Think of every lazy “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” shared by politicians. Then watch this remarkable video, something I’ve never seen a city’s mayor do. #StPatricksDay

You know what to do

NEW: “We’ve let the lies be far too successful, & that’s significantly hurt our cities. No more.” @grantennis.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social & I have a blunt new @usa.streetsblog.org op-ed telling the story of why we’ve created @urbantruth.bsky.social. Please help share it! @nyc.streetsblog.org

Our WEBSITE is LIVE! “The Truth About Cities In An Age Of Disinformation.” Read about WHO we are, WHY we started this, our PLANS to grow, and most importantly, WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING. We hope you’ll support this work, and help us spread the word! #UrbanTruth www.urbantruthcollective.com

New study of media collision reporting from @patrickrerat.bsky.social "Cyclists are placed at the center of the narrative, while motorists are either omitted or reduced to their vehicles... Making these biases visible is essential for challenging motonormativity" findingspress.org/article/1575...

My 80 y.o. mum "what is the meaning of ICE again?" My 8 y.o. daughter "I command everything" Pretty accurate I would say.

OUVEMA's (Anti-)Motonormativity Days 19th & 20th February Really interesting workshop on understanding and challenging motornormativity, car dependence and dominance feat. @ianwalker.bsky.social, @criscaim8.bsky.social + @giuliomattioli.bsky.social + more!! Info: www.unil.ch/events/17689...

10 years on from the Paris Agreement, my message for fossil fuel companies is clear: get on board with a green future, or get left behind. London is leading the way, now we need businesses and governments around the world to step up.

We won strong EU laws against child labour & nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it. Tell him to protect our future, not big business. Act now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/wG9gF6LO

Bike advocacy is putting a stick in its own spokes open.substack.com/pub/speakeas...

When a mayor wants something for real things can really change.

🚨Gaza and Gazans urgently need humanitarian aid. The Flotillas for Gaza is are civilian and humanitarian initiatives to support Gaza and to break the siege. They are in danger! ➡️ Email your government now to protect & support the Flotilla⛵️ app.sosha.ai/s/IQjXZ7z2

Most memorable slide @aia32.bsky.social @dis4change.bsky.social

È partita la più grande flotta civile per portare cibo e medicine a Gaza. Israele minaccia di fermarla: uniamoci per fare da scudo e chiedere il suo passaggio sicuro! Aggiungi il tuo nome. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...

the way.

Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat, Amsterdam in 1967 and today

Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise

A parenting win.

Caution: RIPs

littlebigthinktank.com I love this carpet! Can anyone please produce it?

go.bsky.app/GvUpjj9 Colleagues attending @dis4change.bsky.social may be interested in this and people in the pack may be interested in the ongoing conference :-)

Morning walk before the conference starts @dis4change.bsky.social

Birds dancing over the beautiful concert by Coro Armonica at @dis4change.bsky.social

Learning about the #SaveBuxwahaForest movement at @dis4change.bsky.social Conference in Bari. Thanks Elisabetta Zurru!

publications-prairial.fr/encounters-i... Encounters Issue 3 is out!

Call for papers per il terzo seminario della rete Bici e Società che si terrà a Torino il 20 e 21 novembre 2025 sites.google.com/view/bicieso... Mandate proposte, fate girare il link... Grazie!

Europe is not immune to the Trump/Musk playbook. This Thursday, right-wing MEPs are teaming up to attack one of the most successful nature protection laws in the world: the Habitats Directive. Send a simple email to MEPs and make a difference. share.greens-efa.eu/s/wfDJR3Sv

A timewarp video of me cycling from the east of Amsterdam to the west, via Centraal, this morning. Just imagine if your city had cycle infrastructure like this!

Nature protection is a European success story! 🇪🇺 🏆 Beautiful nature like the Black Forest plays a vital role in the health of our planet and our economy. ✅ Nature protection works - let's keep it that way. Vote for your favourite and win it as a printed poster. share.greens-efa.eu/s/ETtQoFWF

go.bsky.app/GvUpjj9 Shout out to all ecolinguists! DM me if you want to be added and please spread the word :-)

“Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world – all while cynically waving the American Flag.” — Ronald Reagan, Nov 27, 1988.

On a train to Udine...

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

There's a lot of talk about growth but rarely any discussion on how we enable our children to live prosperous, happy and productive lives. It will have benefits both now and in the future. The school run is the epitome of inefficiency. These kids know there's a much better way.

1 year after the introduction of a generalized 30 km/h limit in Bologna, the results are quite encouraging. For the first time since systematic data has been collected (1991), there has been zero (zero!) pedestrian killed in a road accident in 2024. www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...

I have now found this free bottle-filling service in London, Lyon and Madrid. Not in Italy, in my experience. Should be everywhere, IMHO.

A few more cycling-related pics from Logroño before I leave. Thanks @ciudadanabici.bsky.social and @lorenaph.bsky.social for the amazing and istructive ride! Pics show how some things were good but were changed while others are still great... keep up the good work @ciudadanabici.bsky.social !

I'm spending a week in the Spanish city of Logroño, supposed to be a "ciudad 30". According to my colleague and friend @lorenaph.bsky.social ,who lives here, not really. She kindly pointed out the cycling infrastructure that was the object of controversy. I'm sharing and commenting some pictures.

The National Conference on Street and Highway Safety met in Washington 100 years ago, from December 15 to 17, 1924. The cartoon in this story reflects the conventional wisdom of the era, when traffic safety meant protecting pedestrians from motorists.

publications-prairial.fr/encounters-i... Issue 2 is out!

Calling cycle funding a 'war on motorists' is a bit like saying bus funding is anti-motorist - we know both are far better investments of public money - and those pushing those ideas have either fundamentally misunderstood transport, or they're trying to sell you something

Sono entusiasta di presentare il mio nuovo libro, «The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet», ai dottorandi di Sapienza - Università di Roma (Uniroma1)/ Sapienza Università di Roma e al network ‘Genealogy of Urban Design’ (GUD) il prossimo 10 dicembre. Piacere di condividere!

Table For One Please.

Way to go Toronto! 🇨🇦

This is Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu . It was -31°C in the morning (-40° windchill). What you see here is just 1 of the 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science. #MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu 1/

The path to avoiding the worst of climate change runs through state senates and city councils, public utilities commissions and planning bodies, co-op boards and HOAs and PTAs and neighborhood associations. Remember the physics definition of power: it’s work over time.

En español recomiendo esta extensa entrevista que me hizo @bbcmundo.bsky.social: « Nos hemos convertido en hombres y mujeres centauros: mitad humano, mitad auto. Es hora de que cambiemos eso » www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...

Thanks for the invitation @biketalk.bsky.social !

Europeans share a love for nature. 🌳 Yet, the EPP, aided by the far right, is attacking the EU deforestation law! We stopped them on nature restoration – let's do it again! 💪 Join us: urge EU ministers to reject these harmful proposals. #DeforestationLaw #ClimateAction share.greens-efa.eu/s/ZLbvm15c