![See new Tweets Conversation Mark Tomasovic @MarkTomasovic Banff wildlife crossing. The installation of this crossing has reduced animal-vehicle collisions by 80% See new Tweets Conversation Mark Tomasovic @MarkTomasovic Banff wildlife crossing. The installation of this crossing has reduced animal-vehicle collisions by 80%](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff417b551-296b-43e2-9f07-c201fa440137_1158x1390.png)
One interesting point is that this probably pays for itself quickly in reduced vehicle/wildlife collisions
![Mark Joseph Stern @mjs_DC Conservative, originalist law professors Will Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen have a new paper out arguing that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from holding public office and that "the case is not even close." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4532751 Mark Joseph Stern @mjs_DC Conservative, originalist law professors Will Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen have a new paper out arguing that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from holding public office and that "the case is not even close." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4532751](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59c540a6-2ec9-4645-a999-62049159ee42_1162x626.png)
Interesting, but I'm not really sure how this gets applied , does one of the other candidates take him to court? Do the voters? The states? Here's the section of the 14th amendment in question.
![Post See new Tweets Conversation Donald Shoup @DonaldShoup seattletimes.com The not-so-secret trick to cutting solo car commutes: Charge parking by the day Charging for parking by the day, not by the month, is one of the most powerful tools that employers have to spur their employees not to drive alone to work. Spurred by state law, Seattle-area... Post See new Tweets Conversation Donald Shoup @DonaldShoup seattletimes.com The not-so-secret trick to cutting solo car commutes: Charge parking by the day Charging for parking by the day, not by the month, is one of the most powerful tools that employers have to spur their employees not to drive alone to work. Spurred by state law, Seattle-area...](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe746ab06-30e3-4469-a268-8929c48d6120_1154x984.png)
I really like this idea, make sure each marginal trip still has a parking cost, even if the cost is very low, you don't want people to feel like they 'need' to take advantage of a 30 day parking pass that they already paid for.
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Longer Reads
• David Simon (Creator of The Wire) complained that he got a camera speeding ticket in NYC, this article explains why stopping speeding is good, actually. Covers a lot of detail about how improving coverage in NYC has had good effects.
Flotsam and Jetsam
– Zero new homes approved in NYC last month (src)
– Weathered microplastics may be significantly more dangerous than other types we've investigated (src)
– Unions opposing TSMC sending Taiwanese engineers to train the US engineers. (src)
– Trump's Twitter DMs were subpoenaed, and Twitter DMs aren't e2e encrypted. (src)
– The simulation to use LLMs to control characters in a custom city game is now open-sourced (src)
– Special Counsel pushing for an early January trial for the election case. (src)
– Silly thread with updated plan for how the US could conquer Canada (src)
– Robot made marble sculptures (src)
– Pickle ball becoming popular in China. A US Cultural victory. (src)
– Minneapolis' YIMBY success has mostly been from removing parking requirements, rather than ending R1 zoning. (src)
– Inefficient land use in Michigan (src)
– Cruise now operating 24/7 in SF (src)
– cool avatar for single staircase reform (src)
– Abortion polls ahead of Biden's 2020 pretty much everywhere, this should be a core part of the 2024 campaign. (src)