Tyson McShane
@tysonmcshane.bsky.social
City Planner / Musician / Saskatoon
Living on Treaty 6 Territory and the homeland of the Métis
Living on Treaty 6 Territory and the homeland of the Métis
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BEFORE / AFTER.
Here's what the school pick-up was like BEFORE at our children's elementary school.
A real rodeo. Lots of near misses. Cars parked in the crosswalks. Distracted drivers pulling up just when hundreds of kids are trying to arrive on foot or by bike.
This June we changed things...
🧵
Here's what the school pick-up was like BEFORE at our children's elementary school.
A real rodeo. Lots of near misses. Cars parked in the crosswalks. Distracted drivers pulling up just when hundreds of kids are trying to arrive on foot or by bike.
This June we changed things...
🧵
August 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
BEFORE / AFTER.
Here's what the school pick-up was like BEFORE at our children's elementary school.
A real rodeo. Lots of near misses. Cars parked in the crosswalks. Distracted drivers pulling up just when hundreds of kids are trying to arrive on foot or by bike.
This June we changed things...
🧵
Here's what the school pick-up was like BEFORE at our children's elementary school.
A real rodeo. Lots of near misses. Cars parked in the crosswalks. Distracted drivers pulling up just when hundreds of kids are trying to arrive on foot or by bike.
This June we changed things...
🧵
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CanU is excited to invite you to the Opening Reception of the CanU Forum CHA[lle]NGE 2025! Hosted and sponsored by Urban Strategies Inc.!
📅 Wednesday, Oct 15th
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Urban Strategies Inc. (197 Spadina Avenue, 5/F)
🎟️ Open to all
Register now: canuusi2025.eventbrite.ca
📅 Wednesday, Oct 15th
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Urban Strategies Inc. (197 Spadina Avenue, 5/F)
🎟️ Open to all
Register now: canuusi2025.eventbrite.ca
September 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
CanU is excited to invite you to the Opening Reception of the CanU Forum CHA[lle]NGE 2025! Hosted and sponsored by Urban Strategies Inc.!
📅 Wednesday, Oct 15th
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Urban Strategies Inc. (197 Spadina Avenue, 5/F)
🎟️ Open to all
Register now: canuusi2025.eventbrite.ca
📅 Wednesday, Oct 15th
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Urban Strategies Inc. (197 Spadina Avenue, 5/F)
🎟️ Open to all
Register now: canuusi2025.eventbrite.ca
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Partner with CanU to build a more sustainable & inclusive future. Your sponsorship supports communities across Canada through better urban design. 🔗 canu.ca/sponsorship2025
September 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Partner with CanU to build a more sustainable & inclusive future. Your sponsorship supports communities across Canada through better urban design. 🔗 canu.ca/sponsorship2025
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Cities stand at a crossroads. Will we rise to the challenge—or be overtaken by change?
The CanU Forum 2025 : CHA[lle]NGE
📅 October 16 - 18, 2025
📍 Toronto, ON | Limberlost Place @ George Brown College Waterfront Campus
More info: canu.ca/toronto2025
#urbanism #canadianurbanism #cities
The CanU Forum 2025 : CHA[lle]NGE
📅 October 16 - 18, 2025
📍 Toronto, ON | Limberlost Place @ George Brown College Waterfront Campus
More info: canu.ca/toronto2025
#urbanism #canadianurbanism #cities
September 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Cities stand at a crossroads. Will we rise to the challenge—or be overtaken by change?
The CanU Forum 2025 : CHA[lle]NGE
📅 October 16 - 18, 2025
📍 Toronto, ON | Limberlost Place @ George Brown College Waterfront Campus
More info: canu.ca/toronto2025
#urbanism #canadianurbanism #cities
The CanU Forum 2025 : CHA[lle]NGE
📅 October 16 - 18, 2025
📍 Toronto, ON | Limberlost Place @ George Brown College Waterfront Campus
More info: canu.ca/toronto2025
#urbanism #canadianurbanism #cities
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Added to #UrbanismBookClub!
#blueskybooks Messy Cities has been selected as one of Bloomberg Cities summer reads. More here: bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/5-summe...
5 summer reads for urban innovators
bloombergcities.jhu.edu
July 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Added to #UrbanismBookClub!
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First crossing of Portage and Main.
June 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
First crossing of Portage and Main.
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If you've seen the final designs for 132nd in #Edmonton, you'd know that this will be one of the best redesigned streets in all of Canada thus far. It gets so, so much right. #Ottawa should look to these designs for our own.
