Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was in Montreal this weekend for the UCI world championships, which allowed me to take some photos of the Ruelles Vertes (green alley) network, a case study in our upcoming book. There are more than 450 across the city, providing an array of citizen-initiated interventions. 3206
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Moynihan Station steps are one of my favorite public spaces in midtown. The new-ish (?) plantings demonstrate that steps can be so much more than a way in or out of a building. 🤩 080
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Great to see bike network “infill,” upgrades happening across the city. Here is the new improvements to the old York Street door zone lane, between Adams and Old Fulton. 1302
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Spent the holiday on Governors Island walking and cycling with my family; that plus the abundance of Plane trees is my happy place 🤩 171
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A sample of Toronto’s protected and contraflow bike infrastructure, including the “Toronto Barrier” with cute murals. 0141
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Toronto is very intense with its street seat barrier requirements! 👀 050
Reposted by Mike LydonYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 01/09/2026New York’s congestion pricing program has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in travel times for EMS vehiclesnber.orgUrban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services 61090296
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Flying in and out of DC is like flying over a TOD diagram, only they built it. 2131
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ocean Ave sidewalk refresh and protected bikeway is well on its way to completion. #BikeNYC 080
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Roll out the red carpet! The Flatbush Avenue busway boarding islands are well on their way to completion. 🚌 💫 072
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This past weekend we completed pedestrian safety upgrades and a modal filter along Perth Amboy’s Hall Avenue. 🙌🏻 192
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Dense urbanism requires a diverse network of densely vegetated and well-used open spaces to be livable and climate ready. It may be surprising to some, here are some pics contributing to why the population below Canal Street continues to surge. 3190
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026On my way to a site visit this morning and I received my third rear cargo 🚲 flat in just the last week 🤬. So grateful to Sammy at GothamFix who changed it out in less than ten minutes, for just $20. Incredible deal when you compare his service to what bike shops cost. 1101
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Re: rollout of NYC's pied-à-terre tax exposing license and insurance fraud, it only took my kids 10 months on the back of our cargo bike to identify license plates from all 50 states. Just sayin’! @nyc.streetsblog.org 1153
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Yesterday was a great day out and about in Manhattan enjoying car-free streets. 🤩 📍 Hudson Square Plaza 📍 Lower East Side Open Streets 070
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Good take here on better preparing for the increased cycling/walking that inevitably comes to rezoned corridors like Kent Avenue. Not discussed is the major miss of not requiring all of the upzonings to build out the Brooklyn Greenway, including wider sidewalks. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/31/e...nyc.streetsblog.orgEyes on the Street: It Is Time For Kent Avenue To Be Car-Free - Streetsblog New York CityThe Kent Avenue bike lane has become a victim of its own success, so we put some eyes on the street. 031
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I love this image of our Slow Streets project in Miami Beach because it shows the difference in scale between the geometry of the motor vehicle and the geometry of active transportation. When we favor the latter, everything from crosswalk size to lane widths get smaller, more spatially efficient. 260
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The constant (and loud) drumbeat of technological advancement takes up sooooooo much oxygen, so when I walk around NYC or travel I look for low-tech, human responses to everyday challenges that make me smile. Here are four I earlier this in Italy. 3144
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“Cities have often been discussed as the laboratories of democracy — we can actually show that this isn’t a fantasy.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/m...nytimes.comZohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It.Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City. 071
Reposted by Mike LydonFamilies for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 17/07/2026Somerville, MA is the latest proof that tools are available to reduce traffic violence. Officials just need to prioritize established best practices for road safety, including more speed bumps, more visible crosswalks, and better bike lanes. Learn more about Somerville's recent success ⤵️governing.comThis New England City Hasn't Had a Traffic Death in Three YearsSomerville, Mass., officials say their success is rooted in tried-and-true best practices for traffic safety. 0135
