Leo Newman @leonewman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Relied on Evie a lot over the past 3 years, gave me so much freedom of movement without owning a car. Absolute shame to lose it 110
Reposted by Leo NewmanElliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 08/10/2026For over 20 years neighbors in Como led by Lila Smith had been trying to turn this area next to the train tracks on Talmage avenue into something better. 🧵⬇️ 2397
Reposted by Leo Newmantaylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis 327233417733
Leo Newman @leonewman.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Absolutely horrible story that reminds me of this article, The Criminalization of Walking. It has a section on "The War on Child Pedestrians" digitalcommons.tourolaw.edu/cgi/viewcont...digitalcommons.tourolaw.edu 000
Reposted by Leo NewmanMichael Newman @mznewman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025For Flow, I wrote this essay about the camera looks in Abbott Elementary and other comedies, and camera looks more generally going back to film comedian comedies and musicals. I connect these looks to the sitcom laugh track. www.flowjournal.org/2025/04/came... 34010
Reposted by Leo NewmanYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 10/04/2025Transportation costs are a huge problem! Housing costs in regions like New York City are, definitely, very high. But transportation costs are much lower! That's what makes it possible for NYC region to have lower overall housing + transportation costs than the Dallas region. htaindex.cnt.org/map/ 7474100
Reposted by Leo NewmanZak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Portland's citywide upzoning has been working — more and more of the development in previously single-family areas is now missing middle housing. The city's recent report also shows many other great impacts of Portland's top-notch upzonings — more charts below www.portland.gov/bps/planning... 37217
Reposted by Leo NewmanNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 19/02/2025MTA suggesting that you'd need to go through NEPA to shut down congestion pricing is lol, dare I say it, L M A O storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 1051960
Reposted by Leo NewmanHayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 22/11/2024A recent study shows that removing Milwaukee's 794 freeway and replacing it with housing could generate $17M in property taxes yearly, add 3,000 homes, and contribute $2M in sales tax. OR we could rebuild the freeway for $300M... (Rethink 794, Photos by Xu Zhang) 410412
