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.

When the Bauhaus movement built a training center for Germany’s largest union, they wanted wayfinding between the various dormitories to be easy, so they used the same floor plan but different colors. 🔴🟠🟢🔵

Council Candidate responses to our housing questionnaire are online now! Thanks to @sandymarks.bsky.social, Frank Fannon, and @avo4alx.bsky.social for all getting us their responses. They'll all go out in an email next week, while we consider an endorsement yimbysofnova.org/alexandria/2...

I’m such a fan of the Happy Rizzi House in Braunschweig. 💕

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Things that become even more essential when ⛽ goes up: BRT & more bus lanes Park & Ride, also using the bus lanes. Tax rebates for all bicycles. More micro mobility/bike lanes. Start with tactical. Safer crosswalks, refuge Islands

"Richmond’s new transportation director @urbanismspeakeasy.com wants a city ‘built for people.’ His work is increasingly urgent." We need safer streets. Remember, streets are for people! www.richmonder.org/richmonds-ne... via @richmonder.bsky.social

The urbanism of Braunschweig. 🦁

“Under state law, Richmond is only allowed to install 23 red-light cameras. It’s good the city got around to putting some up (only four so far, and four months after it first said it would.) It should put up more, right up to the state-permitted cap.” @dinfontay.com www.chlookout.com/p/run-the-re...

"This is likely to be the end of any meaningful federal challenge, given that, when anyone with power pushes back hard in these pointless bully fights that the administration picks, the Trump people tend to give up and move on to their next bad idea." via @heybonanos.bsky.social

Zara Larsson is the kindest individual l've ever met. She took photos, signed autographs & even did the #LushLife dance with the kids. The kids got the full #ZaraLarsson #BikeBus experience!! Thanks you to you and your team for riding with us. #Boots

they literally asked, “why would a car do that?” lol

Sharing from friend in Richmond chapter: local govts in general are “out for blood” on this bill, including some open threats of total development moratoriums & quadrupling fees for builders Commonwealth Housing Coalition call to action here: actionnetwork.org/letters/lega...

In recent years, Bilbao has quietly built a cycling network shaped by lessons from the Netherlands: calmed where it can be, protected where it must be, and always comfortable and connected. The result? You can now pedal across the city on infrastructure made for everyone—not just the fit and brave.

A good, if sober, Year in Transit with @yonahfreemark.com and the @theoverheadwire.com. As Yonah points out, the number of rail projects in the US is dwindling even as the amount we're spending stays about even. The biggest issue: astronomical costs.

Cities aren’t loud, cars are loud (and stressful). - expanding on @thewaroncars.bsky.social

DC's streetcar will not live to see eleven. On its tenth birthday, let's remember the good times.

The urbanism of Catania, Sicily. 🇮🇹

The urbanism of Magdeburg. 🇩🇪

PlanRVA's SAFETY SURVEY: How safe do you really feel driving, biking & walking? Help us better understand how the public views safety issues, allowing us to better shape our messaging & strategies toward roads that are safe for all ages & abilities. engage.planrva.org/safety-plan/...

The urbanism of Taormina, Sicily. 🇮🇹

In neighbourhoods across Berlin, a quiet rebellion is unfolding in the form of Kiezblocks (or “neighbourhood blocks”). What began as a grassroots response to political inertia and rat-running cars has evolved into a compelling experiment in bottom-up urbanism coordinated by @ccitiesorg.bsky.social.🧵

The urbanism of Siracusa, Sicily. 🇮🇹

"‘We’ve heard clearly that it is a priority for the community’: Bike lanes remain a sticking point on Mayo Bridge proposal" www.richmonder.org/weve-heard-c... [@richmonder.bsky.social]

DC traffic deaths finally dropped in 2025. These cameras quite literally saved some of our neighbors' lives. The people who oppose them think getting to drive dangerously without being held accountable is literally more important than DC children getting killed. Don't let them get what they want.

You may not believe that new-builds lower rents, but your landlord does.

The urbanism of Zerbst, Germany. 🇩🇪

until we get at why elevators and high performance windows in germany cost like 13-1/6th as much as they do in the US, increased productivity will not have a massive effect

Richmond woman (Jamie Brown) says there’s no excuse for driver hitting museum director: 'The pedestrian has a right of way' My daughter Robyn was at VCU before she was killed bicycling in NYC. I know the City of Richmond has been making improvements for pedestrians. This was reckless driving.

“The auto-dominant paradigm rests on the idea that the problems cars create can be solved only with new and different cars. Electric cars, autonomous cars, cars that fly. Nothing could be further from the truth.” @thewaroncars.bsky.social

I lost my daughter Robyn on June 24th, 2019. They were killed while doing bicycle messenger work on New York City, when a speeding & distracted box truck knocked them off of their bike and then crushed them into the road. December 24th is roughly 6 1/2 months from that date.

I’m so tired of dangerous drivers killing my friends.

Congestion pricing is keeping stores from going out of business:

my position on automated traffic safety enforcement:

You see? It is possible to run trains in an English-speaking country frequently.

“Leaf blowers are incredibly noisy, incredibly polluting, and the people using them don't even collect up the leaves. They just blow them into the street, into somebody else's property. Using a single leaf blower for an hour creates as much local air pollution as driving 1,100 miles.” 🍂

Grassytrams are an effective urban stormwater management strategy, converting impervious areas into a green zone that eliminates 50%-70% of runoff.

For every proposal to improve urban life, there is an immediate reaction from someone living in a rural exurb who is ready to lose their mind over the costs and implications on their privilege to drive a 2-ton living room on wheels through a city they don't live in.

“China's network of high-speed, incredibly advanced trains, which in recent years has just come to crisscross the country are shuttling people around the country at hundreds of miles an hour. Whereas Amtrak just tried to update its Northeast Corridor train and it left a lot to be desired.” 🚆

“For some people being in roommate mode is a necessity for now. The enjoyment has been taken out of relationships because the cost of living is so extreme. And these couples and these partnerships, of course they're exhausted from working, and there's just not as much freedom anymore.” 💔

Who said romance is dead?

My morning commute:

TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects. US transport spending increased by 30%, but: —Funding for non-highway projects flatlined —Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure

Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats: in 2001: 32 in 2003: 34 in 2005: 40 in 2007: 44 in 2009: 39 in 2011: 32 in 2013: 33 in 2015: 34 in 2017: 49 in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999) in 2021: 48 in 2023: 51 2025, i.e. this week: 64

This is sad news if they really go under. I just bought my first E-bike from Rad last year and have loved it so far. They were one of the earliest E-bike companies in the U.S. being founded in 2007 in Seattle, WA. techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...

On this day in 1889, a white mob abducted 18-year-old Orion “Owen” Anderson from jail in Leesburg, Virginia, and lynched him for allegedly frightening a white girl.

Last night’s election was big for housing ⬇️ —NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively. —Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively. —All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed. —Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.