Ryan Johnson
@ryanmjohnson
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Builder and resident of the 1st car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US @culdesac. Was founding team @opendoor, @baincapital, @mta. Dm for ebike recs
Tempe, AZ
Joined August 2008
This is within 10 feet of someone’s front door. We just let cars do this, everywhere
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I love this headline so much. People that actually need a truck want a small one
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When you see all the great walkability in Mexico City, it’s no wonder this city is thriving
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I’m going to say it over and over until the gap closes. The majority of the US wants to live in a walkable neighborhood. But only 8% does.
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When you build for people instead of cars, you get to build something that looks like this. Green is the first main courtyard
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I’ve been waiting so long for this moment. Our car-free Paseo, the central spine of the neighborhood, is open to the public.
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Props to REI for helping drive support for the EBIKE Act. Today, electric cars get $7500 subsidies and electric bikes get none. Yet all cars already receive enormous subsidies in the form of roads (which cars then destroy). A subsidy for ebikes is a sensible policy we should
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It’s not just Tampa. Everyone is waking up to how deep the demand for walkability is. 92% of Gen Z would pay more to live in a walkable neighborhood. Every city is in a dogfight to become more walkable before the others do. Even if they don’t know it yet.
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When is Google Maps going to have an ebike travel estimate? It’s going to turn heads and open wallets when bike times are faster than cars.
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I’ve had hundreds of people tell me they bought their first ebike as a result of this sale. We subsidize electric cars to the tune of 15 times the price of this bike. We don’t subsidize electric bikes at all. Imagine the impact if we did.
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Excited to share that we’ve raised a $30M Series A led by @KhoslaVentures, along with @foundersfund, LENx (@Lennar), Byers Capital, @ziggcap, and @Initialized. This capital will accelerate our mission to build cities for people, not cars.
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Leave a car sitting while it costs $600/mo and nobody bats an eye. Take $300 in Ubers to a car-free month somewhere, and people lose their minds.
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Lectric just announced a trike and as usual, wow on the price. - $1499.- hydraulic brakes .- foldable .- comes fully assembled . If you don’t understand why ebike companies are rushing to launch trikes, you don’t understand the silver tsunami. Where did they announce it? Facebook
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One of our college interns sent us this from a house party they went to. What happens when a whole generation exposed to ebikes early grows up?
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Places like Oaxaca are full of life because they were built for people instead of cars
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@Darin_T80 Anyone that wants me as a client should make SURE to talk about biking to work around me.
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They’re *really* testing how much people will pay to wait less
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Excited to announce Culdesac Tempe - the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US. @liveculdesac #carfree
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Yesterday was a great day to buy your first ebike. Today is even better. Rad just dropped the price of the RadMission to $900, and that will shake up the entry level of the market. If you want an ebike that looks like a regular bike, you'll love this.
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Bus Rapid Transit dedicated lane AND dedicated bike lane on the same street
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This RadMission sale is the best deal I’ve ever seen on an ebike. I bought 10. They are already out of 3 of the 6 colors, get one quickly.
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Bike use is in the virtuous cycle. Protected lanes and a bike sharing network encourage more bikers. They whiz by gridlocked traffic, which is as good an advertisement for biking as there is.
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Yesterday we moved into our new office in Tempe, 1.5 years after we gave up our SF office. Twice the space, half the price. Just as nice, and a lot safer. It’s in the densest part of Arizona, and it comes with 30 surface parking spots that we’re converting into two parks.
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The holy grail for the home finance market is portable mortgages. That product will exist one day. It was my goal at Opendoor. That would be an especially compelling product in the current environment. Today, millions of homeowners can’t sell their home without giving up.
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Gorgeous shops, and even the Starbucks is the most attractive one I’ve ever seen
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Went to my 20 year high school reunion tonight. You know what was most striking? How many people from our class have died because of cars.
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Held my new iPad up to the whiteboard and learned it has magnets inside strong enough to hold it up.
