We need to focus on reducing speeds, not just speeding. We have too many roads posted at 30mph+. ~Bill Nesper @BikeLeague #FloridaBikeSummit

We should be designing for the most vulnerable user instead of the largest vehicle. ~Bill Nesper @bikeleague.org h/t @nacto.bsky.social #FloridaBikeSummit

It’s 6x more dangerous to use a phone & drive and drink & drive according to NHTSA. #HandsFreeFlorida #FloridaBikeSummit

B/c one more lane will fix traffic, right? While this is bad, most federal $ has always gone to highways. We prob need to localize funding. This is also hard bc states control revenue raising. How do we get local control of local $$$? #strongtowns

Day 3 of #WeekWithoutDriving! This pretty normal day for me, would be nearly impossible for many Americans because of how we build our communities. For others driving isn’t an option no matter how poor the conditions. We can do better! @americawalks.bsky.social #bikewalkcfl

It’s comparatively easy for a car driver to make up time lost after a signal. Not so much for people walking and biking. Make signals shorter or get rid of them. Based on a few days of walking #Providence (and watching behavior), I think the city could do with fewer. #CNU33 #urbanism #bikewalk

Slender streets can save many lives. To get them, buy better fire engines… opticosdesign.com/blog/if-you-...

Suitable to have a beautiful venue for the Art of the #NewUrbanism book launch at #cnu33

There are 10 traffic deaths for every fire death. Have a policy that whenever your city replaces a fire response vehicle, buy one that can navigate smaller streets. ~ @siegman.biz #cnu33

I guess they ran out of “Sidewalk Closed” signs. 😆. Hopefully they pour it quick so we can get back to LOS! #walk #pedestrian

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…” @nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility

Priorities.

This highlights the need for #ZoningReform, multi-gen neighborhoods, and probably also some #KonMari. When we limit density and prohibit du/tri/multiplexes/ADUs, the market maximizes profits with bigger housing instead housing for more families. futureofwhere.substack.com/p/a-shortage...

I used to think people smiled at me because it was novel to see someone #bikikg in a skirt. But people have been smiling at me all day and I’m wearing pants. I guess people just like bikes. #orlando

Just ported my tweets over with @blueark.app. As a data hoarder, this is my happy place.

A pro-community culture is as least important as better regulations. How do we restore a culture that says yes to neighbors, yes to proximity, yes to child-friendly spaces, yes to diversity of options, yes to long-term benefits?

Small businesses need small spaces to do business.

Damn right

Brava! Fellow woman urbanist here, and I might suggest including my friends: @knightengale.bsky.social @daniellearigoni.bsky.social @jzimbabwe.bsky.social @myurbangen.bsky.social

Today is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. If you are struggling with the loss of a loved one to #trafficviolence, Families for Safe Streets offer resources for healing and advocacy to save lives.

On Nov 8th, the Dover-Kohl design for Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach was recognized by the Urban Guild with its Award for Design Excellence. Clematis Street was reimagined in collaboration with landscape architects & engineers from Kimley-Horn.

I’m just here for bikes and zoning reform.

Current status: "Keep doing what you can to build @StrongTowns" #LocalFirst

"A basic 4-stop elevator costs about $158,000 in NYC, compared with about $36,000 in Switzerland." #WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings #YIMBY @EricBoehm87 @MightyHeaton @OrlandoYIMBY https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/opinion/elevator-construction-regulation-labor-immigration.html

I don’t wanna jinx it, but it’s not hot. 🚲 #bikewalk #Florida

ICYMI #FixItFirst https://www.governing.com/now/the-u-s-needs-to-fix-existing-roads-not-build-new-ones

I’ve biked by this house at least dozens, maybe hundreds, of times and never noticed until today that it was a duplex. #HiddenDuplex #MissingMiddle #yimby #Orlando #Urbanism #TodayILearned

“Density is made humane by urbanism.” -CNU President Mallory Baches https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2023/04/17/when-density-good-and-when-it-harmful-cities

Case studies on how to achieve “ADDification”: revitalization without displacement at #CNU32

Some of the architecture of this new housing is not great but we [New Urbanists] are never going to become the architecture police of this country. -Peter Calthorpe #cnu32 #yimby

We can’t afford light rail but we can afford BRT. ~Peter Calthorpe #CNU32

Even rich Silicon Valley has greyfields that can provide for worker housing through #GrandBoulevards. ~Peter Calthorpe #CNU32

The chicken and egg problem with housing and transit? The housing/density comes first. ~Peter Calthorpe #CNU32

Peter Calthorpe: ADUs do work. California produced 40,000 ADUs. #cnu32

Peter Calthorpe: MissingMiddle is not going to solve the housing problem. Mom and pops are not going to build at the scale we need #cnu32 #fightingwords

We cannot build this country on subsidized housing. We have to address the needs of working people. ~Peter Calthorpe #cnu32 #yimby

#BiketoWorkDay is the best day! @citybeautiful @bikewalkcfl @KimleyHorn

Check out my essay Math for a Better City in the new @nerdnite book! I'll also be speaking on Pi Day (3/14) at @nerdniteorlando's anniversary shindig at the @orlandoscience center.

Imagine the uproar if a major intersection like this (US 17-92 and SR 50) was closed to cars for over 4 months? #pedestrian #walk @bikewalkcfl @MyFDOT_CFL

I love my neighborhood but this is why I wish we had alleys. #pedestriansafety #urbanism #Safety @bikewalkcfl

I was horrified by the glare coming off this newly rehabbed building. It threw light into the windows of the home next door and was a bright eyesore on the whole quiet block. Fortunately, they installed full cut off fixtures a few days later. #darkskies

Just listened to @reason Interview hosted by @nickgillespie. I’d love to see a conversation between the guest, @johanknorberg, and @RobertDPutnam of Bowling Alone and Upswing. Or Putnam and Gillespie for that matter.

Kids were walking 3x as far to school til a resident tore down unsanctioned fences blocking public streets in her Orlando/Orange Co. neighborhood. The issue is now in the hand of OC commission. #bikewalk #tacticalurbanism @bikewalkcfl...

I like seeing new investment in our neighborhood but if a vehicle moving lane on a major street were closed for this long there would be a major outcry.

Beautiful day for #bike5cities! @bikewalkcfl @KimleyHorn #mobilityweek

They can’t afford housing because the auto industry is taking them to the cleaners. ~Bill Lazar, Executive Director for the St. Johns Housing Partnership #fpc23

#fpc23 Presenting on Seminole County’s balanced approach to natural, rural, and urban environments in Grand 6 at 1:45!

Always great to see #TacticalUrbanism / @StreetPlans on the podium! Glad to see @SpeakUp_Broward MPO using tactical implementation. #fpc23 @atgmiami https://www.browardmpo.org/tactical-urbanism/fort-lauderdale-lake-ridge

This is not a technical problem. It is a political problem. ~@Penalosa_G #fpc23

Pedestrians bridges are not for pedestrians. You have to go up 57 steps and down 57 steps so the cars don’t have to stop. What if you have a bag or a stroller? ~@Penalosa_G #fpc23