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Flexible bollards protect vehicle paint jobs, not people's lives.

A tale of two vehicles.

Hey Siri, show me madness.

I scooted to the gym. My commute was as great as the hot yoga class. Sometimes it’s about both: the journey and the destination.

People online: arguing about e-bikes, scooters and bike lanes. Meanwhile in IRL:

An average vehicle is parked 95% of the time. An average e-bike? This is where it gets complicated (in a good way)🚲 — In 2015, people who purchased e-bikes increased cycling trips increased from 0.9 to 1.4 per day, distance from 4.8 km to 10.3 km and (…)

A friend who just bought a cargo bike said this post helped her family make their decision. Sharing again for all you cargo bike curious folks. gooutside.substack.com/p/two-years-...

Per capita CO2 emissions from transport (excluding shipping and aviation).

“The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, a new survey finds…A stunning 18% of car-owning U.S. residents indicated that they were ‘strongly interested’ in living car-free, and another 40% said that they were ‘open’ to it.” @usa.streetsblog.org

I spoke with a young person today and she goes: “young people don’t want to drive because we can’t afford it.”

A guy in a truck almost hits me while I was in crosswalk. He smirks and motions that he didn’t see me. I would have been mortified. He wasn’t and that pretty much sums up the pedestrian safety.

Biking connects you to your city. You feel the sun, move your body, and actually experience your neighborhood. Cars do the exact opposite. They wall you off from the world, make streets dangerous, and shrink your entire community down to just point A and point B.

Always remember. One of our banners at Brumble Bikes in Westerly, RI.

The reasons to bike/walk/scoot: - fun - relax - nature - activity - bonding - enjoyment - transportation The reasons to drive: - transportation

There are two types of brains. Bike brain: when you feel joy and safety when you see other road users doing what you do. Car brain: rage.

When $10 gas is on the table, every city should be building streets like NYC.

Are e-bikes and e-scooters problematic in where they belong on the road? Yes. Are 16 year old kids operating a 4,000 pound machine at 75mph slightly more problematic? Also yes.

“Once rare, 7-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average sale prices surging 28% in 5 years to approach $50k.” Designed-in car dependency, surging car AND gas prices, longer loan periods with more interest. Sound like “freedom?”

It wasn't until my late 30s that I realized we don't have to follow the boring, textbook "adult" progression of driving everywhere. Discovering e-cargo bikes reconnected me with the youthful joy of riding. It puts actual fun back into the mundane reality of day-to-day mobility.

Hypothetically, your dog got invited to another’s dog birthday party. What is the etiquette? Asking for myself. And no, I didn’t make it up.

The irony of driving is that everyone complains about congestion they are contributing to.

Margaritas are cheaper than gas. Walking is free. Save money. Get a margarita. Walk home.

Motorists: the most stressful thing about my job is my morning commute. Cyclists: wait, whaaaat? That is the best part.

If transportation was only about moving between your origin and destination, most would make logical choices like walking or cycling on short distances or driving Toyota Prius. Somewhere along the way we were brainwashed into illogical thinking, loud engines and rocket-like acceleration.

Bold policies can improve the air that we breathe. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #LungSky @btsrespiratory.bsky.social

They say a picture is a thousand words. This one is a whole book. 📷: Reddit: Blueraccoonboy

90% of the triple-deckers in Massachusetts were built before 1935. These homes once helped build the state’s middle class. They didn’t disappear because demand did... we made them illegal to build.

Tell’em Tom!

The problem are not bikes and e-bikes. The problem is that vehicles took over every inch of infrastructure and there is no room for anyone else.

E-biking shouldn't require a driver's license. "E-bikes don’t pose greater risks than conventional bicycles. On average, e-bike crashes are equally as likely and severe as conventional bike crashes. And research from Denmark even shows e-bike riders are more likely to follow traffic laws."

In Guangzhou’s Dongshankou, it doesn’t take perfect infrastructure to prove a simple fact: people will cycle if it works for their daily lives. Umbrellas balanced. Raincoats flapping. Groceries, kids, whatever. Even when the city steps back, the people don’t. The rain falls, and wheels keep turning.

$4 will either get you a gallon of gas or four donuts. Pick your fuel wisely.

US Safe Streets Index by Streetlight analyzed top 100 metropolitan areas to reveal how different factors impact road risks. The results:

You know times are interesting when you are asking ChatGPT to help you with Adobe AI Assistant.

Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form. If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure. Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

Nothing is more soul crushing than a child who lives 0.5 mile away from school doing carline every morning.

Every time I meet someone and they learn that I am in transportation, they say “you need to fix congestion on so and so road”. Every time my response is the same: “I have the solution, you just won’t like it.” Crickets following the exchange (also every time).

The only proof you need to realize how much the environment and infrastructure shape your mobility choices is reflecting on how you move around on your European vacation.

Are these steel bollards of children creepy, yes. Are they doing their job, also yes. As always. The children are the front line in pedestrianized safety.

Bicycle parking takes parking space away from one vehicle. Vehicle parking takes living space from hundreds of people. One is more controversial than the other.

I am old enough to remember when kids riding bikes was considered childhood, and not the source of neighborhood Facebook rage.

Saw at least three families on the school run on cycleway 2 this morning. This scheme, on a road that was previously a deathtrap for anyone cycling, was transformational. Time for protected cycle tracks on all main road

Your friendly reminder that the solution to the majority of bike/pedestrian safety concerns is not another workshop, seminar, public outreach but a DESIGNATED INFRASTRUCTURE.

Bringing new meaning to "clogged arterials".

Nothing magnifies the true needs of the infrastructure more than having kids, elderly parents, or disability.

Years ago we had the mayor bike to school with my then 6 year old, within the first :30 seconds they were almost hit by a driver on live TV. Every leader should be required to ride a bike (if able) with a 6 year old before they provide any direction on bike infrastructure

Pedestrian and cycling safety explained. (credit: TikTok at syedshuey)

​New research from @cathywu.bsky.social et al. confirms something I've long suspected: Navigation apps could save their users a lot of time — and tilt travel decisions toward transit and biking — if they showed users how long it takes to find parking.

This school year my daughter started walking to school with her friend. Then one other friend joined. Then another friend. While it doesn’t sound like a lot, these are 8 car trips that were taken off the network.