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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP

@midwesterly.bsky.social

Doctoral student @ UT Austin; transportation, housing, health; UIUC ‘19 and ‘21 📍Often in Austin (student), Champaign-Urbana (townie for life), Chicago (ex-townie), and Odense (habitual haunter)

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Over the winter I wrote a little piece about the confusing state of affordable housing. After getting turned down from a couple different popular press outlets that admittedly weren’t a good fit, I turned to Substack 🙃🙂 Really excited about this piece either way. Feedback is welcome! ✨

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Does “Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a studio unit at 70% AMI” mean 30% of 70% AMI?

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

When emergencies beget emergencies: Austin Fire sedan parked in a busy two-way bike (*cough* scooter) lane.

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

"Does tenant organizing improve housing quality & health?" 🔥 Fascinating new research by @midwesterly.bsky.social, Drew Dearwood & @alexkarner.bsky.social on the housing-health intersection out of UT Austin working with community org Basta! #ACSP2025 —> Check out their findings👇

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

📍Chicago-bound Amtrak Saluki 390 Used to take this line almost weekly when I worked in Chicago. Communication from staff re: track sharing stops has improved since then. Ridership also looks good. Can’t beat $14 for a 2-hour trip! What would it take for Amtrak to get ROW on this segment?

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

📍 Odense, Denmark Love seeing how the locals adapt their travel during rain and cold. Proper gear and infrastructure help, but they also embrace more dampness and chaos than most.

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Up since 3 AM waiting on a delayed flight, so why not toss a hot take into the ether? The 15-minute city and similar ideals are creeping into mainstream discourse thanks to demonization from the right, who frame it as authoritarian and dystopian. Is this a reincarnation of NIMBYism or smthg else?

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I agree, especially about unions, but e-commerce pays better, and in a tough economy, most people will prioritize self-preservation. I might choose differently, but it is a rational decision. Maybe this is where transit agencies can do a better job touting the intangible benefits of the job

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

As long as agencies are too cash-strapped to compete with the pay and benefits of e-commerce, they might need to emphasize the intangible perks of being a transit operator. Will it be enough though? Saying “this is a good job if you’re a people person” is pretty desperate

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Mimi Hutchinson, AICP @midwesterly.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

There’s also the issue of Amazon and other large shipping and e-commerce companies siphoning CDL drivers from transit agencies. From my perspective as a transit planner at the time, this seemed like a major cause of service reductions during the pandemic yet barely anyone talked about it

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