Mike Velonas

pedestrian. noun, sometimes adjective.

[Neil Arason (he/him) @neilarason]

5 low-cost things to make your city better & safer:
- reduce speeds
- make all signalized intersections Leading Pedesrrian Intervals
- implement pedestrian scrambles
- remove slip lanes to make tighter turning radii (to reduce speeds)
- build sidewalks & protected bike lanes

[science monitor @urbandata]

Why the rent is high: After parking requirement introduced, cost per unit jumped 18% & # of units dropped 30% https://t.co/j1PpJGQNNN #CPlan

[Street Plans @StreetPlans]

"EVERY CITY thinks it has a parking problem. Or a traffic problem," Tony Garcia told attendees in his presentation at the Georgia Walks Summit in Rome last week. “You don’t. You have a car problem.” https://t.co/FNaxwCvmwB

[Peter Flax @Pflax1]

Anyone who thinks that Volvo, Uber, Tesla and everyone else in autonomous space are going to take every available prudent step so pedestrians and cyclists don't get killed by self-driving cars hasn't been paying attention to how auto industry has operated in the last 100 years

[Dr. Robin Mazumder 🇨🇦 @RobinMazumder]

"There's no sugar-coating it: We can only make our streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists when road space is taken away from cars." https://t.co/tjTO2Cvpo0

[Transport Research @transportdata]

The only thing worse than @elonmusk’s ridiculous urban tunnel transportation fantasy is the equally-unsustainable version that we actually built over the past 70 years #cplan

[John Parker 🇺🇦 @johnparkerex]

This is the point that is lost all too often, especially on those who should know better. It is not enough to pour dollars down a hole called "transit"; you have to build your city around the idea. https://t.co/kdzQDxLwDh

[Transportation for America @T4America]

The continued reduction of drive-alone trips into downtown Seattle as jobs have exploded is really something. Is your city interested in efficiency, or just more parking? https://t.co/f4czP0KQ4u

[Brian Doucet @bmdoucet]

What will it take to reach a similar moment here in Canada? https://t.co/OjdPNcqhJC

[Market Urbanism @MarketUrbanism]

California abolished single-family zoning a few years ago with its ADU laws, and now Minneapolis is considering going two steps further and maxing allowing four-plexes (!!!) in its lowest-density zones: https://t.co/UYDWuSZJlf

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Probably the most important thread you could read on the so called "war on the car".... https://t.co/HZr3yEcUWz

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Civil engineers should walk their projects before running the first traffic model or drawing "improvement" concepts.

https://t.co/kdPmGNlcUh

#urbanplanning #econdev via @BryanJ_NOV8

[Bike Tarrytown @BikeTarrytown]

@alexbozikovic @jimkarygiannis @JohnTory @PaulKulig_TO In 1953, Polio killed ~3,000 people in USA. Now we all get vaccinated. Now ~40,000 people die on our roads. It's time to vaccinate our streets.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Vienna has a Commissioner of Walking. You get what you plan for... Just sayin’ #UFGC18

[Jeff Speck @JeffSpeckFAICP]

WELL DONE.
Make sure you watch and share this awesome @nytimes overview of Autonomous Vehicles from @aarieff
https://t.co/s4iPQoZj4j (1/2)

[BikePortland @BikePortland]

Portand has a “Feminists Against Freeways” Facebook group and the cover photo is Beyoncé smashing a car ❤️❤️

[Mike Velonas @MikeVelonas]

the future is not flying cars
it’s not electric cars
it’s not ride hailing cars
it’s not driverless cars
the future is not cars

[Mike Velonas @MikeVelonas]

@JeffSpeckAICP I will say that the integration of the building with the public realm is well done. I prioritize this over design style

[Mike Velonas @MikeVelonas]

@JeffSpeckAICP could you expand on “placelessness”?