Here is the first pillar in my public joy framework, which positions public joy as civic, cultural, and spatial infrastructure.
What if we came back from vacationing in great cities around the world and made the great things about them legal in Canadian cities? #UrbanTruth
street level retail is the way.
really wish all new developments did this. Adds stuff people like/need and creates a much better pedestrian experience and in this case the lower level units even add to the streetscape.
Great cities happen when we capitalize on design.
20 years after CanU first met in Ottawa, the Council returns for Capitalizing Design: three days of collaboration, learning, and conversations on the future of Canadian cities.
More Info: www.canu.ca/forum2026
LOST: Missing Middle Housing. Please help. Last seen 50+ years ago in cities everywhere. Please contact your elected officials to help find this housing. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
Two organizations doing important work, both worth following — the Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org, and the Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social.
IMPORTANT: “The city’s own math shows sprawl comes with a massive bill. A cost-of-growth study found outward growth would cost the city more than $10 billion additional dollars compared to a future in which it chose to grow through infill.” Via @nationalobserver.com #Calgary
ICYMI, our first CANU Canadian Urbanism Starter Pack! Tell us who we’re missing, and please share to support these great urbanists and organizations! #UrbanistShoutOut go.bsky.app/UHPtW3W
“Ride-hailing was once pitched as a way to reduce urban congestion, but a new report suggests it may be contributing to more gridlock on Toronto streets… research showed rideshare vehicles drove 1.13 billion kms in the city in 2025 — a up 40% from 2023 & the highest amount ever recorded in Toronto.”
Most of Canadian housing policy is predicated on the idea that seniors will downsize and use that money for retirement. Yet nearly *half* of all households aged 85 and over live in a single-detached or semi-detached home they own.
Calgary says it wants more housing and less costly sprawl. But by rolling back rules that made infill housing easier, critics say the city may be pushing growth outward — where every new road, pipe an...
Last year, Uber and other rideshare drivers clocked 1.13 billion kilometres on Toronto streets — a 40 per cent increase from 2023, according to a new report
What if the things we love about the cities we visit on vacation weren’t illegal in OUR city? #UrbanTruth
“The Highway Lobby spends millions to make sure we spend billions.” — Union of Concerned Scientists.
Their profit, your cost.
Pleased to support @ucs.org in sharing/boosting their important new article below, with our newest @urbantruth.bsky.social poster. #UrbanTruth
Urban Truth Collective
Urban Truth Collective
NEW STUDY: Who is the Highway Lobby?
“The highway lobby has been shaping transportation policy conversations for decades in its interests.”
And they spend MILLIONS buying car dependency to make sure all of us have to spend BILLIONS. #UrbanTruth
Via the Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org.
blog.ucs.org
Our car-dependent transportation system is no accident.
