Owen Waygood
@owenwaygood.bsky.social
Sustainable transport prof.; Transport and children’s wellbeing; travel behaviour; psychological framing and transport decisions; oh yeah, car free w/ 3 kids.
Two great events today that are at the core of liveable cities!
1) 10 years of Piétons Québec who defend the needs of pedestrians (walking, rolling) 🎉👏 @pietonsquebec.bsky.social
2) Colloque ferroviaire - developing passenger rail in Canada!
Critical to affordable, safe and happy cities.
1) 10 years of Piétons Québec who defend the needs of pedestrians (walking, rolling) 🎉👏 @pietonsquebec.bsky.social
2) Colloque ferroviaire - developing passenger rail in Canada!
Critical to affordable, safe and happy cities.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Two great events today that are at the core of liveable cities!
1) 10 years of Piétons Québec who defend the needs of pedestrians (walking, rolling) 🎉👏 @pietonsquebec.bsky.social
2) Colloque ferroviaire - developing passenger rail in Canada!
Critical to affordable, safe and happy cities.
1) 10 years of Piétons Québec who defend the needs of pedestrians (walking, rolling) 🎉👏 @pietonsquebec.bsky.social
2) Colloque ferroviaire - developing passenger rail in Canada!
Critical to affordable, safe and happy cities.
14 new stations for the REM! A fantastically efficient way to give people more access!
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
14 new stations for the REM! A fantastically efficient way to give people more access!
Store obviously wasnt paying attention or wearing high-viz. (bonus, it was literally a hit and run 🏃🏃 🏃) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Car crashes through entrance at Home Hardware in Saskatoon | CBC News
Around 1:30 AM Friday, a car swerved off Central Avenue in the Sutherland neighbourhood and blew through the front entrance of a Home Hardware store. By 8:00 a.m., the owner had the place ready to ope...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Store obviously wasnt paying attention or wearing high-viz. (bonus, it was literally a hit and run 🏃🏃 🏃) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Are you satisfied with your access to #parks? Do you feel you have good #access to parks? Is it the number of parks, the amount of space or the quality? How you get there? We exam those questions in this #openAccess paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Calculated and perceived accessibility: A path analysis to evaluate satisfaction with access to green spaces
Parks and green spaces are important components of cities and play a vital role in individuals' well-being.Park quality and proximity to parks are key…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Are you satisfied with your access to #parks? Do you feel you have good #access to parks? Is it the number of parks, the amount of space or the quality? How you get there? We exam those questions in this #openAccess paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
OMG. This 1966 animation from the National Film Board of Canada is amazing. NFB (Canada) welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social (particularly on point is the part from 8 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaH...
What on Earth!
YouTube video by NFB
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October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
OMG. This 1966 animation from the National Film Board of Canada is amazing. NFB (Canada) welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social (particularly on point is the part from 8 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaH...
PT 🚌 or parking 🅿️ - which do we subsidize💸 more? Costs to build a parking spot can be $20k, then there are costs of the land and such. This is a question - I don't have the answer. There are 6 to 8 parking spots per car, and in many cases these spots are provided free - i.e., 100 % subsidized.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
PT 🚌 or parking 🅿️ - which do we subsidize💸 more? Costs to build a parking spot can be $20k, then there are costs of the land and such. This is a question - I don't have the answer. There are 6 to 8 parking spots per car, and in many cases these spots are provided free - i.e., 100 % subsidized.
As a regular transit user, as a single, with a friend/colleague, or even as a family, RARELY do the 4 seats facing each other make sense and just end up being used infrequently at full capacity.
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
As a regular transit user, as a single, with a friend/colleague, or even as a family, RARELY do the 4 seats facing each other make sense and just end up being used infrequently at full capacity.
A day of meetings on: new street design course centered on people; developing and applying the traffic hazard approach. Then I get a nice surprise: My copy and my share copy. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social Looking forward to discussing in person!
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A day of meetings on: new street design course centered on people; developing and applying the traffic hazard approach. Then I get a nice surprise: My copy and my share copy. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social Looking forward to discussing in person!
Shifting how people understand the problem is a critical step in creating cities that are safe for all. Well done @visionzerovancouver.ca and @tomflood.bsky.social !
Great teaming up with @tomflood.bsky.social on another billboard! Nothing can protect us from streets that are dangerous by design. Let's demand change together.
