Safe streets? More like "woke streets," amiright?
"Sustainable transportation not only makes communities safer, it lowers travel costs; improves access to important services like medical care, schools, and work; and helps mitigate climate change."
Cars ruin cities. Don't take it from me. Take it from Top Gear's James May
HT Lemmy grue@lemmy.world
Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/driving-london-cars-james-may-london-cycling-campaign-top-gear-b1218513.html
How do you say YIMBY in French?
via reuters
Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2025-03-23/
A century ago, Los Angeles passed an ordinance that put cars above people. That model spread worldwide—even to cities where car ownership is low.
via bsky @itsinternational.bsky.social
https://www.itsinternational.com/feature/walk-dont-walk-actually-just-dont-walk
Could AI help spot the biases in urban transportation planning, much like it is beginning to be used to identify flaws in academic papers?
HT mstdn @RayScript @UrbanismNow
Xitter @RayScript
Sean Duffy picked the wrong week to gut funding for bike lanes and other "green infrastructure." Right now DC is chock-full of bike advocates armed with talking points and maps to the offices of every Sen and Rep.
Hey Toronto! Make good trouble. I wish I could join you (but I'm in Madagascar).
HT Reddit u/Marslettuce
"The cities of the Global South must become inclusive living spaces where everyone has access to basic services, efficient public transport and green spaces." –Mondher Khanfir
Xitter @AfricanBizMag
Bicycles Deliver The Freedom That Auto Ads Promise
Via:
Mstdn @StreetsForward
Threads @streetsforward
Bsky @streetsforward.org @tomflood.bsky.social
Xitter @StreetsForward
Rep. Kevin Kiley's (R-CA) reception when he met with LA residents to kill high-speed rail.
Xitter @repkiley
Parking policies are a justice issue. More parking means more car dependency, a subsidy for the wealthy, and fewer resources for the majority in the global South who rely on public transport and walking.
Xitter @worldbank @aardilagomez
In this interview, Benjamin de la Peña explains why popular transport—tuk-tuks, matatus, and jeepneys—isn’t a problem to solve, but an asset to support.
Xitter @BABLEconnect @SharedUseCenter
Bsky @populartransport.bsky.social
Love, Laugh, Dream, and Fight Always Against Fascism
A printing press on a bicycle is the ultimate act of free movement and free speech — words and mobility that don’t need permission to exist.
via IG @prensalalibertad
Sustainable transport should be safe, accessible, and dignified for all. Support Trufi Association with a donation or sponsorship to help digitize and elevate informal transport networks.
German cities achieved record transit use in 2024! But a global truth is that sustained success depends on funding commitments — from Europe to the global South.
HT Lemmy fne8w2ah@lemmy.world
via Xitter @IamExpatDE
Trying to get a copy of this study: Car-oriented developing countries have been designed to be that way – at the expense of transportation justice.
Albania: Where the Automobile club guy says "more public transport" instead of "just one more lane."
The head of an Automobile Club (!!) acknowledges that public transport is the only sustainable solution to the traffic problems in Tirana, Albania.
Xitter @revista_monitor
Burn, baby, burn...
Nowhere on Trumps agenda: No support to give Americans more transportation freedom to leave their cars at home and instead travel by transit, bicycle, or on foot.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91267069/trump-is-all-in-on-cars-its-up-to-cities-to-stop-him
The Rosa Parks of Jaywalking
On This Day 100 years ago: Electra Lynne was arrested for violating LA's newly enacted traffic ordinance that prioritized cars over people.
HT LinkedIn Peter Norton
Attn @notjustbikes
