E-bikes are the real urban mobility revolution. Cities need to take them seriously

“…a 55-year-old couple making $85,000 annually could see their health insurance cost more than triple, to $24,535 a year…And that will just add to the tragedy of tens of millions of Americans lacking what should be a basic benefit in the richest country in the world.”

I was today years old when I learned about Bike Lane Uprising

NASA ordered to destroy fully functional carbon-monitoring satellite The decision to terminate its mission threatens to unravel years of hard-won scientific progress on tracking greenhouse gases. #MOG8 www.africaninspace.com/space/nasa-o...

Good move, Ohio!

“We can no longer pretend that we are sleepwalking into climate catastrophe. We are doing it consciously, with our eyes wide open, and hang the consequences.“

Federal shutdowns cause lasting damage. It’s part of the reason you are sleeping on the floor at an empty gate tonight.

A reminder there is still beauty and joy in this world

What could possibly go wrong?

Good to live in a community where public transit service is increasing

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So, 2/3rds did not use the bus. How many used cars? ‘Around that time, Albuquerque police undertook a sting operation around shoplifting in Albuquerque called “Operation Sticky Fingers” and found that “ten of the 31 people arrested used a city bus.”’ www.nationalreview.com/2025/09/take...

The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis and JusticeTech program spent two days at the New America foundation in DC, discussing how to make eviction data more available and useful for fighting housing instability in the US

Bike lanes aren’t there to save the economy; they are there to save your health and the planet.

Science demands action on the climate crisis. So do your children and grandchildren

Elite universities have the branding and admissions game, but similarly high quality education can be found at many other schools at a lower cost

Words fail me at this moment in history

See the super-emitting air pollution sources near your home

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars https://www.europesays.com/2433593/ Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars …

Witness climate change

Investment in energy around the world is likely to hit about $3.3 trillion (£2.4tn) this year. While more than $1tn of the total is still likely to flow into fossil fuels, double that amount – about $2.2tn – is expected for low-carbon forms of energy.

It will be worth it when the I70/I71 mega project solves traffic congestion just like highway projects have always done in the past. Wait a minute… 🤔

“The US is unusual in the powers it gives rural areas over cities..Now, this ancient, grinding hostility threatens to seriously wreck the viability of the American city. If it does, all Americans will pay for the loss of prosperity that results.”

If the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050, according to new research.

Beyond dispute. So stop disputing and start acting. Think of your children. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

A decade ago, we seemed on the verge of a different world. But instead we have continued our march to climate catastrophe

“According to one recent study, car travel is 10 times as deadly as travel by mass transit. Another report from the nonprofit National Safety Council finds that … rates of car deaths were 17 times greater than deaths from train travel, and 50 times greater than deaths from bus travel.”

Automobile-oriented lobbying groups are by far the most funded, so they have the most influence.

Extreme weather is having a significant economic impact

CURA was delighted to share a VR experience of Mt Vernon Ave in 1951 with Columbus city council president Shannon Hardin at the "What Good is Growth if Not for All?" ULI conference at Ohio State University

OMG its 2025 and I am still reviewing papers on the four step travel demand model. Can we move on, please?

This could be an omen of what’s to come, with Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel agenda set to significantly slow down the emissions cuts required to avoid disastrous climate impacts, a new forecast has found.

And what is the most common feature of these fatalities? Cars.

This Wednesday at the Columbus Metropolitan Club: I'll be moderating a panel of key civic leaders to discuss innovation solutions to the housing, childcare, and job creation challenges facing Central Ohio. Link for more info and registration in the thread

Disturbing news for some of y’all

This is the thing that I don’t get why people don’t get it. Source in thread

The consequences of public transit cuts in Philadelphia. This is a Saturday afternoon

Spectacular project studying the air quality exposure, physical activity and quality of life impacts of the TransMiCable in Bogota. Impressive community engaged research! Presentation by Dr. Olga Lucia Sarmiento at the 2025 Urban Health Symposium, Drexel U. #HealthInCities

‘It’s like buying a car and then running it into a tree after a few years just to save the price of tank of gas.’ Two climate monitoring satellites are in perfect health but may be scrapped anyway by the Trump administration

Best political story at present, possibly ever

Opening session of the 2025 Urban Health Symposium at Drexel University. Public health directors from Kansas City, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Mecklenburg County (NC) talk about the challenges they face, including data. #HealthInCities

Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia. We can do nice things in America

The first step in fixing car brain is realizing you have a problem

Ben Franklin included Geography among the most useful and ornamental subjects. Just saying

There are no “historically appropriate” accessible curb cuts: they didn’t exist until disability activists in the 1960s and 1970s demanded them.

My hairstyle is environmentally friendly. 👨‍🦲

Extreme storms can slow economic growth for decades. Deadly effects from hurricanes and heat waves linger for years. Financial strain from disasters may contribute to long-term health impacts. Public disaster relief programs can save lives and money

somehow I missed this - William Shatner on climate change is......really good??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=inPN...

RFK Jr. warned us not to take medical advice from him. We should have listened. | Opinion

A dire warning from Thomas Friedman: the US and China must cooperate on AI at a depth they have never attempted before. They have no choice.