Jeff Speck
@jeffspeck.bsky.social
Urban Planner, Partner in Speck Dempsey, author of Walkable City, Walkable City Rules, and other stuff I'd like you to read.
I wrote this piece to reflect on @jeffspeck.bsky.social's 2019 visit to Spartanburg! walkingspartan.substack.com/p/towards-a-...
Towards a More Walkable Spartanburg (2019 - Present)
A reflection 7 years later on walkability expert Jeff Speck's visit to the Hub City
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Today we painted Louisa’s Ghost Bike. It used to be Jessica Mink’s bike. Since 2015, I’ve created about 30 ghost bikes, but this one was the hardest to make so far. I couldn’t have done it without my best friend and brother Galen Mook. We Need Each Other. #NoMoreGhostBikes
This is heartbreaking news. Louisa was a gift to Boston. She will not be forgotten.
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 4w agoThis morning a driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a biking advocate and transportation planner. Gag had coauthored a Vision Zero Action plan: visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/u...
The destructiveness of automobiles is much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building. - Jane Jacobs
We'll be presenting our plans to remake MCI #Concord tonight at 6 eastern. Here's the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W52M...
MCI Master Plan - Closing Presentation @ CCHS - June 11, 2026
YouTube video by Minuteman Media Network
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Why i have become such a convert on planting more trees in cities: A tree can cool a place the same as 10 room-size air conditioners running 24 hours a day! 🌳🏡🌲 From @jeffspeck.bsky.social’s “Walkable City” book
@jeffspeck.bsky.social Walkable City for sure. Jacob's D+L for sure but maybe even more important her Cities And The Wealth of Nations.
“Investing in the downtown of a city is the only place-based way to benefit all of its citizens at once.” — @jeffspeck.bsky.social Remember that the next time politicians or suburban voters try to challenge the value of investing in strong downtowns and successful urban places. #UrbanTruth
A short list: Walkable City @jeffspeck.bsky.social Happy City @charlesincities.bsky.social Life After Cars @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social Street Fight @jskstreet.bsky.social All readable. Killed By A Traffic Engineer for heavier read @wesmars.bsky.social #UrbanismBookClub
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4mo agoThe prompt: i have to choose a book for book club. i thought i would use the opportunity to YIMBY-pill a new audience. what's the best, most readable, most fun & engaging book about the glories of good urban design? I put it into Claude, Gemini, & ChatGPT. Wanna compare what they said?
Will this be enough evidence for @volts.wtf to finally invite me on his awesome show?
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4mo agoThe prompt: i have to choose a book for book club. i thought i would use the opportunity to YIMBY-pill a new audience. what's the best, most readable, most fun & engaging book about the glories of good urban design? I put it into Claude, Gemini, & ChatGPT. Wanna compare what they said?
My annual 2-day class at Harvard is coming up soon. Come work, walk, and talk with me this May! Any questions about it? execed.gsd.harvard.edu/programs/wal...
The Walkable City
The Walkable City Jeff Speck’s unforgettable two-day program on the most effective arguments, techniques, and tools for reshaping places to support […]
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Hello, #Columbus! I'm giving a talk tonight in #Dublin. . . Hope to see you all there! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-more-wal...
A More Walkable Dublin
Join Jeff Speck, Walkable City author and renowned urban planner, for a community conversation about making Dublin more walkable.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Comparison #2 Please help contribute to this real dataset. Look at these two slides. Just take a wild guess as to the average home value on each street. Reply with two dollar amounts, Street 1 and Street 2. Your input matters. Thank you!
I got a great reception in Sacramento this week. It didn't hurt that I was following in the footsteps of @brenttoderian.bsky.social 's Downtown Livability Strategy! Check it out: www.downtownsac.org/wp-content/u...
It bears repeating. You can watch Hammond, Indiana and @jeffspeck.bsky.social partner to make plans for a revitalized downtown. (documentary produced by Lakeshore Public Media which is available in Chicago on sat, cable, and over-the-air)
Walkable USA
Noted planner Jeff Speck partners with Hammond, Indiana to breathe new life into the city.
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Lost in the culture war surrounding rainbow crosswalks: they save lives. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/09/t...
Traffic Safety or Culture War? Trump's Desire to 'Own The Libs' Undermines Safety — Streetsblog USA
Why is the federal government truly playing politics over rainbow crosswalks when human lives are at stake?
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ACTUAL RESEARCH: Comparison #2 (This is a new one.) Please help contribute to this real dataset. Look at these two slides. Just take a wild guess as to the average home value on each street. Reply with two dollar amounts, Street 1 and Street 2. Your input matters. Thank you!
ACTUAL RESEARCH: Comparison #2 (This is a new one.) Please help contribute to this real dataset. Look at these two slides. Just take a wild guess as to the average home value on each street. Reply with two dollar amounts, Street 1 and Street 2. Your input matters. Thank you!
Sad to read this today. Deep condolences to all his RAMSA colleagues, friends, and family. Bob Stern was both a true scholar and a captain of industry. I got to work with him in the 90s and was touched by how solicitous he was of this nobody’s opinions. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
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We are growing a great data set. Anyone else want to weigh in?
Free talk tomorrow. . . Hope to share with you the amazing story of downtown OKC. Also, I'm giving away my slides at the end. Enticed? gatech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Ep 48, Oct 31: Redesigning city streets in downtown Oklahoma City, OK. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
How did Oklahoma City go from being America’s least walkable city in 2009 to an award-winning thriving downtown attracting an influx of jobs, dining, recreation, and young adults? Through the implemen...
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Have you been taking my courses on @planetizen? Try it, you'll like it! Walkable City 6, The Interesting Walk just dropped today: courses.planetizen.com/courses/the-...
Walkable City 6: The Interesting Walk
Nothing interests people more than other people. Humans will avoid walks that do not provide a sense of human habitation, human effort, and human scale. An interesting walk comes from urban design tha...
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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS when you run for mayor on a "pull out the bike lanes" platform in Boston. Yay @wutrain ! @bostonbikeunion @MassBike @WalkMass apnews.com/article/elec...
Josh Kraft, son of billionaire Patriots owner, drops out of Boston mayor’s race against Michelle Wu
Son of billionaire Patriots owner Josh Kraft announced Thursday that he is dropping out Boston’s mayoral election, in which he was set to battle incumbent Michelle Wu in November.
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