Books: Shifting Mobility'24 (two volumes)| Disrupting Mobility'17 (Chapter)| New concept: Moboliry DNA| Mobility boundary| Invisible space| Aff: 30FE
Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2009
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How zebra crossings should work if we would actually take pedestrian safety seriously.
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Urban highway expansions have offered diminishing or even negative economic returns.
They induce more low-value driving, increase sprawl, and offer only fleeting congestion relief.
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Around the June solstice, London and Rio de Janeiro enjoy almost the same sunset time. That feels wrong at first. After all, the two cities sit more than 40 degrees of longitude apart. But the calendar fixes the puzzle. London is near its longest day of the year, while Rio is near its shortest. Geography is weird but the source of great trivia. Source: reddit.com/r/geography/comme…
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One of these vehicles is seen as a symbol of an elitist lifestyle that imposes itself on others while endangering other people and claiming too much public space.
The other one is just another car.
#carGObike
📸 by Simon Horsten
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Very important line here from @LouHaigh on road safety:
"We treat road safety in a way as if it is somehow a natural accident. If the number of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads, were being killed in any other way, we'd be treating it as a pandemic."
Upon completion of my second volume of "ShiftingMobility" book series by Taylorand Francis, eight years of literary endeavor will reach fruition, enabling well-deserved rest after numerous sleepless nights. Enjoy new stories of human mobility and shift in city's transportation.
The story of new mobility pattern is written in my new book - "Shifting Mobility." Like our biological DNA, everybody has "Mobility DNA" when we move in cities.
The first new evidence is 50% of all trips are always walking in every city. It's a constant.
taylorfrancis.com/books/mono…
High precision, tracked and real-time data from @MOTIONTAG and other smart data sources in eight different cities and different continents show the walking mode share is consistently 50%. It never changes!
Source: Chapter 4 - "Shifting Mobility" Book.
A graph worth of trillion dollar infrastructure shift - majority of urban trips are short, data from @StreetLightData and @MOTIONTAG . Short trips require more sidewalks, trails, and bike lanes. Current flawed travel data overestimates long trips, leading to more road widening.
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"It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them."
—@Lorespontevedra, Mayor of #Pontevedra🇪🇸
(re-elected SIX time)
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A global study reveals that Dutch residents are the most physically active on earth, getting 12.8 hours of exercise each week. The key—designing activity into daily life. The average #Dutch person cycles about 1,098 kilometers per year. HT @Cycling_Embassy
ipsos.com/en/global-views-to…
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Many people move to the suburbs when they have a family, but then find themselves more isolated than ever before. In contrast, walkable urban neighborhoods provide nearby access to amenities and more chance encounters that build community.
ALT overheard shot of suburban development
A picture says 1000 words.....this one says millions
I think it came from @StrongTowns
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Lithium is essential for batteries, and we don't have enough of it.
Look how much goes toward "Passenger EVs". Then consider that a Hummer EV's battery weighs ~3,000 lb, equal to 3 Chevy Bolt batteries or ~380 e-bike batteries.
Folks, what are we doing?
about.bnef.com/blog/will-the…
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There's only so much space between curbs, and this important design detail is overlooked all the time.
(feat. some great material by @JeffSpeckFAICP @Com_Mobility @NACTO @WorldResources)
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