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ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
Every time someone tells me “not to talk about politics”, I want to “talk about politics” more.
@saopro21 Bro nobody asked for your political opinions. I like your urbanist content but this is mistake. @OhTheUrbanity Nah. You can't threaten your neighbours and then expect them to not notice, care, or talk about it. @wiliz3 Please, let's not get involved in american politics! @OhTheUrbanity If American politics can stop threatening its neighbours.
January 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Get your membership and join us on August 15th in #montreal.

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July 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
“Bike lanes are horrible because they stop abruptly and leave me stranded”
H Oh The Urtanity! @PInk77W1 • 36 minutes ago I ride bikes a lot. I don't own a car. Bike lanes are horrible because they almost always just stop abruptly and leave me stranded and I have to figure out where to go. : @OhTheUrbanity • O seconds ago I think the problem in your city is not bike lanes but rather a lack of them.
May 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
There’s a deep irony in the sheer number of comments I get from Europeans on these videos calling me an ignorant American, despite me clearly stating I live in Canada.
Why Do French Suburbs Feel So Different? SO MANY-WALLS D @DonBean-ej4ou • 2 hours ago your talking about France not "Europe" which is not an entity. Would Americans stop referring to Europe as though it was a homogenised entity, politically socially architecturally etc etc .Its confusing. : 3 Oh The Urbanity! @OhTheUrbanity • O seconds ago "Ignorant Americans, referring to France as being in Europe!" Well, you just responded to a video that clearly stated I live in Canada by referring to me as American!
June 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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How proud we are to live in Biketoria — Canada’s cycling capital! Check out this inspiring video showing how Victoria tripled its cycling in just 11 years:
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Share this video and spread the word. Victoria is on the right path — and together, we can go even further.
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How This Small City Tripled Its Cycling In Just 11 Years
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November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
heauxly.click
i live in Innsbrook, VA, a mixed-use development in Glen Allen, which itself is a suburb of Richmond. i would kill for contiguous sidewalks, let alone crosswalks. bike lanes are a luxury i won't see here in my lifetime. #OhTheUrbanity is right!
February 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
subsabrinaj.bsky.social
CityNerd
CityBeautiful
StrongTowns
OhTheUrbanity
NotJustBikes (TheUrbanistAgenda)
ClimateTown

Climate Town is more environmentally focused, but has connected some development practices to the environmental impacts.
August 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Also, yup to @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social in Montreal

Tagging in some cycling peeps from across Canada
Halifax @envirojen.bsky.social #KidicalMassHfx
Ottawa @cassiesmith.bsky.social @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social
Victoria @canadarobin.bsky.social

h/t @pattybikes.com @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social
@OhTheUrbanity 3 hours ago Having a baby has made us appreciate buses more. But it’s also highlighted how many child-related trips (daycares, libraries, community centres, etc) don’t work that well on transit but do work well by bike. Cycling just fills in a lot of the gaps where transit is weaker (and vice versa).
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
paige.canadiancivil.com
3/3 And I found out @OhTheUrbanity had a reference to my adventures in sports in a script so I recorded a live take for them.

