Brent Toderian

@brenttoderian.bsky.social

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Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.

The screenshots show the four pages of the article which is in French… Apologies, more than I can handle in alt text, especially in French. If there’s tech that can automatically read & copy it into alt text, I’d appreciate knowing about it.
Long line for free flowers on Granville Street, with a little girl asking her mom if they can get some…
Granville Street in downtown Vancouver filled with people today.
People sitting and walking on Granville street early Monday morning.
Health Letter: Medical leaders urge ministers to end UK’s dependence on fossil fuels. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction
Video of moving wayfinding lights through a full block urban transformation in central Oslo Norway
Granville pedestrian zone upcoming events, July 18-24, 2026. Background image of people sitting on the now iconic banana bench on the street filled with people.
Granville Street FILLED with people after the Spain Argentina game. #FIFA #WorldCup #Spain #Argentina #Vancouver #GranvilleStreet
Fans playing in a football rondo on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. #FIFA #Spain #Argentina #Messi #GranvilleStreet #Vancouver
Image of the Granville Street pedestrian zone upcoming events, with people climbing on the banana-shaped bench in the background. For the period between July 18 and 24th, 2026, the week after the #FIFA World Cup ends.
People sitting and walking on Granville when the game ISN’T on!
Wildfire images
Highway filled with car congestion
Image of woman licking an ice cream covered in broken cigarettes and ash.
Street advertisement announcing the Final, Spain versus Argentina Sunday with a picture of Lamine Yamal and Messi. #FIFA
A protected bike-lane filled with people riding bikes in Downtown Vancouver, Canada
Screen shot of WSJ headline “Marco Rubio: Why We’re Dismantling the International Criminal Court.”
Granville Street in downtown Vancouver after England defeated Norway in the quarter finals of the World Cup. Crowds filled the street!
Picture of the cover “The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making — and Unmaking — of the World’s Greatest Soccer Club.” By Simon Kuper. #Barcelona #BarcaFC
A dead body representing JUSTICE is rudely fed by a ring of ICE agents with shields and helmets saying “She was shot in self defence.” Abolish ICE. #AbolishICE
The mini soccer match stations have been really popular on Granville Street.
People on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver taking pictures in front of the giant soccer player art piece/lighting.
Photo of Granville Street in downtown Vancouver transformed into a pedestrianized people-place during the #FIFA World Cup, willed with people. Closed to vehicles, open to people. Vancouver. The 7-weeks extension until the end of the summer can continue elements of the WC-oriented design emphasis, while integrating new, different, family-oriented ideas that will make the street vibrant and successful every day, without the “jet fuel” of the World Cup.
Image of light-up see-saw, very popular day and night and with adults and kids alike in transformed street space in Montreal.
List of top 10: Copenhagen, Vienna, Melbourne, Sydney, Zurich, Geneva, Osaka, Adelaide, Vancouver, Tokyo.
Ronaldo’s comments after Portugal’s 1-0 loss to Spain today – “I’ve won three titles for Portugal. Before Cristiano, Portugal did not win a single title in history. The best title I have won with Portugal is the Euros in 2016. Honestly, for me Euro 2016 is worth like winning a World Cup. Again, I leave with clear conscience and giving my best to Portugal. Tomorrow will be a new day and then life will go on.”
Vicious cycle where widening roads always leads to more driving and the same or worse traffic congestion.
Water Street in Gastown, downtown Vancouver, where a summer pedestrianization pilot was fought by businesses, and as a result was changed to just Sunday openings during the summer.
Images of Mont Royal Ave a few summers ago, filled with people enjoying the pedestrianized street and people-place in Montreal.
Screenshots of previous Twitter posts on the significant car challenge from my time advising the City of Reykjavik, Iceland.
Granville Street in downtown Vancouver willed with people. #FIFA #WorldCup #Vancouver
Sign in Icelandic saying “Hi! this is a pedestrian zone.” Notice it didn’t say “road closed” like we do in North America? Because it’s not closed. It’s open.
Screenshot of Brent Toderian’s Mastodon account. I’m at @BrentToderian@mastodon.online there.
Iconic cartoon showing a single driver in a wide car taking up most of the street space. With many people crammed into the bus, bike and pedestrian space left over. Someone later added a voice box with the driver saying “Damn those bike paths and bus lanes taking all the space!”
Oslo Street when it was filled with cars.
Central Square in Melmo, Sweden, transformed from parking space into people place.
A portion of the Strøget street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, that widens out into a central “square” that often gets used for events or markets.
Wide Amsterdam Road filled with jammed colourful cars, stuck in traffic congestion.
Crowd of people on a busy Granville Street in downtown Vancouver during the #FIFA #WorldCup.
Busy Granville Street in downtown Vancouver open to people, close to cars, filled with Restaurant, patios, people, playing soccer, etc. #FIFA #WorldCup #GranvilleStreet
Huge crowds on Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver, including kids playing soccer. #FIFA
Busy Granville Street filled with people every day during the World Cup.
Images comparing temperature on streets with and without trees. With trees, the temperature ranges from 18 to 26°C. Without trees it ranges from 36 to 50°C. #UrbanHeat
Troy: The Greek Myths Reimagined, by Stephen fry. Part of the Mythos series
“Senators trading Brady Tkachuk to Panthers.” Via SportsNet.
People-packed, pedestrianized Granville Street in downtown Vancouver
A highway filled with gridlocked cars.
Cartoon by Ian Lockwood. A man in a vehicle with the words “regional travel demand” on it is talking to a man and his daughter on the sidewalk named “City.” He says “Hey City! I choose to exercise my freedom and reside out in the suburbs. Now, I want to drive fast through here without delay. So, I demand that public taxes be spent to widen your roads and lower your safety, health and quality of life. Fair deal? Want to shake on it, pal?“
Sketch of the proposed waterfront freeway in downtown Vancouver that was rejected in the late 1960s/early 1970s. There are no freeways/highways within Vancouver city limits. The most important decision in Vancouver city-building history. #Vancouver #FIFA
Photo by Brent Toderian of a transformed Mount Royal Avenue in Montreal, one of over a dozen transformed pedestrian streets in that city. Text over the photo says “We could never do THAT in OUR city.” Text at the bottom says “Leadership doesn’t make excuses” quoting Brent Toderian. Via the Urban Truth Collective.
Photo of transformed Granville Street filled with people for the #FIFA World Cup in downtown Vancouver.
Picture of Granville Street in downtown Vancouver filled with people, restaurant patios, etc. Vancouver is a host city for the 2026 World Cup. #FIFA.
Photo of busy road filled with cars. #CarDependency #BikeLanes
Massive crowd of Australian football fans passing our downtown Vancouver Apartment on the way to the stadium. #FIFA #WorldCup #Vancouver
Detailed math as referenced in the post on “how much does your commute cost or save society?” Source is Discourse Media.
People riding bikes in separated bike infrastructure. Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Granvilles Street in downtown Vancouver, 5 blocks pedestrianized and turned into a people place for the World Cup. Street filled with people, restaurant patios showing the games, activities, art, photo stations etc.