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A few thoughts on why the latent popularity of car-free living hasn’t translated to the funding changes necessary to make it possible:
The millions of people who would like to drive less aren’t organized, so elected officials rarely hear from them, allowing the car-dominated status quo to fester.
The millions of people who would like to drive less aren’t organized, so elected officials rarely hear from them, allowing the car-dominated status quo to fester.
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A few thoughts on why the latent popularity of car-free living hasn’t translated to the funding changes necessary to make it possible:
The millions of people who would like to drive less aren’t organized, so elected officials rarely hear from them, allowing the car-dominated status quo to fester.
The millions of people who would like to drive less aren’t organized, so elected officials rarely hear from them, allowing the car-dominated status quo to fester.
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Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.
Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work
One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.
www.brusselstimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.
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NEW: This video by @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social might get more views because it’s being called a “beef” between 2 big urbanist YouTubers, but that was the least interesting part of it for me.
What I like is how it shows HOW FAST MONTREAL HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING!
Best city-building in North America.
What I like is how it shows HOW FAST MONTREAL HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING!
Best city-building in North America.
Not Just Bikes vs. Montreal (Two Years Later)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
NEW: This video by @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social might get more views because it’s being called a “beef” between 2 big urbanist YouTubers, but that was the least interesting part of it for me.
What I like is how it shows HOW FAST MONTREAL HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING!
Best city-building in North America.
What I like is how it shows HOW FAST MONTREAL HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING!
Best city-building in North America.
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My new home, Cambridge, is so good on transpo, and so bad on new development (for now, anyway).
My old spot, Arlington VA, is the exact opposite.
I can’t really think of anywhere in the US that’s nailing both.
My old spot, Arlington VA, is the exact opposite.
I can’t really think of anywhere in the US that’s nailing both.
Plan for 743-unit expansion to RiverHouse in Pentagon City receives approval
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Almost anybody can average 12mph on a bike. Most people can do 15mph, sport riders 17-18mph while pedaling easy.
The main obstacle to cycling is not distance and speed, but dangerous roads.
The main obstacle to cycling is not distance and speed, but dangerous roads.
Cars are a lot slower than people think. This driver commutes at 4 MPH. That's barely faster than walking (avg walking pace is around 3.3 MPH)
They could cut their commute to 15 minutes biking at 12 MPH, but they might not have a safe route to do so
We are forcing people into terrible car commutes
They could cut their commute to 15 minutes biking at 12 MPH, but they might not have a safe route to do so
We are forcing people into terrible car commutes
December 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Almost anybody can average 12mph on a bike. Most people can do 15mph, sport riders 17-18mph while pedaling easy.
The main obstacle to cycling is not distance and speed, but dangerous roads.
The main obstacle to cycling is not distance and speed, but dangerous roads.
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Charles T Brown, author of “Arrested Mobility,” is based (afaik) in New Jersey… them instituting excessive licensing and registration requirements is just a bit too on the nose.
New blog by me: Cycle advocates in New Jersey are urging residents to contact their state legislators to save access to low-speed electric bikes. A proposed law would require all e-bike users to hold a license, registration, and insurance. walkableprinceton.com/2025/12/16/n...
NJ State Legislators Advance Bill To Require Licensing, Insurance, Registration Of Low-Speed E-bikes
Class I e-bikes like this REI Coop model are speed-limited to 20 mph Cycling supporters are urging New Jersey state legislators to reconsider a proposed new law that would create the strictest regu…
walkableprinceton.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Charles T Brown, author of “Arrested Mobility,” is based (afaik) in New Jersey… them instituting excessive licensing and registration requirements is just a bit too on the nose.
Whether or not it's for you, the new "Also." #ebike from @Rivian is compelling. Here's how it came to be what it is, through the design process: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri5b...
ALSO.: The Unique New E-Bike With Rivian DNA
YouTube video by Munro Live
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December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Whether or not it's for you, the new "Also." #ebike from @Rivian is compelling. Here's how it came to be what it is, through the design process: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri5b...
Quote of the day, from @profgalloway.com: "It's illiberal, primitive thought, vs. liberal, enlightened thought."
Amen.
Amen.
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Quote of the day, from @profgalloway.com: "It's illiberal, primitive thought, vs. liberal, enlightened thought."
Amen.
Amen.
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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You can cross the entire city on a bike without stopping once.
UNINTERRUPTED CYCLING NETWORK.
In most cities, cycling involves a constant cycle of stop-and-go. You hit a red light, you wait for a turning truck, you yield to pedestrians. It kills the momentum.
Here in Oulu, the experience is completely different. Here’s why👇 1/3
In most cities, cycling involves a constant cycle of stop-and-go. You hit a red light, you wait for a turning truck, you yield to pedestrians. It kills the momentum.
Here in Oulu, the experience is completely different. Here’s why👇 1/3
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
You can cross the entire city on a bike without stopping once.
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“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
Note the difference with Canada, whose roads and land use are so similar.
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
December 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Note the difference with Canada, whose roads and land use are so similar.
The happiest communities on earth all have this in common www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YX...
The Secret Behind Happy Communities | Jenn Dice | TEDxFargo
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The happiest communities on earth all have this in common www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YX...