https://youtu.be/W9IAMxk8Hkk
May 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy
Montreal has been busy #BikeTooter @OhTheUrbanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDqC87zpXU
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
The Paradox of America’s Most Successful Transit-Oriented Development: youtu.be/hHjMQ8T5ZRI
The Dark Side of America’s Most Successful Transit-Oriented Development
This is Washington, DC, capital of the United States. If you look carefully, this city is unique in lacking something that most other American cities have. Can you tell what it is? Keep Urbanity rolling: Join our Patreon for early releases, credit at the end of each video, and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/ohtheurbanity Contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5CBM1NkqDYAHgS-AbgGHA?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohurbanity Twitter: https://twitter.com/OhUrbanity For professional inquiries, please fill out the following contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit References: High-rises safer than single-family homes for fire: https://www.glengower.ca/notebook/notebook-fire-safety-and-high-rise-buildings/ Tysons is second biggest job centre: https://dw-rowlands.github.io/Job_Density_and_Commutes/Job_Density_and_Commutes.html Job/worker data: https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/ Purple Line to Tysons: https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/suburb-to-suburb-transit-part-three-purple-line-link/ Reece Martin on job sprawl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrifjkEXvnY Alon Levy on height limits: https://pedestrianobservations.com/2014/11/21/height-limits-still-a-bad-idea/
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June 20, 2024 at 1:25 PM
johnnyrenton.bsky.social
One of the biggest things would developing smaller scale, Dutch style suburbs (there is a really good, short OhTheUrbanity about them). It would allow for new ones to have higher densities, be more walkable,and probably cheaper to own and rent because of the smaller homes and lots
The Fascinating Human-Scale Urbanism of Dutch Suburbia
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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August 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
vasanth4111.bsky.social
Being a public figure and possibly the only face of public transit in this country, it is bound to happen. I assume Notjustbikes and Ohtheurbanity get this as well.
January 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
kyleruggles.bsky.social
Oh and www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity !
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Oh The Urbanity! traverses cities by foot, bike, and public transit and aims to make informative and (hopefully) entertaining videos combining streetscapes and demographic data. We are based in Montre...
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April 20, 2026 at 4:55 PM
ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
The Most Underrated Thing About American Urbanism: youtu.be/v7a3VUTQOxE
The Most Underrated Thing About American Urbanism
Happy 4th of July to our neighbours to the south. In this video we want to cover what we think is underrated about US urbanism from a Canadian perspective. Keep Urbanity rolling: Join our Patreon for early releases, credit at the end of each video, and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/ohtheurbanity Contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5CBM1NkqDYAHgS-AbgGHA?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohurbanity Twitter: https://twitter.com/OhUrbanity For professional inquiries, please fill out the following contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit References: Alan Fisher Northeast Corridor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFDX1SI028I City populations reflect urban area boundaries in the US and population centre boundaries in Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_population_centres_in_Canada
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July 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
lucagattonicelli.bsky.social
Good video from @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
The Dark Side of America’s Most Successful Transit-Oriented Development
This is Washington, DC, capital of the United States. If you look carefully, this city is unique in lacking something that most other American cities have. Can you tell what it is? Keep Urbanity rolling: Join our Patreon for early releases, credit at the end of each video, and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/ohtheurbanity Contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5CBM1NkqDYAHgS-AbgGHA?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohurbanity Twitter: https://twitter.com/OhUrbanity For professional inquiries, please fill out the following contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit References: High-rises safer than single-family homes for fire: https://www.glengower.ca/notebook/notebook-fire-safety-and-high-rise-buildings/ Tysons is second biggest job centre: https://dw-rowlands.github.io/Job_Density_and_Commutes/Job_Density_and_Commutes.html Job/worker data: https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/ Purple Line to Tysons: https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/suburb-to-suburb-transit-part-three-purple-line-link/ Reece Martin on job sprawl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrifjkEXvnY Alon Levy on height limits: https://pedestrianobservations.com/2014/11/21/height-limits-still-a-bad-idea/
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June 20, 2024 at 2:50 PM
nerd7132.bsky.social
here's a few
www.youtube.com/@edenicity
www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity
www.youtube.com/@theurbanist...
www.youtube.com/@CityBeautiful
Edenicity
Best practices for sustainably abundant cities. This channel rejects the broken formula that sustainability = personal austerity. Instead, it shows how, in a fast-urbanizing world, well-designed ci...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy
Doug Ford is tough on crime unless you're cars.

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/b6e6Jmgeo5a9k4fkrvz98f
The Dangerously Stupid War on Speed Cameras
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April 30, 2026 at 6:17 AM
baizhijie.bsky.social
I’m glad you’re here. You and a few other urbanist accounts like streetfilms or OhTheUrbanity were the main thing keeping me on X. It’s nice to be free of that gross place and have more interesting conversations without being swarmed by trolls, pornbots, crypto-scammers and other junk.
November 25, 2024 at 4:00 AM
enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy
If you're stuck in a zero-sum debate about whether #transit should be better OR fareless, you're probably already in a politics of service-cutting downward spiral with a not-elected and not-riding transit board play-acting as a business.

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/oSnNidGwbki3HGfipB8Zwx
Free Transit Sounds Great. Here’s Why I’m Against It.
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March 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy
What's Montreal doing? Sounds like they've elected a car-hugging anti-urban government to force themselves to sit in traffic. At least you'll be able to admire the borrowed car in the lane next to you while you wait.

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/gPCKfyrZVmBB8N1CmRL3qV
The End of Cycling in Montreal? My Honest Evaluation
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May 12, 2026 at 5:03 AM