I was Zooming with a college class yesterday and one of the students was in Houston dealing with going from place to place chasing power and heat. We were talking about how we design cities and spaces that ensures brittleness in the face of disaster, and I got to use one of my favorite quotes that's also true but shouldn't be, from Orego…
I was Zooming with a college class yesterday and one of the students was in Houston dealing with going from place to place chasing power and heat. We were talking about how we design cities and spaces that ensures brittleness in the face of disaster, and I got to use one of my favorite quotes that's also true but shouldn't be, from Oregon Rep Earl Blumenauer talking at a Rail~Volution conference (Rail~Volution is a national public transit advocacy group, fun wonky infrastructure people!) a few years ago: "We spend all our money on failure." He meant cleaning up after hurricanes and fires and so on instead of investing federal money on resilience and climate preparation. Sounds like Milwaukee is an exception!
I was Zooming with a college class yesterday and one of the students was in Houston dealing with going from place to place chasing power and heat. We were talking about how we design cities and spaces that ensures brittleness in the face of disaster, and I got to use one of my favorite quotes that's also true but shouldn't be, from Oregon Rep Earl Blumenauer talking at a Rail~Volution conference (Rail~Volution is a national public transit advocacy group, fun wonky infrastructure people!) a few years ago: "We spend all our money on failure." He meant cleaning up after hurricanes and fires and so on instead of investing federal money on resilience and climate preparation. Sounds like Milwaukee is an exception!
... WAS an exception!! We definitely lost our way.
But yes... that's such a wonderful and true quote/explanation of the problem!
Was, sorry, yes :(. And of course there's always state and county pushback for municipalities trying to do the right things.