Spirit Halloween peaked this year! Love the subway theme.

New video alert! nebula.tv/videos/cityb...

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

I tried to condense 100 year of housing history to help put our current crisis in perspective. Check it out on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/cityb...

My e-bike was stolen today. Boo.

“Parking lots don’t employ any people. They simply provide space for cars. We have expensive housing for people and free parking for cars. … We’re killing our own cities. It’s a huge bummer.” RIP Donald Shoup

I did a little study of residential parking and found that most on-street and off-street spaces are vacant, even in R-2 zones.

New video up on Nebula! I wondered how the best way to punish bad drivers was, and the truth is that the system is kind of broken -- and definitely skewed toward giving drivers the benefit of the doubt. nebula.tv/videos/cityb...

NEW Starter pack! 🔥 100 Women in Urbanism Cathy Tuttle (@cathytuttle.bsky.social) and I have curated this list of the 100 most interesting women and non-binary people in urbanism on Bluesky right now.

Writing a blog post on California's new statewide daylighting bill, which I *may* have helped inspire. #Posting2Policy Remember folks, it's now illegal to park within 20 feet in advance of a crosswalk!

In my house, we call this “monorailing.”

Reece will be missed!

My kids invited me to join their Animal Crossing island and now we have a community workshop scheduled for later to discuss a new neighborhood district for future islanders. They're each designing maps before reaching consensus. This is the closest I've come to getting them excited about planning.

Just posted a quick bonus video on the 8th anniversary of the channel! It's all about Seattle's Overlook Walk and pedestrian infrastructure-as-landmark. Here's the Nebula link: nebula.tv/videos/cityb...

If you live in a small/midsized city, you can often change the discourse on housing/land use by starting a locally-focused blog on these issues. I've seen it happen. With the death of local media, there's often no one covering e.g. zoning hearings. If that's you, you set the terms of the debate.

Highlight from the California State Rail Plan (dot.ca.gov/programs/rai...). All of the possible electrified corridors by 2050. CalTrain in the Bay is a great example of why this needs to happen everywhere.

New video up on Nebula: all about the National Survey that divided most of the US into mile grids. nebula.tv/videos/cityb...

New video up on YouTube, all about Seattle: youtu.be/12RnUzSGrkw

A new $49.7 million grant will advance the Cascadia high-speed rail project farther along the federal planning pipeline. A line vastly cutting travel times between Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver is a small step closer to reality. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2024/12/19/w...

Places designed for walking = Great for walking Places designed for cycling = Great for cycling Places designed for driving = Terrible traffic everywhere

Happy that California is finally doing this!

This is one of my favorite endorsements of e-bikes because it is really the common experience. Initially skeptical, then immediately gets it as a replacement to cars. Love it!

When the parking garage looms over the entire airport.

“Amtrak has reached a historic milestone, carrying 32.8 million passengers on the passenger rail system in fiscal year 2024. That’s a 15% increase from the previous fiscal year when it carried nearly 28.6 million riders, according to a news release from Amtrak.” 🚆 www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/t...

My dad's old church in Madison, WI is voluntarily tearing down its building and replacing it with a new church underneath 130 affordable housing units. Really interesting model for smaller churches in urban areas who want to keep helping the community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu7...

I'm terrible at marketing, so I missed Black Friday, but I sell stickers and you can get 20% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY through December 2nd. All proceeds go to the Cal Poly Urbanists student group. :) They also designed the sticker concepts! store.nebula.tv/collections/...

New video up on Nebula! A deep dive into Seattle transit and housing. nebula.tv/videos/cityb...

New video up on YouTube today! All about everyone's favorite Texas boomtown (boomregion?) youtu.be/Z8Qp6dUDEeU

I'm looking for your favorite board game with city planning themes. It has to be available to purchase now. Any recommendations?

New Olympic sport when? www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/w...

This new AJPS paper by Alexander Sahn is a methodological tour de force, using tens of thousands of comments to show how public hearing commenters are older, white, NIMBY homeowners who exert extreme influence on zoning decisions at public meetings doi.org/10.1111/ajps... #polisky #PAsky

The City of San Luis Obispo has an ambitious goal of having 20% of all trips made by bike in 2035. They also did the coolest thing — they match transportation spending to mode share goals. This means that 20% of the CIty's transportation budget goes to bicycle infrastructure and programs!

Highly recommend this book! Could be a great gift for the urbanist in your life.

this this this

This is a really nice rundown of new housing bills passed by the State of California by Alfred Twu. California is opting for a “machine gun” approach instead of a silver bullet. Little by little it is getting easier to build more housing. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I spent a week cross-referencing roll call bills & election results in several states to bring you this good news www.sightline.org/2024/11/15/i...

HERE IT IS! My 1st Urbanism & City-Building Starter Pack. I’ll keep adding to it as more city champions arrive here on Bluesky & I discover more of you. Please share this far & wide to support and grow our urbanism community here. Our cities need all the help they can get! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk

My favorite Twitter account is here. YES!

I was in Seattle last week and was completely charmed by the new Overlook Walk. It’s a pedestrian overpass but also a park and provides excellent views of the water and city. More tourist attractions that are also just pedestrian infrastructure! waterfrontseattle.org/waterfront-p...

Is Bluesky the new big thing? Happy to be posting on here as well as Threads, with the same (lack of) frequency!

*extremely e-bike dad voice* now kids, everyone gather round and watch the odometer pick up a new digit

Kids just built a Lego set with a cargo bike, bike lanes, bike shop and marked mid-block crosswalk. Bike lanes need to be wider, but not bad!