One week from today, join me & @yosra999.bsky.social for a conversation with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social about Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile.
With Azbah Ansari, Sadok Damak, @reenamahajan.bsky.social, & Gabriela García Portuondo.
Turns out “Missing Middle” housing hasn’t been missing.
We knew where it was the whole time.
We made it illegal.
Never forget, housing choice is a leadership challenge.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
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.
What if the things we love about the cities we visit on vacation weren’t illegal in OUR city? #UrbanTruth
Missing housing.
Responds to “Middle.”
Last seen over 50 years ago in cities everywhere.
Help find it.
Please contact your elected officials. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
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
Does this street look closed to you?
We shouldn’t need to host the #WorldCup in order to open streets for people.
#UrbanTruth #Vancouver
Grateful to Azbah Ansari, Sadok Damak, @reenamahajan.bsky.social, Gabriela García Portuondo, @sgoodyear.bsky.social, @brooklynspoke.bsky.social, and my wonderful co-host @yosra999.bsky.social for this fantastic conversation about Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile.
'Name an issue affecting society right now, and there's a good bet it is caused or at least exacerbated by society's overreliance on cars.'
Urban guidelines today list everything we should do, except name the problem.
Tomorrow — panel discussion on #LifeAfterCars.
Details in replies.
⏲️ 6pm GMT, 9 June 2026.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-after...
With authors @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social ke.bsky.social & hosts @johnmunro.bsky.social @yosra999.bsky.social
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
