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Viktor Köves

@viktorkoves.com

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Climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · Jan 23

Hello, new followers! 👋

I post about a blend of climate, tech, urbanism, and biking. To start y'all off, here's a blog post I made in Sept. 2024 about owning a cargo e-bike, and how it can do 90% of what a car can, but for 10% of the cost: viktorkoves.com/2024/09/21/y...

Your First EV Could Be A Cargo E-Bike | Viktor Köves

EVs are here, but I want to show you that your first EV could just be a cargo e-bike that can replace most car trips, and save you a boat-load of money!

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2h

A+ explanation, their short stuff is so great!

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Joseph Miscimarra 🇺🇸 @jmisci.bsky.social · 2h

Planet Money just posted a video about FILTERING (the “more luxury housing = more affordable homes” paradox)

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3h

I can has bread? (it took a lot of work shooting backwards and down in a chair to get these shots 😆)

A classic grey pigeon on the pavement in Bryant Park over a piece of bread, looking sideways into camera

A white pigeon on the ground in Bryant Park, walking around, with blurred out people sitting behind

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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 20h

we can & should build better than this block long Burlington parking lot on Broadway next to the CTA red line. We want more of what makes city living great: more small biz entrepreneurs, more CTA riders, and more housing opportunities for all people no matter your race or class.

Me. Grey hair. Wearing sunglasses on a sunny day. Standing in the massive Burlington parking lot on Broadway right next to the Berwyn redline station . Empty storefronts in the background

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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 19h

This is Berwyn, my red line station ❤️
Imagine instead of this city block wide jewel parking lot, we instead see more storefronts with entrances facing the sidewalk and housing built on top

Strip mall in background. Jewel parking lot. Berwyn red line station in foreground

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 22h

A great article on the rise of urban biking:

“Surveys show rates of cycling are higher in countries where cyclists feel safest. And there are few things that make riders safer than lanes that separate them from cars... allowing cities to reduce traffic and save money...”

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

I wish there was a way I could buy just your one article 😢

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

To anyone who says biking is weather dependant, New Yorkers remind us rain only requires an appropriate jacket

Two folks coming down an NYC bike lane in some light rain, wearing rain jackets

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the answer to my Fisker Ocean question - the electric ride-sharing rules and a big lease agency purchase!

That Person @that-person.bsky.social · 3d

Out of coincidence, this video was posted just a few days ago

youtu.be/RTWqPamX06c?...

Why This Car Basically Only Exists in NYC

YouTube video by Half as Interesting

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

I knew it had to be related to the green rides program! Makes sense that it's a big agency purchase too, no way a bunch of individual people would take on the risk of managing an ocean 😂

This probably explains why I see the Toyota bz4x so much here too

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

Next: Is there a shadow impact on traffic study?

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

Here's some more municipal EVs and charging stations by the Hudson River trail

(and @volts.wtf, maybe you'd know more about NYC EV policy specifically, but if not... the rideshare bit might be a good podcast episode!)

An NYC parks F-150 lightning under a bridge, with a man biking by

A bank of empty EV charging stations with NYC DCAS Citywide Administrative Services on it

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

Bikes aren't the only thing more widespread in New York - I've seen a lot of EV charging, from fleet options for the parks to this gravity charger, and a ton of odd EVs, like a zillion Fisker Oceans.

If someone knows, I'd love an explanation, but my bet is it's the ride-sharing laws around EVs

A Blue Fisker Ocean pulling into an intersection, while a White Fisker Ocean waits at the light

The inside of a Gravity EV charging station, with a white Tesla leaving

Some charging stations with wrap still around them in a parking lot with what looks like solar overhead

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

And here's some NYC bike scenes from today - I love seeing folks just going about their day, but on a bike

A man in a brown jacket and red helmet on a classic blue Citi bike

A woman in a brown dress and black belt and long black boots bikes by on a Citi ebike while a man making deliveries waits at a light

A man in blue jeans and a green camo jacket with a blue milk crate on the back of his bike rolling through a bike lane while another deliverista rolls past, and some folks walk past on the left

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

In New York City there's a few different ways to get around, but some of them are a lot more convenient than others

(also I LOVE how many people bike around New York City. It feels like you're always biking with other people 🥺)

A line of cars in traffic on a highway near the Hudson River

A shot down some tracks of 1 train rolling away from camera

Five people on bikes waiting in a green bike lane behind a crosswalk

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

It's so funny I'm not even mad

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

I love biking in New York, I say, then immediately got screamed at for not running a light.

"What are you guys waiting for, Santa Claus?! HE'S NOT COMING!"

A view of Moinihan train station at night, lit up in green, from a bike lane

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

New York does have some very pretty buildings

A 5 story New York City brownstone on a corner

A stone church on the corner of a street with a yellow cab in front

A close up of the tower of the church, showing a stone clock face

A tall brick looking building in Harlem, New York

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 3d

Glad to know CPD isn't the only one that loves parking illegally, NYPD might do it even more 🫠

Three different NYPD vehicles blocking a bus stop, with an older man walking around the back of one to board the bus

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 4d

I love cities, I just saw two girls run into each other in the tripod aisle of the NYC B&H photo store 🥺

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 4d

Outdoor stools? 🤷‍♂️

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 4d

Also New York City though - a (half) surface parking lot in some of the most expensive real estate in the country. If only there was a place to put more housing...

A parking lot in New York city with several cars parked at street level near camera, with a structure for up to three cars tall across the back of the lot

Another angle showing more of the elevated parking spots

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 4d

Damn straight 😤

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 4d

Man, New York City. One of very few places in the country where you can be lazy and not want to walk further than 10 minutes from your hotel, but still be spoiled for choice.

12/10 drunken noodles, I picked this spot because I walked based on how good it smelled when I walked by

New York City's Moinihan station lit up at the tail end of sunset

The front of a restaurant called Zoob Zib, with a man walking by

A plate of drunken noodles with chicken and veggies and a beer behind it

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