I really hope 132nd continues as planned.
www.edmonton.ca/sites/defaul...
I really hope 132nd continues as planned.
www.edmonton.ca/sites/defaul...
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
If you've seen the final designs for 132nd in #Edmonton, you'd know that this will be one of the best redesigned streets in all of Canada thus far. It gets so, so much right. #Ottawa should look to these designs for our own.
I really hope 132nd continues as planned.
www.edmonton.ca/sites/defaul...
I really hope 132nd continues as planned.
www.edmonton.ca/sites/defaul...
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If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
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Paris was NOT built like this... it's in process.
Streets in front of schools are unsafe, drivers too fast, pollute classrooms nearby.
Solution? SCHOOL STREETS.
Doable anywhere.
Watch 30 min. video & share. #Cities4Everyone.
Learn from Paris & Barcelona, how & benefits.
bit.ly/4i5yi0c
Streets in front of schools are unsafe, drivers too fast, pollute classrooms nearby.
Solution? SCHOOL STREETS.
Doable anywhere.
Watch 30 min. video & share. #Cities4Everyone.
Learn from Paris & Barcelona, how & benefits.
bit.ly/4i5yi0c
February 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Paris was NOT built like this... it's in process.
Streets in front of schools are unsafe, drivers too fast, pollute classrooms nearby.
Solution? SCHOOL STREETS.
Doable anywhere.
Watch 30 min. video & share. #Cities4Everyone.
Learn from Paris & Barcelona, how & benefits.
bit.ly/4i5yi0c
Streets in front of schools are unsafe, drivers too fast, pollute classrooms nearby.
Solution? SCHOOL STREETS.
Doable anywhere.
Watch 30 min. video & share. #Cities4Everyone.
Learn from Paris & Barcelona, how & benefits.
bit.ly/4i5yi0c
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Cities are not software to be optimized. The most vital parts of urban life, human interactions, spontaneity, and community, don’t "compute" in data-driven models. We lose something essential when we pretend they do.
“Filtering urban design through algorithms and interfaces tends to bracket out those messy and disorderly concerns that simply ‘do not compute.’ We're left with the sense that everything knowable and worth knowing about a city can fit on a screen—which simply isn't true.” @shannonmattern.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Cities are not software to be optimized. The most vital parts of urban life, human interactions, spontaneity, and community, don’t "compute" in data-driven models. We lose something essential when we pretend they do.
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This used to be a highway with lots of loud polluting cars just driving through Paris. Now, it is a beautiful pedestrian & bike path along the Seine for all to enjoy on the first spring-like day of the year.
#paris #urbanism #15minutecity #pedestrians #bikes
#paris #urbanism #15minutecity #pedestrians #bikes
February 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This used to be a highway with lots of loud polluting cars just driving through Paris. Now, it is a beautiful pedestrian & bike path along the Seine for all to enjoy on the first spring-like day of the year.
#paris #urbanism #15minutecity #pedestrians #bikes
#paris #urbanism #15minutecity #pedestrians #bikes
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NEW: Our first CANU Canadian Urbanism Starter Pack! Tell us who we’re missing, and please share to support these urbanists and organizations! #UrbanistShoutOut go.bsky.app/UHPtW3W
December 5, 2024 at 1:16 AM
NEW: Our first CANU Canadian Urbanism Starter Pack! Tell us who we’re missing, and please share to support these urbanists and organizations! #UrbanistShoutOut go.bsky.app/UHPtW3W
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CanU board retreat 2025. Lots of big ideas for our 2025 forum in Toronto. Stay tuned for dates and topics.
And if you have ideas for topics, speakers or tours, let us know!
#CanUrbanism #Urbanism #Design #UrbanDesign
And if you have ideas for topics, speakers or tours, let us know!
#CanUrbanism #Urbanism #Design #UrbanDesign
January 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
CanU board retreat 2025. Lots of big ideas for our 2025 forum in Toronto. Stay tuned for dates and topics.
And if you have ideas for topics, speakers or tours, let us know!
#CanUrbanism #Urbanism #Design #UrbanDesign
And if you have ideas for topics, speakers or tours, let us know!
#CanUrbanism #Urbanism #Design #UrbanDesign
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Every city that made it easier & quicker for restaurants and cafes to create well-considered outdoor seating on the street outside their business during the pandemic should have used that experience to establish a smart, permanent program, because it made the city better.
Every single city.
Every single city.
