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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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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

There is no stronger indicator of a seriously flawed urban code than buffer requirements. Excellent codes encourage buildings and their landscapes to be good neighbors, not artifacts that must hide their ugliness.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Solar Is Now the Cheapest Way to Produce Energy in Human History - why are there still some detractors? I understand fossil fuel industries, protecting their dinosaur sources, but who else doesn’t prefer less expensive energy?

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Why solar power is taking over the world — Scientific American

Here are four reasons solar energy has seen a meteoric rise in recent years The CGN Delingha Solar Thermal Plant (seen in an aerial view) is in the Gobi Desert in China’s Qinghai Province. It uses mir...

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Must-watch @ noon ET today! New Urbanism 2.0 Andres Duany has controversial arguments and compelling critiques on where the movement went wrong and how it can be renewed! Register here: newurbanism.app.neoncrm.com/forms/otpb-n...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

WATCH: The BEST public art is MORE than just art — it’s functional too. This really smart integrated art in a recent project in central OSLO draws you in, supports both place-making and way-finding, and reveals all the mid-block nooks and crannies that you might NEVER know about without that art!

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Meredith Glaser @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My favorite quote from a Dutch traffic engineer: if you need a sign, it’s a bad design. Photo: @urbancyclinginstitute

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

My first time ever with a $50+ tank of gas in Tuscaloosa.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Of all the words that should never again be used in real estate, "luxury" tops the list because it's totally meaningless. Thanks to @bobbyfijan.bsky.social for the image.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Hey Alabama people, check this out! Of the top 100 best places to live in the US in 2026, Huntsville is #1 in 5 of 9 livability metrics, including the top overall livability metric! livability.com/best-places/... I was born there, but had very little to do with this, but can certainly understand it.

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Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. - Livability.com

Our 13th annual Best Places To Live list is here! Explore the list using our interactive filtering and sorting tools and find your best place to live!

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This isn't a hypothetical data center. This is the University of Alabama's nearly-complete High-Performance Computing Center. Don't yet know its noise level, but they don't have to be ugly, and can be good neighbors to the buildings around them.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The car traffic got BETTER.

Former elevated highway in central Seoul, South Korea

Daylighted stream and public space where highway used to be

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Total driving in the US last year was over half a light-year! Let that sink in.

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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Car dependence is not inevitable... it is the result of planning choices that have pushed daily needs farther away. The real goal of urban planning should be clear: bring essential services closer, improve accessibility, and give people back their time. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/27/u...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

NEW: The One-Hour City Conspiracy! “Here's the REAL conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, crashes, noise, air pollution, social isolation —& less space for everything our streets should be giving us.” Thanks @usa.streetsblog.org #1HourCityConspiracy

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Urban Truth Collective: The One-Hour City Conspiracy — Streetsblog USA

Here's the real conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, more crashes, more noise, more air pollution, more social isolation — and less space for everyt...

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

So very well put, Professor! I'm likely to use the 1 hour-15 minute distinction widely, and encourage others to as well!

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Bravo, Sir!!! The term "masterclass" is used loosely so often, but your address to Congress today sets a standard rarely approached, and I for one, greatly appreciate it, as I suspect millions of my countrymen do as well!

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

We need raised crosswalks everywhere. A level crossing prioritizes human movement and accessibility, while the physical rise acts as forced friction, demanding speed compliance from motorists. We must stop relying on signs and start relying on physical design.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

An app in a restaurant is like a front door in a building: a first impression. What’s the first impression in your business?

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

If you want to know a little about who I am by where I'm from, Huntsville, Alabama is where "Splashdown!" is bigger than "Touchdown!" It was a great scene in Big Spring Park yesterday for the watch party at the Art Museum: youtu.be/R_67II5vrjA?...

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Huntsville celebrates Artemis II's return to Earth with a watch party

YouTube video by WAAY 31 News

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Replacement? Geotag Photos Pro is insanely simple: just start a trip on the iPhone version of the app and it sets your location frequently. After the shoot, the desktop version of the app interpolates the location based on the the recorded data on the phone, which is uploaded to their cloud.

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Roland of Gilead @rolandofgilead19.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Never trust anyone who hates dogs. Never trust anyone who dogs hate.

