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Urbanism+

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A feed for urbanists, transit nerds, cyclists, and advocates of safe and accessible cities. Check out @labeler.urbanism.plus for moderation and flair! Fund the project: tinyurl.com/m5jrmc25

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  • 📅 Updated 29 days ago
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@urbanism.plus
11 months ago
📌Urbanism+ Community ⚙️Feeds: [Live] | Trending | News | Video 👉Follow @urbanism.plus to join the feed! 🚫Block carbrains with @labeler.urbanism.plus & enjoy cool flair! 🗣️Discord | ☕Donate | 📕Pocketbook 📃Starterpacks | 📜Rules & Info | ♿Use Alt-Text!
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Craig Cottrell
@votecottrell.bsky.social
1 minute ago
Over the weekend I’ve had several messages from residents concerned about illegal drug activity in the cut-through alleys behind the flats on Leases Lane. As a candidate I take this feedback seriously, especially when it affects community safety. #MonumentWard #SaferStreets #NorthumbriaPolice
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Peter Norton
@norton.bsky.social
4 minutes ago
Like Zohran Mamdani, Cleveland’s popular Tom Johnson ran on an affordable public transit platform. In 1901 he promised three-cent streetcar fares. In 1906 Mayor Johnson finally delivered, piloting the first “threefer” (as Clevelanders called it) himself.
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cville1989🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦
@cville1989.bsky.social
6 minutes ago
Really hope this happens! www.cvilletomorrow.org/fi….
Fifeville moves one big step closer to having a community-owned grocery store, but it needs the city's help

www.cvilletomorrow.org

Fifeville moves one big step closer to having a community-owned grocery store, but it needs the city's help

Plans are moving ahead for a mixed-use development in Fifeville that will include a grocery co-op and low-cost housing, but residents need city funding to get the project to the finish line.
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Laura G Mitchell
@lauragmitchell.com
9 minutes ago
Walkable/bikeable communities support health & movement. I’ve been active at least 316 days so far this year and have a 181 week streak. 🤯 I don’t have a work commute (bc I work remote). I just walk and bike for transportation (& mental health).
Strava screenshot showing Laura has been active 316 days so far this year, top 2% on Strava
Strava screenshot showing Laura has a 181 week streak, top .9% on Strava
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Steve Flack
@vitaminsteve.com
10 minutes ago
Car Brain is a terminal disease.
Reddit- "Dear Brooklyn: I got 3 camera tickets for speeding at the same intersection in a span of 5 days before Thanksgiving, in a single week, at the same location, and at roughly the same speed too. Do you think I should fight these tickets? Because I'm shocked that I got them. Firstly, 3 tickets at 150 dollars is.. fair. If I did the crime (misdemeanor) I am happy to pay the fine and be done with it. Also that 50 dollar fine was set over a decade ago and adjusted for inflation, it should be about 90 dollars today but it remains at 50, so I consider it a break. Also, so far, it's only 3 tickets, so I consider myself lucky that more haven't arrived in the mail (though more may come in,) please read below so I can explain my meaning. On the other hand, I actually have time on my hand so I'm thinking about disputing this because I'm surprised that I am being charged with these violations, especially at this location since I know it so well. If I dispute these tickets, online, I would dispute them as follow: Off the top of my head, I will state upfront to the administrative judge that I won't be presenting any evidence (because I cannot produce any, I don't think anyone can short of having a dashcam that also captures the speedometer, assuming it's calibrated correctly.) Instead, I will offer only a (hopefully persuasive) argument, this argument will involve 3 elements: i travel this intersection daily i know exactly where the speed camera is placed i drive the same way everyday, and am extra careful in the vicinity of this camera (which is how most NYC drivers behave.) So, how did I trip this camera on these 3 days of the same week? when I drove the same way every single day for months (since the installation of this camera at this particular location in Brooklyn!????) That's the argument, I know it to be accurate and true but I can't prove it. I think the onus is on me and they don't really care. Something is WRONG with the calibration of these cameras!!!!!"
u/VitaminSteve Probably because you were speeding. u/No-Praline-8647 OP I probably was to be honest, but I was extra careful to slow down when approaching the camera. u/_the_credible_hulk_ Absolutely use this argument.
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T.J. Doyle
@commsteej.bsky.social
15 minutes ago
Federal Transit Investment Boosts Local Economies, Creates Jobs, Improves Service aptapassengertransport.co….
Federal Transit Investment Boosts Local Economies, Creates Jobs, Improves Service - Passenger Transport

aptapassengertransport.com

Federal Transit Investment Boosts Local Economies, Creates Jobs, Improves Service - Passenger Transport

FTA invested $2 billion in 165 transit projects in 45 states and Washington, DC, through its Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Low or No Emission Grant Program Nov. 20. The investment is...
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California YIMBY
@cayimby.bsky.social
15 minutes ago
If policymakers want to preserve older, rent-controlled housing stock, they should permit lots of new market rate housing.

