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Ben Passino (MURP)

@benpassino.bsky.social
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UCLA 2025 | Missing Middle Housing | Lean Urbanism | Affordability | AICP Candidate

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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 2h
Beautiful Culver City mobile bollards in action:
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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Elevators. How do I love thee? Not nearly as much as I did when I was 9 or, probably, will when I'm 79. 🤞 Or after I break my foot for a few weeks, or develop MS, or the zillion other ways our bodies change over the course of our lives.
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Started following @cntrtnr.bsky.social #BikeTO
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I asked my younger boy what he wanted to do today while his older brother was occupied. He asked “what’s up on Granville Street today?” When he heard they were showing cartoons and had free ice cream, he was sold! He later asked to go into 4 stores and have lunch there. Pedestrian streets can work.
People on comfy blowup chairs and foldable chairs on Granville Street watching a classic Superman cartoon on a big screen.A pop-up flower shop and other tent stations with food, goods being sold, etc. during a street festival on the pedestrianized Granville Street in downtown Vancouver.Kids sliding on the “guitar slide” that also cranks music on the bus pedestrian street.People enjoying food at the Taiwanese street festival on the pedestrianized Granville Street, on the last weekend of the seven week extension after the initial pedestrian zone during the World Cup.
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CUrbanism Club @curbanism.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The city of Champaign just eliminated minimum parking requirements citywide!!!
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Tesla Tunnels are gonna be different this time...
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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Bus numbers to the moon 🚀
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Legacy FNM at Knightware: Grixis Control! Studio City | 7pm Fridays | $5 Decklist: moxfield.com/decks/nO9yen... @fireshoes.bsky.social
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wednesday's Pauper 3-0 at Grail and Grade: Affinity! West Los Angeles | 7pm Wednesdays | $10 Decklist ($173) moxfield.com/decks/PzGK52... #mtgpauper @fireshoes.bsky.social
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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 03/06/2026
New submission guidelines just dropped :) Let us read your work :) :) :)
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Submission Guidelines
Looking to write for CASCADE CASCADE? We're always open to submissions! Below are some basic guidelines for getting your work featured. 1. Submissions should be sent to CascadeCascadePub@Gmail.com ...
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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 20/08/2026
It's my CASCADE CASCADE debut! 🥳 As a long-time Final Fantasy fan, Ken Yukuhiro's Pro Tour FINAL FANTASY victory has lived rent-free in my head for over a year. So, I've written about what it meant to me and how it can shape competitive narratives on Magic's biggest stage. RT's welcome!
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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 19/08/2026
To avoid a big hit to your pocketbook, support strict Zone Zero rules for homes built in wildfire hazard zones. When tinderbox designs like this one burn, those of us in safer places get our premiums jacked up by billions to bail out the state‘s insurance plan for homes built in dangerous places.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sacramento County has expanded its pool of public funding to exempt deed-restricted affordable projects from various impact fees—key to ensuring feasibility. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
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After heated debate, Sacramento County adds incentive for affordable housing developers
The first project to receive the incentive, with $2.8 million left in the fund, will be on Howe Avenue
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Chart formating? divine. Results? 🥵 Looking forward to what comes of pro-housing designations.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“3/4ths of disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.” — @nondriver.bsky.social in collaboration with @urbantruth.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth Worth repeating. #UrbanTruth
Same quote as in post. Tagline is “Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.
Screenshot of grist article with same title as in post. Image of people riding bikes in a Copenhagen bike lane.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tonight's Wednesday Pauper 3-0 at Grail and Grade: Mono Blue Faeries! West Los Angeles | 7pm Wednesdays | $10 Decklist ($57): @fireshoes.bsky.social #mtgpauper moxfield.com/decks/wLjpBh...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”
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How Paris beat the car
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Tonight's Wednesday Pauper 3-0 at Grail and Games: Flicker Tron! 7pm | Wednesdays | $10 Decklist ($96) www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7872037... @fireshoes.bsky.social
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ever wanted to see the guts of @metrolosangeles.bsky.social free ThroneLabs public restrooms? (video below)
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tonight's Wednesday Pauper at Grail and Games: infect! ☣️ 7pm Wednesdays | $10 (decklist below) @fireshoes.bsky.social
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Two weeks into SB 79 being law, Palo Alto—one of the most expensive cities in the world—is poised to permit at once-in-a-generation levels. I provide comment: reason.com/2026/07/14/t...
reason.com
Taking the W
Developers are quickly filing projects under California's new transit-oriented housing law before some cities impose local limits.
