Not disputing psychological friction (which, btw, is also created for peds this way). I point out that there are side effects to these methods, and I mentioned one possible consequence. I imagine it'd be hard to show that this is incorrect...
This is what creating "psychological friction" for drivers looks like. The changes in pavement height, color, and texture break a driver's autopilot mode. It sends a clear message that "You are entering a space designed for people. Slow down. Be alert."
Further up the same Stockholm street from the clip below is another traffic-calming device: intersections where cars may cross but the design is a sidewalk with low curb. Drivers tend to inch across, some of them likely not sure if they're really supposed to be there.
Imagine the look of it without the horrendous road unusable for anyone outside of a car and uncrossable for kids. And without the huge grey asphalt areas.
If sponsors pick up on this (it's different for the UCI) then I hope it's for the content of the message, not the technicality that she's not allowed to have it there. There's plenty of reason to act based on her endorsing racist and sexist rhetoric, making the sport less inclusive etc.
I stopped going to a nice cafe because it overlooks a bus gate in the center of Uppsala. Every time I looked out the window, chances were I saw more than one private car pass through. I'd prefer looking at e.g. theft, but there's a strong preference for driving related criminality in sweden.
EVs: "still commit cardinal sin of cars which is they are fundamentally private commodities that are existing in public space and they are separating people from the civic fabric." -Ashton Rohmer on The Brake podcast with @keawilson.bsky.social@usa.streetsblog.org open.spotify.com/episode/6Yvn...
Clever? Bribing drivers not to be criminals... What about non-drivers who never speed, cut lights, etc? And never park wrong, don't pollute, don't require massive infrastructure, don't cost taxpayers in fuel and other subsidies.
Maybe we should also start paying priests not to abuse children.
Vingegaard said of the Madrid finish cancellation. “I’m really upset about it. Everyone has the right to protest, but only without influencing or endangering our race.”
Someone's struggling with the very idea of a protest.
I did a rare road ride today, and it's just so much more mentally exhausting than my normal mixed terrain rides. Two hours straight of being hyper aware of drivers just burns me out compared to the short chunks of road I usually have.
Move around your area without a car while insisting on claiming the space you have a right to (no cars on bike paths/pavements, RoW on crossings, etc.). Don't cave. See what happens.
Before all the swedes think this could not happen here, the same thing happened to me in a bus gate in Uppsala (by a swedish driver) when I stopped him. Not a baseball bat, but drove his car into me (my bike ended under the car). Then got out and assaulted me. No accountability.
A British driver in Poland assaults cyclist with a baseball bat. Why? He pointed out to him he's going wrong way on one-way street and refused to let him through. Surprise: pepper spray is legal in Poland.
I would really like to see these companies sued and gone, but they are in a prisoner dilemma of sorts. So it still seems like legislators and oversight institutions are the ones failing us. Society should never have to trust private companies making the right decisions voluntarily.
I would love to listen to a podcast episode on this topic. Maybe @thewaroncars.bsky.social ? I could see @gregshill.com being a good potential guest to break down the legal implications for a transpo audience.
