Every surface parking lot is evidence your city gave up on itself. Get rid of the surface lots and build the city back.

Amtraks NEW high speed trains start service today! Let's take a look at what came before it! 🧵

Wow. Check this out. Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot! washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

One of the funniest things people actually believe is that “15-minute cities” is actually a term for a communist plan that people will be prevented from traveling more than 15 minutes from home without permission

Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph

"Why do you want trains" >Faster than a bus with more capacity >Brings you right to the center of the city >Serves multiple places instead of the 1 stop a plane makes >Offers more convenience than a bus or plane >Reduces traffic There is literally no reason to be against this

You would need to widen this street by six lanes to move as many people by car as the BRT has the capacity to.

Women’s Rugby World Cup? I’m with CANADA !

'Stop ruining kids’ mornings. Instead of traffic jams in a sealed of shuttle, give them freedom, energy and joy. In Portland, Sam Balto's “Bike Bus” lets children ride to school together—safe, fun, unforgettable. The proof isn’t stats, it’s their smiles.' — Lior Steinberg

Road safety expert and advocates: A free template for your next campaign📝. A pocket guide on how to avoid hitting people with your car. (🖼️ by NPR)

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

Communities are built by thousands of people doing millions of LITTLE things. Communities are destroyed by one or two people doing BIG things. Great places resist the machine of monoculture.

Small local shops like this are one of the beating hearts of urbanism in most of the world and they’re basically illegal in America.

The coolest parts of our cities are walkable neighborhoods We go on vacation to visit walkable neighborhoods Our college campuses are walkable neighborhoods Historic districts are walkable neighborhoods The best restaurants and coffee shops are in walkable neighborhoods

The massive uproar about automatic tax filing, a completely benign program that many countries already have for simple returns, is a great example of how our politics are becoming more and more about parties and less and less about policies or principles.

Good urbanism is family-friendly. Zoning prevents good urbanism. You guys, this stuff is fixable at the local level. There's no reason for families to continue suffering from the many harmful effects of regulations that promote or even require sprawl.

Neighborhood design can heal or harm, and it starts with local land use policy.

and WHY do we love narrow streets so much? Because we unconsciously perceive wide streets like the Swedish cartoonist Karl Jilg does here: extremely perilous space, especially for young children. Very narrow streets mean slow vehicle speeds, smaller vehicles, maybe people using

This is incredible. Just incredible.