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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 07/07/2026
BREAKING: North Carolina "Governor Josh Stein signed House Bill 162 into law on a Monday afternoon, marking a rare collaboration between developers and environmental groups." The bill abolishes minimum parking mandates in more than 90% of the entire state.
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Legislation targets large parking lots to protect state’s waterways
Governor Josh Stein signed House Bill 162 into law on a Monday afternoon, marking a rare collaboration between developers and environmental groups.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/07/2026
Now presenting 24/7 soccer fields in the city that never sleeps. Find your next late-night game at nycopenplay.com.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Well done @freddieoconnell.bsky.social! Protected lanes are safer for bikes and cars, can move more people, and by making people feel safe allow more folks to ride.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy "SB 79 Becomes Law" Day! Let the building begin!
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...
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Motonormativity and Speed Limits | Published in Findings
By Jeremy de Sousa, Alessia Vinet & 3 more. Cars pose a far greater threat to other road users than e-micromobility, raising a basic question for traffic safety: which modes should actually be limited...
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Bobby Garrity @bobbygarrity.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Was proud to support this project at multiple hearings. This will be transformative for DTLA, I can't wait to see it built.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I like traffic filters on residential streets and I cannot lie.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Pedestrian underpass at Olympic and Selby.
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Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Use of garage for storage is illegal in most California cities. Zoning codes require 1-family houses to have one off-street parking space under a roof. In practice this is enforced against builder but not against subsequent owners. ggwash.org/view/31340/s...
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Starting Apple Computer in a garage was against the law
Steve Jobs made history when he started Apple in his parents’ garage in Silicon Valley almost 40 years ago. He also broke the law by building computers in required parking spaces. Jobs parents’ lived...
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 26/05/2026
“‘I’m going to scrap the current configuration, and I’m going to make sure we finish,’ Becerra said. ‘But we’ve got to do it on budget and on time.’” These … certainly are words. They indicate no knowledge whatsoever of the project, but they're words.
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Becerra says he’d scrap current high-speed rail configuration and finish on time and budget
The race for California governor is heating up, and the Central Valley is taking center stage.Gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra stopped in Fresno Saturday
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Upzone the coastal elites @aboutdave.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
UC Merced often ranks at the top of exceeding expected graduation rates. If you're a first gen, low-income student, UC Merced is an excellent choice.
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
From car wasteland to one of the best examples of urbanism in the world. 20 years.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My mayor, Nithya. My tacos, truck. Tommorrow night? ...WORLD CUUUUPPP!!
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Elena Wuest (German, b. 1977) ‘Beyond’, 2025 Oil on canvas
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A new @pewresearch.org study finds that infill housing near jobs, stores, and transit costs governments ~$21,000 less per home to serve, cuts long term infrastructure maintenance costs in half, and generates 13% more in annual property tax revenue per acre than sprawl.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Could... it be @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social?
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Final Quarter!
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Infill housing requires around a third less in up-front infrastructure costs, and generate more property taxes than comparable greenfield development. As cities wrestle with budget shortfalls, they should allow more of this type of development. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I would hope that @sandhyak.bsky.social has a chance to update this map and the @latimes.com editors would be careful enough about election result information to put a "as of" qualifier to the headline.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Good day for @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social as the Pratt-gap closed by 4,200.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Current trend forecasted using a simple linear regression looks like a nail biter for team @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social Note: there's no runoff here, whoever gets second place, even by 1 vote, advances to November.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Saw people voting via @waymo.bsky.social today.
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Scott Atwood @scott-roy-atwood.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
And now San Jose is upgrading the flex post protected cycleway on 4th Street to a fully curb protected bike lane with curb protected intersections! This is really first class bike infrastructure!
A photo of the curb protected intersection at N 4th Street and E Saint James Street, currently under construction. There are concrete forms for the outline of the intersection curb, and orange cones warning cyclists of the temporary hazard.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/05/2026
The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.
Construction photo of the Sen̓áḵw housing project in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
@nacto.bsky.social or @nashvilledot.bsky.social what are these type of armadillo-like deliniators called? -they have a harder curb-like face Context: Nashville, TN on 31st.
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We did it!
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Ben Passino (MURP) @benpassino.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Mayor @freddieoconnell.bsky.social and Council Members Tom Cash and Terry Vo would do well to working on creating a public parking garage at 12th South similar to what Knoxville does at Market Square. Pooled neighborhood parking is a solution here.
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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Been reading a lot of emails and (mostly) instagram comments around parking. This one sticks out to me. What we call home is not just a building. It’s people and the experiences we have with them. Where we work, play, eat, or learn, they are all our homes.
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