Urban Truth Collective
@urbantruth.bsky.social
A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
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“The Truth About Cities In An Age Of Disinformation.”
Read about WHO we are, WHY we started this, our PLANS to grow, and most importantly, WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING.
We hope you’ll support this work, and help us spread the word! #UrbanTruth
www.urbantruthcollective.com
“The Truth About Cities In An Age Of Disinformation.”
Read about WHO we are, WHY we started this, our PLANS to grow, and most importantly, WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING.
We hope you’ll support this work, and help us spread the word! #UrbanTruth
www.urbantruthcollective.com
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This was our very first poster release, 6 months ago or so.
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
September 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This was our very first poster release, 6 months ago or so.
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
This was our very first poster release, 6 months ago or so.
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
September 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This was our very first poster release, 6 months ago or so.
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.
They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.
Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
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For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share.
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share.
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share.
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share.
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
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If we’re going to talk about the #WARonWALKING (great framing), social conditions deserve way more attention: inadequate street-level social supports; race-based police profiling; gender-based street harassment; social hostility & polarization; and lack of belonging & healthy spatial entitlement.
Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices?
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
September 15, 2026 at 10:24 AM
If we’re going to talk about the #WARonWALKING (great framing), social conditions deserve way more attention: inadequate street-level social supports; race-based police profiling; gender-based street harassment; social hostility & polarization; and lack of belonging & healthy spatial entitlement.
This one seems worth repeating.
It’s nothing to cheer about though, as the proceeds of ridiculous gas prices fuelled by irrational wars and rampant car dependency go to oil companies instead of to the public as useful carbon taxes. #UrbanTruth
It’s nothing to cheer about though, as the proceeds of ridiculous gas prices fuelled by irrational wars and rampant car dependency go to oil companies instead of to the public as useful carbon taxes. #UrbanTruth
September 16, 2026 at 4:39 AM
This one seems worth repeating.
It’s nothing to cheer about though, as the proceeds of ridiculous gas prices fuelled by irrational wars and rampant car dependency go to oil companies instead of to the public as useful carbon taxes. #UrbanTruth
It’s nothing to cheer about though, as the proceeds of ridiculous gas prices fuelled by irrational wars and rampant car dependency go to oil companies instead of to the public as useful carbon taxes. #UrbanTruth
This is the truth. #UrbanTruth
This is literally the WORST of all carbon taxes.
In a sensible world we would tax carbon and use the proceeds for socially useful things that made our lives better.
This is a MASSIVE carbon tax with every dime going straight into the pockets of the oil companies who helped bring us here.
In a sensible world we would tax carbon and use the proceeds for socially useful things that made our lives better.
This is a MASSIVE carbon tax with every dime going straight into the pockets of the oil companies who helped bring us here.
September 16, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This is the truth. #UrbanTruth
Have you got a photo or image that really illustrates the #WarOnWalking, at any scale and in any context? Send it to us and we might turn it into another poster in this series. Thanks! #UrbanTruth
Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices?
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
September 16, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Have you got a photo or image that really illustrates the #WarOnWalking, at any scale and in any context? Send it to us and we might turn it into another poster in this series. Thanks! #UrbanTruth
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The rich and powerful have sunk trillions into concrete, steel & fossil fuels that benefit them, not us.
Our lives and our bodies are on the line.
Car culture kills & maims millions of us every year, especially our children & people who are poor or old or disabled.
We must win this #WARonWALKING
Our lives and our bodies are on the line.
Car culture kills & maims millions of us every year, especially our children & people who are poor or old or disabled.
We must win this #WARonWALKING
September 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The rich and powerful have sunk trillions into concrete, steel & fossil fuels that benefit them, not us.
Our lives and our bodies are on the line.
Car culture kills & maims millions of us every year, especially our children & people who are poor or old or disabled.
We must win this #WARonWALKING
Our lives and our bodies are on the line.
Car culture kills & maims millions of us every year, especially our children & people who are poor or old or disabled.
