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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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@urbanism.plus
11 months ago
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A Better Bay Area
@sustainablebayarea.bsky.social
4 minutes ago
South Bay city opts to add bike lanes at cost of parking, after heated marathon meeting—While the plan lacks funding and would take years before it comes to fruition, the decision by the Sunnyvale City Council… www.mercurynews.com/2025/…. @lost-steno-pad.bsky.social @mercurynews.com
South Bay city opts to add bike lanes at cost of parking, after heated marathon meeting

www.mercurynews.com

South Bay city opts to add bike lanes at cost of parking, after heated marathon meeting

Sunnyvale City Council voted to remove parking on a strip of road to bring in bike lanes, but the project lacks money and could take years to implement.
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dkmomus
@dkmomus.co
5 minutes ago
just saw a guy in an e-scooter rip thru an intersection on the sidewalk into the crosswalk against the light and almost get flattened by a person turning left wonder if it’s worth it to list an insurance finding and maybe your life for what?!
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Joe Public 🇨🇦
@joepublic.bsky.social
5 minutes ago
New homes in London (UK) are being delayed by 'energy-hungry' data centres #ai #datacentre #housing www.bbc.com/news/article...
West London housing was delayed by new data centres, report finds

www.bbc.com

West London housing was delayed by new data centres, report finds

The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.
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Terri
@terriclarke.bsky.social
12 minutes ago
This article came about because of an independent audit of LA’s failed Vision Zero attempt. It’s paywalled of course. I doubt I’m the only one interested who doesn’t subscribe to this Bezos-owned newspaper, but I was able to read it. I’m going to share some highlights & tie it back to Halifax 🧵
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.

www.washingtonpost.com

America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.

U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
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Wally Buono 🐸 (the Alouette)
@wallybuan0.bsky.social
14 minutes ago
They should replace one flex post, at random, with an actual bollard

I call this one “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”

The protected bike lane on the university bridge with all the flexposts destroyed
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Len Wholey
@nothingbutparking.bsky.social
14 minutes ago
You're not stuck in traffic. You are part of traffic. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/…. Address the traffic problem with congestion pricing which pays for better public transportation. Follow NYC's lead.
Little surprise: Boston’s traffic is still among the top five worst in nation, report finds - The Boston Globe

www.bostonglobe.com

Little surprise: Boston’s traffic is still among the top five worst in nation, report finds - The Boston Globe

The average Boston driver spent 83 hours crawling through congestion this year — four hours worse than 2024.
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Eddy Sackinger
@core2idiot.bsky.social
16 minutes ago
The number of times I hear about rail when I bring up transit, is amazing. From advocates, or non-advocates. Even suburbanites who have never been on a transit vehicle say, we need Commuter Rail or we need Light Rail and that will solve their transit problems. It won't.

Do you find yourself in conversations with people who like to talk about how "they would never ride a bus" or who worry about "bus stigma"? I was just reminded of this 2017 article of mine, which tries to blow all that nonsense away. Hope you find it useful. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

www.bloomberg.com
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Section 8 for All
@nexahomeconnect.bsky.social
21 minutes ago
Governor Walz defunded our housing program because other agencies committed fraud. No oversight. Various stages of grief, mostly anger. Shelters overflowing, cold weather. Calls for help every day — so much need — we do as we can. Now — Retribution against whistleblowers? Was it deliberate?
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Vision Zero Vancouver
@visionzerovancouver.ca
23 minutes ago
We worked with @lucymaloney.bsky.social on a motion coming to council on December 10 to ban right turns on red at high-risk intersections. This is a low-cost, common-sense measure that will save lives. We need your help to tell council this matters! visionzerovancouver.ca/20….
Take Action: Restrict Right Turn on Red at High-Risk Intersections

visionzerovancouver.ca

Take Action: Restrict Right Turn on Red at High-Risk Intersections

On Wednesday, Vancouver Council will vote on a motion brought by Lucy Maloney to restrict right turn on red at the highest risk intersections for people who walk, bike and roll.
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East Nashville Urban Design
@urbaneastnash.bsky.social
26 minutes ago
NDOT already hacked down all the white flex posts in this picture. The bases of the flex posts are still screwed into the pavement. The yellow center flex posts & cushions remain.

Traffic Calming: I have been waiting years for NDOT to deploy a design like this. No speed cushions*, just flex posts on all 3 lines. It creates a visual (& physical) pinch point which slows down drivers. It was working when I took these photos. *Speed cushions are also deployed nearby.

Greenfield Ave - Inglewood
Yellow flex posts on center line. White flex posts on side lines. Creating a pinch point to slow down cars.
A painted bike lane & 3 rows of 3 flex posts. Greenfield Ave.
Side view of the flex posts
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David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social
25 minutes ago
Vision zero failed in the US because car drivers don’t care about people outside of cars.
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.

wapo.st

America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.

