Warning: riding bikes is the gateway drug. First it’s freedom, then it’s better friends, then you’re hooked.

Mariano Park in Gold Coast is such a beautiful (tiny) car-free haven. We need more of these everywhere in Chicago

Die großen Privatvermögen sind weiter gewachsen, die öffentlichen Schulden steigen. Nur wenn die Reichen mehr bezahlen, kann der Staat auch den weniger Vermögenden mehr abverlangen. Nimmt der Staat mehr ein, muss er weniger sparen. Es wäre so einfach: #TaxTheRich ✊ www.zeit.de/2025/41/gabr...

The other day, I had the chance to interview Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo about how, with political courage, she transformed her city for the better. AND...I got to give her a copy of our forthcoming book, which she is prominently featured in. What a thrill. @thewaroncars.bsky.social episode coming.

What we'd never do for cars, we constantly do to people outside of them.

Today I thought I saw a trailer parked in a pedestrian area, but then I discovered it was the biggest meanest cargo e-bike I’ve ever seen in 🇳🇱. You don’t want to get hit by this beast.

The urban trucks built for cities.

Professionally bankrupt traffic engineering.

Thinking (again) about buying an e-bike for my commute. I was looking at a Gazelle…any recos? I’m tall and want a bike I can add panniers to but don’t need a proper cargo bike. My ride is about 30km a day year round. Current daily

Bike needs, like cigarettes, a warning sign.

*Me listening in on a lady who just tried an ebike for the first time and came back to the bike shop* "That was amazing! I felt like I had super powers. I have to get my husband to try one!" And yes, she bought the bike. It was a Gazelle.

If you like podcasts, you can LISTEN to my conversation with @ambermac.bsky.social via her/my other posts. If you prefer watching my increasingly vigorous hand-talking along with my blunt talk on better city-making (& calling out the lies & liars), then u can WATCH the YouTube version below. CHOICE!

There's a huge lack of knowledge about bicycle 🅿️. Even the most mundane details like 🚪 widths, openers, etc. are unknown. Info nobody knows: Bicycles made for 🫱-handed people. This means that you get off the bike to the ⬅️. That's why the built-in stand is on the ⬅️. 🚪with ➡️hinges can't be opened.

Great intentions can be ruined by poor design. This bike hub is often empty because the manual door, cramped layout, and difficult two-tier racks are major barriers. Prioritizing usability with simpler floor racks and an automatic door would be a huge improvement, even if it reduces capacity.

Der entscheidende Satz im Urteil: Es gibt kein Anrecht auf öffentliches parken.

Wenn Kommunen wollen, dann können sie die Gehwege von parkenden Autos freiräumen, so dass Kinder und mobilitätseingeschränkte Personen mehr Platz haben. Ein Urteil des VG Hannover zeigt das: recht-energisch.de/2025/09/26/v...

I want to live in cities where a scene like this is fairly unremarkable.

Cargo trikes = great minivans for families. 🚲 ❤️

Design city infrastructure that appeals to humans and works with nature.

We always question the budgets for things that make our cities safer and more livable for people, but we never seem to ask "how much will this cost" for car culture. Maybe it's time we start. 💰

5 years in prison for France’s former President Sarkozy. That’s how it works.

I'm stoked to have been invited to talk about @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social on this podcast with @bthibbs.bsky.social! We talked about what makes Carmel unique, why we chose to move here with just one car, and why I don't wear spandex 😆 open.spotify.com/episode/4doT...

When it comes to shifting people's choices in mobility, it's not so much about simply making a mode possible, but more about making it appealing, inviting, efficient, and enjoyable. Design details matter and the built environment must support people, not work against their nature.

I think a lot of people's anger and anxieties could be calmed by more face to face time with nature, away from the rat race and sterilized grind. Imagine if we made that easier to do.

