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Mitchell Henke

@mitchellhenke.com
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Public software, bicycles, pedestrians, transportation, land use. Milwaukee. He/him

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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 02/07/2026
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 18/06/2026
Bad/old OSM data is a big big problem. Many cities do not have great mapping, and should be excluded.
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 18/06/2026
I'm not sure I understand the water/marshland issue, they shouldn't impact the score I very much agree that there are questionable results, I don't like some of the analysis decisions (like strictly limiting destinations to city boundaries)
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 18/06/2026
Slightly different palette for the scoring, but I replaced zero population with brighter green blocks and "unreachable" blocks with dark green.
A map of Hayward, CA showing the People For Bikes scores, but the zero population census blocks are light green, and the "unreachable" blocks are dark green.
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 18/06/2026
(No affiliation with PFB, though I did some open source work on the score calculations)
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 18/06/2026
It should, at least in theory. The score is weighted by census block population, so any blocks that have 0 population shouldn't have an impact on the score. Blocks that have no route to any other blocks are also excluded. The display of blocks that don't impact the score could probably be better.
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 17/06/2026
Super excited to see this! I made a few contributions over the last year to the analysis, it’s a really neat usage of OpenStreetMap data.
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Every Lot Milwaukee @everylotbotmke.betterstreetsmke.com · 24/05/2026
4719 W STATE ST, 53208 Year Built: 1890 Zoning: Industrial-Heavy [IH] Assessment: $163,300 Neighborhood: MILLER VALLEY
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Every Lot Milwaukee @everylotbotmke.betterstreetsmke.com · 21/05/2026
3015 N 11TH ST, 53206 Year Built: 1910 Zoning: Two-Family Residential 4 [RT4] Assessment: $31,000 Neighborhood: NORTH DIVISION
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 05/05/2026
I know a couple people that have applied since the Canadian law changed, but not sure if anyone has heard back yet.
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 05/05/2026
Have to get very specific pictures taken, was recommended that US passport photos may not be sufficient. There’s a photography guy in Cudahy who is apparently the go-to for Canadian applications lol
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I can't get over this. according to @stevemagness.bsky.social: Sawe's *second half* of the marathon was faster than the US half-marathon record. a century ago people wondered if it was physically possible to run a mile under 4 minutes. Sawe's *24th* mile was 4:12, only 12 seconds slower than that
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 27/04/2026
There’s a program to pay over 10 months (Jan-Oct) interest-free, though I don’t know how popular it is. The website and process for setting it up is not intuitive.
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 20/04/2026
Ahhh, I was wondering why I got a couple texts about the project over the weekend. It was launched in 2024, and while the data is continuously updated, it could use some other improvements.
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 20/04/2026
I only briefly looked at landlordmapper.org data for MKE, and it is including parking spaces. I suspect it's because residential/commercial units and parking spaces are counted under one column in MPROP data (as far as I recall). Unsure how far to extend the skepticism, but I'd trust Marquette more
landlordmapper.org
Landlord Mapper
LANDLORD MAPPER: the national landlord database initiative
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 20/04/2026
landlordmapper.org isn't affiliated with Marquette/John Johnson as I understand it (though it is referenced in the white paper) The Marquette project is here: mkepropertyownership.com
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Milwaukee Bike Rides @milwaukeebikerides.com · 21/03/2026
Every spring I hear people wondering how to find bike groups in the Milwaukee area, so I figured someone ought to sit down and list them all. That list is www.milwaukeebikerides.com
A picture of a red lighthouse on Milwaukee's Lake Michigan Shore, with a silver road bike pulling a yellow trailer in the foreground. A headline says "Milwaukee Bike Rides dot com" in the colors of the people's Milwaukee flag. Smaller text says "A hand-curated attempt to build a directory of bike riding groups in the Milwaukee area."
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Every Lot Milwaukee @everylotbotmke.betterstreetsmke.com · 29/12/2025
105 E OHIO AV, 53207 Year Built: 1950 Zoning: Single-Family Residential 6 [RS6] Assessment: $263,200 Neighborhood: BAY VIEW
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Urban Milwaukee @urbanmilwaukee.com · 25/12/2025
Urban Milwaukee Launches Family, Business Memberships
urbanmilwaukee.com
Urban Milwaukee Launches Family, Business Memberships
Membership is better, and cheaper, with a group.
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Every Lot Milwaukee @everylotbotmke.betterstreetsmke.com · 23/12/2025
4926 W WASHINGTON BL, 53208 Year Built: 1921 Zoning: Single-Family Residential 5 [RS5] Assessment: $425,200 Neighborhood: WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 15/12/2025
I haven’t tried it, but there’s this: www.skyrunner.com/screwshoe.htm
skyrunner.com
The Screw Shoe: The best way to run on packed snow and ice!
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Mitchell Henke @mitchellhenke.com · 25/07/2025
It looks like this parcel has a range (2961-2963) and Google didn’t handle it super well
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