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Dec 18 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
All over the world, communities are reimagining themselves as places for people not cars. That process starts with stirring the hearts and minds of everyone involved.

Twelve books we read in the past 12 months that changed how we think about cities.

An #UrbanismBookClub Thread. A photo collage of twelve book covers, including 'Autonorama
1. 'Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving' by @PeterNorton12
2. 'Car-Free Cities' by J.H. Crawford
3. 'Cycling for Sustainable Cities' by @Buehler_Ralph and John Pucher
4. 'City Streets are for People' by @AndreaPCurtis and @EmmaFitz_Art
5. 'The Car That Wanted to be a Bike' by @LiorSteinberg and @Rrrita_Kruglova
6. 'Movement: How to Take Back Our Streets and Transform Our Lives' by @tverka and @fietsprofessor
7. 'Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000 Mile Adventure' by @monisha_rajesh
8. 'Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors' by @Tweetermeyer
9. 'Cities for Life: How Communities Can Recover from Trauma and Rebuild for Health' by @jasoncorburn
10. 'Getting to the Heart of Science Communication: A Guide to Effective Engagement' by @frkearns
11. 'Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation' by @ParisMarx
12. Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies by @LellyK
And if you haven't already, please consider picking up our books 'Building the Cycling City' and 'Curbing Traffic', published by @IslandPress in 2018 and 2021, respectively.

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On January 1st, 2021, Brussels introduced a 30 km/h (18 mph) citywide speed limit.

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