The Friendly City Urbanist
Brent FinneganI write about land use, transportation, housing, and climate policy. Former planning commissioner from Harrisonburg, Virginia living in the Netherlands, enrolled in the Global Urban Transformations Master's program at Utrecht University. \ud83d\udeab AI
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How cities can build resilience against global oil shocks
I recently saw this interactive map that shows how much gasoline a Virginia household uses each month by block group (as of late May 2026, based on data from CNT, the EPA, and AAA). The map highlights yet another stark difference between th...
Cars aren't customers
A dozen bikes take up roughly the same space occupied by the SUV illegally blocking a fire hydrant in the background, but carry many more people.
Who (or what) are streets for? Your answer to that question likely depends on the degree to w...
Dense housing belongs downtown
Rendering of an updated design for The Link from the developer’s website.
After having to start the approval process over again last August, the rezoning request for The Link apartments was (again) recommended for approval by both city st...
Is Harrisonburg prepared for climate in-migration?
There’s a particular set of maps that have been burned into my memory since I first laid eyes on them in 2022. The PLACE Initiative (Proactive Leadership Advocating for Climate and Equity) is a national nonprofit that “works towards the goa...
The Shortline 2-20-26
An intersection in downtown Harrisonburg where one of 30 Flock cameras in the city is mounted to the mast arm of a traffic light.
There are at least 30 locations in Harrisonburg identified on the Deflock map where Flock cameras are survei...
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Urban researcher with a focus at the intersection of transportation, climate, housing, and land use. Former planning commissioner from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Studying Global Urban Transformation at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
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