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πππππ πΆππππππ πHow bad is Elon Musk's #Vegas Loop?
You walk thru a casino maze, then wait in the blazing sun in parking lots for infrequent Teslas, driven by humans, that follow tortuous routes on surface roads.
That's what "transportation disruption" looks like in real lifeβif you're still gullible enough to fall for the hype.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPjODKUxV5g
πππππ πΆππππππ πI take a look at how my old hometown, K'emk'emelΓ‘y (aka #Vancouver), built on stolen land, is about to be changed for the better by the people dispossessed by railways and settlers.
So, chuck away the ol' boomer-era Chief Dan George tropes (as great as that man was!) It's time to make way for Indigenous Urbanism:
https://www.highspeed.blog/the-future-of-cities-is-indigenous/
πππππ πΆππππππ πAlso, be sure to have a listen to Angela Sterritt's amazing Land Back podcast for the deep background to this story:
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1341-landback/episode/15952788-e5-a-village-burned?ref=highspeed.blog
πππππ πΆππππππ π...where the xΚ·mΙΞΈkΚ·ΙyΜΙm, SαΈ΅wxΜ±wΓΊ7mesh and sΙlilwΙtaΙ¬ will turn a former army base into a high-rise community, likely to be connected to the SkyTrain network along the Broadway Subway, for 24,000 people.
πππππ πΆππππππ πI take a look at how my old hometown, K'emk'emelΓ‘y (aka #Vancouver), built on stolen land, is about to be changed for the better by the people dispossessed by railways and settlers.
So, chuck away the ol' boomer-era Chief Dan George tropes (as great as that man was!) It's time to make way for Indigenous Urbanism:
https://www.highspeed.blog/the-future-of-cities-is-indigenous/
πππππ πΆππππππ π...has made the city into a time capsule of out-of-reach single-family homes. (Like much of San Francisco.)
Next to come will be The Jericho Lands...
πππππ πΆππππππ π...where the xΚ·mΙΞΈkΚ·ΙyΜΙm, SαΈ΅wxΜ±wΓΊ7mesh and sΙlilwΙtaΙ¬ will turn a former army base into a high-rise community, likely to be connected to the SkyTrain network along the Broadway Subway, for 24,000 people.
πππππ πΆππππππ π...by the SαΈ΅wxΜ±wΓΊ7mesh Nation, the same people whose village was burned in 1913.
It's just one of several projects that will provide schools, community centers, and transit-connected, affordable rentals to Vancouver.
Until now, hyper-NIMBYism...
πππππ πΆππππππ π...has made the city into a time capsule of out-of-reach single-family homes. (Like much of San Francisco.)
Next to come will be The Jericho Lands...
πππππ πΆππππππ πOver 120 years ago, some of the original inhabitants of #Vancouver were put on a barge by settlers + set adrift in English Bay.
Their village, which was called SenΜΓ‘αΈ΅w, was then burned down.
Today, 3 towers are rising at the site of that village.
The development, called SenΜΓ‘αΈ΅w, is being built...
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πππππ πΆππππππ π...by the SαΈ΅wxΜ±wΓΊ7mesh Nation, the same people whose village was burned in 1913.
It's just one of several projects that will provide schools, community centers, and transit-connected, affordable rentals to Vancouver.
Until now, hyper-NIMBYism...
πππππ πΆππππππ πOver 120 years ago, some of the original inhabitants of #Vancouver were put on a barge by settlers + set adrift in English Bay.
Their village, which was called SenΜΓ‘αΈ΅w, was then burned down.
Today, 3 towers are rising at the site of that village.
The development, called SenΜΓ‘αΈ΅w, is being built...
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πππππ πΆππππππ πNeed some positive news?
Around the world, a passenger rail renaissance is well under way.
I document the train-love in my weekly newsletter HIGH SPEED.
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πππππ πΆππππππ πThe reviews are in, and the reviews are good!
My latest book, The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past, is out.
I'm busy imagining it as a doc series. (Option, contact: https://www.taras-grescoe.com/contact/)
Here's a round-up of what the critics are saying:
https://www.taras-grescoe.com/the-lost-supper-food-writer/
πππππ πΆππππππ πThen there was that time I put everything in storage for a year and traveled from Spain to China to look at the impact cheap, fast travel has on our planet.
I started by walking the Camino de Santiago in the wrong directionβfrom west to east.
"A gloriously trivia-strewn history of tourism."
β The New Yorker
E-book of The End of Elsewhere here:
https://shorturl.at/nqzGU