New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens

New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
A partial screenshot of the group's discussion page, featuring a satirical transit map
Cover photo, January 2018
Type of site
Facebook group
Available inEnglish
OwnersJuliet Eldred[1][2][3]
Emily Orenstein[1][2][3]
Jonathan Marty[1][2][3]
Created byJuliet Eldred[4][1][5]
URLwww.facebook.com/groups/whatwouldjanejacobsdo Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialNo
Users~226,000
LaunchedMarch 14, 2017[2][3][5]
Current statusOnline

New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens, also known as NUMTOT[2][3][4] or Numtots[1] among other variations, is a Facebook group dedicated to discussion, Internet memes, and general discourse surrounding New Urbanism and public transport. As of December 2023, the group has more than 229,000 members.[6]

The group was created in March 2017 as "New Urbanist Shitposting" and was intended as a spin-off to another Facebook group dedicated to maps and cartographic jokes. Reception of New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens is generally positive, with mentions that the group has inspired its members to take urban planning courses and apply for internships and jobs. The group's members have created about 20 to 50 spin-off groups related to the original.

  1. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference Hunt 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference Mortice 2018-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference Mortice 2018-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Bliss 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Rickert 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Walker, Alissa (2019-05-01). "How NUMTOT founder Juliet Eldred gets around Boston". Curbed. Retrieved 2019-09-24.