New billboard in town 👀
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Shifting how people understand the problem is a critical step in creating cities that are safe for all. Well done @visionzerovancouver.ca and @tomflood.bsky.social !
We need to rethink how we approach traffic danger and @davidzipper.bsky.social and @wesmars.bsky.social are two key thinkers helping with the paradigm shift!
New @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social livestream today at 6p ET! Use the link below.
The recording will be available on podcast platforms later this week.
The recording will be available on podcast platforms later this week.
New @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social livestream on Tues at 6p ET!
On the agenda:
🔹 USDOT yanks transit funding
🔹 Amish e-bikes (it's a thing!)
🔹 Why new US buses cost $$$
This will be the last livestream for a bit b/c @wesmars.bsky.social & I are heading abroad. Join us ⤵️, or listen later
On the agenda:
🔹 USDOT yanks transit funding
🔹 Amish e-bikes (it's a thing!)
🔹 Why new US buses cost $$$
This will be the last livestream for a bit b/c @wesmars.bsky.social & I are heading abroad. Join us ⤵️, or listen later
October 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We need to rethink how we approach traffic danger and @davidzipper.bsky.social and @wesmars.bsky.social are two key thinkers helping with the paradigm shift!
Traffic hazard is a serious concern - especially for children. But how do we prioritize WHERE to improve? I’ll present work led by @shabnamabdollahi.bsky.social at #TACAM Monday Oct 6th. Join us if you can! #trafficDanger #safeSystem #visionZero #trafficHazard #prioritization #CIM
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Traffic hazard is a serious concern - especially for children. But how do we prioritize WHERE to improve? I’ll present work led by @shabnamabdollahi.bsky.social at #TACAM Monday Oct 6th. Join us if you can! #trafficDanger #safeSystem #visionZero #trafficHazard #prioritization #CIM
An excellent argument put forward colleagues at McGill @daniel-romm.bsky.social @kmanaugh.bsky.social that highlights how disproportionate the space devoted to cars in cities is. The article is nicely summarized in the link in the post below 👇
Happy to see media and popular interest around our recent article "The Cars are Going to be Alright" (platial.science/new-pub-the-...). We've been featured on CBC, Radio Noon, Daybreak, Le Devoir, Radio Canada, CTV, Global, CityNews, and more to come. A lot of engagement on social media too.
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The Cars are Going to be Alright
In a new publication, Daniel Romm and co-authors demonstrate how reallocating Montréal’s street space can create more equitable infrastructure...
platial.science
August 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
An excellent argument put forward colleagues at McGill @daniel-romm.bsky.social @kmanaugh.bsky.social that highlights how disproportionate the space devoted to cars in cities is. The article is nicely summarized in the link in the post below 👇
Cleaning up old files and came across these from probably the 2009 TRB conference in Washington… and now we have?
August 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cleaning up old files and came across these from probably the 2009 TRB conference in Washington… and now we have?
Parking is something many of us (in planning, policy, transport, etc.) have ignored, but it’s so critical to everything from how people get around to housing and walkability. 👇👇👇
"City planners pointed to other major cities in the United States that have abolished parking minimums, like Austin and Minneapolis. They found that those changes led to reduced development costs, more housing units and improved walkability and transit options..."
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Denver City Council abolishes parking minimum requirements for new development
Developers can now build new housing and business complexes without including a set number of parking spots.
denverite.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Parking is something many of us (in planning, policy, transport, etc.) have ignored, but it’s so critical to everything from how people get around to housing and walkability. 👇👇👇
Reposted by Owen Waygood
"City planners pointed to other major cities in the United States that have abolished parking minimums, like Austin and Minneapolis. They found that those changes led to reduced development costs, more housing units and improved walkability and transit options..."
denverite.com/2025/08/05/d...
denverite.com/2025/08/05/d...
Denver City Council abolishes parking minimum requirements for new development
Developers can now build new housing and business complexes without including a set number of parking spots.
denverite.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"City planners pointed to other major cities in the United States that have abolished parking minimums, like Austin and Minneapolis. They found that those changes led to reduced development costs, more housing units and improved walkability and transit options..."
denverite.com/2025/08/05/d...
denverite.com/2025/08/05/d...