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I was awestruck by Matera, Italy. Considered the 3rd oldest city on earth, residents lived in hand dug caves, which have been added retrofitted for centuries. Poor conditions and disease forced the removal of 15k inhabitants in the 1950s. A UNESCO designation in 1990s opened the door to restoration🤯 2122
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Where formal public seating goes missing, shaded steps fill the void. 1122
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Lecce’s bike infrastructure is a hodge podge of built-for-purpose protected bikeways and sidewalks retrofitted with small markings or different colored pavers to allow cycling. 041
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I love to spotlight good old fashioned American traffic-calming know-how when I see it. This is Perth Amboy, NJ where 8’ travel lanes along West Side Ave create a classic ‘yield street’ condition. We should have never stopped building low-volume urban streets like this. 291
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Every so often you can squint and feel like NYC is a world-class cycling city. 2592
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Still incomplete and still not perfect but the new Brooklyn Bridge-Centre Street bikeway link is a symbol of the no issue too small, can-do spirit of the mayoral new administration. #BikeNYC 25911
Reposted by Mike LydonDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"...his is a new era for New York City and no longer will we allow the whims of the few to come before the well-being of the many.”thecity.nycMcGuinness Makeover Begins in Greenpoint After Years of Street-Redesign ScandalProsecutors charged local power players last year with bribing Adams administration officials to slow the Brooklyn boulevard remake. 1415
Reposted by Mike LydonAlex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Helped my youngest build a bench today, using only 2 2x4s for a bus stop on the 38. He painted it some fun colors too! 1670448
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Found these gems on display at the Museum of the City of New York today. 050
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026This is all you need to know about what a disaster of a venue MetLife Stadium is for all events, not just FIFA. 😑 39917
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Turning bus stops into micro forests is possible simply by bumping out the curb for in-lane stops. Shade ✅ Shelter ✅ Stormwater capture ✅ Smoother bus ops ✅ 0193
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The new boulders on the Vanderbilt #OpenStreet are Luca test, Luca approved! 🤩 1130
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Checking in on some of our Meatpacking District projects, which are starting to feel like they were always meant to be there. 0619
Reposted by Mike LydonGrant Olsen @grantaskswhy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Same promo code ☝️ should work on Tactical Urbanism @mikelydon.bsky.social transit advocacy book @carterlavin.bsky.social Killed by a Traffic Engineer @wesmarshall.bsky.social When Driving is not an Option @nondriver.bsky.social Curbing Traffic @modacitylife.com #NACTO26 0102
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Talking parks, advocacy, funding and open streets! Thanks for always bringing the community together, @kathyparkprice.bsky.social! 040
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Traffic-calming is good; reducing actual driving is great. Go for great. 07215
Reposted by Mike LydonDD Coutts @deedeecoutts.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Isn’t that the truth. 1128219844698
Reposted by Mike LydonKevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Reading between the lines of recent @nyc-dot.bsky.social community board presentations reveals a more confident agency under Mayor Mamdani than under Adams, with DOT actively pushing back against overblown and downright false narratives that bike lanes worsen traffic or block first responders. 29520
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Jersey City’s pedestrian-only Newark Avenue was thriving tonight because no cars + good weather = good economic and social outcomes. 0305
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026It’s high time we create a comfortable Brooklyn Bridge gateway in DUMBO with seating and increased sidewalk space. 180
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The humble traffic cone (pylon) does it again. #TacticalUrbanism 0251
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 11/04/2026One upside of working east coast hours while visiting the west coast is taking morning calls on sunrise walks. 🤩 070
Reposted by Mike LydonBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/04/2026“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.comeconomist.comForget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transportPedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war 411576486
Reposted by Mike LydonYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 08/04/2026Paris metropolis: Striking reductions in car use due to proactive efforts to encourage bike, walking, transit: —Less car ownership: From 0.5 cars/HH in Paris to 0.36, 1999–2022. Outside of Paris: 0.88➡️0.8 —35% less gas sold 2005–24 —15% fewer gas stations between 2019–24 www.apur.org/sites/defaul... 214847
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026One man’s Rivian top-off is everyone else’s trip hazard 🫠 161