Devon McAslan, Ph.D.

Urban planner / researcher sharing research, news, and ideas on sustainable transport, walkability, parking reform, car free cities, and emerging technologies.

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

Here is a settled island arrangement that makes mixed-use, multifamily living attractive to a larger subset of the population.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

"Bicycles won't replace car trips."

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

DENVER OFFICIALLY ELIMINATES PARKING MINIMUMS CITY-WIDE! FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS!

After a 9-3 vote, the city will no longer require a minimum amount of parking for new developments! This will help projects pencil and will yield even more housing than before.

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

Leveraging London's streets as one of its most valuable assets, Strand Aldwych transforms one of Westminster's busiest and most polluted corridors into a vibrant and verdant destination. By filtering through traffic, 7000m² of roadway is reclaimed into a welcoming public space.🧵

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

Paris is removing cars in their downtown and around schools and the results are amazing.

[Michael McLean @cornoisseur]

🅿️ Chicago city council just passed parking reform that will remove parking requirements around transit!

On the menu of YIMBY policy ideas, this one has been proven to have nearly the highest impact in terms of new housing production.

Thank you @ChicagosMayor @AldermanLaSpata @Andrefor40th & @AldLawson!

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

"Freedom" apparently means letting cities grow like cancer cells until there's no farms or open space left and everyone is forced to buy a car for basic daily needs.

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

Hot take: Only about 15% of Americans actually want to drive everywhere. The other 85% are just forced to because our cities are non-stop sprawl, highways and parking lots.

That 15% should have that right. And the 85% should have more transportation options.

That's not communism. That's common sense.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Today, several Dutch organizations suggested helmets to increase road safety.

We say: welcome to the fight against road danger!

To assist you, here's a proven hierarchy of effective interventions to consider from now!

[Devon McAslan, Ph.D. @CarFreePlanner]

Today is #WorldCarFreeDay. Great opportunity to explore your city on foot, by bike, or by public transport!!

https://t.co/GnlTnKZZ64

[Devon McAslan, Ph.D. @CarFreePlanner]

A truly innovative approach to encouraging sustainable transport and car free living. Will be interesting to see how many people utilize this program.

France is giving €4,000 to people who trade in their car for an e-bike https://t.co/Ri4KLTzYQN via @Verge

[Devon McAslan, Ph.D. @CarFreePlanner]

@AnaPaula_PW Congratulations!!

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

We need more homes on walkable, car free streets across North America.

📸 @modacitylife
📍Delft 🇳🇱

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

US streets are cartoonishly wide relative to the rest of the developed world. https://t.co/3OoM7IhAFG

[Parking Reform Network @Parking_Reform]

More living space, less parking space.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

THREAD: I’m going to try this thread to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, to those who frequently ask me, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share if you think it helps. 🧵#EVS

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Here’s the blunt reality — reasonably-sized electric vehicles need to be the future of cars, but they can’t be the future of urban mobility.

Fewer cars.
Less driving.
More inviting mobility options.
Better communities and cities.

These are the 4 pillars of the REAL solution.

[Qagggy! @Qagggy]

What if—instead of cars—we filled our streets with people, bikes, trees, and life?

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

“Automated driving has been ‘only 20 years away’ for over 60 years.”
—Peter Norton, Autonorama.

And, as he notes, the promise of the AV future means we fail to build transit and active transport infrastructure in the present.