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Did you know it's been SIX years since the fire at Notre Dame? I return to Paris tomorrow night at 9pm on BBC Two in the UK for 'Rebuilding Notre Dame: The Last Chapter.' Join me to follow the closing stages of what's been the most amazing project of a lifetime! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Paris Proves the Power of Pedals: How Cycling Helped Cut Pollution in Half. momentummag.com/paris-proves...

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The COVID-19 pandemic offered new insights around the impact of the built environment on mental health, with the prevalence of the car in our cities and lives severely limiting our ability to create restorative spaces. Here are three takeaways for planners wanting to promote better mental health...🧵

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Compare the lane approaches in my US roundabout to the Dutch one below. Design shapes behavior. Dutch 🇳🇱 roundabouts use mostly straight approaches, encouraging slower, safer navigation. 👍 American 🇺🇲 roundabouts curve the entry, promoting speed and reducing safety for everyone. 👎

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The moment a Low Traffic Neighbourhood goes in, drivers who want to rat run through your street will start shouting that ‘the old and disabled can’t cycle!!!’. As Zwolle, Netherlands, clearly shows, segregated cycling and LTNs increase freedom for those with mobility issues.

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Three key lessons for municipalities wanting to promote cycling 🚲😁 1. Step into the shoes of cyclists in your community 👟 2. Make smart use of public space 🌳 3. Organise events 📆 Translated from CROW's recent Fietskompas guide for Dutch municipalities. Check it out: buff.ly/1ubszmk

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A new dam on the Klabava River south of Prague to protect critical habitat hit bureaucratic delays…but a colony of beavers took things into their own paws, building a series of dams in the same locations the engineers had planned, creating a wetland that saved the Czech govt 1.2M euros. Read more:

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"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions." apnews.com/article/ship...

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New study confirms what bike commuters already know: riding to work makes you healthier, more productive, and sick less often road.cc/content/news...

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More autonomous vehicles --> More driving --> More pollution, gridlock, and sprawl New study projecting AV use across Texas: 🔹 "Results showed statewide daily VMT rose 24%" 🔹 "With the widespread use of []AVs], individuals are likely to choose more remote destinations" doi.org/10.1016/j.re...

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RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.

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It doesn't need to cost a large amount to remove through motor traffic from your city

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Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

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Important debate being led by @ollyglover.bsky.social on 22nd April: Road safety and supporting active travel to school School streets, walking buses, child-friendly neighbourhoods that support play, lower speed limits, cycle lanes… We know what’ll help and delivering it should be a high priority

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

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For fun today I showed my kids the famous 1999 selective attention test & anyway, it unexpectedly appears to have deeply disturbed my 4yo. Because he missed the gorilla on the first viewing, he is now terrified that a gorilla may appear out of nowhere at any time. Took an hour to get him to sleep.

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Study Shows Bike Commuting Is Still the Smartest and Healthiest Way to Get to Work. momentummag.com/study-shows-...

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The Good Friday Agreement was signed 27 years ago today. It was an act of delicate diplomacy, which delivered peace and security to a part of our country where those qualities had long been absent. Those achievements should never be taken for granted.

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You spent six figures on a steel wedge to crush pedestrians and conquer chaos, but a traffic bollard in NYC said “no.”

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Your periodic reminder that cities aren’t loud, cars are loud. Easier to remember thanks to new sticker by @thewaroncars.bsky.social.

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Saxifrage Kashiba types : the labels will say sunny location but these do fine in a trough with no sun at all in SE England.

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Remember, when Barcelona eliminated 3 lanes of vehicle traffic & converted this street into a 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid, businesses sued. They actually won. But by decision-time, the businesses had decided they actually like it. citylabbcn.org/the-legal-at...

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With steep declines in wildlife continuing, none of us can afford for new laws to make this problem worse. We urge the Government to look at the carefully considered changes we propose to the Planning Bill. Nature can thrive alongside development, but only with the right safeguards in place.

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Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars | Arwa Mahdawi

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I've just been thinking about these - Bristol has funded changing non-junction lights to green immediately for pedestrians rather than making them wait for cars 1/4 of a mile away (which is what most towns and cities do). Well done to my Bristol Green colleagues like @cllremmaedwards.bsky.social

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Not even the boss of Shell thinks that sustainable aviation fuel is going to work... www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

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Our ‘Give it a Go’ Event, with friends #Bikeworks, is on Sunday, 4 May! It's the perfect opportunity to try a wide range of non-standard cycles and learn about our Wheels4Me.co.uk free cycle loan scheme. Event details: adaptive.bikeworks.org.uk/bikeworks-wh... 🌟 May the fourth be with you! 🌟

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Wide cycleways alongside main roads in the Netherlands allow teenagers to safely cycle three abreast to school

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This study concludes that infrastructure, eg separated cycle lanes & traffic calming, is critical for creating a safe environment for active travel. Behavioural programs, eg tailored education or providing access to ecycles, are key for encouraging a diversity of people to travel actively.

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