"It’s bizarre. We are a society obsessed with the safety of our children, sometimes to a ridiculous extent. Yet when it comes to the school run, the automobile remains sacred." -Taras Grescoe straphanger.substack.com/p/the

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The Urbanist · @urbanistorg
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Small cities doing bigger things than big cities.

RT @BrockRides@twitter.com

Mount Vernon, Wash., has a lovely pedestrian plaza that was formerly occupied by parked & moving cars.

Shops line it. Protected by bollards. Wavy paving tiles provide visual texture underfoot. Tree canopy overhead. Seating on planter boxes.

@bmaryman@twitter.com @QAGreenways@twitter.com

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/BrockRides/status/

#peoplestreets

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The Urbanist · @urbanistorg
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The car industry weeps. ☺️

RT @ourbikelanenyc@twitter.com

Fifth avenue. Tell me how reserving the space for cars is better than this for retail revenue and the economy. Obviously this is an unprecedented amount of foot traffic.

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/ourbikelanenyc/sta

#peoplestreets

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The Urbanist · @urbanistorg
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Hey Seattle...

RT @JohnSurico@twitter.com

Folks, Fifth Ave in Manhattan shut down to traffic for the holidays is *such* a sight.

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/JohnSurico/status/

#peoplestreets

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