“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.” –Enrique Peñalosa #मुस RTs=👍 #LeadershipMatters
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NCDs are the leading cause of illness, death, and disability in the Caribbean region.
*Caribbean governments need to demonstrate #PoliticalWill and build #ActiveTravelInfrastructure ! We need #ActiveLifestyles and have the ideal climate!
Stop de ole talk!*
#TTMoves
“Parents, guardians, teachers, religious leaders, community groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the corporate world must all play their part in creating healthy spaces that promote physical activity and well-being…”
Read more in the Sportification op-ed…
guardian.co.tt/sports/active…
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Bike lane removals from Islington to Royal York are anticipated to start the evening of Oct. 13. Community members are encouraged to meet at the Bloor Green P Lot for Tom Riley Park at 5pm onwards (come whenever you can) 1/2
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
This year @haringeycouncil have installed 116 new bike hangars. They've just consulted on the next batch of 53 hangars - which should be coming soon.
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👏👏@mikehakata
Where are our radical leaders in Trinidad and Tobago? #LeadershipMatters #PoliticalWill #MobilityIsEquity #ClimateFriendly #BeatNCDs #TTMoves
youtube.com/watch?v=3BJ-ccBg…
Park carefully in Port of Spain! We're not Amsterdam! #MobilityIsEquity #ActiveTravel
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
When ROUNDABOUTS replace TRAFFIC LIGHTS
pedestrian crashes ⬇️ 30-40%
bicycle crashes ⬇️ 10%
fatal crashes ⬇️ 90%
injury crashes ⬇️ 76%
But since traffic engineers have come to like roundabouts, bike/ped advocates figure they must be bad. 🤦♂️
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
Dear @RSAIreland @GardaTraffic
HIT & RUNS - where are your campaigns 🤷🏻♂️
Did you know that 9% of serious cyclist injuries resulted from hit-and-runs 🚘
This alarming figure needs highlighting and proper punishment!
To leave another human being on the road is simply despicable!
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
US transportation policy prioritizes the storage of automobiles over the safety of people on foot, bicycles and cars. Daylighting is one small step in the direction of sanity.
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
Car Brain is what leads people to commit and/or justify antisocial behavior involving a car. Typically behavior they would otherwise condemn if a car wasn't involved.
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
Tip for Advocates:
Use Google Earth to measure street distance from curb to curb. Use @streetmix to design a new street using actual dimensions.
It's way more effective than just complaining about today's street being terrible.
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
68 new street trees, 500m of rain gardens and 140,068kg of major impact!🌳 Take a look at the transformation of our planting project along Sutherland Road. #nationaltreeweek @wfcouncil @Labourstone
A steel & concrete reminder that you are unwelcome here, a project in erasure.
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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Welterusten vanuit Utrecht.
ALT A cyclist passes through an empty street in the medieval centre of Utrecht after dark, with Christmas lights overhead and the Dom Tower in the background.
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
American drivers kill 40,000 people a year and injure 3.5 million. Anyone who drives at rush hour encounters continual hostility and aggression.
Yes, transit should be safe, clean and orderly but driving is orders of magnitude more dangerous.
Enable bicycles by building safe bike infrastructure for transport and the savings to self and climate would be incalculable! #PoliticalWill
Did you know that switching from a regular vehicle to an electric vehicle (EV) can reduce your carbon footprint by an average of 2 tons per year?
On November 26, the UN observes World Sustainable Transport Day.
un.org/en/observances/sustai…
#SustainableTransport
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Urban trees need up to 30m³ of loose soil to thrive. At Markhouse Corner we used Stockholm tree pits to give 4 trees the space, water and oxygen they need while keeping pavements safe and stable. These pits also channel rainwater from nearby surfaces 💧🌱 #NationalTreeWeek
🌴Trini Fietser🎉🚴🚶♂️🌳🇹🇹👀 retweeted
Happy people cycling on a beautiful crisp winter morning!
#LondonLovesCycling
Not a single person is able to safely attend any event in Trinidad and Tobago by riding a bicycle! I'd say that's something that the academics need to tackle! #MobilityIsEquity #endcardependency #ActiveLifestyle #ClimateFriendly #BeatNCDs #TTMoves #Motonormativity #PoliticalWill
For the Research Awards & Festival on Nov. 26, 2025, parking is available at:
📌Carmody Road - Award Ceremony | JFK East Car Park - Research Festival, til Nov. 28, 2025
Guests can enter via North, South & Daaga Gates.
For more info on the event: bit.ly/researchfestivalsched…