January 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Every city that made it easier & quicker for restaurants and cafes to create well-considered outdoor seating on the street outside their business during the pandemic should have used that experience to establish a smart, permanent program, because it made the city better.
Every single city.
Every single city.
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“Prior to the pandemic around 5% of the workforce worked from home as their primary commute. Now it’s probably around 15%, with some regional variation. I’m a little surprised by how high the work-from-home rate has stayed…but I think it will stabilize at a rate not far from where we are now.”
Will Americans Ever Lose Their Taste for Telework?
The pandemic-era rise of remote work has hammered transit ridership and devastated downtowns. A transportation researcher looks at the long-term effects of our new commutes.
www.bloomberg.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Prior to the pandemic around 5% of the workforce worked from home as their primary commute. Now it’s probably around 15%, with some regional variation. I’m a little surprised by how high the work-from-home rate has stayed…but I think it will stabilize at a rate not far from where we are now.”
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NACTO has released an updated version of its Urban Bikeway Design Guide, which aims to help cities build comprehensive, interconnected bike networks that work well with transit systems and boost walking and street safety. I have my copy in hand and will be diving in
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A Blueprint for Better Bike Lanes
Over the past decade, protected bike lanes have gone mainstream in US cities. A new traffic engineering guidebook invites them to think even bigger.
www.bloomberg.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NACTO has released an updated version of its Urban Bikeway Design Guide, which aims to help cities build comprehensive, interconnected bike networks that work well with transit systems and boost walking and street safety. I have my copy in hand and will be diving in
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The French Government has announced a new law that “could drastically change parking lots nationwide — France is taking a major step toward renewable energy by requiring large parking lots to install solar canopies.”
Less parking, and where you still have it, better use of parking spaces.
Less parking, and where you still have it, better use of parking spaces.
Government announces new law that could drastically change parking lots nationwide — here's what you need to know
"From a return on investments perspective, [these] definitely make sense."
www.yahoo.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:01 AM
The French Government has announced a new law that “could drastically change parking lots nationwide — France is taking a major step toward renewable energy by requiring large parking lots to install solar canopies.”
Less parking, and where you still have it, better use of parking spaces.
Less parking, and where you still have it, better use of parking spaces.
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An important point on walkability’s perception and actuality in car-oriented vs pedestrian-oriented space. COSs trick us into not realizing the extra walking that we do, with none of the pleasure we get in a truly urban environ. HT to SteelCraft and David E White, FAICP on LI. for the initial post.
December 27, 2024 at 12:28 PM
An important point on walkability’s perception and actuality in car-oriented vs pedestrian-oriented space. COSs trick us into not realizing the extra walking that we do, with none of the pleasure we get in a truly urban environ. HT to SteelCraft and David E White, FAICP on LI. for the initial post.
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CHECK OUT this Canadian Urbanism Starter Pack created by our past/founding @canurbanism.bsky.social President @brenttoderian.bsky.social! Share it, suggest who’s missing, and help grow the #CanadianUrbanism community here on Bluesky! go.bsky.app/QWdmJjk
November 21, 2024 at 12:33 AM
CHECK OUT this Canadian Urbanism Starter Pack created by our past/founding @canurbanism.bsky.social President @brenttoderian.bsky.social! Share it, suggest who’s missing, and help grow the #CanadianUrbanism community here on Bluesky! go.bsky.app/QWdmJjk
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Hello everyone! The Council for Canadian Urbanism aka CanU @canurbanism.bsky.social is really happy to be part of this INCREDIBLE explosion of city-building conversation here on Bluesky, across Canada and around the world!
SO important! #CanadianUrbanism
SO important! #CanadianUrbanism
November 21, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Hello everyone! The Council for Canadian Urbanism aka CanU @canurbanism.bsky.social is really happy to be part of this INCREDIBLE explosion of city-building conversation here on Bluesky, across Canada and around the world!
SO important! #CanadianUrbanism
SO important! #CanadianUrbanism
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NEW: Paris has released a new 5-Year Pedestrian Plan!
- 300 million € to be invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of pedestrian space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- New focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors
Leadership.
HT @david_belliard
- 300 million € to be invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of pedestrian space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- New focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors
Leadership.
HT @david_belliard
November 19, 2023 at 6:43 AM
NEW: Paris has released a new 5-Year Pedestrian Plan!
- 300 million € to be invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of pedestrian space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- New focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors
Leadership.
HT @david_belliard
- 300 million € to be invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of pedestrian space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- New focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors
Leadership.
HT @david_belliard