Charles Montgomery
@charlesincities.bsky.social
Author, Happy City.
Founder, Happy Cities. But speaking only here for myself!
Design + social trust.
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Founder, Happy Cities. But speaking only here for myself!
Design + social trust.
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Heyyyyyy, so excited to dive into Life After Cars by the team at @thewaroncars.bsky.social !
Car dependence is not inevitable. We built this hell and, together, we can fix it.
Congratulations @sarahgoldhagen.bsky.social @douggordon.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
Car dependence is not inevitable. We built this hell and, together, we can fix it.
Congratulations @sarahgoldhagen.bsky.social @douggordon.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Heyyyyyy, so excited to dive into Life After Cars by the team at @thewaroncars.bsky.social !
Car dependence is not inevitable. We built this hell and, together, we can fix it.
Congratulations @sarahgoldhagen.bsky.social @douggordon.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
Car dependence is not inevitable. We built this hell and, together, we can fix it.
Congratulations @sarahgoldhagen.bsky.social @douggordon.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social
Je suis ravi de me joindre à Vivre en Ville, le rassemblement québécois pour les villes durables ! Mon message: nous pouvons repenser nos villes pour qu’elles soient des moteurs de confiance sociale.
rvcv.vivreenville.org#tetes-d-affi...
rvcv.vivreenville.org#tetes-d-affi...
April 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Je suis ravi de me joindre à Vivre en Ville, le rassemblement québécois pour les villes durables ! Mon message: nous pouvons repenser nos villes pour qu’elles soient des moteurs de confiance sociale.
rvcv.vivreenville.org#tetes-d-affi...
rvcv.vivreenville.org#tetes-d-affi...
My stock broker, whose main interest is making money in efficient environments, sent me this chart.
usafacts.org/articles/how...
usafacts.org/articles/how...
March 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My stock broker, whose main interest is making money in efficient environments, sent me this chart.
usafacts.org/articles/how...
usafacts.org/articles/how...
Curitiba seeded the happy cities revolution through inventions like bus rapid transit.
So I’m super excited to speak at Smart City Expo Curitiba this month! What more can we learn from Curitiba?
smartcityexpocuritiba.com/en/
nextcity.org/images/made/...
So I’m super excited to speak at Smart City Expo Curitiba this month! What more can we learn from Curitiba?
smartcityexpocuritiba.com/en/
nextcity.org/images/made/...
March 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Curitiba seeded the happy cities revolution through inventions like bus rapid transit.
So I’m super excited to speak at Smart City Expo Curitiba this month! What more can we learn from Curitiba?
smartcityexpocuritiba.com/en/
nextcity.org/images/made/...
So I’m super excited to speak at Smart City Expo Curitiba this month! What more can we learn from Curitiba?
smartcityexpocuritiba.com/en/
nextcity.org/images/made/...
Urbanists, help! For my new book I'm framing auto-dependent cities vs walkable cities language of social connections. Which frame is best?
1 Face-to-face cities vs windshield cities
2 Bridge cities vs walled cities
3 Simple cities vs complex cities
4 High-contact cities vs low-contact cities
Or?
1 Face-to-face cities vs windshield cities
2 Bridge cities vs walled cities
3 Simple cities vs complex cities
4 High-contact cities vs low-contact cities
Or?
February 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Urbanists, help! For my new book I'm framing auto-dependent cities vs walkable cities language of social connections. Which frame is best?
1 Face-to-face cities vs windshield cities
2 Bridge cities vs walled cities
3 Simple cities vs complex cities
4 High-contact cities vs low-contact cities
Or?
1 Face-to-face cities vs windshield cities
2 Bridge cities vs walled cities
3 Simple cities vs complex cities
4 High-contact cities vs low-contact cities
Or?
When the snow comes those of us in cohousing clear it much faster than people in detached homes. Is it culture, or is it just that there are more of us to work together? Both I think.