We must win this #WARonWALKING
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Okay, so if we’re talking about the #WaronWalking (great framing), the sidewalk deserves way more attention. A lack of connective sidewalk infrastructure, tree canopies, seating, public restrooms, lighting, pedestrian oriented wayfinding, and street-level retail & cultural hubs are major factors.
Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices?
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
September 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Okay, so if we’re talking about the #WaronWalking (great framing), the sidewalk deserves way more attention. A lack of connective sidewalk infrastructure, tree canopies, seating, public restrooms, lighting, pedestrian oriented wayfinding, and street-level retail & cultural hubs are major factors.
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We’re doing a SERIES of #WarOnWalking posters with photos in the background of different examples of walking being made harder or impossible, at every scale & in many contexts.
If you have your OWN powerful examples that you’d like us to consider profiling in one of our posters, share them below!
If you have your OWN powerful examples that you’d like us to consider profiling in one of our posters, share them below!
September 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We’re doing a SERIES of #WarOnWalking posters with photos in the background of different examples of walking being made harder or impossible, at every scale & in many contexts.
If you have your OWN powerful examples that you’d like us to consider profiling in one of our posters, share them below!
If you have your OWN powerful examples that you’d like us to consider profiling in one of our posters, share them below!
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The "War on Walking" is a great reframing of baked-in car dependency, and I'm sure I'll be using some of these images in future public talks
Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices?
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
September 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The "War on Walking" is a great reframing of baked-in car dependency, and I'm sure I'll be using some of these images in future public talks
Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices?
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
September 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices?
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.
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If your elected municipal representative prioritizes making space for the “perceived convenience” of drivers behind the wheel of their cars, trucks or SUVs over the equity and safety of vulnerable road users; they are a active participant on the #WarOnWalking (which also includes rolling and riding)
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If your elected municipal representative prioritizes making space for the “perceived convenience” of drivers behind the wheel of their cars, trucks or SUVs over the equity and safety of vulnerable road users; they are a active participant on the #WarOnWalking (which also includes rolling and riding)
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Once we open our eyes to the damage done by the #WarOnWalking, it’s impossible NOT to see it. At every scale, in every detail & decision, affecting every constituency, and influencing every element of culture.
And when we try to improve things, they have the audacity to claim there’s a #WarOnCars.
And when we try to improve things, they have the audacity to claim there’s a #WarOnCars.
September 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Once we open our eyes to the damage done by the #WarOnWalking, it’s impossible NOT to see it. At every scale, in every detail & decision, affecting every constituency, and influencing every element of culture.
And when we try to improve things, they have the audacity to claim there’s a #WarOnCars.
And when we try to improve things, they have the audacity to claim there’s a #WarOnCars.
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To be clear, the #WARonWALKING is a big tent that includes the war on safe and efficient urban biking, on workable and well connected public transit, on all ages and abilities accessibility, and more.
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
To be clear, the #WARonWALKING is a big tent that includes the war on safe and efficient urban biking, on workable and well connected public transit, on all ages and abilities accessibility, and more.
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
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The War On Walking
This is a quiet street in downtown SD lined with small apartment buildings. 1 block from a light rail station and Comic-Con. You're not allowed to walk across the street. Cars are given priority.
This is a quiet street in downtown SD lined with small apartment buildings. 1 block from a light rail station and Comic-Con. You're not allowed to walk across the street. Cars are given priority.
September 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The War On Walking
This is a quiet street in downtown SD lined with small apartment buildings. 1 block from a light rail station and Comic-Con. You're not allowed to walk across the street. Cars are given priority.
This is a quiet street in downtown SD lined with small apartment buildings. 1 block from a light rail station and Comic-Con. You're not allowed to walk across the street. Cars are given priority.
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Currently working on a historian's answer to how this came to be....
Stealing Cars, Part II: Fordism and Flexible Enclosure
September 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Currently working on a historian's answer to how this came to be....
