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Brent Toderian

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Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 6d ago
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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“Climate scientists appalled by politicians' refusal to accept responsibility as heatwave hits France… They say that years of warnings issued from scientists about the consequences of global warming have not been taken seriously.” Lack of leadership, and far too much disinformation. #ClimateCrisis Climate scientists appalled by...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Aug 03, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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“Western Europe is on fire. From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea, blazes are burning in France, Spain, Greece and Türkiye. Authorities are already calling it the worst fire season in modern history.” The worst so far. #ClimateCrisis Europe pays the price in a sum...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Aug 03, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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QUESTION: What city would you most want to live in other than the city you currently live in? Explain your answer.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 30, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Look, even though I like Bluesky a lot, there are a fair number of bad faith, negative, and sketchy accounts here too. But if you’re interested in inspiring posts about cities and how they can be better, there are a lot of great accounts here. My first starter pack has a lot of them. Check it out. RE: https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laksm67ewu2l
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 29, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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When urbanists take pictures of a Paris street (like Rue de Rivoli) showing all the people on bikes now taking advantage of protected infrastructure, it’s not just because we “like bikes.” It’s because we’re picturing the gridlock if they were driving cars. And the public cost, pollution, noise…
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 26, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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“Everyone thought it would create gridlock.” It didn’t. “It’s difficult to imagine that just over 20 years ago, this was an elevated highway carrying 168k cars daily through South Korea’s capital.” Now it’s a world famous people-place. They’ve since removed 16 more elevated highways in the city. ‘Everyone thought it would cau...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 26, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 26, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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The weather may be a bit chilly and gloomy in Vancouver today after a pretty hot week, but the mood on the Granville Street Pedestrian Zone is anything but! Lots of people out enjoying the soccer tournament, the line dancing (it’s National Day of the Cowboy!), and the generally happy street vibe. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3mrj7kh5gws25
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 25, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy Cycling is ten times more impo...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 23, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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ICYMI: “A North American city planner contracted by European cities—that’s curious.” My interview with France-based Lettre du Cadre and writer @marjolainekoch.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy covering a lot of ground on how to actually achieve better European & North American city-building. Article in the screen shots.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 23, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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France plans to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. “France announced a ‘first of its kind’ plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 & gas by 2050…The roadmap was published as dozens of nations gather for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels.” France unveils plan to ditch a...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 22, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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“This reality begs the question, why are there no plans to build protected bike and scooter infrastructure on these critical corridors?” — @nondriver.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy in @theurbanist.org@bsky.brid.gy Op-Ed: Yet Another Deadly Rain...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 21, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same. Paris said au revoir to cars. ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 19, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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For folks pointing out Messi didn’t have a great day, the same Spanish system that shut down France and Mbappé shut him/them down, & Messi can’t do it all. But at 39 was the runner up for the Golden Boot, carried the team to the Final with his leadership and play, and broke even more records. #GOAT
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 19, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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2 truths today. The best team in the tournament & in this Final won the #WorldCup. Congrats Spain, completely deserved. And Messi, at 39, added extra proof in this tournament (that wasn’t needed) that he’s the best player of all time. #GOAT Other winners — Cape Verde, Norway, & Vancouver hosting.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 18, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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That game was RIDICULOUS! #WorldCup #France #England
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 16, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Remember, don’t waste any time arguing whether #ClimateChange “caused” the current #wildfires. Like EVERY consequence of the #ClimateCrisis, we KNOW that EACH WILDFIRE is made much more likely, and much worse, by the rapidly changing conditions from Climate Change. MORE LIKELY AND WORSE.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 15, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Important news — the patio TVs allowed on Granville Street for #WorldCup games will stay for the 7-week pedestrian street extension. Whitecaps MLS & Vancouver Rise games? Bluejays games? Vancouver Canadians baseball too? ANY team, all summer. Get your jersey on and “Watch the Game on Granville.” RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3mqgjmqi2f22h
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 12, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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All these are true:

