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billyistep.bsky.social
Likes talking about bikes, cities, and water. Professor of Political Science Texas State University. Views my own. Author: Adaptation Urbanism & Resilient Communities
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250 Meters of Happiness. That’s how Delhi based NGO HumanQind describes their school street that was co-created with school kids. Really blown away. Great model. Thanks to Car Free Cities Alliance for hosting. More info at www.humanqind.org

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Cissy Strut coming out of the speakers. Baby asleep in the bike trailer. Great first weekend of Mardi Gras

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Fun to be included in the roundup of most watched videos from 2024 from @activetowns.bsky.social . We toured Houten with Kylie van Dam to learn what makes a greenway-focused town work. Inspiring tour

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I’m pretty sure the “revolutionary” “street rooms” in San Francisco are just nice pedestrian streets. I’m open to a name update if we can start integrating these into US cities nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Nice triple embedded in Hyde Park in Austin. Legalizing doubles and triples seems like a good place to start land use reform

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No better person than Robert Caro to join in for the end of this master class on power, democracy, infrastructure, & what makes great cities. So much to reflect on 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...

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Love this trail-oriented development on a chilly day in New Orleans. Bioswale on one side & French Truck cortado on the other.

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I had never heard of streetology before. Cool term. I guess this makes me a streetologist

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Utrecht showing how to move from grey to green. I remember this area as kind of a lost space but now being transformed into a green place. Great before & afters from @bicycledutch.bsky.social

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Interesting survey for physical activity professionals

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I usually post images of good infrastructure to inspire change. Sometimes it’s useful to look around & identify the problem. School zone at lethal speed in developing area right outside Austin shows how not to design a safe school zone

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Our applications are open to study sustainable transport in London & Amsterdam next summer. Open to both Texas State Univ. students & others. Lots of great streets to explore if you might be interested

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New Orleans has some really good examples of green infrastructure woven into transport projects. Lafitte Greenway and Camp Street

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Great overview of the evolution of superblock planning in Barcelona. I can’t stop thinking about the potential of superillas as green neighborhood islands m.youtube.com/watch?v=NSba...

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Trail-Oriented Development along the Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans. Beautiful community connections

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Simple, effective way to add safe pedestrian “sidewalks” quickly and inexpensively: Texas State campus

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Teaching urbanism in Texas can be a challenge: “When the town center you grew up in comprises a DairyQueen & a WhataBurger along a 6 lane road, it’s hard to imagine anything different” Really enjoyed having this conversation with Mobycon. mobycon.com/updates/adap...

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Broad Street in Oxford looking beautiful

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Dinking is an art form. Delft practitioners

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Compact city, blue sky: Madrid

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First post over here. Love to engage about how to make cities better. My current favorite is in Barcelona where they remade a street into a green social place with a water square right in the heart of the city. Love to see more ambition like this

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