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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) is a Vancouver-based national and international city planning/design, mobility and "advanced urbanism" consultancy led by @BrentToderian.bsky.social.
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NEW: “Canadian urbanist @brenttoderian.bsky.social teamed up with the city of Paris and, in particular, its mayor, @annehidalgo.bsky.social on a new exhibition that shines a light on cities and global climate action.”
Thanks very much @momentummag.bsky.social for the great questions! #Paris
Thanks very much @momentummag.bsky.social for the great questions! #Paris
“I think Paris is uniquely positioned to celebrate bold action from cities all over the world. Because in my observation Paris, and Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, have been the most inspiring in the world over the last 10 years, really exemplifying those key words ‘further and faster.’” — BT
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We lack coherent policy guidance and shoot on our own goal repeatedly. It’s all connected: planning, architecture, budget, transit, housing/land use policy; we’re facing challenges and the same old same old isn’t good enough; @brenttoderian.bsky.social @toderianuw.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We lack coherent policy guidance and shoot on our own goal repeatedly. It’s all connected: planning, architecture, budget, transit, housing/land use policy; we’re facing challenges and the same old same old isn’t good enough; @brenttoderian.bsky.social @toderianuw.bsky.social
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“At the World Mayors Summit 2025, C40 Cities @c40cities.bsky.social & the Global Covenant of Mayors @mayors4climate.bsky.social are showcasing how cities are moving from negotiation to delivery, turning climate pledges into real-world progress.”
Action.
#ActionStartsHere www.c40.org/news/yearly-...
Action.
#ActionStartsHere www.c40.org/news/yearly-...
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“At the World Mayors Summit 2025, C40 Cities @c40cities.bsky.social & the Global Covenant of Mayors @mayors4climate.bsky.social are showcasing how cities are moving from negotiation to delivery, turning climate pledges into real-world progress.”
Action.
#ActionStartsHere www.c40.org/news/yearly-...
Action.
#ActionStartsHere www.c40.org/news/yearly-...
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“Un urbaniste Nord-américain sollicité par des villes européennes, c’est curieux. Mais si cet urbaniste a longtemps exercé à Vancouver, certainement l’une des villes les moins américaines dans son approche urbanistique, cela peut expliquer les motivations de ces villes.”— @marjolainekoch.bsky.social
Brent Toderian : « La plupart des villes européennes pensent que la densité est mauvaise pour l’environnement. En réalité, c’est l’inverse… »
Un urbaniste Nord-américain sollicité par des villes européennes, c’est curieux. Mais si cet urbaniste a longtemps exercé à Vancouver,...-transports
www.lettreducadre.fr
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Un urbaniste Nord-américain sollicité par des villes européennes, c’est curieux. Mais si cet urbaniste a longtemps exercé à Vancouver, certainement l’une des villes les moins américaines dans son approche urbanistique, cela peut expliquer les motivations de ces villes.”— @marjolainekoch.bsky.social
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Some very good points for Vancouver City Council from someone who has helped plan the city we love.
“My name is Brent Toderian. I’m a resident of Vancouver. I’m also a city planner, a former chief planner for Vancouver, and now an advisor to cities across Canada & around the world.
Council knows I don’t make a habit of this. I can count on one hand the times I’ve spoken to council as a citizen.”
Council knows I don’t make a habit of this. I can count on one hand the times I’ve spoken to council as a citizen.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Some very good points for Vancouver City Council from someone who has helped plan the city we love.
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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 7:57 PM
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
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We could have just pulled a couple of sauna boats up and docked them at Ontario Place and saved a whole bunch of hassle.
I’m one of many who believe our Vancouver waterfront should have more things to go to. Here’s one I’ve been advising & helping with— HAVN now has a proposed site in Vancouver for a floating sauna boat. They have one in Victoria already. I’ve experienced similar in Helsinki & Oslo! www.havnsaunas.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We could have just pulled a couple of sauna boats up and docked them at Ontario Place and saved a whole bunch of hassle.
