Emily Hamilton
Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
- I love working with policymakers of all stripes who want to make it easier to build and use buildings. But my favorite type of briefing is with republicans who use the term IGMFU to describe their opponents on housing reform.
- The problem with Abolish ICE is they should really be going for Abolish DHS. Bigger tent.
- Unsurprisingly I love Matt’s take on the value of boring fact-based policy analysis, using @alonlevy.bsky.social’s NEC study as an example:
- A detailed plan for trains to run from DC to Boston in less than four hours for about 10 percent the cost of Amtrak's current proposal for upgrading the northeast corridor rail. www.slowboring.com/p/at-last-a-...
- The DCA retail game is going from good to better. Stores that are new or that I haven’t had a chance to notice before include Solid State Books, Smithsonian, and LEGO and a new Cava location
- Here's an onshoring/industrial engineering hypothetical. I have purchased an inordinate amount of these things because my three year old twins will play happily on our deck indefinitely as long as I can keep them in batteries, bubble juice, and working bubbly guns
- I'm looking forward to speaking at the Grounded Solutions conference starting 5/27 in DC. If you want to join, register before Wednesday when prices will increase: groundedsolutions.org/event/policy...
- 6 kids at the playground, all huddled in the shade
- They say real communism has never been tried
- The San Joaquins (future Gold Runner) officially eliminated hot food service May 5, *and are actually messaging to people that this is about equity* amtraksanjoaquins.com/cafe-car-menu/
- In some states, republican legislators oppose statewide upzoning because as they see it, the expansion of the suburbs is flipping districts from red to blue
- Infill Friday. Huge bummer edition. A single family house will replace a single family house two blocks from the Ballston Metro.
