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When cars kill, it's just the cost of doing business. When e-bikes get popular, suddenly we need strict ordinances to stop "accidents".

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.

In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21.5K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.

Every city that provides public money to build a sports stadium should demand that the building be named for the city or the team in perpetuity. It’s ridiculous that some corporation that provides MUCH less money for “naming rights” than the public has put up gets their dumb name on the building.

We have lost a giant, and a hero to countless social justice activists across Canada and around the world. My thoughts & memories on the passing of Stephen Lewis: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/31/o...

Genuinely feels fucking stupid to have to acknowledge shit like “he may change the capitals on the White House” or “the ballroom will block the view of the capitol building” (as though he plays 4d chess like that) when they are building concentration camps in logistics warehouses

YouTube pro tip: You can pin hostile comments to the top of the comments section for everyone to see.

We want to remind people that the "V" in "EV" stands for "vehicle," not "car." Electric cars have a very important role to play as we try to wean the world off of fossil fuels, but if you're able to go car-free or car-lite by getting an electric bike, that's even better.

At the Housing Development Consortium's annual event, Mayor Katie Wilson just announced that the city will "revisit the original phases three and four" of the comprehensive plan "to be far more aggressive with our timeline and scope."

trans day of visibility should have the same gravitas as international women’s day does in post-socialist countries. There should be obligatory flowers and a long lunch

The concept of texting your therapist is deranged to me

We just want reliable, fast trains.

Call me old fashioned but I think that if you are going to claim that corporations are monopolizing regional housing markets and raising rents then your evidence should be stronger than “three companies own 0.01% of the homes in Atlanta, where rents are roughly in line with the national average.”

cool it’s not like the world needs social workers and therapists but hey you gotta think about that ROI

“BRUSSELS— The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf.” Caused by Trump. European nations are better at learning from crisis.

One of the best to ever do it

In my work with cities around the world, I find that a BIG difference between cities doing remarkable things, and cities that are floundering and failing, is having a culture of energy or a culture of excuse. Either of those cultures are chosen, and built. Either can be deliberately changed.

I’m gonna be real with you it is deeply humiliating for me to yoked around by the architectural drives of a dying madman. I have other shit to do and yet I’m at his beck and call

Complete with the requisite "We are not against homeless people, but..." It's NIMBY Mad-Libs.

just realized this is probably Epstein’s favorite key

We are never going to get high speed rail in Canada if we can't rationally weigh the enormous quantity of urban dwellers who will (largely, but not only) benefit against the small number of rural NIMBYs.

the one and only @lanrickbennett.bsky.social wearing the expense shirt. 🔥🔥

rewatching breaking bad and man Ted Beneke is the ultimate Trump swing voter: a very stupid man who thinks he is smart a very lucky man who thinks that means consequences are fake and everything will magically work out a criminal who refuses to take any sort of responsibility

also there is simply not going to be a Donald Trump presidential library skyscraper in Miami because we are about to experience The Oil Crisis 2

Happy to announce I'll be giving a keynote at the 2026 Australasian Road Safety Conference in Sydney this October. australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au

A “long tradition” of banning people who are Asian, Black or less wealthy. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

I keep thinking about how unflappable Mayor Katie Wilson was at Friday's town hall on surveillance, even in the face of an extremely homogenous crowd of opponents. (I don't support police cameras either but the in-person crowd was not broadly representative of Seattle.)

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has come out against Canada’s Alto high-speed rail project. “The Liberals want to blow $90 billion on another Liberal illusion that will come late, go over budget and leave taxpayers stuck with the bill, if it even gets built at all.”

Seattle City Councilmember Maritza Rivera just called for an "audit" of all Human Services Department contracts, based on a county review of its unrelated human services contracts. I look through city contracts recreationally, and many of the most 🧐 contracts are SPD— trainings, massages, etc.

tried to link a tweet by far-right activist and prison-sandals connoisseur Jonathan Choe screaming "I'M A JOURNALIST, GUYS" at the cops who are arresting him for acting like a shithead at a protest, but X The Everything Site wouldn't let me so you'll just have to trust me that it's fucking hilarious

Uh I don't think "you need to change your clothes" is the same thing as a strip search but these are professional victims who lie like breathing

“It stings because we failed the streetcar as much as the streetcar failed us. DC was simply not ready to do this… the DC Streetcar… taught us that if we want strong transit, we must care enough to actually make transit strong. We are still here, dreaming.”

