Lior Steinberg

This is how new urban districts should look like 🚶🏽🇸🇪 The master plan for the Frihamnen district in Gothenburg is a masterclass in human-scale neighborhood building: fine-grained, dense urban fabrics with attractive and lively streets. Here are some highlights: 🧵

🚗 Max 5% car traffic of all trips to, from, and within the district. 👼🏽 Family-friendly: Integrating 2 schools, 4 preschools, sports halls, and an ice rink directly into the dense urban fabric.

This is how new urban districts should look like 🚶🏽🇸🇪 The master plan for the Frihamnen district in Gothenburg is a masterclass in human-scale neighborhood building: fine-grained, dense urban fabrics with attractive and lively streets. Here are some highlights: 🧵

"We love this new YouTube series [with] host Lior Steinberg which is, well, exactly what it sounds like: short interviews-on-wheels with some of the most interesting people in the movement to make cities better … with the subject riding shotgun in the bucket of an Urban Arrow cargo bike."

Thanks @usa.streetsblog.org for featuring Urbanists On Bakfiets Talking Cities! usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/11/f...

Let's talk about schools and safer streets. 🏫 @xavimatilla.bsky.social, Barcelona's former chief architect, joined me on Urbanists on Bakfiets Talking Cities. We talked superblocks and urban transformation, but one story stood out. 🧵

End of 2022: Barcelona announced 45 new speed cameras, 12 of them in front of schools. The next day, RACC, the drivers' association, criticised the plan. But in that same statement, they admitted the 12 cameras at schools were a good idea.

A mayor joins us on the bakfiets! In this episode of Urbanists on Bakfiets Talking Cities, I take Ricardo Rio (economist and former Mayor of Braga) on a cargo-bike ride through Ljubljana.

We dive into how to become a mayor after losing two consecutive elections, how Braga tackled a 60% car usage rate, the strategy behind decentralizing cultural events, and using direct municipal subsidies to combat skyrocketing rents over his 12 years in office. www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Mv...

Here’s the urbanism show you didn’t know you were missing. Two urbanists in a cargo bike, getting around the city, discussing why fire departments hate bike lanes and what happens when street paint peels off in the rain. Today we’re launching Urbanists on Bakfiets Talking Cities. 🚲

For Episode 1, I invited @mikelydon.bsky.social to hop in the front box as we rolled through the streets of Ljubljana. Come hear from the man who coined "Tactical Urbanism". Watch the full episode on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI6q...

Here’s a study that will change the way you look at public space. Literally. Researchers from Brigham Young University asked participants to imagine walking through different nighttime environments and click on what drew their attention. The results?

👀 Men looked straight ahead - toward the path or destination. 👀 Women scanned the edges - the bushes, the shadows, the places where someone could be hiding. Research by Robert Chaney, Alyssa Baer & Ida Tovar news.byu.edu/intellect/st...

What happens when you move 1,000 trees around the city? 🌳 Space is not an issue, nor is technology. Our streets have the potential to be much more than just a means of transportation. They can be vibrant spaces for ourselves, our community, and the planet. Project by Arcadia, Friesland, NL

"I think they should close down all gyms where people work out." Louis Theroux said this recently on the brilliant SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma. He nailed one of the absolute biggest failures of modern city planning. [Source: SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma.]

So waht does Theroux offer? Ambient exercise. It’s the idea that movement shouldn't be a scheduled chore or a luxury add-on to a lazy, car-dependent lifestyle. It should just be a natural byproduct of living your life.

Europe is Burning. But we can cool it down. Our cities are currently built to trap heat. But we can change it. Here are 7 actionable things cities can do today to cool down:

6. 🚲 Build shaded networks Walking and cycling shouldn't be extreme sports in the summer. We need continuous "cool corridors" of shade along our main walking and cycling routes. www.archdaily.com/1038054/how-...

Europe is Burning. But we can cool it down. Our cities are currently built to trap heat. But we can change it. Here are 7 actionable things cities can do today to cool down:

4. 🏘️ Subsidize white and green roofs and facades We need municipalities to incentivize covering our roofs and facades with vegetation or highly reflective white paint. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe is Burning. But we can cool it down. Our cities are currently built to trap heat. But we can change it. Here are 7 actionable things cities can do today to cool down:

2. ⛏️ Replace asphalt (Depave!) Black asphalt is a massive heat sink that bakes our streets. We need to actively depave our cities, replacing asphalt with lighter, permeable surfaces, pavers, or better yet, soil and greenery. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe is Burning. But we can cool it down. Our cities are currently built to trap heat. But we can change it. Here are 7 actionable things cities can do today to cool down: