Open thread: Who here's a published author? If that's you, what's the title of your book, and a brief synopsis. I'm keen to find some interesting new books by folk on the socials. #book #books #writing #literature #auspol #authors #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities

…Homeland Security Secretary #KristiNoem and her close adviser #CoreyLewandowski, who were Bovino’s biggest backers at #DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people said.

For the past 7 months, #Bovino has been the public face of a traveling #immigration crackdown on #cities governed by #Democrats. Noem & other #Trump officials gave Bovino the “commander” title & sent him & his masked #CBP agents to #Chicago, #Charlotte, #NewOrleans, & then #Minneapolis.

#law

A city planning event on Wednesday (no link to actual event):

The next event is this Wednesday in which Arvind Ramachandran will share his learnings from his residency and research in New York. He is an architect and urban designer interested in how power is spatialized in the city. During the 3 month residency co-hosted by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and The Cooper Union School of Architecture, Arvind explored how the megacity is built not just through masterplans and monumental projects, but also through the continuous and collective shaping of everyday spaces.

Event details: Wednesday 21.1. 18-19.30, RaivioBumann office in Mechelininkatu 23.

#Helsinki #cityPlanning #placemaking #cities #Finland

A city planning event on Wednesday (no link to actual event):

The next event is this Wednesday in which Arvind Ramachandran will share his learnings from his residency and research in New York. He is an architect and urban designer interested in how power is spatialized in the city. During the 3 month residency co-hosted by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and The Cooper Union School of Architecture, Arvind explored how the megacity is built not just through masterplans and monumental projects, but also through the continuous and collective shaping of everyday spaces.

Event details: Wednesday 21.1. 18-19.30, RaivioBumann office in Mechelininkatu 23.

#Helsinki #cityPlanning #placemaking #cities #Finland

Several municipalities in Japan are giving Osaka a run for its money in the race toward winning the designation as the country’s secondary capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/politics/back-up-capital-cities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #disasterpreparedness #cities #nipponishinnokai #osaka #ldp #hirofumiyoshimura #fukuoka #kumamoto #saitama #nagoya

How could/should/will we get around the cities of the future? A car for everyone is never going to work in a city, but once we go back to seeing the streets as places for people to get around (rather than "where the cars go") how could it all work? Cities and technology are constantly evolving, and so our city streets will too. For this week's Rare Earth, on air at 12 today and online afterwards, we talked to Chris Boardman, Stephen Potter and Karen Lucas about what the future holds. Listen here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n7p1

#Podcast #transport #ActiveTravel #cities

In a first, Tokyo has surpassed New York to come in second in the Global Power City Index, which ranks cities according to their ability to draw in people, enterprise and capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/society/tokyo-global-power-index/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #cities #fukuoka #globalpowercityindex #japaneseeconomy #osaka #surveys #tokyo

In Bloomberg, I argued that traffic lights are a street safety solution that’s hiding in plain sight

For instance, cities can
▪️ Install Leading Pedestrian Intervals to make those on foot more visible
▪️ Use "rest in red" to halt reckless drivers after dark
▪️ Lower the green wave speed on high-crash corridors

Note: None of these require AI or V2X mumbo jumbo.

Pushback from drivers is rare; they may not even notice.

#safety #streets #cities

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/how-do-traffic-lights-curb-dangerous-driving-it-s-all-in-the-timing

One of our Master's oldest tricks, 'divide and rule'

https://national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-culture-war-is-a-myth

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Countryside #Cities #CultureWars

One of our Master's oldest tricks, 'divide and rule'

https://national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-culture-war-is-a-myth

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Countryside #Cities #CultureWars

How could/should/will we get around the cities of the future? A car for everyone is never going to work in a city, but once we go back to seeing the streets as places for people to get around (rather than "where the cars go") how could it all work? Cities and technology are constantly evolving, and so our city streets will too. For this week's Rare Earth, on air at 12 today and online afterwards, we talked to Chris Boardman, Stephen Potter and Karen Lucas about what the future holds. Listen here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n7p1

#Podcast #transport #ActiveTravel #cities

In Bloomberg, I argued that traffic lights are a street safety solution that’s hiding in plain sight

For instance, cities can
▪️ Install Leading Pedestrian Intervals to make those on foot more visible
▪️ Use "rest in red" to halt reckless drivers after dark
▪️ Lower the green wave speed on high-crash corridors

Note: None of these require AI or V2X mumbo jumbo.

Pushback from drivers is rare; they may not even notice.

#safety #streets #cities

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/how-do-traffic-lights-curb-dangerous-driving-it-s-all-in-the-timing

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/

This is a topic totally worth exploring in the world of #solarpunk #sciencefiction #climatefiction #urbanfantasy - whether #humanity can move actual #cities with #populations in millions (if not more).

#bookstodon #books #fiction #amwriting #wordweavers #writerscoffeeclub #author

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/

This is a topic totally worth exploring in the world of #solarpunk #sciencefiction #climatefiction #urbanfantasy - whether #humanity can move actual #cities with #populations in millions (if not more).

#bookstodon #books #fiction #amwriting #wordweavers #writerscoffeeclub #author

#Cities are cities precisely because—demonstrably—more people want to live in urban environments than those who abhor the idea altogether, for all the advantages that cities have to offer.

Only in America and other places where land and fossil fuels have been historically cheap and abundant, have people developed the idea of #suburbia and glorify and idealize #ruralism supported by private motor vehicles.

#urbanism #architecture #planning #design #housing #policy #economics #politics

#Tokyo

An amazing #city

The largest city in the world

...Not anymore

"With an estimated population of nearly 42 million residents, #Indonesia's capital #Jakarta soared from 33rd place to surpass #Japan's Tokyo, according to a new #UnitedNations report"

A mind boggling fact for you:

The population of #Java is about 155 million

The population of #Russia is about 145 million

Java is about 2/3 the size of #GreatBritain!

That's what rich volcanic soil does

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/rcna245798

#cities

Train station Liège Guillemin

#colors #architecture #train #station #liège #guillemin #travel #cities

Train station Liège Guillemin

#colors #architecture #train #station #liège #guillemin #travel #cities

If you are in Chicago, please go outside if you can, it’s glorious

#Chicago #cities

If you are in Chicago, please go outside if you can, it’s glorious

#Chicago #cities