Jonathan Lawrence

Planner and organizer. Exploring the right to the city. Opinions are my own.

[Climate Justice Edmonton 🌅 @CJEdmonton]

Election results and *waves hands* all this make you feel like you have to do *something*?
Here's a great way to get started.
Register here: https://t.co/h3hS9ZG1aE

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

Oulu, Finland. A fellow @WinterCityYEG where around one-in-five of all trips made are by bike.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

When it comes to better city-building, which city should YOUR city most be inspired by, and why?

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

For June bike month I’d love city hall to fix their parkade entrance. If you want to bike to city hall, you can’t enter to lock up safely off 99st bike lanes. Call security and you’ll be told to enter through a small elevator and pedestrian doors. Thanks #yegcc

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

Is it really a radical position to see this infrastructure as insane? Accommodating personal automobiles is so obviously ridiculous.

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

@conradnobert @fatTireBikeBoy @newfangl3d Wouldn’t it be great if we had meaningful venues for discussion and citizen driven policy making.

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

@conradnobert It’s so clear that we need a more nuanced conversation about how we rebuild our city. I’d really like to understand how these opposition groups wish to reconcile the obvious contradictions of their position. I’m truly open to a coherent proposal.

https://t.co/j7uaXrFpI7

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

@autocrosser @Danyul_W Given it’s the size of Brooklyn, the thousands of homes and business which could replace it would be a massive net revenue gain.

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

@Danyul_W @stephenraitz @camsmithers @autocrosser Love this

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

Instead, we built the henday.

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

@RJSCity @Joggerfry @AffordLab This is what twitter should be about. Appreciate the time and thought.

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

If you’re in Richie, get in on this walk! If you want to lead a similar walk in your neighbourhood get in touch with your league or the @EFCL

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

@nlamontagne It’s really intriguing to think through what governance/engagement mechanisms (especially in NA cities) would allow city builders to close the gap between contextualized best practice and policy/practice-reality. In the context of a climate crisis, that’s a big question.

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

In a discipline as impactful as city planning, our failure to adopt best practice is confounding. If a cure for a deadly disease was produced in Amsterdam, would Albertan physicians not bring the treatment here?

Why does this logic not extend to cities? https://t.co/3zUtWcw0wY

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

@nlamontagne When we run it*

[Jonathan Lawrence @Jonathanlaw_]

This is what I want.

[VeloPaso @velopaso]

It takes political will - tell your city leaders that this is what you want

[Michael Janz @michaeljanz]

City Council is debating a Tree preservation tomorrow. Most of the debate thus far has been about redeveloping neighbourhoods (infill) but we need to broaden the conversation to examine the clear cutting as a result of urban sprawl. Sprawl eats farms, wetlands, and trees.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

American Mayors' Words:
"We're facing a climate emergency."

American Mayors' Budgets:
"The Feds will give us free money to widen roads. Let's take it!"