Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

New bike lanes in Boston are “reducing crashes, improving predictability, and expanding mobility options without increasing congestion.” www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w...

We need a more federal Europe. Now there is always some group that gets in the way of the greater good of Europeans. We all become a little bit poorer because some group has political influence. That is very unfair to the vast majority of Europeans.

Cars in cities should be charged for: Emissions (EVs get a discount) Size, mass, pedestrian safety rating & distance driven (EVs should be charged the same as other cars).

Isn't it crazy when positive change seems possible!? 😀🤪🙌 Londoners have cycled & manifested HARD & @CityWestminster are delivering! Latest eg: the brand new Bayswater Road consultation, with kerbed protection for a vital East-West corridor. Full details & cyclist testimony⬇️

Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, warned yesterday that Europe faces war with Russia. Yesterday, wind produced 60% of British electricity. Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce makes us more secure. That’s why our enemies fund anti-renewables propaganda.

45 minute timelapse of Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. Buses do not get delayed in queues or behind people cycling and people cycling are kept safe. You get safer cycling, faster transit, quieter streets, and a city that actually works

RE: https://gruene.social/@kaibojens/115639513929993501 Today, the German Green party passed a resolution that not only demands a permanent end to #chatcontrol, but also demands a right to encryption to be added to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the #europeanunion! #StopChatcontrol #Grüne

Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells. #Science 🧪

Dozens of Dutch school kids gliding past on bikes, headed to a field trip with their teacher. This is what safe cycling infrastructure enables.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵

THIS IS THE WAY

Very disappointed none of you told me that Lewis Mumford made a 1963 film about car dependency, and it's available on YouTube. "The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power." www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...

Epstein’s War

Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand. If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers. If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers. Spread the word.

The humanities get attacked because they make you and the system uncomfortable. They make you think about power, history, and yourself in ways profit-driven tech can’t.

Many studies have linked health outcomes such as hypertension, infarction, and deaths from cardiovascular disorders to the exposure to traffic noise. #MobilityIsEquity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Is it Amsterdam? Copenhagen? No, it's Paris! In the last few years, the French capital has done so much to make cycling a great and efficient way to move around the city. And now they have one of the best problems a city can have: bicycle congestion.

Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland. The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh. Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.

Leidseplein, Amsterdam in 1972 and today

What discourages women 🚴asks @cyclinguk.bsky.social ? It is no surprise for Eastbourne. It's traffic and poor routes

When New Yorkers ask "can I get a triple?", it's not about espresso.

Women deserve the freedom to move - yet many still feel unsafe cycling No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲 👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right 'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS

The thing is, it’s actually blindingly obvious that Zohran Mamdani’s campaign speaks to what Americans all over the country are looking for and even what people around the world are looking for

The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani. The president and his allies came after him. Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute. He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters. His politics can win anywhere.

Smart tram in Zhuzhou, China. Follows markings on the road, so construction costs are way lower. Basically bus rapid transit but with the option for huge buses.

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform.... Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally. It's time for Proportional Representation. www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

“Parking” #urbanism

I’m one of many who say emphatically that when it comes to the safe, protected bike & active transport infrastructure our cities need, paint isn’t infrastructure. It’s a true statement where vulnerable people are surrounded by unsafe vehicles. But painted bus-only lanes? Smart & transformative.

Thorbeckeplein, Amsterdam in 1983 and today. I can't actually stand in the exact same spot as the photographer did in 1983 or I'd be among the tables between the tree and the buildings on the left!

Zeedijk, Amsterdam in 1980 and today.

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

“Paris is an incredible example of how a city can transform when political will meets smart data,” says one of the report’s lead authors. “We wanted to understand exactly which factors made this happen.” momentummag.com/new-study-pa...

Hell yeah, the Rubygems team launched a new community gem server so you can fuck off from using Ruby Central/DHH-supported software: gem.coop

Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1983 and today

Former Arsenal and current Betis footballer Hector Bellerin bikes to work and advocates for "greener cities, with fewer cars". Great to see him using his voice for this cause #urbanism #walkable #carsruincities #cardependency #carfree

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Liberalism assumed markets self-correct and states set boundaries. Now markets set the boundaries and states chase capital. The logic that once liberated individuals from monarchy has been hijacked by entities with no civic duty, no mortality, and no constituency.

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

I don’t hate cars. Like most North American males I was raised to think cars are cool, and as a design nerd, few objects are more eye-catching. I hate surrendering our streets, our cities and our lives to them. Car dependence isn’t freedom. Great cartoon by @robcowan.bsky.social #CarDependency

Basic principles for the future of the car in cities: ✅ Fewer ✅ Smaller ✅ Slower ✅ Cleaner This can be achieved with: ✅ Parking controls ✅ LTNs ✅ Road User Pricing ✅ Pedestrianisation ✅ Default 20mph roads ✅ Improved public transport ✅ Segregated cycling

Cargo bicycle share trial expands to Dublin’s northside with new hub in Stoneybatter A cargo bike share scheme, which is being run as a pilot project by bike hire company Bleeper for Dublin City Council's Beta Projects, has been expanded to Stoneybatter. The new location in Stoneybatter is on…

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

What a pleasure to see Paris, a city that has become the epicentre of cycling, the most child-friendly city, which is creating urban forests and transforming itself to tackle climate change. Thank you and well done @annehidalgo.bsky.social 💫🙏🏻💫

Australia - the first country in the world to make it mandatory for organisations to declare to the government if a ransomware payment is made on their behalf to cyber extortionists. Reports will have to be made to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) within 72 hours #cybersecurity #ransomware

"Without our bikes, we would not have been able to buy much-needed food and water supplies and then quickly deliver them to cut-off villages within half-an-hour.” Bicycles save lives: How bikes have been critical after Spain's Valencia floods. #ClimateCrisis

It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.

I need a monster truck to haul supplies….

All over the City of Toronto, mothers and fathers are teaching their four and five year olds how to ride a bicycle. What a GORGEOUS day…