95% of transit experience is 3 things: service, built environment, street design. Municipalities control 2/3. - @humantransit #APA15
"The only reason offstreet parking req. exist is to allow communities to continue to mismanage their onstreet parking" @jeffreytumlin #APA15
"The level of hysteria in San Francisco on the topic of parking is high" - @jeffreytumlin #APA15
#APA15: @jeffreytumlin: Floor Area Ratio is a "Clumsy tool" for both neighborhood character and traffic. Just manage those issues directly.
Data in SF: retail w/o parking actually generates more total (car+bike+walk+transit) trips (=customers) than retail w/ parking. #APA15
#APA15 presentation showing auto mode share for SF. Interesting: MUNI Metro system primarily serves most car-oriented places in SF.
Planners and baseball. Beautiful eve in Seattle. @schaffbc @paulmogush @HootieMacMN @ivesetsail #safecofield #APA15
Downtown Redmond apartment complex: residents are 40% Microsoft employees, 15% Amazon. #APA15 http://t.co/S6H1CZkECX
Tone one hears on Seattle streetcar sounds like it's from "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell. #newwavetrolley #APA15
Benches can be built on hills. Seattle. #APA15
Mobile workshop in Downtown Redmond. #apa15 http://t.co/RZnSsayCvf
Enjoyed comparing notes over lunch with my colleague @KjerstiMonson at #APA15
"Kirkland is not in the right spot to be getting the transit we want when we want to be getting it." #APA15
"Hopefully no one is tweeting on twitter when I say this." #APA15
Vancouver planning for schools, parks, libraries, daycare in Downtown to make it family-friendly. #APA15
In Vancouver, nearly all single family zoning allows 3 units per lot. #APA15
51 cranes on the Seattle skyline, half residential. Seattle issuing 2x as many building permits as SF despite being smaller. #APA15
"Our citizens can't afford zero risk" #APA15
My own version of the photo on screen right now. #APA15 http://t.co/o22ADWnupU
"If you call it Spo-KANE, we'll smack you with a pine tree!" - Late Show, 1995 #APA15 www.deseretnews.com/article/416596/CORRADINI...
#LivIndex 7 measures: transp, enviro, health, engagement, opportunity, housing, nbhd. #APA15
aarp.org/liveablepolicy
Conference etiquette: Don't disturb attendees by talking to the person next to you during session. You may, however, retweet them. #APA15
School converted to entertainment venue including bar, music venue in former cafeteria, and pool with tiki theme! #APA15
New free online tool launched by AARP today. Age-friendly measures for your community. Livability Index #liveindex #APA15
Also, max density is justified by saying that areas that are too dense (10 stories+) are not pedestrian-friendly. Huh? #APA15
One 5 sq mi district, 24 different combinations of permitted/not permitted/required uses, min density, max density, setbacks etc. #APA15
In form based code TOD session, concluding that we're extending the ridiculous specificity of land use zoning to form based codes. #APA15
Fast & Fun session continues to feature great lines: "Most people have a natural repulsion to feces." #APA15
This is my 8th or 9th APA national planning conference and this is 1st time I've heard session presenter say, "It's fucking great!" #APA15
The escalators are at LOS-C. #apa15 http://t.co/jCBjmbJjlt