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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

In Busan today, we reaffirm a shared ambition: bringing services, opportunities, and quality of life closer to people. This agreement with Pusan National University is a concrete step toward that goal. Thank you to all partners involved.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Wisdom emerges from connecting dots, with the dots being datapoints of things you have experienced or observed to be true. But if you don’t collect the dots, you can’t connect the dots.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The pattern-hunting process is so difficult to do right because we're programmed to think like historians instead of story-tellers. Here's why it pays great dividends to make the break and learn: originalgreen.org/blog/the-pat...

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Black Warrior River. Just over a mile’s walk from home.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A prevailing attitude is "I won't live anywhere more than 7-10 years; why should I care about a house that lasts for a hundred years? This results in buying cheap junk thrown up quick that will fall apart in a few years. Many individual throwaway choices make a throwaway city.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Many have asked what I mean by "re-skinning" buildings so here's the post, finally, with the normal Good-Better-Best triad of Recycle-Repurpose-Reuse plus the Re-Skin hybrid... and why recycling should get a Meh instead of Good: originalgreen.org/blog/a-tale-...

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A Tale of Two Buildings

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Walk out in front of a car speeding at 40 mph to find out whether you experience death or just a lifetime of suffering with permanent injuries.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

On the other side of recent architecture passings of Leon Krier and Robert AM Stern, I just saw where Frank Gehry joined the list today.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 04/12/2025

“What can cities do to recover from this great planning disaster? Here are three reforms that can help. First, remove off-street parking requirements. Second, charge market-rate prices for on-street parking. Third, invest the resulting meter revenue to improve public services on the metered blocks.“

A hand holds a paperback book, “The Shoup Doctrine”, in front of a residential street lined with parked cars in London.

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Chenoe Hart @chenoehart.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

If a parking spot is empty on Black Friday, it never needed to be built in the first place. Today is an opportunity to document the physical footprint of excessive parking requirements while you happen to be out shopping.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

45 years ago this afternoon I took a mystery home with me that forever changed so much, including my career: originalgreen.org/blog/mystery... Never leave a mystery behind.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Wanna go on a mission today that's beyond just shopping? Take the Black Friday Challenge and change your town! Here's how: originalgreen.org/blog/the-bla...

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The Black Friday Challenge

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This is the founding principle of the modern suburb.

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Wes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

You gotta pay more for houses with walkability because we don't build nearly enough of them... Walkability shouldn't be a "perk" It should be the default

www.realtor.com/news/trends/walkable-neighborhoods-premium-home-prices

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Here's what happened on our spooky Urban Guild Summit "afterparty" lost in the mountains: originalgreen.org/blog/right-r...

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Right, Right, and Left at the Light

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

A second-level balcony on a mixed-use building helps shield residents of upper levels from the lights of the sidewalk level, helping those who are actually sleeping at night in the French Quarter.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It’s hard to tell whether the post lamp was deformed by flying hurricane debris or by humans to accentuate the branding of the French Quarter, but twisted lamps like this are on countless T-shirts tourists take home.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The French Quarter masterfully mixes uses. In this building, there’s a shop to the left and the arch to the right leads to a courtyard accessing multiple apartments behind and above the front; a good Missing Middle Housing Commercial Apartment Block.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Outdoor space tends to expand closer to the street, with individual balconies above, a full and deeper balcony on the middle level and the full extent of the city accessible from doors on the street.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Humbler materials have their places on a street, like the utility brick on the right building accentuating the refinement of the front and the roof tiles used ornamentally in the balustrade of the left building.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Never end a building face with the side wall material coming all the way to the corner because it makes the front look pasted-on. At the VERY least, turn the cornice and front wall material at least a little bit like this, if not further.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It’s quite appropriate for a product strongly associated with a place, like Tabasco in the French Quarter, to have its own storefront, as visitors tend to “extend the stay” by taking culinary things home with them.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It is natural, even if not essential, for the first level of a building to be clad in a different material than levels above. In a mixed-use quarter like much of the French Quarter, it calls attention to the street-level businesses, among other benefits.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Placing a balcony on a chamfered corner takes advantage of a rare opportunity in urbanism: the ability to look down all four streets of the intersection from one vantage point.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It’s great when food and beverage establishments open important locations like a street corner window to the sidewalk on all but the more extreme days of the year; it invites people in and helps condition them to Live In Season.

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It is sometimes assumed that the most important civic buildings should express only the highest ideals of a civilization, but the Louisiana Supreme Court building subtly reflects its French Quarter home with its metalwork.

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