"Even when complying with stay-at-home orders, urban dwellers need to get to essential jobs, go to the grocery store, and walk dogs." Light-touch interventions that require minimal ongoing city resources are one way to provide the space to do so: medium.com/@BloombergCiti…

Every effort to remove cars from a city, even temporarily and in limited places, takes endless advocacy, resources, and time. However, the moment a street is closed to cars, people immediately flock and make the space theirs. Why must we fight so hard for #OpenStreets?

New York and all cities can do better than to return to normal after COVID. We can bring back our cities without bringing back the congestion, the danger, the pollution and the toll that traffic takes on our cities. youtube.com/watch?v=JgoEci…

Wow! Seattle will permanently close 20 miles of residential streets to through traffic. We’ll see more of this in the coming months. Once people realize what they’ve been missing it’ll be hard to go back to the status quo. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t…

⚠️ Ft. Lauderdale Tunnel Closure Notice There will be a full closure along the northbound lanes of the Henry Kinney Tunnel on June 2, 9 pm to 4 am, and a full closure along the southbound lanes of the tunnel on June 3, 9 pm to 4 am, for tunnel cleaning. City of Fort Lauderdale

We’ve gone from dreams of autonomous streets to open streets in just six months. Tech won’t save us from these crises—streets that support transit, walking and biking will, and this is a moment for cities to be as big and bold as the challenges we face. wired.com/story/after-co…

Smart, clear, important from my friend ⁦⁦Heather Thompson⁩ | Cities Should Open Streets to Pedestrians and Cyclists ⁦The New York Times⁩ ⁦ITDP⁩ ⁦Mike Lydon (mikelydon.bsky.social)⁩ ⁦@CitiesCatalyst⁩ nytimes.com/2020/06/20/opi…

So far, 51.6% of #FortLauderdale households completed the #2020Census, ranking us 231/409 Florida cities. There’s a long way to go & a short time to get there. Complete the census at my2020census.gov or 1-844-330-2020. Neighborhood response rates at bit.ly/3gZQHwG

One NB lane of A1A from Las Olas Blvd to Sunrise Blvd will close today at 2 pm & will remain closed through Sunday, 7/5 at 7 pm to facilitate social distancing between pedestrians using the sidewalk in this area. Please be alert, cautious, & courteous. ➡️bit.ly/2Bwq9TW

On Thursday, the City of Fort Lauderdale City of Fort Lauderdale and FLORIDA DOT is hosting a virtual public meeting at 5:30 p.m. to provide an update on the Tunnel Top Plaza project and the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel rehabilitation. 1/2

Just 56.1% of #FortLauderdale's population has completed the #2020Census. Without a complete count, the City's share of $675 million in funding is at stake. Help your community get its fair share. Respond to the census by 9/30 at my2020census.gov,1-844-330-2020 or by mail.

#buschgardens is awful. If you bought a Annual Fun Pass and have a severe health risk and cant go to their park they dont care. Take your chances and die or lose a ton of money. We will not ever be coming there now

America can have the best infrastructure in the world, if we choose to. It's up to us. x.com/AlecStapp/stat…

Yes yes yes let’s call it what it is: No, Shawn Bradley Wasn’t Paralyzed in a “Bicycle Accident” yahoo.com/lifestyle/no-s…

The City of #FortLauderdale is lifting the April 18 precautionary waterway advisory for the canal adjacent to the Hidden Harbor Condominiums. Satisfactory test results indicate that water-related activities can be resumed within the advisory area. ftlcity.info/3gkRJFz

⚠️ REMINDER: Work to replace the SR 84 westbound bridge over I-95 begins May 8, 2021 and will continue through spring 2022. View flyers for more information and detour routes. Visit ow.ly/9R5m50EwjfE to learn more about the project.

How do you think city funds should be spent? Take a look at this interactive tool called Balancing Act. See where the money comes from and where the money goes. You can make changes and suggestions to the city on what you'd like to see happen. ftlcity.info/budget

Get a FREE 31-day bus pass when you get vaccinated at one of the upcoming Broward County Transit pop-up #vaccine sites. July 29, 30 & 31 from 2:30-7 pm Broward Central Terminal 101 NW 1st Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 More info: bit.ly/3yL5mEb #GetVaxFTL #COVIDVaccine

"Unfortunately, one of the techniques that engineers mistakenly believe makes roads safer, with all the evidence against, is widening.Often, fixing a road is a Trojan horse for widening the road. And the majority of most state DOTs’ budgets goes towards new build, not repair."

So lucky we have had Mikael visit us in Fort Lauderdale youtu.be/9MSmuZ3RvBU