Kate Howell
@drkatehowell
Assoc Prof; Director @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social; posting about cities, housing, public spaces...and all the other stuff I'm excited about.
Couldn’t do my local bike to work day so I rode the rail trail from Xenia to Dayton. Thanks for the pancakes and coffee, Dayton!
Happy bike to work day to those who celebrate everyday and to those who are just getting started! Here’s a picture from my usual commute
I don’t know…if you didn’t spend your afternoon watching your planning studio students absolutely kill it in the presentation to community partners, I’m not sure your day could be half as great as mine
I saw a lot of the top line findings of the new MD @ggwash.org poll, but I missed this one until yesterday. 75% of Marylanders support good cause eviction protections (which requires a landlord to have a reason to not renew a tenant lease). ggwash.org/view/102300/...
Because I missed this one (and ended up with a bit of a detour to bladensburg road on my ride home on the Anacostia trail yesterday evening) @washcycle.bsky.social @waba.org www.nps.gov/keaq/planyou...
I believe that we will win, but it’s going to be a bumpy ride…so it seemed fitting to share this photo from a drive up the Jersey turnpike in 2019
Just out here fixing a first mile/last mile problem so I can get kielbasa and pierogis on Rockville Pike without losing my mind in a car
I don’t know, man. A party of deadbeats who refuse to show up and work when they’re still getting paid probably should avoid throwing stones
Sir, this is a full train…did you buy a ticket for that seat? #northeastregional
I would also like to note that the central RVA assn also saw the value of public transportation. In 1966, they sponsored a tour on Va Transit Company's "Frosty Fleet" (Buses w/AC). Part of this included a court of Princesses with transit-focused titles
Working on a book chapter and...In case you wondered what Richmond was up to between 1958 and 1979...I can confirm it was making parking maps advertising "thousands of parking spaces waiting for you!"
Tell me more about how we aren't producing housing ? @robertwhitedc.bsky.social
In case folks are curious, it’s a beautiful day in the Catskills where we are wrapping up two glorious and mildly feral weeks of vacation with a ride on the Ashokan Rail Trail before our fave brewery and a last night of listening to birds.
Similarly, this chart: 1.⬆️ homeownership costs are expanding the rental market; 2. ⬆️ Insurance cost (I suspect sf & mf) explains much of this; 3. ⬇️ affordable housing $$ & top end construction mean we will struggle to meet the needs for 0-50% AMI households
If you’re curious why we need a bottle bill, please enjoy one of the bottle boat parades on the Anacostia I saw today (I didn’t stop to photograph the piles caught at docks)
This was just one piece I saw in the newspaper, but yea, they really liked that they could flatten the ground and reuse.
I think about her when "calling the roll"... www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...
Nope...no housing being produced...because of TOPA? Oh wait...nope, DC produced 146% of its target.