Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre. open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...

Three points about E-scooters (& siblings): 🛴🛴🛴 E-mobility devices are here and are not going away; E-mobility devices can improve urban mobility, affordability, & livability; E-mobility devices are a novel safety challenge in our traditional transportation realm. What do we do about this? 🧵

I had the pleasure to go on a bike tour with @brenttoderian.bsky.social this morning to show him our latest infrastructure, what we achieved since 2020, and what remains to be done to make Paris a truly bike- and pedestrian-friendly city. Thanks for stopping by!

Yesterday on my way to the gym I hit 500 miles on my ebike. Before I got it, I basically never biked, so almost all of those trips would have been by car. It was ~40 degrees out and I was on my way to swim when I hit 500 miles. Absolutely life changing.

Nothing to add. That’s it, simply. Bikes make sense

Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!

Another fact for you here. Bike infrastructure saves lives… by allowing emergency vehicles to move faster through traffic.

I'm really excited by this. I'm a big believer that progressives need to get back to building things. William has a track record of building affordable housing. That's the sort of leadership this city needs. Not vague empty promises, but the know how to get it done.

The American car industry quite deliberately designs its products so that they kill people. They know this. They are not ignorant of how their products work. They don't care.

Dress for the bike lanes you want, not the bike lanes you have 😎

The question is not; where is the money to fund social services? The question is; who does OUR government decide to subsidize? And overwhelmingly the answer is : rich individuals and international corporations.

This is not for everyone but honestly if you want to understand a lot of the arguments against safe bike infrastructure you should watch this. 95 minutes is an investment and it’s not his best video but it tears down the vehicular cyclist cult. An important video.

That time of the year when we celebrate the cozy winter village and worship the bustling holiday markets, streets, shops, restaurants and a vibrant outdoor life full of community & togetherness that we continually refuse to support, approve or build for everyday life.

So basically, let me get this straight, hold on! Uber and Lyft: - lower salaries and benefits for workers. - Increase traffic in cities. - augments car ownership. Amazingly not a single improvement for quality of life. Increased profits for tech bros on the back of our public infrastructure!

With everything going on these days, it’s easy to miss when local governments get up to some sketchy stuff. Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!! Yes, really. My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:

Data based approach is very exciting. Mamdani is simply passionate and intelligent. He brings an approach backed by successful experiences all over the world. Everything else is incompetence.

If you want change…

Is there “life after cars?” As authors always say, “you’ll have to read the book.”* Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social. *spoiler: a BETTER life!

This is interesting — NFL teams WANT TO use Bluesky, but aren’t allowed to! The NFL, which has deals with X and Meta, told the New England Patriots to shut down their Bluesky account. Not okay, NFL.

The Washington Post’s new editorial stance: trillion dollar executive compensation packages while tripling the price of tens of millions of Americans’ health insurance premiums is A-Ok, but proposing free childcare and public transit is class warfare. Dropping the mask, indeed.

They are killing people the same way cigarettes are killing people. The costs are externalizer like cigarettes (public healthcare). They bring no societal value except individual and should disincentivized.

Same thing in vancouver. Businesses are very limited and neighborhoods are generally 100% residential.

Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.

Happy to tour visiting authors & @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcasters @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social around some key central Vancouver city-building this morning, before their book event with @visionzerovancouver.ca tonight! (some tickets left, apparently) Great conversation!

Canadians have now witnessed a sample of the leadership disaster if the CPC were in power. A complete clown show of callous numbskulls. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

With that kind of money, our parks board could do a lot for the last legacy of our parks. You can help us stand up to Mayor Ken Sim's and ABC's austerity budget by adding your voice to our call to action: win.newmode.net/greenpartyof... Register to speak at vancouver.ca/your-governm... #VanPoli

Happy Halloween! For sure this is the Ford Government, but more and more the City of Toronto and other municipalities too. 📷 @tomflood.bsky.social I frankensteined it a bit bud, sorry!

