This is really important.

The main thing that makes it hard to achieve nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed density of people and buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.

It's already illegal for undocumented immigrants to vote in federal elections. It's so illegal that it's a felony, a ground of deportation, AND a near-permanent ban to receiving any future immigration benefit.

“It is important to recognize the toxic drug crisis is a health-care crisis, not a crisis of criminality. But without accessible, barrier-free support & resources for drug-users, we’re again left with no way to regulate drug use & safety in public spaces.” vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…

De Blasio’s NYC Parks commissioner from 2014-2021 is running for city council — in Raleigh, North Carolina

“While the city planners were busily envisioning a more compact, mixed-use urban form that would curb sprawl, and developing policies and regulations to secure it, down the hall the finance advisors were concocting financial instruments that would encourage and subsidize sprawl.…

Mitch Silver is the real deal.

This is really important.

The main thing that makes it hard to achieve nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed density of people and buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.

Here’s some really interesting news — my friend ⁦Mitchell Silver⁩, one of North America’s leading urbanists/city planners and just a fantastic person, has decided to run for Raleigh North Carolina City Council. What a great opportunity for the city! raleighmag.com/2024/04/mitche…

There’s no such thing as a 4-storey tower.

The majority of trips by residents of Paris and the inner suburbs are by transit (45%).
While 30% of all trips on the Île-de-France are by bike.
That's pretty mind boggling considering their bike focus is only ~5 yrs old.

NEW: Vancouver City Council has passed a motion directing staff to report back with analysis of the benefits and potential funding sources for a citywide speed limit reduction to 30km/h from 50 on local level streets.

Good move, long overdue. #SpeedKills
vancouversun.com/news/local-new…

In Paris, just 4.3% of all of the transportation trips occurring within the colored areas on the map below now occur in private cars.

It wasn’t always this way. It’s actually a result of deliberate leadership and smart planning.

institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-tr…

ON SUBURBAN SPRAWL: “Bankrupting municipal budgets, creating epidemics of preventable diseases, and helping to cause climate change — that’s how you start a conversation about why the suburbs need to change, and why more of our growth should go to infill and transit-oriented…

To be clear on what I mean by “mostly illegal,” community-level zoning too often only allows some convenience commercial uses in very limited (and mostly unwalkable) specially zoned locations designed to be small centres/strip malls built & managed by developers (typically leased…

Make walkable convenience shopping widely legal in communities. Currently it’s mostly illegal in neighbourhoods in North America, Australia/NZ, etc. Corner coffee shops, convenience stores, etc. If we’re really serious about complete, “15-minute” neighbourhoods, this is obvious.

In Paris, just 4.3% of all of the transportation trips occurring within the colored areas on the map below now occur in private cars.

It wasn’t always this way. It’s actually a result of deliberate leadership and smart planning.

institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-tr…

Brent Toderian You left out pubs.

Here’s some really interesting news — my friend ⁦Mitchell Silver⁩, one of North America’s leading urbanists/city planners and just a fantastic person, has decided to run for Raleigh North Carolina City Council. What a great opportunity for the city! raleighmag.com/2024/04/mitche…

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no…