Last night I reached 100k Tweeps, a number I wouldn’t have thought possible when I decided to try this platform. I’ll say it again — it speaks to how inherently interesting and important cities are! Thank you to all of you for every read, retweet and constructive interaction.
I was thinking that the best thing I could do to respect this milestone is to again try to support the voice of others who are working hard to make cities better every day. I hope you’ll follow & engage (constructively) with these passionate people! #UrbanistShoutOut
Hey everyone, who would you add to this list? Reply to this tweet with your own suggestions of people and organizations to follow about cities and city-building, and use hashtag #UrbanistShoutOut if you can. Let’s try to get a lot of great people some new fans and follows!

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1 Jun
NEW: Interested in a BETTER conversation on parking, & a VERY different approach to municipal parking strategy, for much better city-building outcomes? Our game-changing new @cityofkingston Parking doc is a must-read. See our preamble: #ThePowerOfParking cityofkingston.ca/documents/1018… ImageImageImageImage
MEDIA RELEASE: “There are few things we could do as a city that would have a bigger effect on whether we achieve Council’s strategic priorities than reconsidering how we do parking.” Kingston #YGK launches #ThePowerOfParking bold city-wide conversation: cityofkingston.ca/-/-the-power-o… ImageImage
“When it comes to the many benefits of rethinking parking, it’s clear that the biggest public interests come from less parking, lower personal vehicle ownership & fewer/shorter driving trips.”

Read this — Putting #ElectricVehicles in the proper policy context. #ThePowerOfParking ImageImage
Read 5 tweets
25 Feb
If you’re still wondering what a “15-Minute City” really means, at least as proposed by Paris Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo, it’s really simple.

Everything you need is available within a 15 minute walk, wheel chair or bike-ride from home.

Everything.

NOT by car trip.

Not even transit.
By Comparison, a “City of 20-Minute Neighbourhoods” (a core of Melbourne’s city plan) sets a different definition of success — MOST (not all) things needed for a good life within a 20-minute walk, bike OR TRANSIT RIDE. 3 important differences that affect/reflect a different city.
Altho details vary, this idea of communities where “everything we need is close by” is far from a new concept. Just look up...

- complete communities
- city of short distances
- “the power of nearness” (I used this one while at Vancouver City Hall)
- MANY more

So what IS “new?”
Read 4 tweets
13 Dec 20
Trucks have been getting bigger, more energy & space consuming, more polluting, and much deadlier to everyone around them, including kids. Not because most of us actually need bigger vehicles, but as ego boosts, status symbols & “indicators of male virility.” HT @PickledEntropy Image
Over the last decade, global SUV ownership has doubled. If it keeps growing at its current rate, increased SUV ownership will offset the entire emissions reduction from electric vehicles. Plus they’re much more likely than smaller cars to kill pedestrians.
fastcompany.com/90420280/shoul…
Have trucks gotten more fuel efficient? Of course, thanks largely to government regulations. However they have also gotten larger on average, & as #JevonsParadox explains, improved fuel efficiency has helped us justify larger vehicles & more driving, causing emissions to go up. Image
Read 6 tweets
20 Oct 20
Most of the conversations I’m hearing & reading about the permanent growth of virtual working aka working from home #WFH post-pandemic are dramatically oversimplifying the implications & ripple effects to the ecosystem of cities — starting with assuming it will all be positive.
Consider the implications for successful downtowns, for example. A lot fewer downtown workers mean less demand for walkable downtown housing (which has many public interest benefits) & for downtown retail, restaurants, entertainment & other elements of a mixed downtown ecosystem.
A lot of positive commentary around #WFH is based on the assumption that weakened downtowns & other urban concentrations will lead to dispersed but COMPLETE, multi-modal 15-minute communities. That’s a REALLY big assumption that at best would involve lots of time & controversy.
Read 7 tweets
28 Sep 19
I hear it was the largest individual #climateCrisis protest in history. Any city wish to challenge that? Regardless, 500,000+ people in #Montreal today for #ClimateStrike makes a POWERFUL statement that we’ve reached a real turning point toward #ClimateAction! Via @GretaThunberg
This makes me happy of many levels — including that #Vancouver showed up 100K+ strong for the @ClimateStrike, AND that citizens did it by showing how streets, bridges & our FUTURE are about people, not cars. #ClimateCrisis
Hat tip to @SimiHeer, great video!
Read 5 tweets
23 Sep 19
This is one of the longest hashtags I’ve tried, and maybe the most challenging idea, but here goes — what if we showed all the AMAZING THINGS WE LOVE IN CITIES that could physically fit inside a shopping mall or power centre parking lot, using hashtag #LookWhatFitsInAParkingLot!
I really didn’t think there would be very interesting responses to this attempted hashtag #LookWhatFitsInAparkingLot. Boy was I wrong. Well done, Tweeps, very cool.
Which example of #LookWhatFitsInAParkingLot do you like best to far? Look through all the great responses to the first tweet in this thread, & favourite or retweet the best examples. The one with the most favourites & retweets by the end of the day tomorrow wins bragging rights!
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