About

Hello, fellow wanderer. I’m Bryan, an urban planner based in Oregon. I enjoy writing, photography, and travel. Low Velocity is a blog where I capture some of those interests.

My work explores the spaces we share and the patterns that give them life. I photograph cities, civic places, and landscapes in search of beauty and meaning. I write to learn, to grow, and to make sense of both myself and the world.

I’m drawn to how the built and natural environments shape the way we live. I believe design profoundly influences our emotions, wellbeing, and health. My work sits at the intersection of design, environmental psychology, and human geography.

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Colophon

This site is a constant work in progress because I am a tinkerer, not a programmer or web designer by training.

It runs on Ghost, with a custom theme inspired by Pika.page and Astro Cactus. Behind the scenes, I use a SvelteKit/Cloudflare Worker layer to connect the site with AT Protocol and bring outside activity into Ghost as local posts.

I am especially proud of the updates feed, which folds together short posts, listening notes, check-ins, books, movies, and shows into one timeline.

If something looks a little broken, it probably is. I am likely already fiddling with it.

Fine Print

Views expressed here are mine alone and do not represent my employer or any other organization.

Most photographs on this site are my own. On occasion, I use Ghost’s native Unsplash integration for long-form urban planning posts, and I make an effort to credit any non-original images. Unless otherwise credited, photos and other original material should be considered my own work, with rights reserved.

Bluesky comments and other externally imported responses may appear below posts automatically. Those comments reflect the views of their authors, not mine.