Happy Halloween from your friends at COPE! Let's kick the ghouls out and make the city work for the rest of us.

"Britannia Community Services Society to make approximately $1 million in cuts to its operating budget. At the direction of Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC majority on council, the city is looking to make $120 million in budget cuts for next year to pay for a freeze on property tax increases."

Our Halloween message from Vision Zero Vancouver! 🎃 A little hard to hear, ironically because of all the cars

Brian Montague, who bluntly has appeared to enjoy being a councillor less than any councillor I’ve ever covered, has announced he won’t be running for re-election

To be fair, Brian always shows up to vote against the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Vancouver.

In voting down this motion, Clr Montague indignantly claimed that the VPD "puts out a message telling drivers to avoid non-essential travel every year" and that to suggest otherwise is "outright false." Can anyone find evidence of this? Here's their PSA for this year:

If crime is way down, why are Canadians so afraid of crime? And what are politicians funnelling money into? My latest -- they are boosting policing to police us ... not keep us safe (unless you're rich, which trust me, you are not.) noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...

TODAY at 5PM is the deadline for writing council to support this motion. More details in link. Please take a minute out of your day to write in support!

Healthcare systems are notoriously complex so it can seem like the most obvious way to manage budgets is scaling back on staff costs A less obvious (but better!) way to save money is to treat patients before they get worse Here’s a BC example of the latter, by me: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Self explanatory. Really. Pedestrians dying in our street? A choice. Your choice actually. Unless you vote for progressive leaders, advocate for safer streets, donate to orgs like vancouver vision zero. Be that change.

Under Projet Montréal bike lanes were plowed quickly after snowfalls. Kept me and my kids riding safely year-round. This Ensemble #Montréal candidate in Nov. 2 election is threatening to stop the practise. That's going to endanger cyclists' lives. #polmtl cultmtl.com/2025/09/late...

Here's what real, solid, local journalism can look like: www.vancitylookout.com/p/families-r... Cars in cities are inflicting injuries, deaths, disease. They have created a wasteland instead of enjoyable spaces. Kids are marooned in their living rooms in front of tvs. We can change this!

Awful bit of “journalism” by mr. Todd in the vancouver sun. Just butchered sources, false arguments, total lack of data. The city of vancouver does not aggressively implement no parking mandates, it just started doing so for specific projects. Source: vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

"You can get the drivers on the street to show up to a meeting because they’re going to lose three parking spaces. But you can’t get the 300 people an hour who might bike down that street if it were safe to show up to the meeting." @volts.wtf x @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.volts.wtf/p/yes-you-we...

11 schools in #TorontoDanforth are in school zone that have posted 40kmh speed limits. Why are they not 30kmh? When exactly do we prioritize the safety of vulnerable road users? Also, the age of Speed Bumps/Humps and Roundabouts are upon us. and a ‘Blast from 2019’ youtube.com/shorts/8POWM...

CONTEST: Win Tickets to ‘East Van Panto: West Van Story’ #TyeePresents #Sponsored thetyee.ca/Presents/202...

Uh ho, NIMBYs are winning in Burnaby. Finally the city is doing the right thing and NIMBYs score some points by being... outraged! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

At this family friendly event, a lady in an SUV tried to drive through the crowd because her daughter had to get to a soccer game and refused to do a u-turn. This is exactly what we mean when say drivers are entitled in this city. Unreal.

Why tf does North America allow right turns on red? Was this ever a good idea? So proud of @ardenenglish.bsky.social for his first collaboration with the CBC! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDV...

More of this please!

Can someone pass this on to Regina city council?

The city of #Ljubljana in #Slovenia, population 280,000, kicked cars out in 2007. Since then, car use has dropped by 32%, black carbon emissions are down 70%, noise pollution is down by 6 decibels. Unfortunately, going car-free has made the center a living hell, as this video shows: 🧵

Why can't our cities look like this? Hint: It's the cars. More in this HIGH SPEED dispatch: www.highspeed.blog/why-cant-our...