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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 18/09/2026

That reminded me of the first time I heard him talk: ‘Beware of people-washing’ 👌🏻 www.sorenhave.dk/twitter/?twe...

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 16/09/2026

And bikes! And public transit!! And families!!! And KIDS!!!! #WarOnWalking #ActiveTransportation

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Brent Bellamy @brentbellamy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was once fortunate to chauffeur Jan across Winnipeg. He followed along on a paper map. Was intrigued by how many porches are closed in with windows because of winter. He appreciated the city’s bones. Loved the boulevard trees, old neighbourhoods, and downtown heritage buildings.

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Ned Yeung 🍉 @neddog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Note that this wouldn't mean people would stop driving cars. It just means they would reduce unnecessary car usage. That's all it would take. #yegbike #urbanism

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Susan Major @suemajor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happens all the time in #York UK

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Lula Witzescher @lulawitzescher.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

“The link between conscientious personality traits and interest in high-status cars was found among both men and women. In contrast, the connection between self-centred personality traits and high-status cars was only found among men, not women.”

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth

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hclark @hclark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This. And Uber driving around empty 50% of the time.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Multiply that $15k times the 8 million cars in Virginia and you’ll see that Virginians spend an additional annual $120 BILLION on clinging to a car centric transportation network.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Have you got a photo or image that really illustrates the #WarOnWalking, at any scale and in any context? Send it to us and we might turn it into another poster in this series. Thanks! #UrbanTruth

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This sounds awesome. This is literally a choice they made that we can make too. It won't happen immediately but it didn't there either.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices? The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.

Image of a wide concrete overpass with a huge truck travelling dangerously close to a thin, uncomfortable looking concrete “sidewalk.” The text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Tagline at the bottom says the Urban Truth Collective. #UrbanTruth #WarOnCars

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 11/09/2026

Tune in to our MOST POPULAR show ever, featuring one of the world's best Urbanists, Canadian @brenttoderian.bsky.social! #yyc #ClimateChange #Urbanism #CityBuilding #yyccc

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

To be clear, the #WARonWALKING is a big tent that includes the war on safe and efficient urban biking, on workable and well connected public transit, on all ages and abilities accessibility, and more. It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth

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Seasherm @seasherm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The latest Outback, a perfectly sized car ten years ago receives yet another size expansion. Now it's the same size as all the other SUV's and nearly indistinguishable.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“The mark of a great city is in how it treats its ordinary spaces, not its special ones” (Aaron Renn). Under a bridge and along a highway embankment in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Purple Top Neep @purpletopneep.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Biking is close to free too 😉

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caff3.bsky.social @caff3.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Walking is free. They can't make money if you walk.

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Renee de St. Croix @reneedsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Labour Day marked the final day of Vancouver's Granville Street pedestrian zone, but the city is already facing calls to bring it back next summer.” “We need more spaces like this that feel like they are catered to the people that live in the city rather than the cars that drive through it."

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Vancouver wraps Granville Street pedestrian zone, with hopes it will return | CBC News

Labour Day marks the final day of Vancouver's Granville Street pedestrian zone, but the city is already facing calls to bring it back next summer.

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Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jaywalking a completely American construct, based on industry lobbying, which doesn't exist in law in UK. We are free to run into traffic wherever we like (except motorways). But pedestrian casualties are lower here because drivers have to take responsibility.

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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Of all the concepts I’ve developed, Healthy Spatial Entitlement is the one I’m most proud of. Taking up space isn’t inherently positive—there are healthy & unhealthy ways of occupying space. Understanding this nuance is vital for the repair of civic life across physical, digital & imaginative space.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you live in an urban or suburban area and most or all public amenities are too far away for most people to walk, that did not happen by accident and it does not have to stay that way.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 14/09/2026

I loved this sign in Rotterdam a couple of weeks back. The text reads “we’re off to school again”.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.

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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

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derksen17.bsky.social @derksen17.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

North Vancouver Shipyards - adaptation of heritage use, engagement with surroundings including amazing Burrard Inlet views, works with intensuve programming and passive programming. People place.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.

Cartoon of a mom and dad with a kid in front of a minivan. The parents are saying “there is too much traffic for Billy to walk to school, so we drive him.” The caption at the bottom says “traffic inducing traffic.” Let kids walk and bike to school, and tell your leaders to make that trip safe and enjoyable for kids and families. #LetKidsWalk #LetKidsBike

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

Same text message as in the post, on a new poster from the Urban Truth Collective. Background image is a massive wide freeway, splitting neighbourhoods and filled with cars. #CarDependency #Traffic #Congestion

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath

Detailed math as shared in the post. “How much does your commute cost (or save) society? Source is Discourse Media.

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Deborah McCaig @damccaig.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m a bit of a book nerd, so libraries are my thing. But a library with a train running through it? I mean, come on! (Calgary public library)

Large, white, curved building with golden windows in an artistic pattern, and with a train tunnel running through it.

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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you’re championing the idea of a pedestrian street in YOUR city or town, invest 7 minutes in this radio interview by @brenttoderian.bsky.social. Discusses Vancouver’s Granville Street Pedestrian Zone that he advised on this summer, but applicable in its messaging to any city.

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 12/09/2026

Are starter packs still a thing? Here is one for some of our favourite road safety voices in Metro Vancouver. Follow them for their endless wit, intellgience, and great takes! go.bsky.app/9ZG165u

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Investing in a smart PEDESTRIAN STREET in your downtown isn’t just a “cost.” We need to talk about how much the status quo of a distressed street is costing all of us, and the BIG return-on-investment that’s possible. Plus when it comes to the politics, it’s not “right or left,” it’s smart or dumb.

