Cathy Tuttle
@cathytuttle.bsky.social
Planner of cities for people & other living things. I post on life in SEA PDX Utrecht, women who create cities, bikes, climate. I'm on Boards @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social & volunteer @ BikeFlip + Fietsmeesters in Utrecht. She/her. Dr.
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It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
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I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
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Car-free transit activist and community organizer is the new Seattle Mayor!
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Car-free transit activist and community organizer is the new Seattle Mayor!
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
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💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
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For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
I post so much about how wonderful life is in Utrecht for people outside of cars that you might think cars don't exist here.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I post so much about how wonderful life is in Utrecht for people outside of cars that you might think cars don't exist here.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
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When you take a big breath and think about it, it is horrifying how much material we use & then throw away to build mountains of private cars every year.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
When you take a big breath and think about it, it is horrifying how much material we use & then throw away to build mountains of private cars every year.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
That's so fun!
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That's so fun!
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
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Mellow autumn day on a bike in Utrecht.
November 17, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Mellow autumn day on a bike in Utrecht.
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Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
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On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
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A global network of urbanists shaping the cities of tomorrow. From sustainability to resilience and fairness, we’re all tackling the same challenges—and we have so much to learn from each other. As climate change and other crises intensify, sharing ideas has never been more urgent.
ICYMI: This is my STARTER PACK specifically profiling urbanists OUTSIDE of North America! If you love cities and want them to be better for people, please consider following these folks and orgs, and please share this pack as much as you can! Thanks very much.
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A global network of urbanists shaping the cities of tomorrow. From sustainability to resilience and fairness, we’re all tackling the same challenges—and we have so much to learn from each other. As climate change and other crises intensify, sharing ideas has never been more urgent.
What's your #FoodStamp or #SNAP story?
My single mom fed us on surplus food like oatmeal & block cheese
Now the US President holds Americans hostage💔
"Christophe Niyibizi, 67, said he and his wife limit themselves to one full meal each day, in midafternoon, to try and make their food last longer"
My single mom fed us on surplus food like oatmeal & block cheese
Now the US President holds Americans hostage💔
"Christophe Niyibizi, 67, said he and his wife limit themselves to one full meal each day, in midafternoon, to try and make their food last longer"
‘I’m Going to Stretch It’: SNAP Recipients Face Shrinking Funds and Hard Choices
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What's your #FoodStamp or #SNAP story?
My single mom fed us on surplus food like oatmeal & block cheese
Now the US President holds Americans hostage💔
"Christophe Niyibizi, 67, said he and his wife limit themselves to one full meal each day, in midafternoon, to try and make their food last longer"
My single mom fed us on surplus food like oatmeal & block cheese
Now the US President holds Americans hostage💔
"Christophe Niyibizi, 67, said he and his wife limit themselves to one full meal each day, in midafternoon, to try and make their food last longer"
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Streets are for people.
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Streets are for people.
On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
Correction: Utrecht enforcement cars use an array of cameras not LiDAR
What's important?
1. All cars/trucks must have license plates
2. Zero Emission Zone + curb use is consistently & constantly enforced
3. Money from enforcement (upwards of €20M/year) goes into street safety improvements
big WINS
What's important?
1. All cars/trucks must have license plates
2. Zero Emission Zone + curb use is consistently & constantly enforced
3. Money from enforcement (upwards of €20M/year) goes into street safety improvements
big WINS
Utrecht has a fleet of ~6 of these cars topped with LiDAR. They circle Utrecht making images of parked cars throughout the day.
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Correction: Utrecht enforcement cars use an array of cameras not LiDAR
What's important?
1. All cars/trucks must have license plates
2. Zero Emission Zone + curb use is consistently & constantly enforced
3. Money from enforcement (upwards of €20M/year) goes into street safety improvements
big WINS
What's important?
1. All cars/trucks must have license plates
2. Zero Emission Zone + curb use is consistently & constantly enforced
3. Money from enforcement (upwards of €20M/year) goes into street safety improvements
big WINS
Utrecht has a fleet of ~6 of these cars topped with LiDAR. They circle Utrecht making images of parked cars throughout the day.
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Utrecht has a fleet of ~6 of these cars topped with LiDAR. They circle Utrecht making images of parked cars throughout the day.
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
There is a vote Oct 29 in the Netherlands to elect a new parliament.
While the PVV (Party for Freedom), led by anti-Islam right-wing Geert Wilders still leads in the polls, its lead has fallen from 26% to 20% since November 2024. Dutch coalition politics, with more than a dozen parties, is complex.
While the PVV (Party for Freedom), led by anti-Islam right-wing Geert Wilders still leads in the polls, its lead has fallen from 26% to 20% since November 2024. Dutch coalition politics, with more than a dozen parties, is complex.
Forget diplomatic niceties: it's beyond time Europe denounced Trump's trashing of democracy in the US | Paul Taylor
The convention to stay out of allies’ internal affairs does not apply. What happens in America does not stay in America, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
There is a vote Oct 29 in the Netherlands to elect a new parliament.
While the PVV (Party for Freedom), led by anti-Islam right-wing Geert Wilders still leads in the polls, its lead has fallen from 26% to 20% since November 2024. Dutch coalition politics, with more than a dozen parties, is complex.
While the PVV (Party for Freedom), led by anti-Islam right-wing Geert Wilders still leads in the polls, its lead has fallen from 26% to 20% since November 2024. Dutch coalition politics, with more than a dozen parties, is complex.