The two authors of this alleged think piece live in single family homes in Hillsboro West End, both zoned single family, with a combined assessed value of 2.9 million dollars.

David Schleicher@profschleich.bsky.social · last mo.

Lol. "Zoning reform won't work to address the housing crisis. Instead, let's pretend it's 1946." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...

Nashville would be a better city & Tennessee a better state if the inner loop highways were removed. -Valuable land freed up to become productive (More sales tax for state, more property tax for the city) -Street connectivity restored. Good for all modes of traffic -Thru traffic uses outer loops

Chris Bowe@cbowe34.bsky.social · last mo.

We should be planning Inner Loop highway removal, not adding the most cost intensive, least productive highway imaginable!

In case you missed it: Vice Mayor Henderson Appoints 2026-2027 Committee Chairs

Cameron Sexton doesn’t support Nashville’s Vision Zero

Nashville Right-on-Red Ban Proposal Draws Legislative Opposition

Nashville’s Metro Council proposed limiting right turns on red after a pedestrian death, facing opposition from Republican state leaders.

pro.stateaffairs.com

If you’re fighting to make your downtown more successful — and especially if your city is having a debate about whether or not to pedestrianize a commercial street — give my podcast interview with @downtownvan.bsky.social a watch. And then please help share it. It’s an important discussion.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

WATCH: If you’re interested in turning streets for cars into places for people, aka “pedestrian streets” (a VERY limiting term), watch my new podcast interview with @downtownvan.bsky.social. Discusses Vancouver’s pedestrianized Granville Street that I’ve been helping with, but relevant to ANY city.

Can only imagine closing lower Broadway to car traffic would have a similar effect. Businesses often benefit much more from active transportation like walking and biking than from car traffic

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

forbes.com

No Right Turn On Red: Personal Stories @benvaught.bsky.social

Everyone should be able to walk/bike across the street without fearing for their life. Yet Nashville continues to see pedestrians killed while crossing our roads. No turn on red is a proven step that can help prevent these tragedies. We’ve studied the issue long enough. It’s time to act.

Technology is changing rapidly, but transparency and accountability should never be optional. That's why I've introduced the Sunshine Over Drones Act to close a loophole that allows surveillance drone technology to be deployed without the public oversight our laws were designed to require.

Always lovely to host @civicdesigncenter.bsky.social in the Nations, making our neighborhood safer and more walkable

Neither YIMBY nor NIMBY, but a third, secret thing (a NIMBY)

That ought to do it

This is abundantly true for Davidson County. If you’re a progressive in nashville you should be banging down the doors for abundant housing so every queer kid in the entire state of Tennessee knows they can move here and be a few degrees more protected.

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 2mo ago

Liberating queer kids from their unaccepting families has always been central to my YIMBY advocacy. It’s why I am so angry that San Francisco has refused to meaningfully grow its housing stock since the seventies.

the land use policies of almost every blue city in America are flatly homophobic

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 2mo ago

Liberating queer kids from their unaccepting families has always been central to my YIMBY advocacy. It’s why I am so angry that San Francisco has refused to meaningfully grow its housing stock since the seventies.

People do not want to engage with the difficult task of driving because it is exhausting and they’re only doing it because they lack other options. Watching vertical videos while you sort of operate a motor vehicle is less exhausting.

Kerry is Now Just Crabby (and Inclusive) 🚲@airbornegeek.com · 2mo ago

Spent seven hours driving a car yesterday, slept the most I have all week last night, and still feel like I've been hit by a truck. Driving is dumb and we shouldn't have to do it.

What’s your favorite book of all time? 📚

Non-USD areas of the county have been underpaying for decades. And a reminder: everyone pays GSD taxes. Including people in the USD. I wrote about the infamous Raftelis study for the @nashvillescene.com back in my writing days: www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim...

Have Some Nashvillians Been Overpaying for City Services?

According to a recent study, property owners in urban areas have essentially been double-paying for some services

nashvillescene.com

This week’s cover story: The historic zoning commission wrote a whitewashed story of a 100-year-old model home in Green Hills East. The history lives deeper. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/green-hills-model-home-historic-zoning/article_8ac2de68-0cd3-4c69-8442-857eada34a42.html

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.

Nashville does not currently have any regulations on the construction or operation of data centers in Davidson County. That could soon change with the proposal of a new zoning bill by Councilmember Rollin Horton.⬇️ www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Metro Council to Consider Data Center Regulations

Councilmember Rollin Horton files bill to impose local restrictions on massive tech powerhouses

nashvillescene.com

NEW INTERVIEW: Regulating Data Centers in NASHVILLE — with councilman Rollin Horton “I looked into what regulations we had to govern these. The answer was none. This is an effort to give Nashvillians a say, so they aren’t snuck by in the dead of night.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DY7663p...

Zohran just cited Minneapolis, Austin, and Auckland as cities that lowered housing costs via upzoning certified ball knowledge, Auckland is a deep YIMBY cut

I introduced legislation to regulate data centers in Nashville today, which will be on first reading next Tuesday

Rollin Horton files bills to restrict & regulate data centers in Nashville

Nashvillians deserve a say on data centers

open.substack.com

Pedestrianized streets are safer for kids, quieter for residents, better for businesses, and happier places to be!

EmmanuelSPV@emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Avant / Après Rue Mouton-Duvernet dans le 14ème arrondissement de Paris. Cette section entre deux parcs a été piétonnisée et végétalisée en 2024, depuis la végétation a bien poussé.

Lmao who else is supposed to own a rental building?? You’ve only got like three private ownership options – private equity, family offices, and institutional investors. I don’t believe anybody smashing the repost button on this one even knows what any of these words mean.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Private equity firms now own 1 in 8 American apartments — according to a new report from @pestakeholder.bsky.social. pestakeholder.org/reports/priv...

Separated bike lanes can make Nashville streets safer for all roads users - for people walking and biking as well as driving

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“After analyzing crash data over a 13-year period in areas with separated bike lanes on city streets, researchers estimated that having a protected bike facility in a city would result in 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serous injuries than an average city.” Safer for ALL. Via @usa.streetsblog.org

Tour de Nash was so much fun yesterday. This may have been my favorite starting location yet - reclaiming Broadway and downtown was pure joy. @walkbikenashville.bsky.social

Put it on my tombstone www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

STUDY: Those microplastics from tires and such don’t just pollute the air and prematurely kill us. They’re also fuelling the climate crisis. #UrbanTruth www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Microplastics in the Air Are Making Earth Hotter, Study Finds

The tiny particles trap heat in the atmosphere, exacerbating climate change.

bloomberg.com

Maybe we should stop our climate torching policies of forcing people to live 50+ miles from their job to afford a home

America’s Army of Supercommuters Is Reeling Over High Gas Prices

While real estate far from big cities is cheaper, filling up for long drives has become painful.

wsj.com