Billy Fields
@billyistep.bsky.social
Likes talking about bikes, cities, and water. Professor of Political Science Texas State University. Views my own. Author: Adaptation Urbanism & Resilient Communities
If you need some inspiration and positivity, check out @streetfilms.bsky.social blog on Montréal. So much is possible when streets are rethought as places for people
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Montreal Makes People Feel Welcome With Safe Streets, Happy Places & Green Spaces — Streetfilms
My standing piece of advice for those who live in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets of dozens of places in Europe or want to educate colleague/friends what’s possible: just go to...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If you need some inspiration and positivity, check out @streetfilms.bsky.social blog on Montréal. So much is possible when streets are rethought as places for people
www.streetfilms.org/featured/202...
www.streetfilms.org/featured/202...
Definitely my favorite parking lot to relaxing square conversion. Life is calm and beautiful in Delft
July 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Definitely my favorite parking lot to relaxing square conversion. Life is calm and beautiful in Delft
The area around Utrecht Centraal is an inspiration.
World’s largest bike parking ✅
Busiest cycle route in NL ✅
New green streets ✅
Highway to canal conversion ✅
Thanks to @bicycledutch.bsky.social for showing our Texas State students what’s possible
World’s largest bike parking ✅
Busiest cycle route in NL ✅
New green streets ✅
Highway to canal conversion ✅
Thanks to @bicycledutch.bsky.social for showing our Texas State students what’s possible
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The area around Utrecht Centraal is an inspiration.
World’s largest bike parking ✅
Busiest cycle route in NL ✅
New green streets ✅
Highway to canal conversion ✅
Thanks to @bicycledutch.bsky.social for showing our Texas State students what’s possible
World’s largest bike parking ✅
Busiest cycle route in NL ✅
New green streets ✅
Highway to canal conversion ✅
Thanks to @bicycledutch.bsky.social for showing our Texas State students what’s possible
Are there perfect streets in the world? This one in the Jordaan in Amsterdam is on my list
June 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Are there perfect streets in the world? This one in the Jordaan in Amsterdam is on my list
Rambla del Poblenou in Barcelona is like a template of a great neighborhood business street: green, lively, lovely
June 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Rambla del Poblenou in Barcelona is like a template of a great neighborhood business street: green, lively, lovely
Thoughts on a pretty night Uptown: New Orleans streetcar is the oldest continuously operating line in the world. It’s like a naturally occurring TOD with the smell of jasmine in bloom
May 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thoughts on a pretty night Uptown: New Orleans streetcar is the oldest continuously operating line in the world. It’s like a naturally occurring TOD with the smell of jasmine in bloom
Fun to appear on Texas State University podcast Enlighten Me to talk about transportation in Texas and the potential for a more resilient future. My segment starts at 24:45.
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Enlighten Me | Deep in the Heart of Texas: Investigating Teacher Turnover
We delve into the pressing issue of teacher turnover in Texas. Hear from educators and researchers on the front lines as they explore potential solutions to this critical challenge facing education...
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April 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fun to appear on Texas State University podcast Enlighten Me to talk about transportation in Texas and the potential for a more resilient future. My segment starts at 24:45.
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txstenlightenme.transistor.fm/episodes/dee...
Brass band, pedestrian street, magical spring day
Honk Festival in Mueller neighborhood Austin Texas
Honk Festival in Mueller neighborhood Austin Texas
March 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Brass band, pedestrian street, magical spring day
Honk Festival in Mueller neighborhood Austin Texas
Honk Festival in Mueller neighborhood Austin Texas
Inspiration from Montréal: amazing interview about combing a water square, green space, cul de sac, traffic calming, & continuous sidewalks all together into a great place for people. Love this! See @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social video at: youtu.be/8lpXH7ajjUw?...
Cul-de-Sacs, But Smarter: How Montreal is Rethinking Residential Streets
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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March 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Inspiration from Montréal: amazing interview about combing a water square, green space, cul de sac, traffic calming, & continuous sidewalks all together into a great place for people. Love this! See @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social video at: youtu.be/8lpXH7ajjUw?...
I was excited to join an all-star cast to celebrate @activetowns.bsky.social 5th Anniversary on YouTube & John’s birthday. Great conversation about how to make cities safer, healthier, and happier
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LIVESTREAM: A Celebration of John's 60th Birthday and Five Years on YouTube with Friends and Fans
YouTube video by Active Towns
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March 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I was excited to join an all-star cast to celebrate @activetowns.bsky.social 5th Anniversary on YouTube & John’s birthday. Great conversation about how to make cities safer, healthier, and happier
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DbFD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DbFD...
3 facts about US transport: ped fatalities up 75% since 2010, highway lane miles up 42%, but congestion rose 144%. This is a blueprint of a failed transport. Great piece by @bethosborne.bsky.social lays out the existential problems with the system. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/27/1...
March 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
3 facts about US transport: ped fatalities up 75% since 2010, highway lane miles up 42%, but congestion rose 144%. This is a blueprint of a failed transport. Great piece by @bethosborne.bsky.social lays out the existential problems with the system. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/27/1...
