So cool!

What makes a successful waterfront. Worth the read.

Love this metaphor!

Short thread on great urban redevelopment projects I’ve seen. First up: Hammarby Sjostad in Stockholm. Grid of mid rise building with internal courtyards, light rail, walkable, bikeable wonderful public realm, water everywhere. Full of families. Urban kickass rating 9/10.

Stunning data

As we gather for #COP26, a friendly reminder to global leaders of the many benefits of investing in #cycling. 🚲improves #PublicHealth 🚲decrease vehicle traffic & increase productivity 🚲efficient & more equitable land use 🚲boosts #RoadSafety wrirosscities.org/research/publi… #biking

This is exactly right!

And I cannot stress how useful this is to daily life. I'd venture it is closer to 3 minutes for many families.

50-ish New Urbanists Walk Into A City.... restlessurbanist.com/50-ish-new-urb… via Edward Erfurt

Love this reasoning!

I wish our city of Gaithersburg, MD were that forward thinking!

Impressed. Now if we could find a way to do this more frequently and more affordably.

What a SMART idea that many other cities should take note of.

Words matter

Respectful, contextual moderism - it can be done.

This is worth watching. If 100 people lived on Earth. HT Tansu Yegen

It’s easier for the driver of a tank to see children crossing the road than it is for the driver of a FordF150 or GMC Sierra. We are designing vehicles for manslaughter. Nice work FreckleEars

I love this idea.

Study: a 50% reduction in crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists and a 27% increase in drivers yielding to pedestrians with the right of way, as a result of....paint. Yes, a splash of paint = safer streets for pedestrians. This is the power of visual disruption in slowing