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I wanted to celebrate 10 yrs of being car-free, and I thought maybe others would want to join in on the fun as well. So we made a whole series of laptop stickers. Want your own? Reply with how long you’ve been car-free and we’ll mail you one to commemorate.
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Every generation would pay more to live in a walkable neighborhood, including 92% of Gen Z.
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Modeled by Culdesac’s own @vanessa_valen, the new most important vehicle in America is the Lectric XPedition. - Car replacement at a shockingly low price.- $1399, unsubsidized (let’s change that!) Dual battery $1699.- Throttle! .- Hydraulic brakes.- 450 lb capacity.- Running
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Look at this - when cars park short term, they block a lane of traffic instead of the bike lane
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Going to sleep well tonight - in my new apartment at Culdesac Tempe!
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Ebikes are not a niche product. They are already the best selling Electric Vehicles, and they are growing as quickly as a cloud infrastructure company.
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Seems like VanMoof isn't our Tesla: lessons from a bumpy ride, and what I want to replace it. ---.Recently I removed the VanMoof from my recommended bike list due to the unfortunate news that they have stopped taking orders and are pursuing a sale. They were innovators, and
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This is the landscape architect we chose for Culdesac Tempe. She’s fantastic.
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Gave advice to aspiring generalists today. Some that went over the best . 1. Want to be a pm? Also consider bizops, especially around internal tools. 2. Don’t just network upward. Lateral and downward pay dividends later. 3. Aim to be high IQ + high EQ + relentless drive.
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A new bar opened up 1/2 mile from Culdesac today. The owners get it and see bikes as letting them accommodate more customers with less parking. So if you arrive on a bike they give you 10% off. You’re going to start seeing a lot more of this.
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A friend sent this sign they saw in Austin! . Hope this spreads everywhere.
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These are some of the amazing parts of this city. And like other places in the world, there aren’t as many walkable neighborhoods as people who want to live in one. So we should build more.
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One of the highlights of every month is when the latest drone videos of Culdesac Tempe come in. Take a look at what we've been up to!
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You thought your family was going to be talking about crypto and web3 this Thanksgiving. But they’re actually talking about ebikes. Let’s help you prepare.
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There is something wonderful around every corner when you build walkable neighborhoods
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Important Culdesac milestone - the first vine to reach the second floor
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Car-free neighborhoods are the future, and Tempe is showing cities around the country that it’s possible to build them.
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That was an interesting open of the Uber app. Starting to look more like an Asian-style Superapp.
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Overhead of Culdesac Tempe. Gives you an idea of how big it is.
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This is (part of) Culdesac Tempe, the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US.
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Once homeowners realize how much cars are lowering their property values, it’s going to be a whole new ballgame.
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Today, for the first time I stood in the unit I’ll live in when Culdesac Tempe opens. I can’t wait to live there.
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@Bro_Neill Exactly. The majority of Americans want to live in walkable neighborhoods, not just college students. It’s why college campuses will continue to be valuable even if education goes remote. Here at @culdesac we’re bringing walkable neighborhoods back, for everyone.
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Once people see what life is like when you replace car storage with wonderful things, they don’t want to go back.
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REI launching its own ebike is big news. So they’re a retailer getting into making bikes. DTC bike companies like Rad are opening retail. Porsche just bought an ebike company. This is such an exciting and evolving industry.
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What a 1.5 million lb slab of concrete looks like. Pouring this involves 40 cement trucks arriving at precise times starting at 1am. Below this is our grocery store. Above this is apartments.
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Here is the latest Culdesac Tempe construction video. Things are moving along nicely and we actually just pushed *up* the move-in dates on several buildings to September. The last of these 35 buildings should open within 6 months, and an additional 25 buildings are underway.
