Gil Penalosa #Cities4Everyone
@Penalosa_G
Founder 8 80 Cities and #Cities4Everyone. Equity & sustainability. Worked in over 350 cities. Ran for mayor of Toronto, 2022. Top 100 urbanists (13).
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http://www.gpenalosa.ca 28-01-2010 17:11:45
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#UrbanHealth #YESdepartments
City has tolerated too many years a parks & rec. department proudly being 'the NO department'.
Should be 'the YES department,' everywhere, focused on promoting health and happiness for all ages, abilities, backgrounds.
#Change attitude at City Hall!
#UrbanHealth #YESdepartments
City has tolerated too many years a parks & rec. department proudly being 'the NO department'.
Should be 'the YES department,' everywhere, focused on promoting health and happiness for all ages, abilities, backgrounds.
#Change attitude at City Hall!
Our cities do not need driverless cars.
They desperately need more carless drivers!
(📹 in Nijmegen via International Cargo Bike Festival)
#UrbanHealth #Beauty
Connecting Toronto's downtown to the Port Lands with a gorgeous active transportation bridge.
Waterfront Toronto's continuous improvement, getting world's best competing to design better.
1000s new housing, parks, green, water, exquisite!
bit.ly/3JWQhqt
#UrbanHealth #Proximity
Simply titled: The 15-Minute City. Out tomorrow.
Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne's vision of cities that de-emphasized private car use and encouraged more walking.
Moreno’s blueprint is that residents can reach essential services in 15 minutes.
bit.ly/4b5YHYD
Thanks Walk Toronto for sharing latest info on Villiers Island neighbourhood.
I criticized gigantic streets based on G&M column. Now I see most are sideWALKS, trees, bikelanes, great!
Sorry Waterfront Toronto, you've been doing best large urbanism in Canada, and still are. Superb plan!
#UrbanHealth
Most cities replaced streetcars 1940-60, buses better.
Past 20 yrs politicians find streetcars sexier, more votes.
Buses: cheaper, flexible, if 1 breaks down others go around and line not blocked.
Photos King / St Clair closed.
Buses: more people, reliable, cheaper.
Mississauga deserves better than Dipika Damerla's populism .
Former mayor H_Mc did not have guts to do BRT on Burhamthorpe, now it's wasted on hwy. Traffic is worse.
Cancelling Bloor protected bikelanes will NOT improve traffic, it'll make street unsafe for all.
#ElectionsMatter
#UrbanHealth
Most cities replaced streetcars 1940-60, buses better.
Past 20 yrs politicians find streetcars sexier, more votes.
Buses: cheaper, flexible, if 1 breaks down others go around and line not blocked.
Photos King / St Clair closed.
Buses: more people, reliable, cheaper.
#UrbanHealth #LargeEvents
Grateful! Sunday morning run with many thousands, enjoying presence of each other.
Some in media just highlight inconvenience for cars… I see people, of all ages & backgrounds and their families & friends, having fun, using the PUBLIC space, streets.