Summer-like weather today in #Utrecht #BlueskyArtShow #Tall #BikeArt

Utrecht's roses, climbing up the walls of narrow row houses, are beautiful at this time of year. The bikes, parked in front of the houses, are beautiful year-round.

Utrecht's roses, climbing up the walls of narrow row houses, are beautiful at this time of year. The bikes, parked in front of the houses, are beautiful year-round.

I ❤️ my volunteer work w/ DeFietsmeesters.nl, teaching mainly adult immigrant women, most who have never biked before, how to bike + the rules of the road in the Netherlands during a 10-session course. We start in parks or car-free spaces. Today a group went for a ride out on the road. So inspiring!

I ❤️ my volunteer work w/ DeFietsmeesters.nl, teaching mainly adult immigrant women, most who have never biked before, how to bike + the rules of the road in the Netherlands during a 10-session course. We start in parks or car-free spaces. Today a group went for a ride out on the road. So inspiring!

Bikes relieve stress in so many ways. Parents can relax with their children walking through a parking lot of people & their bikes, instead of a parking lot of cars.

Duck Blocks. #Utrecht #Netherlands

Bikes relieve stress in so many ways. Parents can relax with their children walking through a parking lot of people & their bikes, instead of a parking lot of cars.

Duck Blocks. #Utrecht #Netherlands

The real crisis, common sense and urgency are how we are degrading our planet, impoverishing people, and fighting wars to support the highway lobby. This @ucs.org blog post is a 5-minute read that will transform the way you see our predicament, and how we can find our way out to a better future.

Why are we still forced to drive? Because there really is a highway lobby Their lobbyists continue to use specific words like 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 and 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 to keep us and our leaders addicted to buying cars & pouring concrete. Step 1 in fighting back: Knowledge @ucs.org @urbantruth.bsky.social

Why are we still forced to drive? Because there really is a highway lobby Their lobbyists continue to use specific words like 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 and 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 to keep us and our leaders addicted to buying cars & pouring concrete. Step 1 in fighting back: Knowledge @ucs.org @urbantruth.bsky.social

There is a clear line between basing most of our transportation system on cars to War, Environmental Catastrophe, and Poverty. So what's holding us up from changing to 15-minute cities with transit, biking, and more compact development? Can we elect people who are ready to challenge car culture?

Roses are red Violets are blue Streets are for children Streets are for you. 🌷 Happy Mother's Day!

Thinking @ getting around without a car? More importantly, do you vote for people who fund transit & biking in cities? What our streets prioritize is up to us, not car lobbyists. According to AAA annual cost to own & maintain a car is $11,577 (calculated before fuel prices started to skyrocket)

Thinking @ getting around without a car? More importantly, do you vote for people who fund transit & biking in cities? What our streets prioritize is up to us, not car lobbyists. According to AAA annual cost to own & maintain a car is $11,577 (calculated before fuel prices started to skyrocket)

"You'd never see that in the United States!" Conan O'Brien on the Dutch 🇳🇱 talk show "Eva", commenting on his observations of happy fietsers, riding bikes in their everyday clothing and singing, like he's inside a movie.

@bicycledutch.bsky.social has a new blog post up about rush hour in Utrecht along with this delightful 5-minute video near the Central train station. As a person often in this scrum, I find it exhilarating, to be one with humanity, like murmuration of starlings, in a dance on our bikes.

@bicycledutch.bsky.social has a new blog post up about rush hour in Utrecht along with this delightful 5-minute video near the Central train station. As a person often in this scrum, I find it exhilarating, to be one with humanity, like murmuration of starlings, in a dance on our bikes.

Pizza delivery in Utrecht, a city that is built to meet the needs of people who bike.

Citywide markets & celebrations feel accessible, safe and inviting to people of all ages when a city gets around by bike Bikes use 1/20 the space of car parking, people who walk & bike don't need to worry about drunk or speeding drivers, it's quiet enough to talk to neighbors. #Koningsdag #Utrecht

Citywide markets & celebrations feel accessible, safe and inviting to people of all ages when a city gets around by bike Bikes use 1/20 the space of car parking, people who walk & bike don't need to worry about drunk or speeding drivers, it's quiet enough to talk to neighbors. #Koningsdag #Utrecht

It's beginning to look a lot like #Koningsdag. #Utrecht #kongingsdag2026

Snacks on the back of the bike? Last minute hair touch-up? Excellent parenting is not only possible, but often better while biking. #Utrecht

NEW! “How To Fight Back Against Anti-Urbanism Lies!” Our @urbantruth.bsky.social podcast interview with top YouTuber #NotJustBikes is UP on Nebula, Spotify & here on YouTube. We talk about better communication, more REPETITION, and we REVEAL our first big campaign, the #1HourCityConspiracy! LISTEN!