Woonerfs! youtube.com/shorts/tb_HN...
woonerf inspo
YouTube video by Strong Towns
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December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Woonerfs! youtube.com/shorts/tb_HN...
Why can't we build safer intersections? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aSx...
Rating 5 Bike Intersections from Terrible to Actually Pretty Good
YouTube video by Shifter
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Why can't we build safer intersections? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aSx...
The Rock Store route reopens - I'm with Phil, that #LosAngeles is one of the best US cities for sport cyclists. Hopefully it will get better for everyone else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Er...
ROCK STORE AKA "The Snake" INSTA360 Cycling Climb Feature
YouTube video by Phil Gaimon
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Rock Store route reopens - I'm with Phil, that #LosAngeles is one of the best US cities for sport cyclists. Hopefully it will get better for everyone else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Er...
Unintended consequences of free parking www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fiz...
The unintended consequences of free parking
YouTube video by ReasonTV
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December 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Unintended consequences of free parking www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fiz...
"What would help most is if South Carolina provided seed money to create a master plan for the East Coast Greenway route through the state, one that would help the SCDOT work w/ local gov'ts... to build it out." www.postandcourier.com/opinion/edit...
Editorial: SC should do more to complete its East Coast Greenway route
Development of the East Coast Greenway in South Carolina continues but challenges remain to creating safe, separate route for pedestrians and cyclists.
www.postandcourier.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"What would help most is if South Carolina provided seed money to create a master plan for the East Coast Greenway route through the state, one that would help the SCDOT work w/ local gov'ts... to build it out." www.postandcourier.com/opinion/edit...
Desirable models and brands like Specialized and Pinarello always attract counterfeiters. Here's more about the recent bust, and how you can avoid fake, possibly unsafe, bikes and parts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTAD...
Largest Specialized Counterfeit Bust: How AliExpress and Chinese Police Shut It Down
YouTube video by GC Performance
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Desirable models and brands like Specialized and Pinarello always attract counterfeiters. Here's more about the recent bust, and how you can avoid fake, possibly unsafe, bikes and parts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTAD...
Glad to see! Governor-Elect Spanberger names Nick Donohue as Secretary of Transportation bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gove...
Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Nick M. Donohue as Her VA Secretary of Transportation Appointment
From Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger's office...just five more weeks and she'll be governor! Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Secretary of Transportation Appointment Governor-Elect Spanberger: "V...
bluevirginia.us
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Glad to see! Governor-Elect Spanberger names Nick Donohue as Secretary of Transportation bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gove...
"Machines are not perfect, but at least they are not subject to the physiological and emotional biases that make human driving a game of Russian roulette." medium.com/enrique-dans...
The moral imperative for autonomous vehicles
The death toll on US roads each year is unacceptable for any developed country. The most recent preliminary estimates from the National…
medium.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Machines are not perfect, but at least they are not subject to the physiological and emotional biases that make human driving a game of Russian roulette." medium.com/enrique-dans...
"Like Midas discovering he couldn’t eat golden food, we’re discovering that car-dependent places can’t sustain the human activities they were meant to enable. The same infrastructure that promised connection now isolates." open.substack.com/pub/speakeas...
Why everything turns to asphalt
There’s a King Midas aspect to motor vehicles, this technological gift that promised and delivered abundance until it became a curse.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Like Midas discovering he couldn’t eat golden food, we’re discovering that car-dependent places can’t sustain the human activities they were meant to enable. The same infrastructure that promised connection now isolates." open.substack.com/pub/speakeas...
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The mobility trend that's sweeping the nation.
Hello, world! We are DC's cargo bike lending library, a
@waba.org project inspired by @mplscargobikelibrary.com
and @communitypedalpower.org
Borrow a cargo bike - free! #bikedc
More information coming soon....
@waba.org project inspired by @mplscargobikelibrary.com
and @communitypedalpower.org
Borrow a cargo bike - free! #bikedc
More information coming soon....
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The mobility trend that's sweeping the nation.
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There are lots of things wrong with the US city planning system, but one of the bigger examples is the theory that judges are qualified to 2nd guess public policy decisions. The law says they can only overturn decisions that exceeded authority. But here’s an example of a judge exceeding their own.
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
There are lots of things wrong with the US city planning system, but one of the bigger examples is the theory that judges are qualified to 2nd guess public policy decisions. The law says they can only overturn decisions that exceeded authority. But here’s an example of a judge exceeding their own.
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A supporter shared these photos with us from a national exhibit in Washington, D.C. and yes, that’s our Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line on display.
From the first trains into Santa Cruz in the 1870s to Watsonville’s agricultural boom in the 1890s, this corridor has always connected our communities.
From the first trains into Santa Cruz in the 1870s to Watsonville’s agricultural boom in the 1890s, this corridor has always connected our communities.
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A supporter shared these photos with us from a national exhibit in Washington, D.C. and yes, that’s our Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line on display.
From the first trains into Santa Cruz in the 1870s to Watsonville’s agricultural boom in the 1890s, this corridor has always connected our communities.
From the first trains into Santa Cruz in the 1870s to Watsonville’s agricultural boom in the 1890s, this corridor has always connected our communities.