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
The Golden Age of Disinformation?
“I’m not optimistic about us clawing back from this unless there’s serious rethinking of our systems, and frankly, regulation of these social media platforms that are making us such passive and uncurious consumers of information." — @ninajankowicz.com #UrbanTruth
“I’m not optimistic about us clawing back from this unless there’s serious rethinking of our systems, and frankly, regulation of these social media platforms that are making us such passive and uncurious consumers of information." — @ninajankowicz.com #UrbanTruth
Nina Jankowicz on the golden age of disinformation
“Memory-holing is core to all of the narrative coups Republicans are achieving right now.”
www.publicnotice.co
September 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The Golden Age of Disinformation?
“I’m not optimistic about us clawing back from this unless there’s serious rethinking of our systems, and frankly, regulation of these social media platforms that are making us such passive and uncurious consumers of information." — @ninajankowicz.com #UrbanTruth
“I’m not optimistic about us clawing back from this unless there’s serious rethinking of our systems, and frankly, regulation of these social media platforms that are making us such passive and uncurious consumers of information." — @ninajankowicz.com #UrbanTruth
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Depressing to see 13 years ago we made a series of important @streetfilms.bsky.social about the decline of safe streets & sidewalks that allow children to go to school and meet for playtime.
Simply our kids have LOST THE FREEDOM TO ROAM! @urbantruth.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Simply our kids have LOST THE FREEDOM TO ROAM! @urbantruth.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
September 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Depressing to see 13 years ago we made a series of important @streetfilms.bsky.social about the decline of safe streets & sidewalks that allow children to go to school and meet for playtime.
Simply our kids have LOST THE FREEDOM TO ROAM! @urbantruth.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Simply our kids have LOST THE FREEDOM TO ROAM! @urbantruth.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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I cannot find the words to express my admiration and gratitude for these three friends who founded @urbantruth.bsky.social
They are tireless and do an extraordinary job of debunking misinformation and manipulation.
Well done to them, and thank you.
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
They are tireless and do an extraordinary job of debunking misinformation and manipulation.
Well done to them, and thank you.
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
When we launched the #1HourCityConspiracy campaign, clapping back on the lies & disinformation about 15-Minute Cities, @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social (originator of the game-changing Paris program) weighed in with strong support. “The real ‘urban conspiracy’ isn’t proximity, it’s distance.” #UrbanTruth
May 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I cannot find the words to express my admiration and gratitude for these three friends who founded @urbantruth.bsky.social
They are tireless and do an extraordinary job of debunking misinformation and manipulation.
Well done to them, and thank you.
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
They are tireless and do an extraordinary job of debunking misinformation and manipulation.
Well done to them, and thank you.
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Cars have four lanes here; people have less than one meter. The cars have claimed even that. I'm joining the #WarOnWalking on the side of walking!
🌎 Little Rock, AR, USA
🌎 Little Rock, AR, USA
September 4, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Cars have four lanes here; people have less than one meter. The cars have claimed even that. I'm joining the #WarOnWalking on the side of walking!
🌎 Little Rock, AR, USA
🌎 Little Rock, AR, USA
Here’s a call to action for all of you —since some may still be skeptical that there’s been a deliberate WAR ON WALKING in cities for a very long time, reply to or quote-post this with your own photos, examples, articles, studies, anything you think makes the case. Include the hashtag #WarOnWalking!
No matter what they claim, the REAL “war” that’s been going on in our cities has been a WAR ON WALKING.
And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth
And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth
September 3, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Here’s a call to action for all of you —since some may still be skeptical that there’s been a deliberate WAR ON WALKING in cities for a very long time, reply to or quote-post this with your own photos, examples, articles, studies, anything you think makes the case. Include the hashtag #WarOnWalking!
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This is my new favorite account.
No matter what they claim, the REAL “war” that’s been going on in our cities has been a WAR ON WALKING.
And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth
And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth
September 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
This is my new favorite account.