"Criminology has a blind spot concerning road safety" - the opening line of @ianloader.bsky.social's fascinating new analysis, looking at traffic crime through a #motonormativity lens You're going to like this academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

Chongqing is a visually arresting megacity where trains glide through buildings, streets stack on top of each other, and skyscrapers are built into cliffs. Some call it “5D,” but even that doesn’t do it justice. It’s an immersive experience that reveals a new layer with every step, turn, and climb.

we need to get off of fossil fuels

The person delivering your Grubhub order may not have actually been working for Grubhub. Streetsblog found that Grubhub subcontracted to another app called Relay to skirt paying NYC's delivery minimum wage to those workers. Here's @sophlebo.bsky.social with more: youtube.com/shorts/Tom5V...

READ: “Ottawa’s relationship with cars — and with convenience — is shaping what we tolerate, what we normalize, and what we quietly accept as the cost of doing business. And I’m angry about it. I hope some of you are, too.” Via @seandevine9.bsky.social Well said. www.seandevine.ca/march_31_202...

You don’t have to be a Jeopardy champ to know that a lot more housing, and in particular affordable housing, needs to be build. But it doesn’t hurt to be a Jeopardy champ.

i don't think that after all we've been through in the world we should have to put up with april fools social media content, it's all so terrible - thank you for your time.

cope and seethe

pov: you are a stupid fucking robot

it’s kinda funny how NIMBYs complain so much about building design and then churn out pure slop graphic design

Rick Steves is a very good human being.

"...just like you weren't there for us" sure does mark the end the end of the post-WWII order. Having a sundowning, narcissistic president with no sense of history and the memory of a goldfish has consequences.

I know why but you can’t say it

Here are the average income tax rates for the biggest Canadian provinces and US states — plus Denmark — at CAD$75,000. Obviously doesn’t cover sales tax, property tax, etc. But it should be clear: social programs require broad taxes on everyone, not just the richest. (... and that’s OK)

I know folks inside the Pentagon are calling him "Dumb McNamara" but "Donald Dumbsfeld" is also available.

It'll be painful if a small number of rural folks who do not want to see a train successfully derail hsr in Canada, and somehow it is feeling more and more likely

So you paid too much for an excessively big vehicle that costs far too much to run, even though it’s heavily subsidized by all taxpayers, and then when gas prices, which should always be recognized as unpredictable at best, spike because of Trump’s illegal war, you want your country to lower taxes?

Household electrical safety tip: when it comes to extension cords, male-to-female or female-to-male only. Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏠🏳️‍⚧️

claude is lowkey amazing if you want to make a website unfortunately

“This should be an expectation in parks all across the city,” Mr. Furnas said. “Parks are for people, not for cars.” Unlocked article here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/n...

That’s crazy! Montreal’s bike counter dashboard (based on Eco-Counter) is not being updated due to a lack of funding from the city. Not sure if temporary or permanent. This data is used by the cycling community, academics, planners, and your favourite data-oriented cycling YouTubers.

In elementary school I observed that children who were ashamed of their ignorance called things they did not understand “stupid” and “dumb.” The practice protected their egos at the expense of their minds. Both words remain favorites of the insecure Secretary of Defense.

Ottawa is going forward with a pilot project for bus lanes on Bank Street. Mostly rush-hour only, with a few 24-hour sections. Businesses complaining about parking. But arterials are for moving people, and there’s far more space to park on the side streets. People are allergic to a short walk?

“Axe the tracks.” (I can’t take credit for that.)

We have always existed and will always be here. 🏳️‍⚧️✊

Let's go @bradlander.bsky.social - Folks in NY-10, please read up on Brad's plans and let's all work to send him to Washington to fight on our behalf.

Doesn’t even mention pardons for cash. #Corruption

I don’t personally see this very often, possibly because I will block people mercilessly for being rude or personal, or for “straw man” or bad faith attacks. But I agree with the message to those that are doing it to any others here, that they should stop. We should all want this place to succeed.

Translink continues to absolutely blow other North American transit agencies out of the water. This is stuff you usually only see in Asia and Europe.

