Malcolm MacPhail

NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets, sidewalks Data from June 19, when the daily high was 106 degrees, shows asphalt across the city that day was between 120 and 160 degrees.

IMPORTANT: NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks. All that unrelenting concrete and asphalt for cars. Not nearly enough trees. They start with ridiculous heat that’s only getting worse with the #ClimateCrisis, & then make it much worse with bad design.

Street transformed as a people-place

This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It’s been opened to everything else, to a diverse and invigorated civic life for people, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things.

Language matters.

HT @dmoser.bsky.social for the pic. #OpenStreets

How Vancouver Is Rebooting Road Safety | The Tyee Councillors are pushing for a new approach after the city failed to get to zero deaths and injuries. A Tyee explainer.

“We’re densifying our cities, we’re asking people to get out of their cars and move around, but we still have to coexist.” 🚗🚶🏽‍♀️

Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.

"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."

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If you think electric bikes are bad, there’s a much bigger menace hitting our roads Electric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper...

“Over 40k people die in car crashes in the US every year. Entire neighborhoods are carved up by high-speed traffic. Kids can’t walk to school safely. But don’t worry – someone saw a teenager run a stop sign on an e-bike, so the real crisis must be those darn batteries on two wheels.”

"In a study in China, the same chemical, 6PPD-Q, was also found in the urine of children and adults... recent research shows that exposure to this chemical could harm multiple human organs, including the liver, lungs and kidneys."

white text on a black poster COMMUNITY: CAN WE HAVE A SAFE ROUTE FOR OUR KIDS TO WALK/BIKE/ROLL TO SCHOOL? CITY: NO, A DRIVER MIGHT GET MAD. THAT'S THE ENTIRETY OF THE DISCUSSION

the discussion.

As a Canadian, I cannot comprehend what healthcare has to do with profits. The Police, Firefighters, Armed Forces (and more) don't make a profit and everyone understands that. These are just things that society needs to have to take care of people.

Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.

📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

We need details on this.

Bikeway construction on The Esplanade draws community controversy | CBC News Some downtown residents say they are opposed to a bikeway on The Esplanade but the city of Toronto says more than half of respondents it consulted four years ago said they supported the project.

"Bike lanes restrict road space. Bike lanes have turned streets into parking lots, with residents unable to shop, get kids to events, and seriously impact emergency services & Wheel-Trans."

Actually, no. 100% wrong. Car dependency & too much driving with increasingly large vehicles does all that.

Her stats line up with CDC data…

CHARLIE ANGUS ON TRUMP'S MAGA AMBASSADOR TO CANADA YouTube video by Charlie Angus

The USA needs to clean up their own house and stop trying to bully Canada or try to tell Canada that they didn't "really mean it" and we should be friends again. We are moving on from the abusive relationship. Charlie Angus says it very well.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAg...

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.

Many people riding in a wide Paris bike lane

Riders traversing a Paris intersection

Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/paris-proves...

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You shouldn’t need a car to age with dignity.

With walkable streets and thoughtful density, people can age in place, staying mobile, social, and part of the community they love.

FLASHBACK: The “Trump Trust Accounts” for babies were a Hillary idea — and Republicans trashed it.

Must have been in some movie he watched

The plan was to confuse people, make up BS and get re-elected. Therefore it was a "success". Kind of like the medical plan, the border, winning, ...

WTF??? What's with saying "a so-called ‘Speech from the Throne’ "?

It's not "so-called", that just what it is called.

Graphic showing how much less space is needed to move more people on transit.

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.

Even if those cars are electric.

And then there’s all the parking.

OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money and pollution.

Via UITPnews

My friend actually needs a big truck....I borrowed it to take some large items to our daughter's house 5 hours away. We stopped for a coffee along the way and I almost panicked when I saw there were people walking across the parking lot and I wasn't completely able to see them.

It really isn't that hard to look at existing issues and then go see what has been successful in other parts of the world (I am not JUST talking about transportation and traffic deaths)

Well....that bicycle means there is a bike lane OR it is one of of the "bike friendly" streets (e.g. restrictions to automobile traffic)