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When I helped plan (as a rep of Vancouver) the very 1st Mayors Climate Summit in Copenhagen at COP15, we chose the slogan “Cities Act.” But for cities to lead & act on #ClimateAction, we need nations to FUND, empower & position cities. A key message for @mayors4climate.bsky.social. #ActionStartsHere
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When I helped plan (as a rep of Vancouver) the very 1st Mayors Climate Summit in Copenhagen at COP15, we chose the slogan “Cities Act.” But for cities to lead & act on #ClimateAction, we need nations to FUND, empower & position cities. A key message for @mayors4climate.bsky.social. #ActionStartsHere
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I have a work truck with a 4.4 metre deck and a cab over body. Full chassis and 16 inch rims. to get into the cab there is a step and a handhold to pull yourself in.
at traffic lights when next to an suv the driver and I are at eye level.
at traffic lights when next to an suv the driver and I are at eye level.
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I have a work truck with a 4.4 metre deck and a cab over body. Full chassis and 16 inch rims. to get into the cab there is a step and a handhold to pull yourself in.
at traffic lights when next to an suv the driver and I are at eye level.
at traffic lights when next to an suv the driver and I are at eye level.
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Driving an SUV is paying more for the same thing BUT MORE DANGEROUSLY
Paying more to kill more.
That is an awful way to behave.
The public roads are not the hunting grounds for your colonial Safari.
Paying more to kill more.
That is an awful way to behave.
The public roads are not the hunting grounds for your colonial Safari.
With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?
Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Driving an SUV is paying more for the same thing BUT MORE DANGEROUSLY
Paying more to kill more.
That is an awful way to behave.
The public roads are not the hunting grounds for your colonial Safari.
Paying more to kill more.
That is an awful way to behave.
The public roads are not the hunting grounds for your colonial Safari.
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Can you imagine YOUR city like this? Why not, more to the point.
All road deaths are a decision made at all levels of Government, within the courts, and to a large extent within the manufacturing of cars and the marketing of them. It doesn't have to be this way.
All road deaths are a decision made at all levels of Government, within the courts, and to a large extent within the manufacturing of cars and the marketing of them. It doesn't have to be this way.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Can you imagine YOUR city like this? Why not, more to the point.
All road deaths are a decision made at all levels of Government, within the courts, and to a large extent within the manufacturing of cars and the marketing of them. It doesn't have to be this way.
All road deaths are a decision made at all levels of Government, within the courts, and to a large extent within the manufacturing of cars and the marketing of them. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Another great starter pack—highly recommended.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
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 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Another great starter pack—highly recommended.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
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I had a lot of fun writing my contribution to this one … alongside so many great urbanists!
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I had a lot of fun writing my contribution to this one … alongside so many great urbanists!
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I stand by my statement. 🙂
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I stand by my statement. 🙂
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This is the 1st “paid partnership” I’ve said yes to as a so-called content creator on social media. I was happy to say yes this time because @mayors4climate.bsky.social is such an important organization. It’s really no different than my usual work with clients…pick carefully & ONLY say what I think.
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is the 1st “paid partnership” I’ve said yes to as a so-called content creator on social media. I was happy to say yes this time because @mayors4climate.bsky.social is such an important organization. It’s really no different than my usual work with clients…pick carefully & ONLY say what I think.
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Not really, of course, but I’m doing as much as I can to build it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Not really, of course, but I’m doing as much as I can to build it.
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My favourite city. Two years of living and biking in this city with no need to wear a helmet, and on 90% of the streets, bikes have the right-of-way. Heaven 🩵
(compare it to Toronto, where even a bike lane doesn't guarantee safety!)
(compare it to Toronto, where even a bike lane doesn't guarantee safety!)
When it comes to designing cities for biking and walking, Ghent Belgium may still not be as well known as Copenhagen, Amsterdam or Paris yet, but it’s one of the most inspiring cities in the world. I was honoured to do some work with them in 2019. Watch @streetfilms.bsky.social’s fantastic video:
Ghent Kicked Out the Cars So You Can Walk, Bike, Live & Thrive in the City (Velo-City 2024)
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My favourite city. Two years of living and biking in this city with no need to wear a helmet, and on 90% of the streets, bikes have the right-of-way. Heaven 🩵
(compare it to Toronto, where even a bike lane doesn't guarantee safety!)