250 Meters of Happiness. That’s how Delhi based NGO HumanQind describes their school street that was co-created with school kids. Really blown away. Great model. Thanks to Car Free Cities Alliance for hosting. More info at www.humanqind.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
250 Meters of Happiness. That’s how Delhi based NGO HumanQind describes their school street that was co-created with school kids. Really blown away. Great model. Thanks to Car Free Cities Alliance for hosting. More info at www.humanqind.org
Cissy Strut coming out of the speakers. Baby asleep in the bike trailer. Great first weekend of Mardi Gras
February 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Cissy Strut coming out of the speakers. Baby asleep in the bike trailer. Great first weekend of Mardi Gras
Fun to be included in the roundup of most watched videos from 2024 from @activetowns.bsky.social . We toured Houten with Kylie van Dam to learn what makes a greenway-focused town work. Inspiring tour
JUST RELEASED: A few moments ago, I sent out my latest Active Towns e-newsletter post. In it, I provide an annual review of the most watched new Active Towns content for 2024 and share my new strategy for providing more frequent (quasi-weekly) content updates for 2025.
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January 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fun to be included in the roundup of most watched videos from 2024 from @activetowns.bsky.social . We toured Houten with Kylie van Dam to learn what makes a greenway-focused town work. Inspiring tour
I’m pretty sure the “revolutionary” “street rooms” in San Francisco are just nice pedestrian streets. I’m open to a name update if we can start integrating these into US cities
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San Francisco's newest neighborhood offers a glimpse of life without cars
Three new "street rooms" make for an unusually people-centric streetscape design in San Francisco's Mission Rock neighborhood.
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January 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’m pretty sure the “revolutionary” “street rooms” in San Francisco are just nice pedestrian streets. I’m open to a name update if we can start integrating these into US cities
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Nice triple embedded in Hyde Park in Austin. Legalizing doubles and triples seems like a good place to start land use reform
January 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Nice triple embedded in Hyde Park in Austin. Legalizing doubles and triples seems like a good place to start land use reform
No better person than Robert Caro to join in for the end of this master class on power, democracy, infrastructure, & what makes great cities. So much to reflect on 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...
The Power Broker #12: Robert Caro - 99% Invisible
This is the twelfth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. We’ve waited until the evening to see how splen...
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December 27, 2024 at 5:12 PM
No better person than Robert Caro to join in for the end of this master class on power, democracy, infrastructure, & what makes great cities. So much to reflect on 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...
Love this trail-oriented development on a chilly day in New Orleans. Bioswale on one side & French Truck cortado on the other.
December 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Love this trail-oriented development on a chilly day in New Orleans. Bioswale on one side & French Truck cortado on the other.
I had never heard of streetology before. Cool term. I guess this makes me a streetologist
December 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM
I had never heard of streetology before. Cool term. I guess this makes me a streetologist
Utrecht showing how to move from grey to green. I remember this area as kind of a lost space but now being transformed into a green place. Great before & afters from @bicycledutch.bsky.social
Utrecht’s “Gardens of Moreelse”: Transforming Grey to Green
From a grey car-dominated thoroughfare to a green, cyclist-friendly oasis: Moreelse Park in Utrecht shows how rethinking urban design transforms city life. New post with video.
From a grey car-dominated thoroughfare to a green, cyclist-friendly oasis: Moreelse Park in Utrecht shows how rethinking urban design transforms city life. New post with video.
Utrecht’s “Gardens of Moreelse”: Transforming Grey to Green
From a grey car-dominated thoroughfare to a green, cyclist-friendly oasis: Moreelse Park in Utrecht shows how rethinking urban design transforms city life. New post with video.
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December 4, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Utrecht showing how to move from grey to green. I remember this area as kind of a lost space but now being transformed into a green place. Great before & afters from @bicycledutch.bsky.social
Interesting survey for physical activity professionals
❓ What are your thoughts on this? Pls consider completing our rapid survey! 🚲 🚶♂️ ⚽️ 🌳 🏘️
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Investigator team: Joey Murphy Jo Salmon, Grant Ennis, Andrea Ramirez Varela & Jim Sallis
November 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Interesting survey for physical activity professionals
I usually post images of good infrastructure to inspire change. Sometimes it’s useful to look around & identify the problem. School zone at lethal speed in developing area right outside Austin shows how not to design a safe school zone
November 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I usually post images of good infrastructure to inspire change. Sometimes it’s useful to look around & identify the problem. School zone at lethal speed in developing area right outside Austin shows how not to design a safe school zone
Our applications are open to study sustainable transport in London & Amsterdam next summer. Open to both Texas State Univ. students & others. Lots of great streets to explore if you might be interested
November 19, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Our applications are open to study sustainable transport in London & Amsterdam next summer. Open to both Texas State Univ. students & others. Lots of great streets to explore if you might be interested
New Orleans has some really good examples of green infrastructure woven into transport projects. Lafitte Greenway and Camp Street
November 14, 2024 at 7:50 PM
New Orleans has some really good examples of green infrastructure woven into transport projects. Lafitte Greenway and Camp Street
Great overview of the evolution of superblock planning in Barcelona. I can’t stop thinking about the potential of superillas as green neighborhood islands m.youtube.com/watch?v=NSba...
BARCELONA: Jordi Honey-Rosés discusses super blocks, bike buses, and school streets
YouTube video by Active Towns
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November 11, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Great overview of the evolution of superblock planning in Barcelona. I can’t stop thinking about the potential of superillas as green neighborhood islands m.youtube.com/watch?v=NSba...