Amazing how when there is safe infrastructure, suddenly getting around in healthy and inexpensive ways become a real option for parents. Even when their kid is what, like maybe 2-1/2? She was tiny and soooo cute putting along behind her mom. 😀
August 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Amazing how when there is safe infrastructure, suddenly getting around in healthy and inexpensive ways become a real option for parents. Even when their kid is what, like maybe 2-1/2? She was tiny and soooo cute putting along behind her mom. 😀
How does the social use of infrastructure differ in the same neighborhood? This video shows 3 parallel infrastructures: commercial/residential street with protected bicycle lanes; pedestrianized street; and shared active-travel paths (no commentary, just video). www.youtube.com/watch?v=BISJ...
Bike ride in Verdun Montreal on three different infrastructure types
YouTube video by Owen Waygood
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July 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How does the social use of infrastructure differ in the same neighborhood? This video shows 3 parallel infrastructures: commercial/residential street with protected bicycle lanes; pedestrianized street; and shared active-travel paths (no commentary, just video). www.youtube.com/watch?v=BISJ...
Reposted by Owen Waygood
That’s so cool! Montreal’s bike share system is rolling out trailers that work on BIXIs as well as personal bikes.
They’re hoping to have 50 by the end of the summer, and hundreds over the next few years.
They’re hoping to have 50 by the end of the summer, and hundreds over the next few years.
July 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
That’s so cool! Montreal’s bike share system is rolling out trailers that work on BIXIs as well as personal bikes.
They’re hoping to have 50 by the end of the summer, and hundreds over the next few years.
They’re hoping to have 50 by the end of the summer, and hundreds over the next few years.
Reposted by Owen Waygood
In a sane world, this would be the biggest, most important news story in the world.
‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders.
“Every fraction of a degree above 1.5°C matters. And every year of “overshoot” matters too.”
“It’s ultimately a matter of survival.”
#ClimateCrisis
‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders.
“Every fraction of a degree above 1.5°C matters. And every year of “overshoot” matters too.”
“It’s ultimately a matter of survival.”
#ClimateCrisis
‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders
World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...
news.exeter.ac.uk
July 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
In a sane world, this would be the biggest, most important news story in the world.
‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders.
“Every fraction of a degree above 1.5°C matters. And every year of “overshoot” matters too.”
“It’s ultimately a matter of survival.”
#ClimateCrisis
‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders.
“Every fraction of a degree above 1.5°C matters. And every year of “overshoot” matters too.”
“It’s ultimately a matter of survival.”
#ClimateCrisis
How is your #access to diverse activities in local #parks? Parks aren't all created equal, and people don't only go to the closest park. As such, we've created a method to consider both quality (diversity of activities, safety, maintenance) and access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How good is your basket of parks? A combined index of park quality and accessibility for youth
Parks and green spaces are essential components of urban areas as they provide ecological, economic, health and social functions. Their positive outco…
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June 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How is your #access to diverse activities in local #parks? Parks aren't all created equal, and people don't only go to the closest park. As such, we've created a method to consider both quality (diversity of activities, safety, maintenance) and access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Design matters when it comes to predicting risky crossing behaviour by pedestrians. The critical factor in explaining crossing on red was wait time in this observation of over 4000 pedestrians across 24 intersections in two different cities: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Distractions or long waits? Impacts on risky crossing behaviour
Pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at intersections are considered as a major source of injuries and fatalities. Intersections are a critical part of roadwa…
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May 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Design matters when it comes to predicting risky crossing behaviour by pedestrians. The critical factor in explaining crossing on red was wait time in this observation of over 4000 pedestrians across 24 intersections in two different cities: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Last week I was at a traffic safety conference. People presented that the majority of people die IN motor vehicles and about how motor vehicles kill other users. I raised a somewhat controversial point: why don’t we recommend helmets for car users? 👇 continued
May 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last week I was at a traffic safety conference. People presented that the majority of people die IN motor vehicles and about how motor vehicles kill other users. I raised a somewhat controversial point: why don’t we recommend helmets for car users? 👇 continued
Ian Lockwood gave a great keynote presentation at #CARSP on how constantly trying to make things easier for cars doesn’t make our cities better and that limiting their impacts can bring life and investment back to cities with many North American examples. #humanCities
May 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ian Lockwood gave a great keynote presentation at #CARSP on how constantly trying to make things easier for cars doesn’t make our cities better and that limiting their impacts can bring life and investment back to cities with many North American examples. #humanCities