Urbanists on Bakfiets Talking Cities is a video series from urbanist Lior Steinberg that puts city conversations literally in motion. Inspired by Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Steinberg invites fellow urbanists aboard a bakfiets—a Dutch cargo bike—and rides through cities while talking about streets, mobility, public space, and how cities actually work. The moving conversation makes the city itself part of the interview: ideas can be encountered, questioned, and demonstrated as they ride. The series launched with Tactical Urbanism co-founder Mike Lydon exploring Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The Vertical Sidewalk is a Substack exploring the art and science of creating better storefronts and stronger commercial streets. Drawing on retail strategy, design, placemaking, and real-world examples, it looks at the details that make ground-floor businesses inviting, memorable, and successful—and at how individual storefronts contribute to the vitality and character of the neighborhoods and downtowns around them.

Urbanism Now is a weekly newsletter curated with brief and insightful urban ideas from around the world to inspire action where you (c)are. Five to ten links with a touch of commentary to show you what's going on with the world. We strive to break free of the US/Euro view and promote ideas from everywhere.

Founded by: Maria Paula Moreno Vivas and Raymond Berger

Every week, this newsletter explores the future of cities. Topics include housing, climate, urban tech, post-pandemic downtowns, and more. Through this content and occasional subscriber events, I’m hoping to build a community of urban enthusiasts and people who are professionally engaged in city-making.

A podcast about how we plan and design cities for people. Tune in and join listeners from over 150+ countries.

I’m Mustafa Sherif, an Urbanist, Placemaker and studio manager based in Sweden. In this podcast, I interview people working in architecture, Palcemaking, urban planning and design about their projects, processes, methods, handbooks, challenges, leadership, and passions in life.
It’s not just about projects, it’s about the people behind projects.

Challenger Cities is a podcast and publication exploring cities through unconventional—and sometimes accidental—urbanists. Created by Iain Montgomery, it pushes beyond traditional planning, architecture, and policy to talk with interesting people doing interesting things in cities around the world. Its premise is that cities shouldn't spend their energy trying to become somewhere else, but should build on what makes them distinctive—creating places where people genuinely want to live, work, gather, visit, eat, drink, and play. Think of it as an eclectic playlist for urbanists, intended to provoke conversation and action rather than produce another sterile planning report

Great places don't happen by accident. They are shaped by people who care deeply about community, culture, and connection. Third Place Makers Talk shares the stories, lessons, and insights of those building places worth gathering in, investing in, and returning to. Bringing together public realm professionals, BID leaders, artists, placemakers, placekeepers, developers, and community builders for conversations that inspire better places.

Closer is a conversation about the strategies that make cities social – and why that’s the smartest investment in the urban toolkit.