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If in NYC….

No need to poll when we’re all giving it away for free😁

And to be clear, I’m counting so many Dems in that. Why is anyone surprised?

Is it a coup when so many people line up for it?

The very first thing I thought was “is this suicide”?

Exposure to diversity expands solidarity

That’s what makes cities great

That’s why people who live in denser neighborhoods are more likely to vote on the left

Get up and do the things!

Snow events are excellent times to prove that the miles long 4-3 road diet turn lanes are unnecessary.

Adding “as an involved parent” in front of a statement does not add value to what you say. What it does is take from every other parent in the room.

Urbanism is the radical idea that people who are not in cars still count as people.

I thought this was “American children arriving to school today versus 1984”. Good thing I read the caption.

For decades countries have been sending its citizens to go off to war. And die.

For oil.

The new wars will be about rare Earth metals.

And poor civilians will still go off to war thinking they are fighting for country.

Child sleeping on the airport floor.

Man crunched into a chair with armrests so he can’t lay down.

Two people sleeping on the airport floor.

Airports in the States have hostile furniture. Do we fear people will linger? Do we hate disability or children?

What is so wrong with us that we don’t design places for people? I have a feeling it’s linked to the “only what’s best for my kid” and “get off my lawn” culture we cultivate.

Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.

“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack urban biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” #CityMakingMath
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A rainy window on the runway at ATL

I’ll miss you 8R-26L E3! Three hours waiting for a gate at ATL. These flight attendants need hugs.

Scrolling through Reddit tonight and I came across this photo from the Palisades fire and I've got to say, the symbolism here feels impossible to ignore.

If you can’t maintain what you have, building more is not a solution.

CDG airport M gates central plaza. Emma is lying on a couch while other passengers sit and play.

CDG airport M gates central plaza. Several sizes and shapes of seating are available to sit or lay down.

CDG airport M gates. Arcade games are free to entertain less chill passengers. Emma is trying her hand at Neo Legend (Mortal Combat).

CDG M gates central plaza art museum.

CDG airport is a planner’s dream. No one is clogging the gate area because there is a plaza at the airport. They have couches, an art museum, free arcade games, PS2 stations, and tiny gyms for the little ones.

It really calls into question the efficacy of American policing when police are not advocates of gun control or traffic calming/safe street policies, two things that would greatly reduce the leading causes of death among kids--and cops.

It can feel like every system is designed to not work. 🧵

Every day, every decision either makes a place better or worse. Doing nothing is a decision.

🚨New Webinar Alert! Join us on January 15th at 2:00 Eastern as we sit down with leading health and walkability researcher Dr. Lawrence Frank, for a “re-conceptualization” of what walkability means for our places and our health. Register now https://buff.ly/41MUpUd

The order of the factors do matter...
Focus on living Healthier & Happier, and we'll probably live longer. Focus is NOT living longer.
We've added many years to our lives, everywhere. But we have NOT added LIFE, to those years.
I work on the 5 Actions to Live Healthier & Happier. Cities should help.

🎉Today is the day! It's that time of year again when we roll out our Community Change Grant Applications. We are so excited to see what community grassroots projects will come out of the 2025 cycle! Apply here: https://buff.ly/2Z2pWmU. The deadline to apply is January 17th!

Ciclovía changed the way we look at streets forever💚

One hundred years ago next week: On December 15, 1924, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety in Washington.

Winter bike to the doc. After the layers come off, the finger tips are a little red, but I feel alive.

(I lost my good gloves at a meeting with City, County and MPO transportation officials last year. Zero came from the meeting. Net negative. Their loss🤣)

Kids playing in an urban plaza in downtown Auckland NZ.

Still too often I hear “families will never want to live downtown” or in urban places, ignoring contrary evidence from successful cities. It’s a self-fulfilling prophesy — we design downtowns to virtually repel families, and then when families don’t come, or don’t stay, we say “See? We were right!”

That isn’t working out as planned. He eats like a pig, he won’t stop cuddling, Tippy adores him, and he has at least three good legs now. Sometimes his zoomies end in a slide, but I’ll be damned if that’s not my style too.

Welcome to the forever family, Archie, and f*€k cars. 3/3

Archie was surrendered to LRAV after being hit by a car. He came in without use of his hind legs, and he was getting depressed in the shelter. He stopped eating, and we were afraid he was giving up. So he came to decompress with us for a little while. 2/3