A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people. Sound efficient? HT @circulareconomy

Who are the 100 Most Influential Contemporary (in other words, LIVING) Urbanists in the World? According to @planetizen, these 100 folks are, after re-running the numbers of their recent “past & present” Top 100 results. So I went from 19th to 8th.

The Most Influential Contemporary Urbanists

The 100 people making an impact on planning and cities today.

Very clever — the German ad says "protect wildlife before it's too late." HT WWF Germany

Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars only, cheap gas, and free parking? #cars #cities #suburbs #CarDependency

It’s not just about taking away car space. It’s WHAT you replace that car space WITH. Pic via @LolitaBoston

A lot of people have a REALLY strange definition of “freedom.” #CarDependency