moving the show from the bayside to Golden Gate brought one huge lo

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Property Owner Opposition Prompts Seattle Public Restroom Reshuffle

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.77. bus stop, downtown, house, parking, preservation, project, rent, supply, transit center, transportation, urban, walk, zone

[image: Property Owner Opposition Prompts Seattle Public Restroom Reshuffle] At least two of the recently installed public restrooms in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood will be heading to new locations soon following the protests of a nearby property owner. Operated by vendor Throne, the digitally-operated restrooms opened in May at in-street locations at First Avenue S and S Charles Street and Second Avenue S and S Washington Street. So far they seem popular, and enabled more than 9,000 individual pit stops for visitors and residents in their first four weeks of operation. But last week,

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‘The Vibes Were Impeccable’: The World Cup Showed The Promise Of Livable Streets

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.67. bike lane, bike path, downtown, hud, project, public space, rent, transportation, walk, zone

New Yorkers took back the streets from cars to celebrate the Knicks and watch the World Cup, and now it’s on Mayor Mamdani to seize and build upon the victories of this momentous summer. The city quickly turned streets over to pedestrians, bike paths and bus lanes, while sports fans flooded roadways without asking anyone for permission. Both phenomena demonstrated the Big Apple’s desire to allocate less space for huge private vehicles and more space for people. City officials, and the NYPD in particular, initially expressed anxiety about the influx of crowds descending on the city that never s

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Who counts as “working class”?

Vox - Policy

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.41. development, house, housing, income, rent, transportation

[image: Graduate students marching with signs reading “UAW: ON STRIKE.”] Dozens of Harvard graduates, whose union is affiliated with the United Auto Workers, picket the Harvard Science Center on April 21, 2026. | John Tlumacki/Boston Globe via Getty Images The Democratic Socialists of America say they are fighting for “a government by, for, and of the working class.” Yet the organization’s membership and candidates consist largely of educated professionals. As of 2021, 80 percent of DSA members over 25 were college-educated, while 28 percent earned more than $100,000 a year (putting them in ro

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