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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) is a Vancouver-based national and international city planning/design, mobility and "advanced urbanism" consultancy led by @BrentToderian.bsky.social.
@nickngjournalist.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialTo read later... :)
@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialIf you want to live in a congested and irrelevant city 10 years from now—keep on building freeways to the suburbs. If you want to live in a prosperous and livable city 10 years from now—invest in the best transit you can today.
@urbantruth.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialOne of the biggest debates in cities is whether tall buildings are a good idea or a bad idea. Our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social obliterates that debate, while changing the perspective of one of the most vocal tall building opponents.
Listen to some badly needed #UrbanTruth about tall buildings.
@ericdoherty.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialVictoria and (Metro) Vancouver, because these are the only cities I have really lived in. And Paris because I have been so inspired by the changes since the 1980s, when I fell in love with even the polluted traffic clogged version. So much nicer now!!
@mrlee.aus.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.social@urbantruth.bsky.social @[email protected] loved the part where you get interrupted :-)
@urbantruth.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialWhen it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works.
Repetition works.
Repetition works.
Repetition works.
So WE need to be repeating the TRUTH a lot more than we do.
(Did we mention that repetition works?)
@brenttoderian.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialI’m currently discussing 2 new speaking engagements combined with local work, one in Europe in a city I’ve never worked in, & one in Latin America in a city I last worked in 15 years ago or so. I never take for granted the huge learning opportunity that working in diverse global cities represents.
@toderianuw.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialLISTEN: So let’s get right into one of the BIGGEST elephants in the room about cities and how to do them BETTER. A few years back @brenttoderian.bsky.social sat down with old friend @colville-andersen.com for a BLUNT chat about tall buildings & Vancouver urbanism.
What do YOU think AFTER listening?
@toderianuw.bsky.socialLISTEN: So let’s get right into one of the BIGGEST elephants in the room about cities and how to do them BETTER. A few years back @brenttoderian.bsky.social sat down with old friend @colville-andersen.com for a BLUNT chat about tall buildings & Vancouver urbanism.
What do YOU think AFTER listening?
@vrataf.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialThat article is interesting, as the main result are: - Motonormativity as "doublethink" confirmed. - Respondents paradoxically feel more supportive than their governments for both car travel and non-car travel. - Most people felt they support non-car mobility more than other people.
@urbantruth.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialThey tried their best to make the idea of having more things we want nearby, more options and choices in our cities and neighborhoods, seem like a conspiracy. But never forget what the REAL urban conspiracy has been — moving everything further away and making us car dependent. #1HourCityConspiracy
@calgaryclimatehub.caReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialTune in to our MOST POPULAR show ever, featuring one of the world's best Urbanists, Canadian @brenttoderian.bsky.social!
@jmkorhonen.fiReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialSadly, this is another casualty of the most right-wing government in Finnish history. Homelessness is on the rise again, as is child poverty and so many other measures of societal failure.
@carlosmorenofr.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.social@marjolainekoch.bsky.social Ne Koch is an excellent French journalist, and she has chosen to interview a close friend and, above all, one of the pioneers and leading figures in 21st-century urban planning, Brent Toderian. Do read it and enjoy it!
@alerigolon.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialLots of people smarter than me in this starter pack, but for some reason, Brent and Katherine included me. Highly recommended (for the other people, not me 😅)
@brenttoderian.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialOne thing we can never do enough is celebrate our heroes while they’re still with us. Today’s the 90th birthday of the great urbanist Jan Gehl, who started as a hero to me and became a mentor & friend. I’m proud to have been asked to contribute to his celebration messages today. Happy birthday, Jan.
@brenttoderian.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialParis has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air and cooling the city.
@brenttoderian.bsky.socialReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialA war on biking.
A war on public transit.
A war on any transportation choice other than driving.
A war on better cities.
But a war on cars? Hardly. Cars still get most of the space, rights, budget, prioritization, etc.
And any effort to add more choice is immediately attacked.
@toderianuw.bsky.socialLISTEN: What can cities around the world learn from Reykjavík, Iceland? @brenttoderian.bsky.social was back with @greenj.bsky.social on Australian National broadcaster ABC Radio & his great show “Blueprint For Living” discussing cities, cars, competitions, BRT, complete communities and Reykjavík!
@sorenhave.dkReposted by @toderianuw.bsky.socialThat reminded me of the first time I heard him talk: ‘Beware of people-washing’ 👌🏻