🎉 HAPPY BOOK RELEASE! 🎉 Verlosung! Seit heute ist es soweit: „Picknick auf der Autobahn“ ist offiziell im Handel erhältlich! 🚗🥪🚦 ✨ Weil Freude sich verdoppelt, wenn man sie teilt: Ich darf 5 Exemplare verlosen. ⬇️ Meine Frage an euch:

Cowards.

welcome to the war on car(r)s, jimmy

Autumn has started, bringing plenty of rain. But does that mean the Dutch put away their bicycles for the season, as people do in so many other countries? Judge for yourself in my new short: Amsterdam Cycling in the Rain. youtube.com/shorts/CKXst...

the carbon footprint was developed for british petroleum - so yes

It is very, very expensive to let you local business increase 7.5% by ads and a good work in the shop. So, may be it doesn’t sounds so much but it is a huge sucsess! Sign A local business developer.

In Brazil 🇧🇷, the "Tarifa Zero" (fare-free transit) movement is showing impressive results. Cities that adopted it saw a 3.2% increase in formal employment and a 7.5% jump in local businesses. 138 cities are already on board and a national plan is being discussed.

Cars are more expensive than two kids! In the USA!! Not in the EU with expensive fuel and mostly free health and education.

When they say cars are freedom, they certainly don't mean financial freedom.

"The best type of e-bike for replacing car trips is the cargo bike. Sturdy, capable, and often able to haul lots of cargo or even multiple humans, electric cargo bikes are rewiring cities to adapt their infrastructure for more human-centric transportation."

PREMIERE ALERT: Please tune in later today, Monday, September 22nd, at 2 pm EST for this special profile of the xTx ~ Cross-Texas Adventure Trail for people interested in getting away from it all through long-distance hiking, bike camping, and equestrian challenges. youtu.be/yybP-YqgU_g

A key to graceful aging is to always keep moving and human-scale infrastructure is pivotal for enabling people to age in place.

Mehr als die Hälfte der Haushalte innerhalb des Rings besitzt kein Auto. 60% der Verkehrsflächen werden dem Auto eingeräumt, obwohl nur 14 % der Wege mit dem Pkw zurückgelegt werden. Eine Umverteilung des knappen öffentlichen Raums, ist dringend notwendig. #autofreierTag 🚲💚 taz.de/Aktivistin-u...

80 🚇 and 🚉 stations in Hamburg has a Bike 🅿️ facility with 3.500 parkings slots in total. Over 80% are in use. The 1/2 of the stations are 100% in use. BUT: Many people signed up for their subscriptions in excitement, but don't use them. A different system is needed to allocate parking spaces.

Not just dangerous for cyclists but potentially deadly to drivers! Bike lanes built like this are a risk to everyone. Today I narrowly avoided a woman who did not look before steps g out from behind a large suv. Drivers should also want better infrastructure

#GoodNews: In Paris sind inzwischen mehr mit den Fahrrad unterwegs als mit dem Auto. 🚲💚 #Verkehrswende #StädteFürMenschen

Happy Park(ing) Day! This is “Once Upon A Time in the Village” by Simon Liao and Tristan Coolman.

People commonly say their street is too narrow for bike lanes. Too few question if it’s too narrow for parking.

Homes with 3-4 cars parked outside them when there is only room for 1-2 cars is not a sign that we need to provide more room for parking; it’s a sign that the adult children can’t afford to move out despite being able to afford cars. That’s the real issue; housing supply and affordability.

Großer Respekt für Marc-Uwe Kling. Er ruft wegen der #Kimmel Absetzung zum #DisneyBoykott auf. 👏

This is Utrecht's reinvented Amsterdamsestraatweg. The municipality faced a unique challenge: How to transform one of the busiest car routes into a greener, more liveable space? FInd out how they did it: buff.ly/p06KxAA

The shapes will still vary, and the size will shrink, but the „cargo“ component will be the normal standard (Muli, i:sy cargo, R+M Carrie, all long tails and so on).

This is the urban world I'm advocating for and for those of you ready to complain about sidewalk clutter, direct your anger to the cause of it, found to the very left of the bikes in the photo.

Trapped in a dangerous pedestrian refuge.