Malcolm MacPhail
@malcolm-m.bsky.social
My simple beliefs:
Women are amazing. They should be respected and listened to.
Bikes, trains and buses are smart transportation.
I can take a nice photo of an amazing scene, but I am trying to learn how to make an amazing image of an average scene.
Women are amazing. They should be respected and listened to.
Bikes, trains and buses are smart transportation.
I can take a nice photo of an amazing scene, but I am trying to learn how to make an amazing image of an average scene.
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IMPORTANT: NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks. All that unrelenting concrete and asphalt for cars. Not nearly enough trees. They start with ridiculous heat that’s only getting worse with the #ClimateCrisis, & then make it much worse with bad design.
NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets, sidewalks
Data from June 19, when the daily high was 106 degrees, shows asphalt across the city that day was between 120 and 160 degrees.
www.kjzz.org
July 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
IMPORTANT: NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks. All that unrelenting concrete and asphalt for cars. Not nearly enough trees. They start with ridiculous heat that’s only getting worse with the #ClimateCrisis, & then make it much worse with bad design.
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This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It’s been opened to everything else, to a diverse and invigorated civic life for people, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things.
Language matters.
HT @dmoser.bsky.social for the pic. #OpenStreets
Language matters.
HT @dmoser.bsky.social for the pic. #OpenStreets
July 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It’s been opened to everything else, to a diverse and invigorated civic life for people, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things.
Language matters.
HT @dmoser.bsky.social for the pic. #OpenStreets
Language matters.
HT @dmoser.bsky.social for the pic. #OpenStreets
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“We’re densifying our cities, we’re asking people to get out of their cars and move around, but we still have to coexist.” 🚗🚶🏽♀️
How Vancouver Is Rebooting Road Safety | The Tyee
Councillors are pushing for a new approach after the city failed to get to zero deaths and injuries. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
July 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“We’re densifying our cities, we’re asking people to get out of their cars and move around, but we still have to coexist.” 🚗🚶🏽♀️
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Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
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“Over 40k people die in car crashes in the US every year. Entire neighborhoods are carved up by high-speed traffic. Kids can’t walk to school safely. But don’t worry – someone saw a teenager run a stop sign on an e-bike, so the real crisis must be those darn batteries on two wheels.”
If you think electric bikes are bad, there’s a much bigger menace hitting our roads
Electric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper...
electrek.co
July 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“Over 40k people die in car crashes in the US every year. Entire neighborhoods are carved up by high-speed traffic. Kids can’t walk to school safely. But don’t worry – someone saw a teenager run a stop sign on an e-bike, so the real crisis must be those darn batteries on two wheels.”
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"In a study in China, the same chemical, 6PPD-Q, was also found in the urine of children and adults... recent research shows that exposure to this chemical could harm multiple human organs, including the liver, lungs and kidneys."
Seems bad:
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.
theconversation.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"In a study in China, the same chemical, 6PPD-Q, was also found in the urine of children and adults... recent research shows that exposure to this chemical could harm multiple human organs, including the liver, lungs and kidneys."
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Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
July 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
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We need details on this.
June 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We need details on this.
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"Bike lanes restrict road space. Bike lanes have turned streets into parking lots, with residents unable to shop, get kids to events, and seriously impact emergency services & Wheel-Trans."
Actually, no. 100% wrong. Car dependency & too much driving with increasingly large vehicles does all that.
Actually, no. 100% wrong. Car dependency & too much driving with increasingly large vehicles does all that.
Bikeway construction on The Esplanade draws community controversy | CBC News
Some downtown residents say they are opposed to a bikeway on The Esplanade but the city of Toronto says more than half of respondents it consulted four years ago said they supported the project.
www.cbc.ca
May 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Bike lanes restrict road space. Bike lanes have turned streets into parking lots, with residents unable to shop, get kids to events, and seriously impact emergency services & Wheel-Trans."
Actually, no. 100% wrong. Car dependency & too much driving with increasingly large vehicles does all that.
Actually, no. 100% wrong. Car dependency & too much driving with increasingly large vehicles does all that.
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Her stats line up with CDC data…
May 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Her stats line up with CDC data…
The USA needs to clean up their own house and stop trying to bully Canada or try to tell Canada that they didn't "really mean it" and we should be friends again. We are moving on from the abusive relationship. Charlie Angus says it very well.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAg...
CHARLIE ANGUS ON TRUMP'S MAGA AMBASSADOR TO CANADA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The USA needs to clean up their own house and stop trying to bully Canada or try to tell Canada that they didn't "really mean it" and we should be friends again. We are moving on from the abusive relationship. Charlie Angus says it very well.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAg...
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.
May 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.
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Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/paris-proves...
May 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/paris-proves...
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May 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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You shouldn’t need a car to age with dignity.
With walkable streets and thoughtful density, people can age in place, staying mobile, social, and part of the community they love.
With walkable streets and thoughtful density, people can age in place, staying mobile, social, and part of the community they love.
May 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
You shouldn’t need a car to age with dignity.
With walkable streets and thoughtful density, people can age in place, staying mobile, social, and part of the community they love.
With walkable streets and thoughtful density, people can age in place, staying mobile, social, and part of the community they love.
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FLASHBACK: The “Trump Trust Accounts” for babies were a Hillary idea — and Republicans trashed it.
May 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
FLASHBACK: The “Trump Trust Accounts” for babies were a Hillary idea — and Republicans trashed it.
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In past 72 hours in the US, 49 people killed by guns, 117 injured by guns, but do you see the media portraying or sympathizing with this devastation NO
If you're not rich or of a political sensitivity, you're not important in the United States of America
www.gunviolencearchive.org/last-72-hours
If you're not rich or of a political sensitivity, you're not important in the United States of America
www.gunviolencearchive.org/last-72-hours
www.gunviolencearchive.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
In past 72 hours in the US, 49 people killed by guns, 117 injured by guns, but do you see the media portraying or sympathizing with this devastation NO
If you're not rich or of a political sensitivity, you're not important in the United States of America
www.gunviolencearchive.org/last-72-hours
If you're not rich or of a political sensitivity, you're not important in the United States of America
www.gunviolencearchive.org/last-72-hours
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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money and pollution.
Via UITPnews
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money and pollution.
Via UITPnews
May 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money and pollution.
Via UITPnews
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money and pollution.
Via UITPnews
It really isn't that hard to look at existing issues and then go see what has been successful in other parts of the world (I am not JUST talking about transportation and traffic deaths)
The safe systems approach to street design, popular in Europe, could cut U.S. traffic deaths in half. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/05/21/w...
Wednesday's Headlines Have a System — Streetsblog USA
The safe systems approach to street design, popular in Europe, could cut U.S. traffic deaths in half.
usa.streetsblog.org
May 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It really isn't that hard to look at existing issues and then go see what has been successful in other parts of the world (I am not JUST talking about transportation and traffic deaths)
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