U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD
@greenleejw.bsky.social
26 minutes ago
There's still time to order fantasy subway map for Christmas presents! Surely you know someone who needs: - a Hobbit subway map - a LoTR subway map - a Narnia subway map They're right there, at my Etsy store, waiting for you! #LOTR #Narnia #Maps #Subway www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
Art. Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named: "Shire-Bree Commuter Line Old Forrest Crescent Wildland Scenic Line Fellowship Line Gollum / Sméagol Line Uruk Hai Express Three Hunters Line Fangorn Slow Service Rohan to Gondor Business Line Black Ships Ferry Service Oliphant Direct Line Army of the West Line Gandalf Express A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines: "Eagle Express Paths of the Dead Line Nazgûl Search & Resuce Valinor Ltd." A note at the bottom reads: "* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."
Art. Subway-style map of the itinerary in The Hobbit. The main journey is show in three different lines: red (Hobbiton to Goblin Town); green (Goblin Town to the Elvenking's Halls); and blue (Elvenking's Halls to Erebor). There are multiple stops on these lines. There is a yellow line going back from Erebor to Hobbiton, making stops at Beorn's Hall, Rivendell, and the Troll's Lair. There is an orange line directly from the Iron Hills on the map's right side to Erebor, and a purple line from Gundabad directly to Erebor. The map's title reads: "Hobbit Transit Map" and there are directions for both There and Back Again listing the lines and transfer points. Between them, in the middle of the page, is a dragon drawn to resemble the dragon on Thror's Map from The Hobbit. A key shows the names of each colored line: Red: Western Lands Line Green: Mountains and Forests Line Blue: Barrel Line Yellow: Gandalf Express Orange: Iron Hills Business Line Purple: Orc and Goblin Reserve Line Text at the bottom right reads Surprised Eel Maps, 2025
A subway style map on a parchment background. The map's title reads: "Narnia Transit Map: Talking Beasts Ride Free." The map has seven keys, one for each of the seven books in C.S. Lewis's Narinia series. The main movements of characters and action in each book are traced by colored lines, like a subway map. Locations in each book are marked out as stops in the lines. There is a drawing of a lion above the title of the map, and in the lower right corner there is a compass rose.
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Kaz
@kaz512.bsky.social
27 minutes ago
Full house for the @thewaroncars.bsky.social book talk. @safestreetsaustin.bsky.social @aura-atx.org @urbanatxreads.bsky.social @rethink35.org #atx #urbanism #atxurbanists
Photos showing a full house
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Mike Connolly
@mikeconnollyma.bsky.social
29 minutes ago
Open house with MassDOT this evening as local residents engaged with the latest plans for the McGrath Boulevard project, which will tear down the overpass and redo the corridor with protected bike lanes, trees and green space. One of the many highlights is a new, elevated crosswalk at Otis Street!
Looking at new designs for McGrath Boulevard with Chris Cameron of MassDOT at Somerville High.
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Tomás Arís
@littlebridgetroll.bsky.social
34 minutes ago
I was asking myself this exact question earlier today.
We asked CDOT what's on tap for properly maintaining Chicago's protected bike lanes after snowstorms. - Streetsblog Chicago

chi.streetsblog.org

We asked CDOT what's on tap for properly maintaining Chicago's protected bike lanes after snowstorms. - Streetsblog Chicago

The department needs to promptly plow bikeways after blizzards, or else face arguments that riders were better off with old-style, paint-only bike lanes.
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C
@fulllanefemme.bsky.social
34 minutes ago
People who park on Chicago's residential streets don't know how good they have it. Subsidized car storage to the point they can leave their cars sitting for weeks or months on end.
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Andrew Bowen (he/him)
@acbowen.bsky.social
36 minutes ago
Had a close call on my bike ride home today. Riding downhill, a man cut me off in the bike lane to turn right (even though the light was red and another car was stopped in front of him). I had to slam on my brakes. I shouted at him through his window while he queued. He wouldn’t even look at me.
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American Fietser
@americanfietser.bsky.social
41 minutes ago
Combination peep show and silence so deep you could hear a flex post flap in the wind.

Whatever happened to, "Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. That's why I poop, on company time."

Surveys show that a third of employees are scared to poop on the job, and nearly one in five “refuse” to entirely.
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Martin Rayner
@martinrayner.bsky.social
42 minutes ago
Cool to see a video touting Victoria’s dedicated bike infrastructure that has really taken off in recent years, much to the ongoing chagrin of some suburban motorists who never tire of moaning and complaining about it in the pages of the local newspaper. 🙄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=F….
How to Build a Cycling City

www.youtube.com

How to Build a Cycling City

YouTube video by Nic Laporte
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Brooke Pierce
@bpie7.bsky.social
about 1 hour ago
I just love the new pedestrian plaza in my neighborhood. It's so refreshing to have a little oasis from cars, a place where people sit with friends for lunch, kids play, special community events are held, folks play dominoes, etc. Cities need more of this.
City street with colorful paint job, a table and chairs
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Ben Ross
@benrosstransit.bsky.social
about 1 hour ago
Here's an argument for bus lanes I haven't seen before. Traffic jams are caused by drivers, not transit riders. It's unfair to make transit riders suffer alongside drivers from traffic jams the drivers alone caused.

Don't let Red Line shuttle buses get stuck in [car] traffic! Bethesda, Medical Center, & Grosvenor stations will be closed in July-August 2026. Tell your MD legislators we need bus-only lanes for the Metro shuttle buses! Click here to send an email: actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

Next summer, the Bethesda, Medical Center, and Grosvenor Metro stations will close for two months for repairs and Purple Line construction. Red Line riders will take shuttle buses between North Bethesda and Friendship Heights. But the buses will get stuck in traffic unless they get their own lane. A travel lane needs to be reserved for buses alone on each side of Wisconsin Ave and Rockville Pike during the shutdown. Transit riders on shuttle buses should not have to sit in traffic jams caused by people driving by themselves in cars. Send an email to your state legislators. Tell them the State Highway Administration must give Metro riders bus-only lanes during the shutdown. Tell your state legislators that Red Line shuttle buses need their own travel lanes.
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