Jordan Furness

City Planner. I want to empower communities to choose local growth options and local benefits. I also want regular trips to the mountains.

[Jamie Campbell @SNETCampbell]

Happy 80th to #BlueJays broadcasting giant Jerry Howarth. Great to catch up over morning coffee.

[Jordan Furness @JAFurness]

@matthewmaddock @MattWallace888 Maybe it was misdirection by him and his phone wasn’t even turned on…but he sure distracted you into going down a likely dead end

[Max Fawcett 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @maxfawcett]

Alas, this is not the dunk the councillor seems to think it is.

[Dr. Kristopher Wells @KristopherWells]

I’ve know @ABDanielleSmith for over a decade. She knows my door is always open to meet with her any time she wants to talk about evidenced-based policy, rule of law, and human rights. There’s nothing radical about following the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms. #abpoli

[Darren Krause @LiveWire_DK]

Round and round and round we go... where it stops don't no one know. #yyc #yyccc #calgary

[Jordan Furness @JAFurness]

@GregGinYYC @N88TE Do you know the reason an elevated line was rejected? Seemed to work for the Canada Line in Vancouver, among other cities. At one time the recommendation was underneath the Bow River….how wrong of a recommendation back then does that seem now?

[Jordan Furness @JAFurness]

@GregGinYYC @N88TE Do you know why they didn’t go for the elevated train like what’s been done in Vancouver, New York, Toronto and other cities?

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

When it comes to creating new city-wide plans, it’s often better to plan for outcomes than for timeframes. Our new plan for Langford BC (a city that is literally transforming the way it does city planning) is for 100,000 residents. We explain what the means in this public post:

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

STUDY: ‘Dual-mode households’ (cars & ebikes) can reduce their car use by 19% compared to those solely reliant on cars, particularly affecting shorter trips. This supports households moving to one car and adopting a ‘car light’ lifestyle. Via @MomentumMag https://t.co/pLsYPAhFkJ

[LiveWireCalgary @LiveWireCalgary]

We're soooo excited to share that Paula Tran (@paulatr12) is the new LWC Education Reporter (primary to post-secondary)!

It's a big step in our growth and in serving a very important area that impacts hundreds of thousands of Calgarians.

Welcome, Paula! #yyc #calgary

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Still don’t get why bike-lanes need to be separated, with real protected bike infrastructure, and why paint isn’t real infrastructure? “Paint doesn’t protect.”Watch this powerful before-&-after video of Lansdowne Street in #Melbourne via MelbourneWay. https://t.co/N0lDy677Pb

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

This is totally incoherent. Cities are hard problems and clout-chasing BS doesn’t help.

[Christopher Doyle @chrisdoyle78]

Klaszus continues to do great work covering the new arena and the BMO center projects. I think a lot of fiscal cons would appreciate the nuance and context, as well as fact checking he brings to the numbers tossed around by #yyccc and #ableg.

https://t.co/7XWZIHQmAo

[Jordan Furness @JAFurness]

@Spencerfor12 An impressive waste of money. Makes actual downtown convention location Telus Centre redundant and every other city talks about their ‘amazing convention centre’. Plus 5 years after announcing this major investment, no hotel chain has been willing to buy into the ‘hype’.

[Max Fawcett 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @maxfawcett]

The NDP has been in power for six years now in BC. Can any conservatives explain why it has a better credit rating than provinces run by Doug Ford, Scott Moe, and Danielle Smith?

[Chris Turner @theturner]

Folks in the climate advocacy world tend to reflexively note that all progress is not enough and not fast enough. Sometimes, though, we should just gaze in awe -- no energy transition has ever moved this fast on some fronts

[Jordan Furness @JAFurness]

@clmarohn Halton Hills, Ontario. No overnight parking, exceptions up to 24 nights per year per car if the license plate is registered in the online system. Website says “unless otherwise posted, all on-street parking has a maximum 6 hour parking limit”

[Jordan Furness @JAFurness]

@ostap_yyc fyi - Apr 22 data showing 1 year history. 2100 more listings than last year at the same time. Asking prices declining since Aug 2023

[Clint Murphy @IAmClintMurphy]

If you watch the NEWS, you may think we're headed for Civil War and the world is in Bad Shape.

That's Bullsh!t

And, here's 10 Charts to Prove it:

1. Child Survival is Up

[Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna]

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