New extension to Chicago’s commuter rail network opened today, into Indiana.

the thing about writing in depth about classical music vs just vibing the fuck out is that the time per paragraph ratio is totally hosed. it took me half a day to write the passages included in this thread bc tenor clef is demonic

Seattle's $2 billion convention center remains cavernous and empty save for the weird dim ballroom at the top of the endless escalators

Think of the street widths…

instantly wrecked by this six bars of music every time

sitting around with a score in my lap doing fuckin Roman numerals shit we are so back in undergrad and we are so having a terrible time

Paris transit operator RATP is testing autonomous buses on one of its BRT routes, line 393

Toronto Hydro butchering the tree canopy in the Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhood. Toronto spends $90-million a year on urban forestry but its own staff do huge damage for no good reason. Each is now seriously injured and/or unstable, likely to become dangerous and to be cut down at serious cost

LAST CALL: Studded tires must be removed by March 31 in Washington. Keep them on past the deadline and risk a $137 fine from Washington State Patrol. Plan ahead, tire shops get busy. If winter makes a comeback, use approved traction tires or carry chains.

Wotan: ok so you are all alone in the world. You have to renounce the gods and their ways Siegmund: (becomes the nicest guy of all time)

During his first term, Trump suggested that people should inject bleach to prevent Covid. I get that we need as many people speaking out as possible right now, but a lot of them could have spoken out earlier.

Dutch cities are beautifully colorful. From red asphalt bike lanes to textured pavers and greenspace, it’s a total departure from the grey, sterilizing blanket of North American infrastructure. Car culture demands a sea of grey asphalt, but human-scale design thrives on color.

Hannah Sabio-Howell Says It's Time to Replace Longtime Legislator Jamie Pedersen The 29-year-old first-time candidate says the progressive 43rd District wants a leader who will prioritize the needs of working people and renters. publicola.com/2026/03/31/h...

Chris had an incredible @dutchcycling.nl tour of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Chengdu. What stood out most was the consistency of the message. In every city, there was a strategic pivot: away from decades of car-driven hyper-growth, and toward a future centred on health, happiness, and humanity.

Incremental improvement is far better than sweeping redesigns in most cases.

Montreal! We're working on a casual event up there and it's coming up soon. Save the date: Friday, April 10 in the event. Location TBA. We're excited to get up there to talk about Life After Cars. www.lifeaftercars.com

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NEW STORY // Highland Park Bikelash Presents Early Test for Katie Wilson's SDOT By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/highland-par...

A big problem with Alto seems to be that they've identified decisions made in CAHSR as problematic, not the entirety of how the Anglosphere and noveau Canada approach transit builds.

"To women around the world on women’s month Those who are thriving and those who are merely surviving Those who are tired and those who run carefree You are seen." Melissa takes one last moment to honour the visibile and invisible actions of women everywhere. modacitycreative.com/2026/03/31/y...

A-flat minor….underrated

My question was meant to be a softball lobbed across the plate—an opportunity for SDOT to express its stated values. So, here’s a thread demonstrating how they could have responded if they wanted to. 🧵

Washington DC's little H Street streetcar makes its last run today. Here's my take on what went wrong, and what we can learn from it. humantransit.org/2025/05/what...

My Sustainable Mobility class starts tomorrow. First time I'm teaching it Cal Poly (I taught a similar class for 8 yrs at TAMU). It is my favorite class to teach, no surprise. It always includes a strong focus on politics, power, and automobility, but now I need to integrate the current war.

Doug Ford is the one who balked at the idea of legalizing fourplexes province-wide.

We’re making progress!

I for one think positivity of others opinions is always a great and valuable thing.

Ummm, what happened to Gravel Influencer?

We need better governance. Feels like the most fundamental thing.

Love it when he just stands in the park looking at me like he's Damien in The Omen.

I've just bought a specialised, extremely high frame-rate video camera designed to be jammed into a telescope in the hope of catching occasional short instants where the air is still Holy Moly this thing is a monster - I just recorded a 5-second test video and it's a ONE-GIGABYTE file

Please consider following @urbantruth.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

love to learn from other media that I was not invited to a press conference held by an elected official about the specific issues my coverage focuses on

Just realizing I have to fly home to Seattle from a conference in Italy right before a Seattle World Cup game. And Italy is a few minutes away from qualifying to play in that game. And I don't have my plane tickets yet.

This location in Utrecht has changed so much in the last century. Multiple times and it is still under development. Good, because the current state is not the most attractive.

King County housing levy could be on deck...

A fool and their money are easily parted when convinced that their self worth can be derived from the car they purchase.

Eating his favorite cheese.

I recall a lot of NIMBY opposition to a new parole center in Gowanus back in 2014. They sued and lost, I believed. Well, the parole center is there and you don't hear about any problems at all. People need to get over themselves.