Designing for cars, or designing for people. #Seoul before and after: via @BrentToderian

Designing for cars, or designing for people. #Seoul before and after: pic.twitter.com/FDyfDMIos0 via @economicsNZ @JulieAnneGenter

— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) June 1, 2014

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Paris to limit speeds to 30 km/hr over entire city. — HT @walksf

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Traffic gridlock on #ProtectionIsland

More gridlock in traffic on #ProtectionIsland as road closures continued near @DinghyDockPub1 #Nanaimo harbour clear pic.twitter.com/mHYHjtZuZa
— Protection Island (@ProtectionIsle) May 28, 2014

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From The Sidewalk Ballet — Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan Goes to Council Monday

How to critique a Transportation Master Plan that says all the right things? All the current urbanist jargon and concepts are here. The first part of the plan could have been written by algorithm mining from on-line content trendy notions of "complete streets", "walkability" and "a good transportation plan is a good land use plan." So, no fault can be found in the introduction and one is encouraged that based on these urbanist concepts, visionary and transformative actions are surely to follow.

But, I'm reminded of the band leader who, when asked to play a dreary old chestnut that both he and his band loathed, said no they didn't play that tune but you'll like our next selection instead — it contains many of the same notes. Read more: The Sidewalk Ballet: Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan Goes to Council Monday

@neil21 @spirit_of_urban There is a salvageable, city in #Nanaimo’s core. 1st rate walk/ bike infra, modest transit are doable today...
— TheSidewalkBallet (@1sidewalkballet) November 6, 2013

Pavement to plazas Via @MikeLydon

There used to be cars here, now there a people. @NYC_DOT's pavement to plazas is world-class #tacticalurbanism pic.twitter.com/1bgCfhWPln
— Mike Lydon (@MikeLydon) May 25, 2014

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RT @Penalosa_G 16X more people killed by cars while walking than natural disasters.

16 times more people killed by cars while walking than natural disasters.47,000 past 10 yrs. Dangerous by Design 2014 http://t.co/8eOiCQQVCu

— 8-80 Cities (@Penalosa_G) May 20, 2014

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#Nanaimo @OldCityQuarter

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From the National Film Board — Radiant City

Radiant City by Jim Brown& by Gary Burns, National Film Board of Canada

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One of America's best. #placemaking HT @BrentToderian

One of America's best. #placemaking RT @ZacSpicer: Great view of the San Antonio river walk. Wonderful public space. pic.twitter.com/WXwHsNwBtm

— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) May 16, 2014

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Crazy commutes: 10 of the weirdest forms of urban transport Via @grescoe

Crazy commutes: 10 of the weirdest forms of urban transport – in pictures | Cities | http://t.co/rGeoVuIMsK http://t.co/guOapWQZHs

— Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) May 18, 2014

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Public transit & people-places can coexist...

Public transit & people-places can coexist, no matter what some engineers & lawyers say. #Angers pic.twitter.com/JPCUuUlSXr via @AxelLecompte

— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) May 7, 2014

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Surface parking lots are the invasive weed of my walkable downtown #Nanaimo neighbourhood.

Surface parking lots are the invasive weed of my walkable downtown #Nanaimo neighbourhood.

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 13, 2014

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@Stantec FAQ's re the proposed Front Street #Nanaimo 30 storey Hilton Hotel

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Wellcox site preparation pegged at $1 million @tamaracunning

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RT @frank_leonard: $10M for 70km: Maritime mayors smiling as Ottawa ponies up for rail repairs

$10M for 70km RTglobeandmail: Maritime mayors smiling as Ottawa ponies up for rail repairs http://t.co/NPF2JRMXAg from @tgamtravel”

— Frank Leonard (@frank_leonard) May 12, 2014

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Question s/b not how many cars but how many people can a street move @copenhagenize

MT @grescoe: When did we hand cities over to traffic engineers? @copenhagenize pic.twitter.com/OgURn7RLQc

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 10, 2014

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When you design your cities around cars, you get more cars... @PPS_Placemaking

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#Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan — Credibility has to be earned. Otherwise meaningless bromide

Transport MPlan—Perhaps #Nanaimo's last chance to face 21stCent realities http://t.co/7IsTmHH2ai @JeffSpeckAICP @thehappycity @michaelgeller

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 8, 2014

—@neil21 @spirit_of_urban @NelsonNygaard Bad decision. Makes it worse: they've used the traffic engineer's rationale. http://t.co/I5ulqEWQuG
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 8, 2014

That the plan doesn’t call for the cessation of this road project, costs it all credibility. @neil21 @spirit_of_urban @NelsonNygaard

— TheSidewalkBallet (@1sidewalkballet) May 8, 2014

—@G_Anderson1 2.2 page 12 Vision criteria: Boxwood project fails on every point. Credibility has to be earned. Otherwise meaningless bromide
— TheSidewalkBallet (@1sidewalkballet) May 8, 2014

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Is this the model of a civic political party #Nanaimo needs? — @OneCityVan

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How to Create Successful Markets @PPS_Placemaking

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—@DowntownNanaimo Friday evening market starts tomorrow

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Neighbourhood square (well, triangle) in Queens @82ndStQueens @NPPNYC

Manuel de Dios Unanue Triangle is ready for you. Come on out today! 83rd Street & Roosevelt Avenue. #VivaLaPrimavera pic.twitter.com/7QbxwcWYUJ

— 82nd St. Partnership (@82ndStQueens) May 1, 2014

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