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The Paseo connects our residential buildings, our plaza, our grocery store, our coffee shop, our microretail, and more. It’s an expansive, beautifully paved path. Usually a path this wide would be paved in asphalt and given over to cars. Those cars would clog the road, create
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We’re on the cusp of many millions of car-free people in the US. And it’s going to be so good for our cities.
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Might just be a coincidence, but with AZ at peak heat this weekend, we’re getting more press inquiries to talk about Culdesac Tempe. My first question is, are you visiting in person? As you’ll see, it’s not as bad as you think, and Culdesac has multiple tactics to reduce the.
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First pavers are in! Culdesac Tempe doesn’t have a drop of asphalt. Not having that heat island effect means it feels noticeably cooler
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It’s 2024 and the NYC MTA still has two drivers per train. Trains have been on zero all over the world for decades. Even going to one would cut costs well in excess of $100m/yr. But every MTA head knows you can’t go there.
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Right now is a rare opportunity for cities. People are realizing how much more beautiful LA looks without smog, and how nice it is to hear birds in NYC. There’s new energy around how we can remake spaces for people, and we’re all paying attention to which cities take action.
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First meal at Cocina Chiwas, the restaurant at Culdesac Tempe. It was surreal seeing their handwritten menu and remembering when Culdesac Tempe was itself just an idea on paper
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Reminder that the best-selling electric vehicles are ebikes. One stat: @lectricebikes sells more electric vehicles than Ford and GM combined. All while competing on a massively uneven playing field with electric cars receiving enormous subsidies.
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I’m not the mayor of Tempe, but anyone considering Tempe/Phoenix/Arizona for their personal or company move, let me know how I can help. Dm’s open.
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This year I’m celebrating 13 years car-free! Life is better this way
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Coffee shop, coworking space, bike store, and a car-free paseo are making great progress
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Carmakers are getting into ebikes, and @Porsche came out swinging with the Cross and Sport. They called me to tell me mine were the very first one of each. And I gotta say, “I ain’t ever seen two pretty best friends.”
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Excited to announce we are opening short term stays at Culdesac Tempe soon!. If you want to stay here and post about it DM me!.
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Local news asked if they could interview us about Culdesac Tempe in light of high gas prices. We said instead what they should tell their viewers about is ebikes 🚲🚲🚲🚲⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️. And they said okay!.
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Excited to welcome guests to our office with these bike racks. We could only find this design in Finland so we had them custom built here in the US.
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For each of the delivery services, the first time I get an ebike delivery, I’m tipping $100. And then after that it’s #bikesgetdoubletip
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Was a tough call, but we went with a mid drive here instead of a hub drive.
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One of the biggest challenges of getting people to go carfree is getting them do math.
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Books I’ve been recommending to college students . - Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You (how to think about career).- How to Win Friends and Influence People (how to build EQ).- Order Without Design (how to think about cities).
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Introducing short term stays at Culdesac. Come see what the future of walkable neighborhoods looks like.
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These aren’t even professional shots - our team took these after work. It might not be the most beautiful place I’ve ever worked - I’ve worked at Grand Central Terminal, after all. But it’s easy to come to work in the morning when it looks like this.
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@travis_robert @BIKABOUT We’re at the iPhone moment for businesses doing a 180 and saying they want people, and not car parking, in front of their stores.
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Hard to believe this used to be your everyday road. When you give space back to people, your average road becomes a vibrant place.
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We’re about to share a little piece of Culdesac news but then this just arrived, and I couldn’t help myself. The LeMond Dutch. Weighing in at a pinch me 27lbs. One of our engineers lives in a second floor walk up, so we’ll see if this solves that challenge.
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Congratulations @RadPowerBikes you have dethroned yourself. The RadExpand replaces the RadRunner as the most popular of my bikes. Its $1300 (vs $1500). It has an easier (though less sturdy) kickstand. It folds. It sells. Ebikes are booming…again. And this is the most booming
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When your apartment complex has zero bike racks but includes a free parking spot you don’t need, it’s time for a little #tacticalurbanism101. Progress pics to come!
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