Not a big surprise: Jersey City came in second. People need to stop pretending we’re some inherently car-dependent exurb, and embrace an urban transportation mix, with more and better mass transit, biking and walking.

The Portland E-bike Rebate Program is finally here! 😍 Portland Oregon residents can get up to $1,600 off a new Standard Class 1 e-bike! portlandebikerebate.com #Ebikes #EMicromobility #OneLessCar

Montreal’s new (mostly done) protected bike intersection (Bellechasse / Christophe-Colomb)

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. 💰

WATCH: “They’re deliberately misinforming, and I get tired of being asked to rebut the lies as if it’s a good faith argument, or a debate between opinion vs opinion, when it’s really a debate between evidence and deliberate misinformation.” I get real blunt with @ambermac.bsky.social! Watch & share

Morning Spew for Night Owls—The best evidence that this new speed limit is a haphazard, half-assed initiative is that the Adams administration seemingly has no coherent plan for implementing it.

European cities don't hold a monopoly on pairing urban density with good options for transit/biking/walking -- we've got examples here in Atlanta! Here's Tech Square in Midtown today. What a beautiful sight. Let's see more of this!

I have to say, after talking to @brenttoderian.bsky.social about how to make our cities better, I've been working to reduce my short car trips (biking / taking TTC more). Car-dependent cities are not the future. Get our full podcast conversation here. Loved Brent's bluntness! bio.site/ambermac

This is a fantastic read about how we've excluded kids from experiencing and exploring our city. "a major reason for this trend is that we’ve deprived children of their right to the city" We need to do better! #yyccc

All of these communities in NJ would be revolutionized by a political class that cared about transit.

I grocery shop with my bike all the time. I've yet to purchase too many groceries to carry on my bike. Also, one time I transported a huge early 2000's computer modem on my bike. All things are possible. The trick is get yourself as many racks as you can. Having an e-bike helps 😅

Among many many other problems with this, denying service to anyone who is not a driver is ableist. We're sure this is not the intention or desire of this bank but is yet another example of the ways that autonormativity harms our communities.

This week we were able to help a car-free community member whose own bike was in the shop for repair (& bike shop didn’t have loaner bikes). Feels good to maximize our bikes as a true community resource! ❤️ Mplscargobikelibrary.com

Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming

#JCcrashes A large truck took down wires on Hudson St between Essex and York Sts. HBLR service has been suspended between Jersey Ave and Exchange Place.

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Also the false equivalence that tells people they should walk half a mile out of their way in order to cross at a marked crosswalk. bsky.app/profile/actf...

Not a big surprise: Jersey City came in second. People need to stop pretending we’re some inherently car-dependent exurb, and embrace an urban transportation mix, with more and better mass transit, biking and walking.

HBLR suspended

@mikiesherrill.bsky.social Middle of the day HBLR experience: there is a West Side train approaching Exchange Place, but the timetable on screen says 7 mins away. The next train is 19 minutes away; maybe, maybe not? I invite you to commute to and from work using the HBLR to get my vote! #njtransit

Big surprise: New York is the only US city where most households don't have cars. But there are some big zero-car minorities across the river in New Jersey and in Washington, Boston and San Francisco. From new column with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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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.

You love to see it - raised crosswalks being installed on road rebuilds in Toronto

The Seattle City Council just UNANIMOUSLY approved the Roots to Roofs affordability bonus pilot, giving density bonuses to community based orgs, including the Seattle social housing developer. I did not expect a 9-0 vote on this one. www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/30/r...

🚌 Strategies used to turnaround Akron’s bus system: 1. CEO used to be a bus driver, now rides the bus with customers 2. Run buses every 15 minutes, 7 days a week 3. Concentrate on most needed services 4. Reduce job requirements “If we’re not using our product, why should anybody else use it?”

eCargo bikes are car replacers, and like when shopping for a car, test drives are key, which is why the @mplscargobikelibrary.com and other similar programs are so great…Mpls residents can borrow an eCargo bike for up to a week to see how it works for you and your specific lifestyle/needs.

Closeups had been featured in the earliest films but the edited closeup came along a few years later. One of the very earliest examples in AS SEEN THROUGH A TELESCOPE (1900) portrays a voyeur using the instrument to get a good look at a cyclist's legs.

I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.

Happy #NationalCarFreeDay!

Trump pushes World Bank to finance more fossil fuel development on.ft.com/3VvYW9l

1 car family, 3 kids. 2 electric cargo bikes, even in winter (Wisconsin). Even in summer (we used to live in Austin). It’s a ton of fun and the kids love it. AMA

I used to think bikes were for kids and spandex wearing, middle aged men doing sports. Then we got e-cargo bikes, chose to live somewhere with enabling infrastructure, and lead a car-lite lifestyle with our old, paid off, 15 year old car. Wouldn't have happened without ebike technology.

Trump is rescinding road safety grants all over the country, in blue states and red ones. The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“The appetite for a less car-dominated community is here in the States.”

Traffic calming in #Zürich thanks to portable tree carts that do double duty as benches. @umverkehr.bsky.social

Born on this day, September 20, 1934: Sophia Loren, Italian screen legend. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Sophia!

Any day that starts with a funicular ride is a good day. Riding the Funicolare Locarno-Madonna del Sasso-Orselina in #Switzerland this morning.

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released a discussion with Dr. Catherine Elliot, an American living in Winterthur, Switzerland, just outside of Zürich, about strategies for overcoming motonormativity, as well as some research she's been involved with in this realm. youtu.be/Ae60RVx412o

A Massive Cargo Bike Boom in Underway as London Deliveries Get a Two-Wheeled Makeover. momentummag.com/cargo-bike-b...

Look at how small the space for cars will be on this street approaching the intersection! Bike lane to the left, sidewalk on the right. (Rue de Champlain, Montreal)

“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”

If you want to encourage people to visit your city centre you need to ensure you provide ample free secure parking.

In cleats? Come on.

Thanks for the awesome jacket @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social It's time to report more vehicles blocking the bike lanes! 🫡

The HBLR to Hoboken is massively overcrowded this morning bc they're only running a half train, wtf.

When the new, more affordable, enjoyable, and sustainable family vehicle arrives.