ProfT @ProfT@social.cleverlibre.org

Things I learned on Nextdoor about bike lanes in Alameda:

- The current bike lane “craze” is a mandate from the UN
- Limiting the number of cars on certain streets is just a way to justify raising taxes on us
- Busy streets don’t need bike lanes because nobody goes there anymore
- Cyclists just need to pay attention because drivers do crazy things
- Cyclists scare motorists when they veer around obstacles (such as cars parked in bike lanes)

I think cars have damaged our brains. #alamtg

“According to the new data, Transport For London’s 20mph reduced speed limit on key London roads has led to a 25% reduction in collisions and serious injuries, supporting its #VisionZero goal to eliminate death and serious injury on the city’s transport network.”

#SpeedKills #SpeedLimits #cars #cities

https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/143786/tfl-data-shows-20mph-speed-limits-significantly-reduce-collisions-london/

Our Increasingly Active Sun https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230222.html #APOD

The European Union needs a strong Media Freedom Act to confront predators of press freedom.

Read my op-ed in @Parlimag 🗞👇
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/magazine/issues/the-parliament-issue-557-march-2023-the-energy-edition

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1628099623637196801

A butterfly in the stars 🦋

This #HubbleClassic image of the Butterfly Nebula shows layers of gas being ejected from a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel.

Eventually this nebula will fade and leave behind a stellar corpse known as a white dwarf: https://go.nasa.gov/3KoP25a
#Hubble

19.8k
Lighter at 7600 frames per second

Wessie du Toit on the messy political dimension of 15-minute cities and low traffic neighbourhoods and why it's important for planners and urban designers to pay heed to the political landscape.

#15minuteCities #LTNs #LiveableCities #Planning

https://thepathosofthings.substack.com/p/untangling-the-15-minute-city-mess?utm_medium=email

For so many things in our lives: phones, computers, domestic appliances, music players etc, it's been absolutely accepted that smaller is better, and that the unquestioned aim for decades has been to make things the minimum size needed to do their job. So why are cars the exception? And how do we shift that narrative? It's ludicrous just to accept the more wasteful and dangerous solution as the better one.

This is an excellent profile of one of my very favorite podcasts, @TheWarOnCars. I've said this before, but I really think they do incredible work motivating and training activists everywhere (certainly including me), essentially seeding the capacity for a car-free revolution. Even if you love your car, though, I think you'd enjoy hearing them talk about the gas stove panic, great books, ridiculous community meetings, and more. https://www.lyft.com/rev/posts/the-war-on-cars-its-not-just-a-podcast-its-a-movement #RoadSafety #BikeTooter

The era of the car is coming to an end - contributions from Donald Shoup, @BrooklynSpoke of @TheWarOnCars and @giulio_mattioli https://www.economist.com/international/2023/02/16/throughout-the-rich-world-the-young-are-falling-out-of-love-with-cars

RT @WeRideAustralia: BREAKING: The European Parliament calls to double cycling in Europe by 2030, a historic moment for cycling & Europe
Concerted advocacy working w champions in the Euro Parliament has led to a tipping point. https://cyclingindustries.com/news/details/european-parliament-calls-to-double-cycling-in-europe-by-2030 MEP @KarimaDelli @MayneKevin @EuCyclistsFed

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KarimaDelli/status/1626351709478916099

Estonian micromobility group in making: Ampler Bikes known for light urban e-bikes became a part of the Kõu Mobility Group. 🇪🇪📱🛴🚲⚡️

This will put Ampler alongside #micromobility IoT specialist Comodule, e-scooter maker Äike and e-scooter maker and fleet operator Tuul as a new business unit in the group.

Kristjan Maruste: “By adding another vertically integrated micromobility company from Estonia to our ranks, we will be able to multiply the impact we have on clean mobility on a global scale."

"The European Parliament on Tuesday formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles and combat climate change." https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-lawmakers-approve-effective-2035-ban-new-fossil-fuel-cars-2023-02-14/

#EU #ClimateChange #cars

RT @europaverde_it: Pedaliamo insieme!
La Commissione Trasporti del PE ha appoggiato la proposta della nostra @KarimaDelli per bici sicure e accessibili in UE 🚲💚

Vogliamo:
🚲raddoppiare l'uso della bici entro il 2030,
🚲spazi sicuri,
🚲bici "Made in EU"

#12febbraio
#PedaliamoInsieme 💚

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KarimaDelli/status/1624742143523692547

“In April 2022, #Denver began offering residents $400 off a new electric bike or $900 off an e-cargo bike, with low-income residents eligible for an additional $800 discount. The program was a sensation.” Via ⁦‪@davidzipper in #CityLab. #EBikes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-09/denver-s-e-bike-rebate-program-has-a-hidden-power

Did you know there's a #fediverse alternative to Amazon-owned #Goodreads? #BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. You can follow and interact with users on different #BookWyrm instances and on #Mastodon. You can import from a Goodreads CSV export. You can create private shelves and curated lists. Join us at https://ramblingreaders.org or choose one of the other instances available #books #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon

You know who DOESN’T get to decide if the concept of “15-Minute Cities,” which supports MORE CHOICE, LESS CAR DEPENDENCY, and LOWER PUBLIC COSTS & CONSEQUENCES, is good public policy?

The same extreme alt-right conspiracy theorists and cynical political opportunists who brought us truck occupations in Canadian neighbourhoods, the January 6th Insurrection, & Brexit.

I won’t let their unhinged lies work. You shouldn’t either.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-cities-con

You know who DOESN’T get to decide if the concept of “15-Minute Cities,” which supports MORE CHOICE, LESS CAR DEPENDENCY, and LOWER PUBLIC COSTS & CONSEQUENCES, is good public policy?

The same extreme alt-right conspiracy theorists and cynical political opportunists who brought us truck occupations in Canadian neighbourhoods, the January 6th Insurrection, & Brexit.

I won’t let their unhinged lies work. You shouldn’t either.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-cities-con

Via @whitneymcn, this is fantastic: https://elongineering.com/