Cool green space or car parking These before & after photos highlight how abundant our public space really is and how it can be repurposed for trees, or gardens, or social housing, or places to sit & play, or for all of the above as we transform the places we call home. Streets=30% of most cities.

Cool green space or car parking These before & after photos highlight how abundant our public space really is and how it can be repurposed for trees, or gardens, or social housing, or places to sit & play, or for all of the above as we transform the places we call home. Streets=30% of most cities.

Happy Earth Day from our nearest neighbor.

Happy Earth Day, David Notkin.

One of the main reasons I ❤️ Utrecht is that I feel safe biking anywhere in the city AND the government works hard every year to make getting around by bike even better. It's a sharp contrast to biking in America (and, frankly, most places in the world). It's time to change the world.

I ❤️ my volunteer work in Utrecht refurbishing used kids bikes. So many bikes! Ik hou van mijn Utrechtse vrijwilligerswerk. Zoveel fietsen! bikeflip.nl

Just an ordinary Saturday afternoon, waiting in line at the Utrecht Transfer Station. #CarryShitOlympics

Just an ordinary Saturday afternoon, waiting in line at the Utrecht Transfer Station. #CarryShitOlympics

Many good city-building ideas fail, not because they’re wrong, but because they lack good stories. Stories aren't just words. Success comes from repetition & reach—and willingness to meet people where they are, not where you wish they were. @momentummag.bsky.social profiles @urbantruth.bsky.social

Every country in the world needs to provide low-carbon, affordable options for people's everyday travel and the transport of small goods. Dutch doorfietsroutes are a model to jump-start that process.

Like many thriving cities, Utrecht has wide streets with fast-moving, multi-lane car & truck traffic. The key difference is, Utrecht leaders have built safe ways for people walking & biking to cross these streets, and pleasant, separated lanes to travel without a car. Worth trying in your city?

Like many thriving cities, Utrecht has wide streets with fast-moving, multi-lane car & truck traffic. The key difference is, Utrecht leaders have built safe ways for people walking & biking to cross these streets, and pleasant, separated lanes to travel without a car. Worth trying in your city?

Thrilling news from Hungary for "degenerate multicultural liberals*" everywhere! 🇭🇺 *former Hungarian leader's description of the Tisza party of incoming Peter Magyar, that won a supermajority of votes on April 12.

One of the great pleasures of living in the Netherlands (and Utrecht in particular) is watching the positive transformation of the city's infrastructure over the past few years. Better bike paths and parking, new public spaces, more street trees, and a huge boom in new housing construction.

One of the great pleasures of living in the Netherlands (and Utrecht in particular) is watching the positive transformation of the city's infrastructure over the past few years. Better bike paths and parking, new public spaces, more street trees, and a huge boom in new housing construction.

Cities are the foundation of human civilization The foundation of cities is people. City building starts with holding on to places where people can gather & thrive. Enough places to live, trees, places where children can play and we all can grow old with dignity. Find some good city builders here.

Last year #Utrecht widened ~mile of bike lanes on either side of a major retail, freight, transit street so that people on bikes could safely pass ➕ ride side-by-side. Also added tons of bike parking, parklets, trees, safer street crossings. Lost ~60 car parking spaces. Good choice for any city?

Last year #Utrecht widened ~mile of bike lanes on either side of a major retail, freight, transit street so that people on bikes could safely pass ➕ ride side-by-side. Also added tons of bike parking, parklets, trees, safer street crossings. Lost ~60 car parking spaces. Good choice for any city?

Happy Easter, to those who celebrate.

Happy Easter, to those who celebrate.

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I ❤️❤️❤️ 📦🚲 ❤️❤️❤️ my Cargo Bikes Feed If you're a fanatic like I am for cities that embrace everyday biking, I think you'll like it too! Check out Cargo Bikes & maybe give it a follow. bsky.app/profile/cath...

I volunteer with an Utrecht non-profit De Fietsmeesters to help teach adults how to bike. Students are almost always women, and mostly new immigrants. There are 16 in this class, and 4 of us volunteers. By the end of 10 weeks everyone is usually successfully biking on the road — it's so empowering!

I volunteer with an Utrecht non-profit De Fietsmeesters to help teach adults how to bike. Students are almost always women, and mostly new immigrants. There are 16 in this class, and 4 of us volunteers. By the end of 10 weeks everyone is usually successfully biking on the road — it's so empowering!

Morning rush hour just outside of the city center of Utrecht. About 60% of people enter center city #Utrecht by bike, 17% by walking, 14% by transit, and the smallest fraction by car. It's why the city works well for everyone.