If every single bicycle in the world disappeared cars would be just as slow as they are today. If every single car in the world disappeared bikes would be multiple magnitudes faster than they are today. A 40 minute urban bike ride would go down to 20 minutes.

So we moved to Brooklyn this weekend. Went on my first bike ride longer than going around the block today & it was pretty incredible. Perfect, absolutely not. There's way too many cars in general & parked in bike lanes but overall I saw tons of bikes, felt like I was in a bike city & loved it.

This reddit comment in response to the question "is it crazy to bike commute 6 miles?" is exceptional: "What’s crazy is sitting alone and angry in a metal box for over an hour a day." So succinct yet fully captures the mental health problem cars create. www.reddit.com/r/bikecommut...

If Boston simply stopped trying to appease cars, an incredibly selfish and inefficient mode of transport, it could transform itself into one of the world's greatest cities. The bones are there, it's an amazing walking city, biking is already the fastest way to get around but the T needs expansion.

Ever ask yourself why so many climate scientists are also cyclists?

American cities were not built for cars. They were bulldozed for cars.

This is what Storrow Drive should be - except even better. We have more space, we put in a train that runs along storrow, add dedicated wide bike lanes, even little coffee shops could dot the land scape so ppl could enjoy the waterfront with a cup of their favorite brew

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Made a thing for the urbanism, bike, pedestrian, transit community at news.peoplestreets.live. The quick summary is it's basically a news aggregator for urbanism news where you can submit stories and vote and comment on them. My hope is this site can become a way to share news far and wide!

Just stumbled on this picture of me from four years hacking the coffee machine to work after I broke the carafe and it feels like the right thing to share right now.

AI: Automated Idiot. 🤦‍♂️🤣

I think we can change the world by having protected bike lanes and secure bike parking everywhere.

Update: ODOT will not be moving forward with my radically non-radical idea of improving urban mobility by NOT expanding freeways as Director of Urban Mobility. Alas. 😞

Asked AI to estimate what the cost of gasoline should be if we included all negative externalities: (Costs per gallon) Tire Pollution: $0.10 Car Accidents: $1.40 Air Quality Impacts: $3.40 Climate Impacts: $10.90 Direct Environmental Costs (Gasoline): $3.80 Total Estimated Cost: $19.60 per gallon

If you're going to complain at least come with facts and truths instead of the bullshit most maniacal motorists spew about bike lanes. Or yes just STFU.

The solution to poor driving is rocks Parking on the pavement? Put some big ol' rocks in the way Are cars going too fast? Cover the road in little bumpy rocks Street too wide? Big pile of rocks for cars to go around Need a bike lane? Line of chunky rocks to keep cars away Rocks 👍 🪨🌳🚶🚴‍♂️

I did some field research awhile back to see how the Dutch do bike lanes in industrial areas and—folks—they're better than the shit we have in the city.

So I applied to this ODOT Urban Mobility Office Director job figuring I'd be insta-rejected but made it past the first screen! What qualifications do I have to direct widening highways to reduce congestion? None, but neither does anyone else! But you bet I could increase urban mobility! #urbanism

People think Portland, Oregon is a progressive place that is bike friendly BUT WE TAX BIKES. Sorry for yelling but it's absolutely insane, counter-productive, regressive, anti-bike, anti-climate and hasn't stopped the '“bikes don’t pay their fare share.”' cries. We need to get rid of the bike tax.

Economics could save the world, if we just let it! Negative externalities are harmful side effects of economic activities but taxes are a powerful tool to reduce these harms. We simply lack the political will to implement these effective & CAPITALIST solutions. #climate adamp.com/economics/ef...

Build the North South Rail Link already and stop parking diesel trains on prime city real estate. No South Station platform expansion, no Widett layover, and no to this.

The best feature of streets designed like this is that they slow down big vehicles but don't slow down people on foot and bike. We should stop installing speed bumps and speed humps and instead just add concrete planters to make slow liveable walkable streets.

