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"the laws make sense to us intuitively, partly because we’ve made our roads so unsafe.They individualise risk management, plonking the burden of keeping cyclists out of the ER on their flimsy fiberglass hats, and in the process absolving our politicians of making more impactful policy interventions"

21.08.2025 12:14 👍 76 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 1

A faster version of my 26" rock hopper really! Just curious.. a Velo Orange build tempts me

28.05.2025 17:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Any fav brands/models to recommend?

27.05.2025 05:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Clean Cities Campaign releases new ranking of cities leading on child-friendly urban mobility - POLIS Network A new report released by the Clean Cities Campaign has cast fresh light on what makes cities truly liveable—for children and for all.

Does your city have #StreetsForKids ?🧒👧

@cleancitiescampaign.org's new report analyses 36 European cities and their levels of #ChildFriendlyMobility 🚸

𝘒𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘴 to our members @paris.fr, #Amsterdam, and @stadantwerpen.bsky.social for being in the top 3 🎉

Read more 👉 buff.ly/yOn9kQG

26.05.2025 14:27 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Essential Evidence 4 Scotland - Transport Research Institute One-page, plain-English summaries on aspects of transport planning from robust peer reviewed studies, released fortnightly by Prof Adrian Davis of Edinburgh Napier University’s Transport Research Inst...

"London’s Low Emission Zone has reduced the probability of taking sick leave by 18.5%, a 6.8% reduction in the incidence of health problems and a 10.2% reduction in respiratory problems" - from Adrian Davis's latest evidence briefing

His full archive is here: blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia...

19.05.2025 14:57 👍 121 🔁 59 💬 4 📌 9
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Walking did not merely decline. It was deterred.

In 1954, Rochester banned jaywalking and sentenced violators to a mandatory safety lecture, where they were instructed to cross only in crosswalks. ...

17.05.2025 12:03 👍 63 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
Johnny Harris: A Story of YouTube Propaganda
Johnny Harris: A Story of YouTube Propaganda YouTube video by Tom Nicholas

I also like his channel, you can't deny he's an incredibly talented story teller and video producer.

However he has some major blind spots and is not always fully transparent with his audience.

youtu.be/Dum0bqWfiGw?...

16.05.2025 13:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What do you know? Critics who said that the backlash would kill support were wrong ... again

27.03.2025 04:55 👍 183 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 0
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1st REFOCUS Webinar: Stakeholder engagement and institutional cooperation in sustainable mobility - POLIS Network REFOCUS hosts a five-part webinar series that explores decision-making in sustainable mobility planning using data-driven support tools.

Join the REFOCUS project for a 5-part series to improve decision-making in #SustainableMobility 🚲

🗓️ 26 March 2025, 11:00 – 12:30 CET
💻 Online

Register now 👉 www.polisnetwork.eu/event/refocu...

#SustainableMobilityPlanning

14.03.2025 12:26 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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As part of a recent GIS exercise, I took vegetation data from Brussels Environment, filtered by 'tall vegetation' (I assume are trees or bushes) and applied a 15m buffer to represent a minimum cooling effect. This was the result. Not entirely scientific but interesting nonetheless!

12.02.2025 14:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My favourite #campaign 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 is back—all thanks to the fantastic @annina-gozzi.bsky.social💅

If you have missed or haven't read #CitiesInMotion5 yet, this is your time to do so. It is fantastic, says the Editor-in-chief who so happens to be me.

Interested in #collaborating? Reach out to me🫰

28.01.2025 15:46 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Anecdotal city pair mobility thread, 🇳🇱 vs. 🇺🇸

Here are two city pairs, both about 11-15mi / 18-14km apart, total combined population about 300-400k.

I'll compare how you drive, ride transit, and bike between the cities.

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30.01.2023 16:17 👍 31 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 3