Joshua Clements

#CityPlanner, Sun Prairie WI. Eau Claire School Board. Urban Thinker. Change Agent. Runner, biker, hiker. UW-Madison Alum. Tweets are my own.

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

Awesome launch of #ItTakesAPlanner #NPC23 to elevate #planners, the voice of planning, public interest community SuperHeros

Planners see things differently.
It takes a Planner.

#equity #sustainability

@ejpasi
@APA_Planning
@APA_WI @leagueofcities @LeagueWIMunis

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

I am🏃‍♂️ running Grandma's Marathon on June 20th to Raise resources for Save the Boundary Waters 🏕️🛶@savethebws https://t.co/GaHjVfqEdc via @RaceRoster 💵

[NACTO @NACTO]

"States now face a choice: spend this money to address real and critical needs with our transportation system, or squander it on wasteful boondoggle projects that double down on the failed transportation strategies of the past."

https://t.co/7MfGAF6ihg

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

“Design your street for the traffic you want, not the traffic you have.”

Would love to hear a Mayoral candidate with a bold target like this: 10,000 fewer cars per day.

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

@GovEvers The local funding increase is a bait-and-switch to divert state funds for overwhelmingly wealthy and GOP-voting suburban areas.

@GovEvers veto it

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

@dtloken @GovEvers Similar to the GOP "starve the beast" tax cut strategy- reduce taxes $1 for 90% of payers, and $100 for the top earners, and sell it to the 90% as helping them "reign in government spending", while gutting essential services that people actually need and use.

@WisDems

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

@SenKeldaRoys @GovEvers Government should fund public education and child care *much better* than roads. Road funding is ridiculous.. Our transportation system is incredibly inefficient, unsustainable, and dangerous - not a model to emulate.

@LeagueWIMunis @leagueofcities

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

How do the Dutch justify seemingly extravagant spending on cycling infrastructure? They calculate the cost benefit to society.

Every penny invested returns many more in long-term savings: public health, travel times, road safety and maintenance, noise/air pollution, and tourism.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

Many hundreds of thousands of Montanans, present and future, are going to be a lot better off because of the dedicated activism of maybe a dozen people.

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

@CaileyJamison Coffee shop...

[Geoff Graham @ggraham]

Math can be hard, but this video featuring the work of @StrongTowns and @UrbanThree helps to explain how federal, state, and local promotion of sprawl via transportation policy and zoning has drained towns and cities of economic vitality.
https://t.co/486jDVqiQS

[YIMBY! Durham @YIMBYDurham]

MOTHER JONES went full #YIMBY this week. @billmckibben in @MotherJones:

"Imagine a community considering a new wind turbine or solar farm, or thinking about denser housing along transit corridors... 1/2

https://t.co/xa5LcZyvHr

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

NIMBYs come in many forms, but the most confounding are those who call themselves progressive yet abuse laws conceived to protect the environment, to block desperately needed housing, driving up costs and fueling homelessness. https://t.co/1I8oZrLiHW

[APA Advocates @APAadvocates]

Ithaca, NY, is a leader of the city-level climate revolution. The city hopes to reach carbon-neutral status by 2030 by implementing green systems in businesses and homes. #EarthMonth https://t.co/lLSET5MgTu

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

.@CBSMMiller: "I dont like the term 'fake news', it's just lies."
(Q: How do we inform communities in an era of fake news)

@ADBrooksFAICP: People question the process b/c they dont like the answer

Consider the source. #ItTakesAPlanner

#NPC23 @APA_Planning @leagueofcities

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

Welcome to #NPC23 from @ADBrooksFAICP, @APA_Planning President

#ItTakesAPlanner

@PhiladelphiaGov @leagueofcities

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

Of Course, #ItTakesAPlanner!

[APA Housing and Community Development Division @apahcd]

We really appreciate the Sim City theme music playing in the Welcome Session. Well done! #NPC23

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

Eleanor Sharpe, AICP, LEED-AP. @PhiladelphiaGov Plan Comission Executive Director welcoming planners to #NPC23 #ItTakesAPlanner

#CityPlanningDay in Phili

@APA_Planning @leagueofcities @LeagueWIMunis
@APA_WI

[Joshua Clements @JoshClements]

APA President @ADBrooksFAICP welcoming volunteer leaders to #NPC23 @PhiladelphiaGov, world's largest community planning event!

@APA_Planning