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New bonus episode this week with Brent Toderian on Granville Pedestrian Zone.

YouTube video by Hey, Downtown Van!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Currently about 2/3rds of all Dutch children walk or bike to school, with 75% of secondary school kids cycling to school. By enabling safe and active travel, #Dutch cities prevent an estimated one million car journeys to school each morning.” — @modacitylife.bsky.social in book #CurbingTraffic

Teens riding bikes on Copenhagen bike infrastructure. #LetKidsBike #LetKidsWalk

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Claire Campbell @clairecampbell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nothing grand or formal ... but that's kind of the point. Quintessentially East Coast streetscapes in Halifax, Nova Scotia, sloping down to the harbour. 💙

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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Many urbanist speakers have packaged speeches they give around the world. Such speeches can be great & inspiring, & help cities. But @brenttoderian.bsky.social’s approach is different, probably because his real job is advising cities. He wants to help THAT city. Like last year in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Where the City Meets the Sea | Brent Toderian | 2025 Maurice Facey Lecture

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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The title of this podcast interview with @brenttoderian.bsky.social and @thewaroncars.bsky.social is “Planning Livable Downtowns” but we cover more than that, including how to be more persuasive in an age if diainformation, and the launch of @urbantruth.bsky.social. thewaroncars.org/2026/02/24/e...

Text from the website link explaining Brent’s bio and what the podcast talks about.

Photo of Brent Toderian, Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear (the latter are the podcasters for #WarOnCars)

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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Can you fix traffic congestion by building more and wider roads? Of course not, but we keep wasting a TON of public money trying and failing. Building car dependency fails everyone, including drivers. Watch one of MANY interviews @brenttoderian.bsky.social has done on this. #InducedDemand

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Brent Toderian on why new roads don't solve congestion

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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PODCAST ICYMI: “Brent Toderian and the Common Sense of Climate Smart Cities • Podcast • The Climate Lens.” How better city-building is CRITICAL to addressing the #ClimateCrisis! Via @calgaryclimatehub.ca www.podcastics.com/podcast/epis...

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Brent Toderian & the Common Sense of Climate Smart Cities

Why urban design is a force multiplier in the fight against climate change

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is really important. “What the far right feels about cities isn’t physical fear. It’s discomfort. Canadian urban planner @brenttoderian.bsky.social decodes this feeling as: “I’m not the majority any more, it isn’t my city anymore.” Via @simonkuper.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com

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Myth of the big, bad megacity

What the right feels about metropoles isn’t physical fear. It’s discomfort

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The invention of Jaywalking via Hannah Fry #WarOnWalking youtube.com/shorts/6W_s3...

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The invention of Jaywalking

YouTube video by Hannah Fry

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

WATCH: How do you actually achieve a successful pedestrian street or people-place pilot? My podcast episode with @activetowns.bsky.social is now LIVE, using Vancouver’s Granville Street pedestrianization led by @downtownvan.bsky.social as a case study. Please watch/share! youtu.be/k4n1lErO_2k?...

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A World Cup People-Oriented Street Holdover - Should it be Permanent?

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Council for Canadian Urbanism @canurbanism.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It just ended yesterday, but calls for the return of Vancouver’s Granville Street Pedestrian Zone are already loud! “…the summer pilot served as a ‘proof of concept’ that a pedestrianized Granville Street can work without the World Cup…people think differently now.” — @brenttoderian.bsky.social

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Vancouver wraps Granville Street pedestrian zone, with hopes it will return | CBC News

Labour Day marks the final day of Vancouver's Granville Street pedestrian zone, but the city is already facing calls to bring it back next summer.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/08/2026

I visited Paris as a 17 year old in 2000 and the only thing I remember is mistiming a crosswalk light and getting trapped on the center line as at least 8 lanes of speeding cars whizzed past me in either direction.

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Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

By definition, cities are places for people. The best cities are walking cities. The WAR ON WALKING is anti-city, and an attack on our future life on earth.

Two women walking with a bicycle between them.

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Marc with a Sea 🌊 @ceruleanlib.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Love the Strøget! Love København!

Photo of the Strøget pedestrian plaza from an upper window in the Hay Store in København.

Flowers decorating the interior of Frederik’s Church in the Østervold neighborhood of København.

A tombstone in the very pretty Assistens Cemetery, located in the Nørrebro neighborhood of København.

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Margaret Bennett @being-margaret.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We were in Vancouver in August. We loved the pedestrianized Granville St on this visit! It was fun to see people out and enjoying the evenings. The street was more alive than I ever remember seeing it. I’ve made several comments about how I wish S Ontario could have this vision. Hope it stays!

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nick @vossbrink.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wait this was written in 2013 but over a dozen years later we have the same fucking complaints about bike lanes being bad for business?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

READ: “Labour Day marks the final day of Vancouver's Granville Street pedestrian zone, but the city is already facing calls to bring it back next summer. “We need more spaces like this that feel like they are catered to the people that live in the city rather than the cars that drive through it."

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Vancouver wraps Granville Street pedestrian zone, with hopes it will return | CBC News

Labour Day marks the final day of Vancouver's Granville Street pedestrian zone, but the city is already facing calls to bring it back next summer.

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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Worth watching/rewatching if you’re interested in how to create successful pedestrian streets and people-places ANYWHERE.

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Vladdo @vladdo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

It was a really nice and very interesting conversation, Brent. Thank you!

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