When housing supply is constrained, increases in demand lead to reductions in the stock of rent-controlled housing. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Jarrett Walker
@humantransit.bsky.social
15 minutes ago
Is the US irredeemably a "car culture"? No. 18% of Americans are open to car-free living, which would be transformative. Focus on making that possible for them: transit, active modes, better land use. Change the facts and the culture will follow. www.sciencedirect.com/sci….
Who is interested in car-free living in the US? Findings from a nationwide survey

www.sciencedirect.com

Who is interested in car-free living in the US? Findings from a nationwide survey

The United States (US) is infamously car dependent, causing environmental, safety, and social problems. Car-free living is one way to combat the downs…
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Kate Lowe (she/hers)
@kateontransport.bsky.social
19 minutes ago
National study (Gibbons, Appleyard) uses a (better?) walkability metric (EPA) & finds gentrification linked to walkability. www.jtlu.org/index.php/jt... Our paper summarized below present a conceptualization of how racial capitalism formative in such patterns.

www.jtlu.org

Gentrification in motion: Linking urban walkability and connectivity with neighborhood change | Journal of Transport and Land Use

<p>The Journal of Transport and Land Use is the leading international journal that publishes original interdisciplinary papers on the interaction of transport and land use. The Editors welcome origina...

Appreciate insightful coverage @keawilson.bsky.social @usa.streetsblog.org on our collaboration (@annalivia.bsky.social & Frechette) on walkability & inherent problems of Walk Score as tied to inequitable, racialized investment flows fueling destination proximity usa.streetsblog.org/2025/04/07/i...

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Henry Grabar
@henrygrabar.bsky.social
20 minutes ago
I am testifying today at Boston's panel on the elimination of parking minimums. Tune in at 2! www.boston.gov/public-notic...
City Council Committee On Planning, Development, And Transportation Hearing On Docket #0161

www.boston.gov

City Council Committee On Planning, Development, And Transportation Hearing On Docket #0161
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Streetsblog Chicago
@chi.streetsblog.org
20 minutes ago
Meeting on CDOT's Safe Streets remix of Grand Ave. tomorrow 12/10, 6 PM at Alliance Bakery, 1837 W. Grand. A posse led by Ashland BRT foe Roger Romanelli disingenuously proposed paint-only bus lanes, but they're really an effort to block PBLs. Background: chi.streetsblog.org/2025/….
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Nsikan Akpan
@monscience.bsky.social
21 minutes ago
Another environmental win for congestion pricing: A new Cornell study finds the policy reduced PM2.5 pollution by 22% in Manhattan news.cornell.edu/stories/….
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle

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Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
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Charles Julian
@molynj.bsky.social
21 minutes ago
Wow. 1 in 15 number plates bogus. It will only get worse if they don't find a way to tackle it. But how? www.independent.co.uk/bul….
Widespread misuse of number plates jeopardises road safety

www.independent.co.uk

Widespread misuse of number plates jeopardises road safety
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David Zipper
@davidzipper.bsky.social
21 minutes ago
Just discovered this NBER paper examining the safety dangers of car bloat: "Being hit by a vehicle that is 1,000 pounds heavier results in a 47% increase in the baseline fatality probability." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/pape….
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Nordics Today
@nordicstoday.bsky.social
22 minutes ago
Norway's serious Larvik crash challenges Vision Zero. Even leading nations struggle to eliminate road deaths. #Norway #NordicsToday tinyurl.com/26tlvwjp
Norway Road Accident: CPR in Larvik After Car Hits Person
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Andrew Kohan
@akohan.bsky.social
22 minutes ago
It appears that guerrilla safe streets activists have already gone and built the proposed neckdown at Grosvenor and Wellington. Total disrespect of council’s authority! #sneckdown
Grosvenor and Wellington Cres with prominent wheel tracks in snow in only one lane of eastbound Grosvenor
Design document showing closure of one lane of eastbound Grosvenor at Wellington Cres

On the way back from a community meeting about the long-delayed Wellington Cres safety pilot, I noticed drivers have already implemented their own lane reduction. Majority of traffic evidently using one lane each direction, with some using the center lane for turns.

Rob Jenner’s ghost bike in front of Wellington Cres with clear tire tracks in only two of the four lanes
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Balu Puppy
@balupuppy.bsky.social
25 minutes ago
His community service sentencing should be: for five years he must plow all bike lanes following snow fall.

News: First Deputy Commissioner of Streets and San arrested for DUI Sunday, near South Shore Cultural Center. w @aliceyin.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/d...

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Shovel Shame Chicago
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
27 minutes ago
⏱️ Snowfall: T+2.0 days. 🚨 Unshoveled sidewalk reported at: 3701 N SHEFFIELD AVE 💰 This owner did not shovel their sidewalk despite their property being worth: $4,210,260 📅 Reported: December 09, 2025 Help out your neighbors, clear your walk! #PlowTheSidewalks
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Shovel Shame Chicago
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
27 minutes ago
⏱️ Snowfall: T+2.0 days. 🚨 Unshoveled sidewalk reported at: 2418 N MILWAUKEE AVE 💰 This owner did not shovel their sidewalk despite their property being worth: $9,235,000 📅 Reported: December 09, 2025 Help out your neighbors, clear your walk! #PlowTheSidewalks
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Shovel Shame Chicago
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
27 minutes ago
⏱️ Snowfall: T+2.0 days. 🚨 Unshoveled sidewalk reported at: 1908 W LAWRENCE AVE 🏢 Multi-unit building (2 units) 💰 This owner did not shovel their sidewalk despite their property being worth: $4,445,000 📅 Reported: December 09, 2025 Help out your neighbors, clear your walk! #PlowTheSidewalks
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Shovel Shame Chicago
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
27 minutes ago
⏱️ Snowfall: T+2.0 days. 🚨 Unshoveled sidewalk reported at: 1341 N PAULINA ST 💰 This owner did not shovel their sidewalk despite their property being worth: $14,417,510 📅 Reported: December 09, 2025 Help out your neighbors, clear your walk! #PlowTheSidewalks
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