Here's a short video of this reddit bike light tip in action. It might be tough to tell since this was filmed on a phone from the handlebar mount but that yellow line is at least 5-6 feet away. youtu.be/a06o6Cl7vb8?...

Been trying this tip for the past couple weeks and happy to report it works PHENOMENAL! Took a video tonight of cars going fully into the middle lane to pass. Complete game changer for biking at night and all my bikes will have 2 front lights from now on. www.reddit.com/r/bikecommut...

Bikes are great but what about when you need to go to multiple grocery stores for #carfree Thanksgiving supplies? Can't do that on a bike can ya?

Yes, this is the best way to bike protest. Every Critical Mass should be on a Monday morning during rush hour with every cyclist taking the whole lane, leaving plenty of space before the next vehicle and diligently following every law (no corking). The resulting traffic jam would show what happens.

Joke is you can carry a ton of groceries on a bike that's not even equipped with any racks or baskets. Back in the day used to fill a backpack, put a bag on each handlebar and use a ulock to carry another bag or two. Probably a week's worth of groceries on a single speed no problem.

"there is nothing tougher than a cyclist"

It'll forever bother me that on a Saturday at 11:15AM it takes 18 minutes to bike down Dot Ave, the exact same amount of time it takes to drive the same exact 3.5 miles. What's incredibly frustrating though is that getting rid of cars would make that trip even faster for people biking! Sigh.

Short answer: Yes "Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

When you spend magnitudes less on transportation you have a lot more money to spend at local businesses! Also helps that you can see the businesses and easily stop at them when on a bike.

100 years ago tomorrow. New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”

If you know anyone hiring a software engineer for an urbanism, bike, thewaroncars, transit type job please let me know! Looking to use my coding skills for good. Open to shifting into a different role, especially if my software engineering skills may transfer. Open to volunteer opportunities too!

It’s a movement, not a moment. BikeBusWorld is now a nonprofit. Please share, sign up for updates & donate. Join the movement!! BikeBusWorld.org @bikebusworld.bsky.social Video credit: NBC News, Bike Portland, Education Week, BBC World Service, Here is Oregon, City Lab Barcelona

Imagine someone showing up to a fist fight fully decked out head to toe in body armor and calling his naked opponent a wimp. Now imagine someone in a lifted truck with a spotless bed calling someone biking a wimp. Crazy, right?

Cars are bad for us & the planet.

Bluesky's fail whale should be Chicken Little with clouds falling to the ground.

Have long thought the most effective way to protest to support separated protected bike infrastructure is to have a bunch of cyclists ride, single file, in the middle of the lane during rush hour. The resulting traffic jam would make international news and show how absurd the status quo is.

Fare-free public transit actually saves money overall in the long-term while also providing a better service! Imagine not having to spend money on fare gates, AFC, fare enforcement, fare processing and station designs that keep people out. #mbta adamp.com/boston/is-fa...

Neighborhood greenways are anti-bike infrastructure & only serve to move cyclists off main roads & onto residential roads leaving the main roads, which people still need to bike on to get to their destination, dangerous. Greenways are a waste of resources & align with Portland's decrease in biking.

cbc has a good article that explains how induced demand works and how bike lanes reduce traffic and improve the local economy, citing plenty of studies www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Imagine if, tomorrow, everyone at the Williamsburg Trader Joe's was forced to shop with a full-sized cart. No matter how urgent their trip, or how few groceries they needed, they *had* to take up a cart's worth of floor space. This is our city on cars. 🧵

Leave it to PBOT to harden a bike lane with a concrete curb and somehow make it worse by putting the curb inside the bike lane. 🤦‍♂️ #bikepdx FYI @bikeportland.bsky.social

Leave it to PBOT to harden a bike lane with a concrete curb and somehow make it worse by putting the curb inside the bike lane. 🤦‍♂️ #bikepdx FYI @bikeportland.bsky.social