I truly believe that motor vehicles have to be classified as deadly weapons. No more 'accidents'. List attention and drive without endangering anyone. Doing that would completely change the culture around the driving. We also need robust expansive public transit and alternatives to cars.

This is a map showing every single population centre as defined Provincially, from Nain to Margaree. The bars are proportional to each-other, with a cap of the 111750 being attributed to St. John's. The bottoms of each bar are the 'centre point' of the population cluster. #nlpoli #sjpoli

Insane that Paige Saunders predicted the whole Montreal Ottawa HSR thing YEARS ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvcH...

Every MP should be required to watch this video or they have to abstain from voting Understanding how complex engineering projects get detailed, pun intended, should be the default level of understanding to vote on projects of this scale. Also loved seeing Reece in Paige's video essay for CBC! 🤩

If our cities are shaped by stories, then great books form the foundation of knowledge and inspiration needed to build more liveable, inclusive and prosperous places. These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.

Woah there St. John's. Your ArcGIS imagery icon for 2025 imagery is having a party! 🥳

Hilarious that there is a special English for USA.

Worth the watch! Kevin is doing the work that elected officials need to see ❤️

Montreal is the best city in Canada IMO. I'm hoping their election doesn't revert the city back to something like Toronto or *shudders* Halifax or St. John's.

Not only are wildfires caused by climate change, new research links the heatwaves that cause them to oil companies active in Newfoundland and Labrador, columnist Angela Antle writes in an open letter to N.L. Premier Tony Wakeham #nlpoli #climate #cdnpoli theindependent.ca/commentary/e...

Those are quite the #WorldSeries parking prices! 1. It’s good that its expensive. Pricing is a really important public policy lever. 2. It’s REALLY good that the price is much higher for “oversized vehicles” [they certainly are]. Again, pricing is a really important public policy lever.

Heavy rain is looking VERY likely over the Avalon and possibly the Burin Peninsulas from late Thursday into Saturday. Computer guidance, as of late Wednesday evening, suggests there is a 90 to 100% chance that most of this area sees more than 25 mm of rain. Details to follow! #nlwx

In Milwaukee, police will now be able to impound any vehicle driven recklessly. City Alderman: “It’s a two-ton weapon. We should look at this the same way we look at firearms. Let’s get as many of them off the street as possible.”

Oof. Rough rush hour for suburban and exurban commuters coming into #stjohnsnl this morning.

Mamdani is what the word needs more of. We need like 200,000 Mandani's improving cities all over North America, getting people interested in municipal governance, and most importantly, voting! 🤘🤘

Well b’ys tomorrow is the big day. I wonder how it’s all going to turn out. I hope lots of people go vote, ideally for my team but any votes are good votes. Everyone’s voice matters

Average new-vehicle manufacturer’s suggested retail prices hit an all-time high last month, reaching $52k, up 4.2% from last year. (The best selling vehicle in the U.S. is a ford truck that sells for more than 65k) All that “freedom” to be stuck in car dependency & traffic sure sounds expensive.

I don’t hate cars. Like most North American males I was raised to think cars are cool, and as a design nerd, few objects are more eye-catching. I hate surrendering our streets, our cities and our lives to them. Car dependence isn’t freedom. Great cartoon by @robcowan.bsky.social #CarDependency

“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.” Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.

While we were in Italy my wife kept remarking on all the small vehicles, both personal and commercial. One thing I stressed was that it's not that people in Italy necessarily like or want small cars, but rather smaller vehicles are the result of a deliberate set of policy and design choices.

People act like getting kids places without a car is Herculean. I biked three (one not mine) to the Kingfield Farmers Market, 95% on bikeways. No car seats, no stress, just laughs. The challenge isn’t moving kids, it’s redesigning cities to work for people instead of cars. #StreetsForPeople

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.

I'm so humbled by the support and joy little have for my stand ☺️ My friends and I put in all the signs 💪. Many of them right from the back of my car! thanks to everyone who reached out to get a sign 🙏💖 most of the signs are by request and are all compliant with the regs with what I've installed!