  1. FIFA is awful and corrupt.

  2. The #WorldCup is a fantastic event despite #FIFA.

  3. Co-hosting in Canada isn’t worth the outrageous costs/conditions FIFA demands, especially with few physical legacies.

  4. Vancouver has done a fantastic job leveraging outcomes for the city.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 12, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 11, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Boosted by Gerrit 🇪🇺🌍🍉🔻 @gvenema@fairmove.net
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people. Finland ends homelessness and ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 07, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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No matter what else we think about this #WorldCup, can we all agree that Gianni Infantino is awful and should be fired?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 07, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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IS THIS THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN #WORLDCUP HISTORY? It was 2-0 Egypt who were utterly dominating with 11 minutes left, now 3-2 Argentina! What a goal! What a game! Unbelievable! #WorldCup #Argentina #Messi
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 07, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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The 2026 Most Livable Cities Ranking has dropped. As always, take the fine details of these rankings with a grain of salt. Copenhagen & Vienna topped list again, European/Australian/Japanese cities did well, Vancouver is the only North American city in the top 10. Discuss. archive.is/2026.07.07-0...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 06, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Blatant corruption from Trump and FIFA, as usual. Perfect bedfellows. #WorldCup RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zazcjahlcb3jfrhcriq7xpn7/post/3mpwdsosft225
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 04, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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15 fouls in the first half in a game that isn’t particularly rough. Bad reffing hurting the game. #WorldCup #GoCanadaGo
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 04, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Moroccans are flopping and the refs are calling too much. #WorldCup
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 04, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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"Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global average.” “Millions of people across the continent are currently ‘living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.’” #ClimateCrisis #UrbanHeat Europe's heatwave 'linked to 1...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 04, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. With: 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5K mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge. Utrecht to start construction ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 03, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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“Heat and humidity as severe, prolonged and far-reaching as this week’s would have been “virtually impossible” in the Northeast and eastern Canada before humans began warming the planet, a team of scientists said on Friday.” #ClimateCrisis This should be well understood by now. Without Climate Change, U.S. H...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 03, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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“Teachers Asked to ‘Turn Off Lights’ in County Packed With Data Centers.” Priorities… Teachers asked to "turn off li...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 03, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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Glad to see the #WorldCup street transformation extension confirmed. The possibility of a Christmas Street Market is a great idea. The biggest move is this amendment: THAT Council direct staff to report back by the end of Q4 2026 with recommendations & cost estimates for a 3-year seasonal extension!
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 03, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
BREAKING: Today Vancouver City Council voted to EXTEND the massively successful Granville Street people-first transformation/pedestrianization until September 7th! With budget, which is key. Now the key is to DO IT WELL post- #WorldCup. Also direction for next year, & a November Christmas Market. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3mp4oxp7bc22b
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 02, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
The absolutely ridiculous number of sports betting commercials shown on every commercial break during the #WorldCup, and during any sporting event these days for that matter, are irresponsible and disgusting.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 02, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
Pedestrianizing a main street spine in central Reykjavík was controversial with businesses when it was first done, so they made it a summer pilot. They kept it that way, a pilot, for over a decade, and then went ahead and made it year-round and permanent. No big deal. No controversy. People like it.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 30, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 28, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

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YES! #TeamCanada wins FIRST knockout round win ever in men’s #WorldCup history! #OhCanada #ProudOfThem
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 28, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s. Many of the cities we admire made tough choices regarding cars in the past, and are still making better choices today. Better choices instead of excuses.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 27, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.” Helsinki just went a full year...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 25, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same. Paris said au revoir to cars. ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 02, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy
This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com@bsky.brid.gy Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 15, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Cycling is ten times more impo...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 12, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

Calling protected bike-lanes “vanity projects” should be automatic evidence that a political candidate has no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to public safety, urban mobility and congestion, geometry and urban space, fiscal responsibility, or the successful positioning of cities.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 11, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

“The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a point of no return that will see it surrounded by ocean within decades due to the #ClimateCrisis, a stark new study has concluded.” The consequence of believing we “can’t afford #ClimateAction.”

‘Point of no return’: New Orle...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 08, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

This is really important. The REAL story isn’t that some people in Alberta want the Province to separate from Canada. The REAL story are the awful, evil powers that badly want people in Alberta to want to separate from Canada, and the shameless opportunists and useful idiots that are helping them.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3mlcgxe3vp22h

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 08, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

Could we all decide that the words “cease fire” DOES actually mean ceasing fire?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 08, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

If you’re a follower of mine in the United States, please take a look at the post below, and please consider sharing it. I presume it WON’T be covered in American media.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3mlcgxe3vp22h

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 08, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

“Both Russian and pro-Trump U.S. actors are amplifying and spreading misinformation about Alberta separatism in the hope of fraying Canadian unity and sowing distrust.” An overt attack on Canadian sovereignty, meant specifically to manipulate Canadians. That’s what’s fuelling Alberta separation.

Russia and U.S. amplifying Alb...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 07, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

WTF? That CAN’T be legal. The US Government continues to behave like the corrupt and criminal organization their President is used to running.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zh5dfrgucq2td5ngz2wtlzle/post/3mlbs2heq722x

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 06, 2026
Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media. 🌉 bridged from 🦋 brenttoderian.bsky.social, follow @bsky.brid.gy to interact

bsky.brid.gy

Are you around Metro Vancouver and interested in how to actually get more “Missing Middle” housing (or as I called it, #GentleDensity) built? There’s a full day conference on it happening this Friday, and I’ll be speaking on this panel at it. Use code MMC25 for a 25% discount. www.themmc.ca

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