February 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
When the snow comes those of us in cohousing clear it much faster than people in detached homes. Is it culture, or is it just that there are more of us to work together? Both I think.
I asked X's AI Grok why @elonmusk posts so much misinformation and got this...
January 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I asked X's AI Grok why @elonmusk posts so much misinformation and got this...
Imperial Tie fighter spotted in California. Senator demands US action.
I do miss the crazy factor over on X sometimes. But only sometimes.
I do miss the crazy factor over on X sometimes. But only sometimes.
December 17, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Imperial Tie fighter spotted in California. Senator demands US action.
I do miss the crazy factor over on X sometimes. But only sometimes.
I do miss the crazy factor over on X sometimes. But only sometimes.
It’s wonderful to see so many cities following your example, Gil!
Saw this today in Guadalajara:
Saw this today in Guadalajara:
December 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM
It’s wonderful to see so many cities following your example, Gil!
Saw this today in Guadalajara:
Saw this today in Guadalajara:
Pure joy.
Vía RecreActiva de Guadalajara hoy!
Look at that kid pop a wheelie!
With Mexico’s great advocate for human streets, Yazmín Viramontes.
Vía RecreActiva de Guadalajara hoy!
Look at that kid pop a wheelie!
With Mexico’s great advocate for human streets, Yazmín Viramontes.
December 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Pure joy.
Vía RecreActiva de Guadalajara hoy!
Look at that kid pop a wheelie!
With Mexico’s great advocate for human streets, Yazmín Viramontes.
Vía RecreActiva de Guadalajara hoy!
Look at that kid pop a wheelie!
With Mexico’s great advocate for human streets, Yazmín Viramontes.
Today in Guadalajara.
It’s incredible to see the freedom that these open streets—Vía RecreActivas—give people each Sunday!
Yes you can have this in your city, too.
It’s incredible to see the freedom that these open streets—Vía RecreActivas—give people each Sunday!
Yes you can have this in your city, too.
December 15, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Today in Guadalajara.
It’s incredible to see the freedom that these open streets—Vía RecreActivas—give people each Sunday!
Yes you can have this in your city, too.
It’s incredible to see the freedom that these open streets—Vía RecreActivas—give people each Sunday!
Yes you can have this in your city, too.
It’s amazing that while a government is forcing Toronto to rip out bike lanes, cities around the world are adding them as a solution to congestion. This is Guadalajara yesterday:
December 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
It’s amazing that while a government is forcing Toronto to rip out bike lanes, cities around the world are adding them as a solution to congestion. This is Guadalajara yesterday:
The most brutal class divide in America may be around social support.
Rich, college educated Americans have more access to social spaces, and enjoy more support from friends. The poor and less-educated are increasingly left out.
Read the report:
www.americansurveycenter.org/research/dis...
Rich, college educated Americans have more access to social spaces, and enjoy more support from friends. The poor and less-educated are increasingly left out.
Read the report:
www.americansurveycenter.org/research/dis...
December 9, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The most brutal class divide in America may be around social support.
Rich, college educated Americans have more access to social spaces, and enjoy more support from friends. The poor and less-educated are increasingly left out.
Read the report:
www.americansurveycenter.org/research/dis...
Rich, college educated Americans have more access to social spaces, and enjoy more support from friends. The poor and less-educated are increasingly left out.
Read the report:
www.americansurveycenter.org/research/dis...
Look at this image. We cram tall apartments along noisy, polluted arterials, so new residents suffer in order to protect wealthy, detached-home residents from neighbours.
It’s deeply unhealthy and unfair.
It’s deeply unhealthy and unfair.
December 5, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Look at this image. We cram tall apartments along noisy, polluted arterials, so new residents suffer in order to protect wealthy, detached-home residents from neighbours.
It’s deeply unhealthy and unfair.
It’s deeply unhealthy and unfair.
Another happy city snapshot:
In Dubai, the most nurturing places are nowhere near the new luxury developments.
