I am beyond thrilled by this. So curious to see how it comes together. I think Reeves as Burnham is a brilliant choice.

The Adventures of Hideous Lee is a slightly less than serious take on detective fiction. Pittsburgh detective Hideous Lee, a sarcastic Luddite who’s trying to retire, gets sucked into working one last case. Kindle unlimited or paperback. amazon.com/Art-Murder-Wol…

Toronto? John Tory doesn’t have the vision or the guts but Gil Penalosa #Cities4Everyone does

“Soon, over a million drivers a day could be forced to cough up as much as $23 to enter midtown and lower Manhattan – a toll that planners say will raise $15bn to fund New York public transit while cutting vehicles in the area by as much as one-fifth.” theguardian.com/us-news/2022/a…

If we want main streets with spice, local, we need to save small shops by providing density; if not, we’ll end up with ‘spiceless streets’, full of Shoppers Drug, Dollaramas, fast food chains, gas stations. #ElectionsMatter if we want a #Toronto4Everyone w #Gil4Mayor

At any one time, there are 500 million empty parking spaces in the US—for 330m citizens. (Avg size: 153 sq ft—which adds up to a parking lot the size of Delaware + Rhode Island.) Annual taxpayer subsidy to free parking: $374 billion.

Got it. Makes sense.

"The proportion of journeys by car in Paris has dropped about 45% since 1990 ... At the same time, the use of public transit has risen by 30% and the share of cyclists has increased tenfold." reasonstobecheerful.world/cars-are-vanis…

Oh, woot. Chanti is excited to announce the long list for the M & M Awards for #cozymystery & not so #cozy mysteries. Congrats to all. Check out 2021 #grandprize winner. bit.ly/3UZDl7M

I thank national and international advocacy leaders for affordable, equitable, & sustainable cities. We've worked in multiple places to create Cities for People. Toronto can be a world leading city, but we must do things radically different, in a #Toronto4Everyone. #VoteGil4Mayor

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

There’s nothing free about freeways. #CarDependency

If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via The Discourse study. This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath

A lot of people have a REALLY strange definition of “freedom.” #CarDependency

A global study reveals that Dutch residents are the most physically active on earth, getting 12.8 hours of exercise each week. The key—designing activity into daily life. The average #Dutch person cycles about 1,098 kilometers per year. HT Dutch Cycling Embassy ipsos.com/en/global-view…

Half of business owners on this #Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % for those who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via Carlton Reid  forbes.com/sites/carltonr…

Make money or pay taxes. Surface parking lot owners should be given the option to generate electricity with solar panels and sell it, tax exempt for 5 years, or pay a surface parking lot tax. In #Cities4Everyone the common good must prevail. Not tech or $; it's political. #DoIt

Cities should be made for living and lingering, not for vehicles to pass through.

For real, nobody cared. #GenX

Transforming urban transportation is fundamentally about reallocating and reprioritizing space. As cities like Paris illustrate, when you do that smartly, you actually move MORE people in the same or less space, with lower emissions, costs & consequences.