Brent Toderian
Urban planner and city-building advisor; prominent voice on transit-first street design, TOD, road safety, and policy implementation.
Koch-Backed Groups Label Transit Projects Wasteful, Push Fossil Interests
“Koch brother groups have tried to derail public transit plans in other cities around the country, from Little Rock, Arkansas and central Utah, to Nashville and Michigan. They have frequently called such projects ‘wasteful spending’. The Koch organization is also heavily invested in fossil fuels.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/26/koch-activists-phoenix-ban-light-rail
Paris Proves Bike Can Beat Car on Global Stage
“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted:...
Driving Is Subsidized; Walking, Transit, Housing Save Money
One of the biggest disinformation campaigns ever applied to cities involves the constant claims that “driving pays its way.” It’s actually MASSIVELY subsidized, while things like walking, biking, public transit & supportive housing for the unhoused actually SAVE PUBLIC MONEY....
Freedom Comes From Choice, Not Car Dependency
“Gas prices? What gas prices?” Even without insane and illegal wars, the thing about any dependency, including car dependency, is that once you’re dependent, they can do whatever they want with the prices. Real freedom is choices. Better cities create choices. Graphic...
Protected Bike Lanes Benefit Business, Health, and Environment
Safe, protected bike-lanes are: Better for business Better for emissions Better for air quality Better for public health Better for noise Better for space Better for equity Better for affordability Better for public cost Better for safety for EVERYONE Better for oil independence Better. Graphic by our URBAN TRUTH COLLECTIVE. Check out our...
People First: Urban Design Can't Prioritize Cars
READ: “You can’t have good urban design if you prioritize the car; you have to give priority to people.” I gave a VERY comprehensive interview to @VLADDO for @PapelPeriodico_ in Bogotá a few years back, published in Spanish. Sharing it...
Cities Won’t Provide Parking for Personal Purchases
Don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth Via the Urban Truth Collective. https://www.urbantruthcollective.com/
Sagan Warned Congress: Climate Change Escalates Exponentially
If you haven’t watched this before, you should. The brilliant Carl Sagan testifying before the United States Congress in 1985 on #ClimateChange. We should have listened then. Will we now? Climate change isn’t an on & off switch. It’s an exponential dial....
Paris Proves Bike Beats Car, Sets Global Example
PARIS: The city’s transition away from the car has become a global role model. Under mayor Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo, Paris was “the most influential city in the world”, says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted:...
Car Dependency Costs More Than Rising Gas Prices
How about those gas prices? Brutal, right? You know what really costs us all a lot? Car dependency. (explore our new Urban Truth Collective at https://www.urbantruthcollective.com/) #UrbanTruth
Helsinki's 30 Km/H Limit Eliminates Traffic Deaths
“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...