They are here in the old town, on streets slow, connected and lively enough to welcome children.
In Dubai, the most nurturing places are nowhere near the new luxury developments.
They are here in the old town, on streets slow, connected and lively enough to welcome children.
December 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Another happy city snapshot:
In Dubai, the most nurturing places are nowhere near the new luxury developments.
They are here in the old town, on streets slow, connected and lively enough to welcome children.
In Dubai, the most nurturing places are nowhere near the new luxury developments.
They are here in the old town, on streets slow, connected and lively enough to welcome children.
Another urban snapshot.
Yes America you can build walkable communities! Loved the cozy human scale of @culdesac.bsky.social … delivered thanks to eliminating most car storage
Yes America you can build walkable communities! Loved the cozy human scale of @culdesac.bsky.social … delivered thanks to eliminating most car storage
November 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Another urban snapshot.
Yes America you can build walkable communities! Loved the cozy human scale of @culdesac.bsky.social … delivered thanks to eliminating most car storage
Yes America you can build walkable communities! Loved the cozy human scale of @culdesac.bsky.social … delivered thanks to eliminating most car storage
This is a risky machine!
Some kid fell off and cried. Then jumped back on. Another kid stepped on my son’s hand. My son cried, then he had a good chat with the offender.
In other words, this machine is doing excellent work exposing kids to the right kinds of risk.
Some kid fell off and cried. Then jumped back on. Another kid stepped on my son’s hand. My son cried, then he had a good chat with the offender.
In other words, this machine is doing excellent work exposing kids to the right kinds of risk.
November 26, 2024 at 9:23 PM
This is a risky machine!
Some kid fell off and cried. Then jumped back on. Another kid stepped on my son’s hand. My son cried, then he had a good chat with the offender.
In other words, this machine is doing excellent work exposing kids to the right kinds of risk.
Some kid fell off and cried. Then jumped back on. Another kid stepped on my son’s hand. My son cried, then he had a good chat with the offender.
In other words, this machine is doing excellent work exposing kids to the right kinds of risk.
With backyards increasingly out of reach, how can we ensure everyone gets access to green space in the city? The answer, says Happy Cities' Madeleine Herbert, is more creative sharing. @happycities.com @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
November 24, 2024 at 2:23 AM
With backyards increasingly out of reach, how can we ensure everyone gets access to green space in the city? The answer, says Happy Cities' Madeleine Herbert, is more creative sharing. @happycities.com @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Forced parking kills social spaces. Buffalo scrapped parking mandates in 2017. Now dozens of cities around the world are following, giving landowners more freedom to build the things we really need.
Screenshot from the Parking Mandates Map on @parkingreform.org's website.
Screenshot from the Parking Mandates Map on @parkingreform.org's website.
November 21, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Forced parking kills social spaces. Buffalo scrapped parking mandates in 2017. Now dozens of cities around the world are following, giving landowners more freedom to build the things we really need.
Screenshot from the Parking Mandates Map on @parkingreform.org's website.
Screenshot from the Parking Mandates Map on @parkingreform.org's website.
People are still good, and still trustworthy. A conversation with @TheLavinAgency on the power of social trust and designing spaces that reconnect us.
November 21, 2024 at 8:28 PM
People are still good, and still trustworthy. A conversation with @TheLavinAgency on the power of social trust and designing spaces that reconnect us.
I'm thrilled to be on the Selection Committee for World Design Capital 2028. Follow the action here... wdo.org/programmes/w...
November 14, 2024 at 9:09 PM
I'm thrilled to be on the Selection Committee for World Design Capital 2028. Follow the action here... wdo.org/programmes/w...
OK Brent, here’s one for your #UrbanismBookClub:
Is Eric Klinenberg on here yet?
Is Eric Klinenberg on here yet?
November 14, 2024 at 4:59 PM
OK Brent, here’s one for your #UrbanismBookClub:
Is Eric Klinenberg on here yet?
Is Eric Klinenberg on here yet?