Almost every developer I work with does not like building suburban houses. It's a long ROI thus, they're not great for business. We all feel the housing affordability crisis. But for some reason, many municipalities refuse to change their ways to allow smaller, safer streets and affordable housing

Come see the wild attraction that is the RUSSELL sign on Columbus drive. All of my signs are legally placed and meet the election guidelines 😉 Voterussell.ca Myles Russell Councillor At-Large! Election on Oct 2nd

The number of times I snapped my fingers and said 'hell-yeah' in this video was all of the video 😅 Jas and Pat nail it again! Stop signs and speed limits are regularly ignored by drivers. Bike whatever way you feel safe. The only way to have safer streets is to design for traffic calming.

People should be unhappy that the city's design forces everyone to drive lest they sacrifice their time. It need not be this way. We can provide 100km of safe all ages paths for cycling, scooting, etc without much effort or money. We deserve a people-first city #stjohns I can help with that

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

@johnriche.bsky.social I saw your commend on the NordSpace first launch and laughed out loud

#stjohns is stuck using the wave. All I saw in Toronto and Montreal were post and ring and inverted U.

IMO Toronto needs like half the Streets it has downtown. I spent a full day confidently biking all over Montreal but I'm far more skeptical of biking in Toronto. So many assholes clearly speeding in cars everywhere. Also every tram should be in a dedicated lane and have signal priority.

Next, water Street? #yyt Streets aren't noisy. Cars are noisy. Nothing ruins a pedestrian area like a loud engine showing off to no-one who cares just outside. The more pedestrian areas the better.

Concerts. I normally don't do them but as an elder millennial, MCR has a spot in mine and my partner's heart 🖤

Haha someone just asked me for directions on the @ttcriders.bsky.social subway line though I'm not from here and I'm on vacation. Clearly I look like I know my stuff. I did know the answer though 😅 damn... I guess I'm a transit nerd

I survived a 737 MAX 😛

This is my intent for #stjohns. Our regs are complex for no reason other than 'it's been that way for 70 years'

“We should be honest about what’s happening. A small but very vocal group has built an entire identity around opposing these changes. They even managed to make it policy of the former Govt, even if they failed to make it an election issue.”— @adamtranter.bsky.social More of this. Call out the lies.

IMO there should be restrictions and special driving licenses for tall grill height and quick vehicles. Make them commercials and sports licenses.

My first ever flight delay! And it's not even air Canada 😅 honestly it doesn't bother me at all. This is the most minor of problems. I'd prefer the mechanical issue get solved, than take an unnecessary risk.

It was amazing to talk about housing, transit, active mobility etc with some amazing folks like @rmtransit.bsky.social, @milesintransit.com, @alanthefisher.bsky.social, and @uytaelee.bsky.social. I also really want to thank @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social. I think we chatted for a half hour 😊 Merci

I landed in Montreal. In less than 40 minutes without any deep knowledge of the system, I managed to get a day transit OPUS pass, hop on the express airport bus from YUL, get on a subway and walk to a specific store, just from the wayfinding maps. Reliable frequent transit is a game changer 😁

Transit-oriented development in the Seattle area (Redmond) — @yetanotherurbanist.bsky.social

Tomorrow I'm back in Montreal for the first time since 2017 😁😚 I'm excited to do the trip all on transit. Gonna learn all about Chrono and Opus 😄 The only place I'll be in a car is from my house to the airport because the bus in #stjohns currently doesn't go to the airport in a way I can use it.

The UNOFFICIAL Paddy's Pond interactive map updated as of 2025-08-15 Friday as of 0800 newfoundland time: streetsafp.ca/2025/08/13/u... The fire is still defined out of control. Follow all official govNL alerts at www.gov.nl.ca/alerts/ #paddyspond #newfoundland #stjohns

Walkable and bikeable cities are healthier for you ☺️

The UNOFFICIAL interactive evacuation ORDER and warning map, FIRMS and CWFIS update has been added to the online map as of: 2025-08-14 Thursday as of 0900 newfoundland time The fire is still defined out of control. There will be an update from GovNL at 10:00am #paddyspond #newfoundland #stjohns

Holly shit. Toronto has a scale attraction of Canada called little Canada... 😲

Single unofficial map source for #paddspond for.

UNOFFICIAL Paddy’s Pond Fire data map (updated 2025-08-13 10:00) link below streetsafp.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview... See the post here for more details: streetsafp.ca/2025/08/13/u... This is unofficial. Please go to www.gov.nl.ca/alerts/ for OFFICIAL alerts. #StJohns #paddyspond #NLfire