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."
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Cuando los vehĂculos de motor circulan a velocidad baja no matan.
Caso práctico.
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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
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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)
speakeasy.substack.com/p/how…
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Research study: #popup bike lanes have increased #cycling between 11 and 48% on average and the new #infrastructure will generate between $1 and $7 billion in #healthbenefits per yearÂ
#bike #bikelanes #covid
pnas.org/content/118/15/e202…
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It isn’t just that we’ve been feeding our car dependency by creating these “car sewers,” leading to more driving, more emissions & pollution, more public spending, reduced public health, worse affordability & social equity, etc.
It’s also that we’ve been wrecking our downtowns.
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Want to make 20mph limits normal? Get a zoom link for Tues 4th Jan at 7.30pm. Training & sharing tactics. A 30mph crash is equivalent to an 8.8m trench fall. Far too unsafe #20splenty. Let's change it together. [email protected]
