Current trend forecasted using a simple linear regression looks like a nail biter for team @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social Note: there's no runoff here, whoever gets second place, even by 1 vote, advances to November.

Saw people voting via @waymo.bsky.social today.

And now San Jose is upgrading the flex post protected cycleway on 4th Street to a fully curb protected bike lane with curb protected intersections! This is really first class bike infrastructure!

The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.

@nacto.bsky.social or @nashvilledot.bsky.social what are these type of armadillo-like deliniators called? -they have a harder curb-like face Context: Nashville, TN on 31st.

We did it!

Mayor @freddieoconnell.bsky.social and Council Members Tom Cash and Terry Vo would do well to working on creating a public parking garage at 12th South similar to what Knoxville does at Market Square. Pooled neighborhood parking is a solution here.

Been reading a lot of emails and (mostly) instagram comments around parking. This one sticks out to me. What we call home is not just a building. It’s people and the experiences we have with them. Where we work, play, eat, or learn, they are all our homes.

22 more days until People Over Parking Act goes into effect when there will be no more parking minimums in 94% or so of Chicago and in parts of at least 120 municipalities

Top 10 neighborhoods by housing density added, 2020–25: 1—Greenpoint waterfront Brooklyn 2—East Harlem Manhattan 3—Navy Yard DC 4—Downtown Brooklyn 5—Hunters Pt Queens 6—Journal Sq Jersey City 7—Lower E Side Manhattan 8—The Drag Austin 9—Downtown Jersey City 10—LI City Queens

Incredibly interesting urban demographic shifts.

From Jon Wesolowski on LinkedIn. He does not appear to be on Bsky.

I think this is definitely going to be the wonkiest walking tour that I've ever been a part of. Thursday!

I have these 1965 editions

Those who aim to end traffic deaths must rebuild streets to make them safer. To overcome objections: 1️⃣Get to know your local firefighters. Seek common ground: we all want to save lives, right? 2️⃣Learn their lingo. If you can't talk jack spreads, rear versus side-mount pumpers, and gpm's, learn how.

Hey @metrolosangeles.bsky.social 3 out of 6 bike share stations need rotation. 3:50pm

#BikeBus #EastNashville

The first crash in this video was my one and only. www.instagram.com/reel/DXevTFn... #MusicRowNashville

FREE 🚍🚇🚲🚐 RIDES on Wed, April 22, for Earth Day! This is your planet—ride for it Transit trips ✂️ emissions! Bike Share-use code 042226 Micro-use code EARTHDAY26 To plan a trip, use Google/Apple maps, Transit or Moovit app or metro.net 📷 NASA

A step in the right direction. By investing in shelter units, we place more homeless individuals in a safe, protected environment. Adding housing availability will give Washingtonians more accessibility to resources and services to move their lives forward economically, socially, and physically.

I'm so excited to be hosting a screening of Changing Lanes on Monday 4/20 at the Laemmle Monica Film Center with filmmaker Ben Wolf and Santa Monica Mayor Caroline Torosis as part of Torched's 2nd birthday festivities. Get your tickets here: www.laemmle.com/theater/moni...

And there is a solution to noise canceling headphones and bikes: youtube.com/shorts/Hwn3g...

Legacy Challenge Top 8 decklists for Saturday morning, April 11 (32 players) #mtg #mtgLegacy Esper Vial with the win! 🧪🏆 Eldrazi Aggro gets 2nd 👾 Oops! in 3rd 🤭 Azorius Blink finished 4th and 5th 💫💫

California cities: progress toward RHNA... San Diego: 29% ... highest vacancy rate in 15 years, rents falling Los Angeles: 18% ... San Francisco: 5% ... rock bottom vacancy rate, fastest rising rents in the country www.costar.com/article/5467...

Great work @freddieoconnell.bsky.social!

In 2025, Urban launched the American Affordability Tracker to show how #affordability pressures are shifting and where they are hitting hardest. Explore how Urban’s #research is helping translate fast-moving economic conditions into clear, accessible indicators.

Paris metropolis: Striking reductions in car use due to proactive efforts to encourage bike, walking, transit: —Less car ownership: From 0.5 cars/HH in Paris to 0.36, 1999–2022. Outside of Paris: 0.88➡️0.8 —35% less gas sold 2005–24 —15% fewer gas stations between 2019–24 www.apur.org/sites/defaul...

Wild that allowing more homes disallowed a garage to ADU conversion.

Cities always say they can't possibly do it. Paris just went ahead and did it. In ten years. #LiveableCities #ActiveTransportation www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Artemis ii

Nowhere tees are back in the shop creativebyrovelo.com/shop

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Detroit graduates largest single class of bus drivers after (livable) wage hike

Every ten years, Somerville reviews our "multi member bodies" (committees, commissions, working groups, and the like). I'm on the committee that's doing the review this year (thanks @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social!) If you have thoughts on that topic, please shoot me a DM. 1/?

Mayor’s Municipal Madness Championship voting is open. Vote to pick which repair I’ll handle myself. nyc.gov/madness

I submitted a 311 ticket for bike racks to be installed about a month ago and they were installed today! 🚲😀👍 #yycBike #Calgary

Japan has more than fifty of these Underground Automated Bicycle Parking Systems installed. They are mostly in the cities of Osaka and Tokyo.

Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?” A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages. It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning. Since then, it’s only gotten worse. Do the steps sound familiar?

I'm really excited to learn more about @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social's ideas on how to reintroduce predictability to LA's housing market -- particularly for Missing Middle housing. youtu.be/FdXUibYcXGk?...

Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco.

to me they are the same

The @metrolosangelesbot.bsky.social staff recommendation for the K-Line extension is out: drive.google.com/file/d/1qj7z...

24 social housing apartments in Barcelona by MBM Arquitectes and 4RQ Arquitectura The kind of housing we should be building everywhere!

oh wow they hardened most of it!

Two classes of Dutch schoolchildren on their way for a 4-day camp, some 15 kilometers from school. 3 teachers 👨‍🏫👩🏼‍🏫🧑‍🏫 4 parents 👩‍🦰👨👩🧔🏼‍♂️ 40 very happy kids 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻🧏‍♂️🧏‍♀️🧏 47 bicycles 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲 (and some cars 🚘🚙🚗 for all the luggage) The journey is as much fun as the destination!

I didn't know this until looking up stuff for Spring Break, but Chattanooga redesigned a major commercial thoroughfare after horrifying fatalities. They reduced car lanes and added a cycle track (that definitely needs more protection). Still, it's something. I look forward to checking it out.

I spent 4 months trying to answer a simple question: has this book been translated into my language? Turns out no one tracks this. Not ISBN registries. Not Amazon. Not Google. Not libraries. So I built a tool that crosses four databases to piece it together. zenodot.app

Pedestrian crossing at Trinity and Lischey got some flex posts recently. Small move in the direction of overall safer streets. Thanks @nashvilledot.bsky.social

Yesterday was International Women’s Day! Women are more likely to be injured in crashes — in part because vehicle safety was long designed around male bodies. New research & the Safe System approach help change that. Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Xx...

On March 25, YIMBY Action is hosting a virtual event featuring Phil Levin, founder of Live Near Friends!