I love cities. Let’s create beautiful cities by urban planning them. Livable Communities @LCI_LA Co-host Bike Talk @biketalkpfk Full of joy.
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.@scott_colom chatted with folks in line for the Trump rally because Scott is running to represent ALL Mississippians
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a little preview of the RFK courtyard urbanism proposal I will likely post tomorrow
10,000+ homes (in additional to 1M sf in commercial)
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Chicago, now Victoria, BC ... the city planners are all becoming courtyard urbanists. It's amazing, wonderful to see.
The explanation here is amazing. You will recognize a lot of the language and themes, here. A coincidence?
"To support the realization of Vision 2050, the perimeter block form is envisioned for the Residential Fabric"
"The perimeter block form locates new development along the outer edge of residential blocks, with principal facades oriented towards fronting streets and interior court yards. This front-to-back orientation of buildings creates and preserves green open space in back yards while defining and activating streets. Over time, interior courtyards can become more contiguous with connected uses, amenities, and ecological functions. The form enables a greater number and diversity of homes to be developed in low-carbon built forms while achieving social and environmental benefits."
BRAVISSIMIA VICTORIA
Victoria, BC is reducing minimum front setbacks in order to support future perimeter blocks, as parcels on a block are redeveloped. morehousing.ca/victoria-ocp
Lindsay Loves Cities retweeted
In Oslo, 79% of children walk to school. 79% is an ASTONISHINGLY high rate!
Oslo children can walk to school because they live NEAR their school.
Oslo is made up of courtyard blocks, which create a form of urban density that works beautifully for families because it provides a YARD
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Uber CEO: How can we increase our revenues?
McKinsey consultant: Imagine Uber but no car
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America is number one. At killing pedestrians.
But we can’t redesign streets to be safer because it might slow down emergency response. To the already-dead pedestrian. Caused by the street design.
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Unironically, every new hospital should have a beautiful one of these at it’s heart. That would be provably good for the physical & mental health of patients and staff. You can read more about how and why…
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These are the cities millennial and GenZ want.
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Honestly we need to re-legalize these
A Microsoft AI scientist chose to live in a tiny room in San Francisco’s Chinatown for less than $1,000 a month.
@annakook gives us a rare look inside a single-room occupancy building, where residents have private rooms but share kitchens and bathrooms.
Lindsay Loves Cities retweeted
For reference this is a photo of Bobby @PulidoForTexas concert in Edinburg 5 days ago. Who did it better?
.@KenPaxtonTX is expected to speak here in Edinburg, TX, in 30 minutes. The venue is noticeably bigger than the spot in Brownsville. They are serving food as well for guests.
Lindsay Loves Cities retweeted
Moorpark is voting on a downtown plan that will allow an entire street to be turned into beautiful row homes with alley parking in the rear :)
Super pumped for this!
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Oklahoma is advancing major building code reforms to unlock middle housing;
🪜 allow single-stair up to 4 stories,
🏘️ 4-unit homes can be built under the residential building code rather than the commercial code,
🧯scaling sprinkler requirements to small apartments.
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Los barrios caminables hacen crecer la clientela de las tiendas mientras que los peatones gastan hasta un 65% más que los conductores, la movilidad activa🚶🚲 proporciona un retorno de 10€ por cada 1€ invertido. fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r…
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Mamdani just deployed every red light camera he’s permitted. But that’s only 600 in a city with 13,000+ signalized intersections. We deserve to be safe from red light running every time we cross the street. When Albany gets back to work, let’s turn 600 into 6000.
We know how to make our streets safer, so we did it 600 times.
Red light cameras reduce red light running by 80% and T-bone crashes by 65%. Most importantly, they help New Yorkers get home safely.
That's why we installed new red light cameras at 600 intersections across the five boroughs to help stop dangerous driving before tragedy strikes, and make our streets safer for everyone who walks, rolls, drives, or takes the bus.
nydailynews.com/2026/10/21/n…
