One of the reasons Spanish social housing is *so good*, is architects have abandoned the ‘double-loaded corridor’ Instead apartments are accessed from decks or terraces, which creates dual aspects homes that benefit from more sun and cross ventilation

If all you see are people in athletic gear and protective equipment, your city probably isn’t serving the majority of people who would like to get around by bike.

All these things are true: Electric vehicles ARE better than ICE vehicles, despite their issues. When vehicles get “better,” too often people buy BIGGER vehicles & drive even more. EV’s still pollute, take too much space, lead to too many deaths etc Fewer cars, less driving is the REAL solution.

Doesn’t like e-bikes is like someone who doesn’t like rainbows, puppies, sunsets, or dessert.

Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally. Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially. theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...

This makes me so furious I want to flip tables and scream And given at the beginning of this month Ronald Greentree, the former head of GrainCorp, sold his property west of Coonamble for $42million, this “record fine” is probably just the cost of doing business. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

“A single unmuffled scooter crossing Paris at night can wake as many as 10,000 people.” We seriously underestimate the impact of vehicle noise on urban livability and health. Cities aren’t noisy, engines are. How #Paris Is Waging a War on Noise Pollution. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Advisors told Ljubljana’s mayor that pedestrianizing downtown would be political suicide. Eighteen years later, he’s still mayor.

I live in a tiny, 8 mile town that was built around a factory. The family that owned the factory really poured back into the community. Library. YMCA. Community College. All sponsored by them. I don't know if times were different, but they understood giving back to those who gave them so much.

When city leaders say "safety is a shared responsibility", shove this blown up photo in their face and ask them to say it again.

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

“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”

Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.

I want to live somewhere that being on a cargo bike is unremarkable to people due to its normalcy.

“Compared to self-driving cars, and just about any other mobility mode, e-bikes have flourished…If 2023’s trendline continues, the humble e-bike, not the flashy self-driving car, will be poised to reconfigure American transportation.” — @davidzipper.bsky.social www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

Here’s my friendly unsolicited advice. Repost things you like here, even more than you currently do. It’s great for building the community and conversation. Thanks!

“I don't wanna go far for stuff" My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

When riding a bicycle through a city, you sometimes find beauty, colour and nature in unexpected places. Cycling under the railway viaduct in Girona is a lovely treat to the senses, with colourful art, climbing vines, and the chance to take things at your own pace away from the busy nearby streets.

Did you see this? Ford’s CEO tells the truth, that the automaker needs a “radical change.” “We are just in love with these monster vehicles. We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption.” Correct. electrek.co/2024/07/01/f...

Perfect example of how 9 cyclists take up way less space than 9 cars! Imagine the road congestion, emissions, and noise if everyone here was driving instead of biking. Cities need more bike lanes to make this the norm, not the exception. 🚲💚🚲💚🚲💚🚲

Been around for a really long time. Still relevant. #ClimateCrisis