(compare it to Toronto, where even a bike lane doesn't guarantee safety!)
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TONIGHT’S new-ish book in the #UrbanismBookClub is an important one — “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities” by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social via @islandpress.bsky.social (2023). Foreword by @tamikabutler.bsky.social, cover art by @martyn.bsky.social. Great read. 2/
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
TONIGHT’S new-ish book in the #UrbanismBookClub is an important one — “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities” by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social via @islandpress.bsky.social (2023). Foreword by @tamikabutler.bsky.social, cover art by @martyn.bsky.social. Great read. 2/
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"...it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a river." - Brent Toderian
Really liked this quote and I can imagine it being useful going forward, so I'm posting it for posterity
Really liked this quote and I can imagine it being useful going forward, so I'm posting it for posterity
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"...it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a river." - Brent Toderian
Really liked this quote and I can imagine it being useful going forward, so I'm posting it for posterity
Really liked this quote and I can imagine it being useful going forward, so I'm posting it for posterity
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Brent is single-handedly building Bluesky’s urbanist network.
Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Brent is single-handedly building Bluesky’s urbanist network.
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I had the pleasure to go on a bike tour with @brenttoderian.bsky.social this morning to show him our latest infrastructure, what we achieved since 2020, and what remains to be done to make Paris a truly bike- and pedestrian-friendly city.
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for stopping by!
June 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I had the pleasure to go on a bike tour with @brenttoderian.bsky.social this morning to show him our latest infrastructure, what we achieved since 2020, and what remains to be done to make Paris a truly bike- and pedestrian-friendly city.
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for stopping by!
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“The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) is the world’s largest alliance for city climate leadership, uniting over 13,800 cities & local govts across 148 countries.“
@mayors4climate.bsky.social champions city LEADERSHIP. #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/impact2025/
@mayors4climate.bsky.social champions city LEADERSHIP. #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/impact2025/
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) is the world’s largest alliance for city climate leadership, uniting over 13,800 cities & local govts across 148 countries.“
@mayors4climate.bsky.social champions city LEADERSHIP. #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/impact2025/
@mayors4climate.bsky.social champions city LEADERSHIP. #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/impact2025/
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at the climate action exhibit at paris's hotel de ville - a @brenttoderian.bsky.social sighting
no mention of seattle anywhere
no mention of seattle anywhere
July 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
at the climate action exhibit at paris's hotel de ville - a @brenttoderian.bsky.social sighting
no mention of seattle anywhere
no mention of seattle anywhere
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A key org that’s really championing city climate leadership is @mayors4climate.bsky.social. I’m honoured they’ve hired me to help them champion change & spread the word.
We need to do EVERYTHING WE CAN to help position cities to lead! #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/wp-content/u...
We need to do EVERYTHING WE CAN to help position cities to lead! #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/wp-content/u...
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A key org that’s really championing city climate leadership is @mayors4climate.bsky.social. I’m honoured they’ve hired me to help them champion change & spread the word.
We need to do EVERYTHING WE CAN to help position cities to lead! #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/wp-content/u...
We need to do EVERYTHING WE CAN to help position cities to lead! #ActionStartsHere www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/wp-content/u...
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And they come with all the issues of capitalist greed. Your fancy Perrier? Contaminated by fecal bacterias, with a filtration system that wasn't compliant with regulations, which Nestlé and the French state tried to hide.
Before choosing bottled water over tap water, remember it takes more than 10X the water that a bottle of water holds to make the plastic bottle and transport the water. And that’s before considering the fuel and GHGs, the 1000 year bottle life, and the RIDICULOUS amount of $ we’re paying for water.
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
And they come with all the issues of capitalist greed. Your fancy Perrier? Contaminated by fecal bacterias, with a filtration system that wasn't compliant with regulations, which Nestlé and the French state tried to hide.