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Same Canadian lady. Same.

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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

submitted 21 days ago • 11 comments

Seem like good words to live by.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Haven’t even read the piece but this simple point is 100% right. And not simply as branding. America has a robust civic democratic tradition, rich w libertarian (and not in the modern weird sense) symbols and touchstones, anti-autocratic totems. It’s the touchstone of the country’s civic mythology.

submitted 56 days ago • 32 comments

The Bridge. Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

submitted 68 days ago • 7 comments

Well formulated.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Elements of a stroad retrofit: 🛣️ Remove car lanes 🚗 Consolidate driveways 🌳 Add trees 🚲 Add protected bike lanes 🏢 Redevelop to the property line

submitted 72 days ago • 3 comments

This infrastructure creates prosperity. The average car costs $12,544 annually—fuel, insurance, maintenance, depreciation, financing, and parking—most of which leaves the community. For every 15,000 vehicles a city reduces its rate of ownership, $127 million remains in the local economy each year.

submitted 75 days ago • 6 comments

Interesting thread on the qualitative aspects of quantitative data.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Timothy Snyder explains the inexplicable: why Musk-Trump are throwing away the post-war security arrangements that benefit the US and our allies.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding “The Unbreakabke Law Of Congestion” aka #InducedDemand. Via @wired.com

submitted 92 days ago • 10 comments

Unity.

submitted 96 days ago • 4 comments

In between the planning and the realization of a complete community vision is a stage of testing ideas in the real world. Tactical urbanism gets planning off of paper and out of a big room and it is one of the most exciting trends in urban design and transportation today. www.cnu.org/publicsquare...

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

PSA.

submitted 107 days ago • 5 comments

Maybe you see my #PlowSidewalksToo hashtag and think, "Yeah, sure, sounds great but it would require a massive tax increase and expansion of the public payroll and no one is going to willingly sign on for that. Real shame, though." So: a thread. 🧵 #urbanism

submitted 152 days ago • 5 comments

25 Great Ideas of the New Urbanism: Pedestrian sheds are a foundational idea of designing cohesive communities, but the challenge is the gap between what planners know and developers are building. www.cnu.org/publicsquare...

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Justin Timberlake, welcome to The War on Cars.

submitted 117 days ago • 10 comments

Plan the city you want, not the one you think is inevitable. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/01/02/a...

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

Have you seen this one before? A short history of traffic engineering via @copenhagenizers.bsky.social. Manufactured #CarDependency takes a lot of forms, including how easy or hard we make it to get from A to B using any other ways of getting around. A direct result of the wrong priorities.

submitted 138 days ago • 4 comments

“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.” Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities

submitted 139 days ago • 16 comments

“Why It’s So Frickin’ Hard to Stop Driving? Even when better options for commuting are available, people usually don’t make the switch. But there are tricks to help them.” Another good one by @davidzipper.bsky.social in @slate.bsky.social. Change IS hard. We have to be a lot better at it.

submitted 140 days ago • 9 comments

NEW EPISODE: "How Cars Change Us with Tara Goddard." Why do people behave so badly behind the wheel of a car? Why do reporters use passive language to describe traffic violence? @drtaragoddard.bsky.social joins us to talk about her fascinating research. thewaroncars.org/2024/12/17/1...

submitted 144 days ago • 32 comments

“In reality, the duty to prevent collisions should fall on the road engineers, car companies, and public officials who create the system in which people drive, bike, or walk—and not on road users themselves.” — @davidzipper.bsky.social in @fastcompany.com #VisionZero

submitted 144 days ago • 7 comments

Norman, Oklahoma, has devised one of the most efficient ways to reduce parking requirements and stimulate incremental development.

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

IMPORTANT STUDY: “On average, the implementation of 30 km/h speed limits in European cities demonstrated a 23%, 37% & 38% reduction in road crashes, fatalities & injuries respectively. Lower speed limits also yielded environmental benefits.” www.nrso.ntua.gr/review-of-ci...

submitted 157 days ago • 16 comments

The origins of traffic calming are usually traced to the Netherlands and West Germany in the early 1970s. But traffic calming practices (without the name) were ubiquitous in US cities 100 years ago.

submitted 162 days ago • 3 comments

We don't often recommend journalistic pieces. But we think you all should read this powerful, important work by Patrick Fealey in @esquire about his life as a homeless writer. Please make time this holiday weekend for "The Invisible Man."

submitted 164 days ago • 1 comment

It was a big deal when this KEY MESSAGE appeared in Scientific American. Suggested a tipping point. “We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent: Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment & public safety.” Via @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-n...

submitted 168 days ago • 7 comments