How to Actually Improve a City (w/Brent Toderian)

About this episode

Brent Toderian shares his insights on how to effectively improve cities based on his extensive experience as a city planner.

Brent Toderian is the former chief planner of Vancouver, Canada. He has worked with dozens of cities around the world to achieve real change, and he has some advice for advocates who want to do the same. Brent Toderian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Not Just Bikes

Guest: Brent Toderian

Topics covered

• urban planning
• city improvement
• advocacy
• sustainable development
• community engagement

Keywords

• city planning
• urban design
• Brent Toderian
• Vancouver
• real change
• advocates
• cities

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Vancouver, Canada

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