Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7https://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlxx7dtaxs2fIt’s Utah16 May 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxx7dtaxs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlx2kwmmbk23The U of Utah is losing great faculty like the author of this piece, and I can’t blame folks for leaving https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2026/05/15/voices-i-loved-teaching-until-this/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwdGRjcAR018BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe5ml4iEpIG7zusZkpAKRlIGFgIGDlhpPsP9F5vkFQjl8l79byn3qvRX4uHjA_aem_afsEQwFgQdkZKdclKuwjZw16 May 2026 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx2kwmmbk23https://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlwshvckhk2kPreach. Tax parking. Not housing https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3nm5h9kw16 May 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwshvckhk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlwnkapclk2kMy wife, who’s Latina, told me that only white people flip tortilla using a spatula. She claims Latinos use their hands. True?16 May 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwnkapclk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlvs3tz3u22iCame across a pretty interesting house on my walk this morning15 May 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvs3tz3u22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlvmwmsm5k23Quick (half serious) observations from today’s Giro stage (first proper mountain): - Giulio Pellizzari flying too close to the sun and getting burnt - Felix Gall super strong - Vingegaard half washed? - Other GC top 10 contenders will regret giving Eulalio 7 minutes15 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvmwmsm5k23https://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlubzkhgz22s$6.4 million for 31 affordable for-sale homes seems like a lot. I’m all about trying to incentivize homeownership, but Salt Lake City can’t fix the problem with subsidies if the price tag is $200k per unit. This seems like a way to say, “hey, we’re doing something.” https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/salt-lake-city/salt-lake-city-approves-6-4m-to-help-working-families-buy-homes-not-just-rent15 May 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlubzkhgz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlteh4hzck2uNever taking this for granted14 May 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlteh4hzck2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mltbcxs7kk2gRCS designing Giro d'Italia stage finales in Southern Italy and Grande Partenza abroad14 May 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltbcxs7kk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mltalt7ga22r"Tough on crime," except if it's drivers [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltalt7ga22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlsyz5r4ts2wThe moment the Giro d’Italia presented this finale I went, “What the hell are they thinking?” I’m Italian and love the Giro, but RCS always finds ways to disappoint [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsyz5r4ts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlsuvemv3s2jI see that two Alpecin boys are doing a Trofeo Baracchi Cronocoppie just like MVDP and a teammate did last year at that Tour de France. I hope they make it today at the Giro14 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsuvemv3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mls3lwpnjk2bThis is big, but it makes sense. Airbnb benefits from housing scarcity, and that aligns with the policies that Mayor Bass has been championing [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls3lwpnjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlrjzuazos2kRe: why we left twitter. It’s anonymous fascist a-holes like this “Normie” dude [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrjzuazos2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlrixgejqs2oYikes. Big windstorm in my neighborhood. Thankful we still have power as we're a few blocks away13 May 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrixgejqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlr76w4d2k2oMany people are surprised that university professors would write this, but many academics in certain social science disciplines that I won't name (and that aren't urban planning) approach housing in a very ideological way, with anti-market tendencies [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr76w4d2k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlqyimra7c2bTomorrow's Giro d'Italia stage finish in Napoli includes a surface change from cobbles to larger stones in the last 50 meters. RCS did it again, after the Sofia stage. At least there isn't a corner this time.13 May 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqyimra7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlqmmbiy222lIndian paintbrush on the Salt Lake City foothills13 May 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqmmbiy222lhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlqgzbjixk2fGood Axios SLC story about Salt Lake City’s first racially restrictive covenants. The article mentions Westmoreland Place and Highland Park, but other neighborhoods likely had these covenants as well https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/05/13/salt-lake-racist-housing-covenants-redlining?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_saltlakecity&stream=top13 May 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqgzbjixk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlpaly2foc2pI cannot go back to X for the sake of my mental health. If I do social media, I do this. If not, I cannot do social media at all. Maybe it makes me “guilty” for letting X go to the right, but I cannot do the Nazi site. Not anymore [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpaly2foc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlp3ejhhgk2ySmall city politics is wild. A resident in the self professed “city nerds” circle found out that their council member no longer lived in their district and contacted the city attorney’s office to report that. After an investigation, the city recorder removed the council member from office [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp3ejhhgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlokcha25k2tI was "scouting" the Blockhaus climb of this year's Giro d'Italia on Google Street View and found a few friends on the road. Let's hope they're safely elsewhere before the stage on Friday12 May 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlokcha25k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlmv2v6mcs2sA whopping 79% of the people of Box Elder County, Utah, voted for Donald Trump in 2024. This kind of stuff is delusional [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmv2v6mcs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlmsh622vs2cI have acquaintances who are very left leaning who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for either Hillary or Kamala. I used to feel a bit resentful but I let go of that. I wonder how they feel now, and I wonder what the Dems can do to re earn the trust of people like them [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmsh622vs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlm7ivdzak2mYou can tell that a city and region are dysfunctional when it takes them 65 years to build what will likely be their most successful rail line. These delays were caused in part by racist NIMBYism in Beverly Hills [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm7ivdzak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mllpuwlyk22xI was looking at the finale of stage 5 at the Giro d'Italia in Potenza, and check this building out. What would your average planning commission in an American city say about facade length and articulation?11 May 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllpuwlyk22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mllmcq5jec2zMorning hike11 May 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllmcq5jec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mlk3yveiyc2uUtah has gone so woke that, at the state liquor store, you can find a Hungarian natural wine whose label has no words in English.11 May 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk3yveiyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alerigolon.bsky.social/post/3mljqz7mm322aI thought Utah had a bad law that makes it really hard for SLC to implement traffic calming and bike lanes, but Alberta entered the chat and said, “Hold my Labatt.” https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-alberta-to-bring-in-law-with-power-to-rip-out-bike-lanes-and-stop-new-ones10 May 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:2clbcftlrvnd7edcmd4s5c4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljqz7mm322a