<p>Urbanists.video is a PeerTube server about urbanism and public transport, for anyone interested in walkable, livable places.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://urbanists.video" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>urbanists.video</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://urbanists.video/about/instance" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>urbanists.video/about/instance</a> or contact the admins <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.harding.dev/@alex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alex</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://union.place/@mattcaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mattcaff</span></a></span> </p><p>cc @urbanism </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#Urbanism</a> <a href="/tags/publictransport/" rel="tag">#PublicTransport</a> <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#Cities</a> <a href="/tags/urbanists/" rel="tag">#Urbanists</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#Cities</a> / <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#Urbanism</a> / <a href="/tags/urbanlife/" rel="tag">#UrbanLife</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/accounts/ohtheurbanity', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ohtheurbanity</span></a></span> - Videos on urban planning in Canada & worldwide</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@montymo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>montymo</span></a></span> - Street photographer of everyday life</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@joepierce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joepierce</span></a></span> - Urban geographer at Univ of Aberdeen </p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@AmiW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AmiW</span></a></span> - Street art from around world</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@reece" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reece</span></a></span> (main) & <span class="h-card"><a href="https://reecemartin.ca/author/reecemartintransit/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reecemartintransit</span></a></span> (blog) & <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/accounts/reece', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reece@video.canadiancivil.com</span></a></span> (videos) - Urbanist & transport enthusiast, video maker</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@citylab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>citylab</span></a></span> - News on cities, city planning</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://urbanists.social/@sub_urban" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sub_urban</span></a></span> - German journal of critical urban research (in German)</p><p>🧵 1/6</p>
<p>Official <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> Post:</p><p><a href="/tags/genx/" rel="tag">#GenX</a> <a href="/tags/actor/" rel="tag">#actor</a>, <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a>, and <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#transit</a> advocate. I believe in <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#cities</a> and <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#urbanism</a>. Live in <a href="/tags/weho/" rel="tag">#WeHo</a> in <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a>. </p><p>Hablo español. Aprendo português.</p><p>Minister of the Science of Mind and Spirit for <a href="/tags/csl/" rel="tag">#csl</a> <a href="/tags/newthought/" rel="tag">#newthought</a> <a href="/tags/acim/" rel="tag">#ACIM</a> <a href="/tags/sober/" rel="tag">#sober</a></p><p><a href="/tags/gay/" rel="tag">#Gay</a> <a href="/tags/leather/" rel="tag">#leather</a> <a href="/tags/drag/" rel="tag">#drag</a> <a href="/tags/pride/" rel="tag">#pride</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a></p><p>Also on Threads at @danwentzel@threads.net</p>
<p>Oh The Urbanity! make videos about city planning, urbanism, public transport, cycling, housing and related topics. They are based in Canada, but they cover cities in other countries too. You can follow their account at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.canadiancivil.com/accounts/ohtheurbanity', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ohtheurbanity</span></a></span> </p><p>They've already published over 200 videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohth</span><span class="invisible">eurbanity/videos</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#Cities</a> <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#Urbanism</a> <a href="/tags/cityplanning/" rel="tag">#CityPlanning</a> <a href="/tags/publictransport/" rel="tag">#PublicTransport</a> <a href="/tags/cycling/" rel="tag">#Cycling</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>
<p>Trump Targets Democratic Districts by Halting Billions During <a href="/tags/shutdown2025/" rel="tag">#Shutdown2025</a><br>Two weeks into gov <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a>, Trump admin has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion that had been reserved for more than 200 projects primarily located in <a href="/tags/democratic/" rel="tag">#Democratic</a>-led <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#cities</a>.<br>Projects include investments in clean energy, upgrades to electric grid and fixes to nation’s transportation infrastructure, primarily in Democratic strongholds, such as <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> and <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a>. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/14/us/trump-grants-democrat-districts-government-shutdown.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/14/us/trump-grants-democrat-districts-government-shutdown.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/interactive/20</span><span class="invisible">25/10/14/us/trump-grants-democrat-districts-government-shutdown.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/NADoB" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.ph/NADoB</a></p>
<p>Urbanists.video is a PeerTube video server for anyone interested in walkable, livable places and wanting to publish videos about them:</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://urbanists.video" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>urbanists.video</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://urbanists.video/about/instance" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>urbanists.video/about/instance</a> or contact the admin accounts <span class="h-card"><a href="https://union.place/@mattcaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mattcaff</span></a></span> & <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.harding.dev/@alex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alex</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#Urbanism</a> <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#Cities</a> <a href="/tags/urbanists/" rel="tag">#Urbanists</a> <a href="/tags/urbanplanning/" rel="tag">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="/tags/publictransport/" rel="tag">#PublicTransport</a> <a href="/tags/walkablecities/" rel="tag">#WalkableCities</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
In the urbanist discourse, there's rightly a lot of discussion about barrier-protected bike lanes. But I think there should be more advocacy for dedicated bus lanes as well. <br><br><a href="/tags/bus/" rel="tag">#bus</a> <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#Urbanism</a> <a href="/tags/city/" rel="tag">#city</a> <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#cities</a> <a href="/tags/urbanplanning/" rel="tag">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="/tags/streets/" rel="tag">#Streets</a> <a href="/tags/auspol/" rel="tag">#auspol</a>
