Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏2d ago

Good timing for NACTO (an association of North American #cities and #transit agencies formed to exchange #transportation ideas, insights, and practices and cooperatively approach national transportation issues) to have its 2026 Designing Cities conference in #Minneapolis, May 12-15. https://events.bizzabo.com/designingcities2026?mc_cid=7556cbed44&mc_eid=9ab2822fa2

As Thomas L. Friedman suggested in March 15 column “Why Minnesota Matters More Than Iran for America’s Future”:
"For anyone outside of #Minnesota who wants to help, the best thing you can do is #vacation in the #TwinCities or hold your next #convention here.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/opinion/columnists/minneapolis-ice-trump-neighbor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.MQ2h.tiZJNtoetgq3&smid=url-share

#LoveThyNeighbor #LoveYourNeighbor #neighboring #neighbors #community #PublicTransit #TransportationPlanning #CityPlanning #UrbanPlanning #NACTO

Designing Cities 2026: Minneapolis

The annual NACTO Designing Cities Conference brings together over 1,000 people passionate about advancing the state of transportation in North American cities—engineers, planners, government agency leaders, elected officials, advocates, and other transportation professionals of all career levels. In 2026, we will be hosted by our member, Minneapolis. We look forward to bringing the NACTO movement together from May 12 to May 15 for another great event!

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦4d ago

a hopeful last gasp (thanks to Mandani & his administration) before the great insect apocalypse envelopes us all

#ecology #nativespecies #CityPlanning #NYC

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So many police departments around the nation (USA) are posting messages about youth on electric mopeds. Maybe the focus should instead be on why our roads are so dangerous to kids and pedestrians in the first place? Lets focus on the system and not the individuals trapped voiceless within it. #cyclist #bikecommuter #urbanplanning #cityplanning #bikeadvocacy #publicpolicy
World History EncyclopediaMar 11
A bird’s eye view of the U.S. reveals perpendicular streets, rectangular fields, and uniformity in both urban and rural landscapes. #History #ThomasJefferson #ReneDescartes #IsaacNewton #CityPlanning #UnitedStates #UrbanPlanning #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-550-en/
Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America

Amir Alexander begins Liberty’s Grid by considering the view of the San Fernando Valley from Castle Peak, a hill near his home. Although the Valley is peculiar in many respects, when viewed from the...

World History Encyclopedia
Show threadNonilexMar 5

Approval for #Trump’s massive #EastWing #ballroom project – from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings & land in the nation’s capital – is delayed after it received over 32,000 comments from the public overwhelmingly opposing the construction.

#law #historic #landmark #preservation #UShistory #architecture #CityPlanning
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/politics/trump-east-wing-ballroom-commission-vote?cid=ios_app

‘Soulless hotel conference space’: Approval for Trump’s East Wing ballroom delayed amid scathing public feedback

President Donald Trump’s massive East Wing ballroom project is poised to get its final approval from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings and land in the nation’s capital, despite receiving over 32,000 comments from the public overwhelmingly opposing the construction.

CNN
Show threadNonilexMar 5

The remarkable speed with which the multi-million-dollar project has progressed has underscored an emboldened Trump’s personal interest in unveiling a finished #ballroom before the end of his second term, part of a broader effort to remake the White House & Washington to suit his style & taste.

#law #historic #landmark #preservation #UShistory #CityPlanning #architecture #Trump

Show threadNonilexMar 5

Approval by the NCPC on Thursday would mean that any further attempt to halt construction would require intervention from the courts.

The most serious legal challenge comes from a case brought by historical preservationists, who argue that #Trump needs congressional approval to carry out the construction. And there are already questions about the validity of Thursday’s NCPC vote.

#law #historic #landmark #preservation #UShistory #CityPlanning #architecture

Show threadNonilexMar 5

That expected approval would come weeks after the Commission of Fine Arts, another federal agency where #Trump installed political allies, voted to approve the design & days after a federal judge rejected the nation’s top #historic #preservation group’s attempt to block it.

#law #landmark #UShistory #CityPlanning #architecture

Show threadNonilexMar 5

Since returning to office, #Trump has stacked the 12-member commission with loyalists, & earlier this week, the NCPC executive director published a recommendation to “(approve) the preliminary & final site & building plans for the East Wing Modernization Project located on the grounds of the White House,” all but guaranteeing that the project will move forward.

#law #historic #landmark #preservation #UShistory #CityPlanning #architecture

Show threadNonilexMar 5

Objections centering around the “Trumpification” of the White House & fears that the #ballroom represented “authoritarian self-aggrandizement” were a common theme among the tens of thousands of comments urging the commission to reject the plan. The much smaller number of comments in support of the construction cited the need for a larger & more modern space as reason for backing it.

#law #historic #landmark #preservation #UShistory #CityPlanning #architecture #Trump