Ryan
@ryanonabike.bsky.social
Urbanism, Cycling, Foreign Policy, International Economics
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Zabar’s joining the war on cars.
July 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Zabar’s joining the war on cars.
Does this seem like a city who wants its workers to be back downtown?? For context, I live in central Ottawa @otttransitriders.bsky.social @abetterottawa.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Does this seem like a city who wants its workers to be back downtown?? For context, I live in central Ottawa @otttransitriders.bsky.social @abetterottawa.bsky.social
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Economists almost universally agree that the tariffs imposed by President Trump will cost the average American household hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars every year in higher goods costs.
What Trump's tariffs will mean for your wallet
One forecast estimates Trump's tariffs will cut household purchasing power by $1,000 a year.
www.axios.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Economists almost universally agree that the tariffs imposed by President Trump will cost the average American household hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars every year in higher goods costs.
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1000 followers on Bluesky. Some streets to celebrate🎉
January 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1000 followers on Bluesky. Some streets to celebrate🎉
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My chart for the Globe. TL;dr - birth rates in Canada rose when we had aggressive income redistribution, high taxation, big infrastructure spending, strong unions, and loads of new housing development. Absent those factors, birth rates have always fallen.
January 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My chart for the Globe. TL;dr - birth rates in Canada rose when we had aggressive income redistribution, high taxation, big infrastructure spending, strong unions, and loads of new housing development. Absent those factors, birth rates have always fallen.
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I find zero value in celebrity culture until we get to Keri Russell, who doesn't hop on a bike for the "look at me" photo shoot, but rather lives the bikes-for-transportation lifestyle in Brooklyn NY.
January 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I find zero value in celebrity culture until we get to Keri Russell, who doesn't hop on a bike for the "look at me" photo shoot, but rather lives the bikes-for-transportation lifestyle in Brooklyn NY.
Huh! Must be a coincidence #climatechange
January 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Huh! Must be a coincidence #climatechange
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“A car-choked capital is transforming before our eyes, the dream of urbanites around the world who are eager to reassess the automobile’s dominant role in the city. The question posed by [Paris] transcends the daily debate over bicycles & cars. It is nothing less than this: Who is the city for?”
How Paris Pulled Off What New York and London Can Only Dream About
One parking structure pivoted to growing mushrooms and endives.
slate.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“A car-choked capital is transforming before our eyes, the dream of urbanites around the world who are eager to reassess the automobile’s dominant role in the city. The question posed by [Paris] transcends the daily debate over bicycles & cars. It is nothing less than this: Who is the city for?”
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How do teenage girls experience the city?
Few ask the question.
This great project seeks to answer it, and see how we can make cities better for them.
@henninglarsen.bsky.social
henninglarsen.com/projects/urb...
Few ask the question.
This great project seeks to answer it, and see how we can make cities better for them.
@henninglarsen.bsky.social
henninglarsen.com/projects/urb...
Urban Minded | Henning Larsen
As designers of urban spaces that are intended to reflect and cater to everyone, we pose the question: How can the design of urban spaces support the well-being of teenage girls?
henninglarsen.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
How do teenage girls experience the city?
Few ask the question.
This great project seeks to answer it, and see how we can make cities better for them.
@henninglarsen.bsky.social
henninglarsen.com/projects/urb...
Few ask the question.
This great project seeks to answer it, and see how we can make cities better for them.
@henninglarsen.bsky.social
henninglarsen.com/projects/urb...
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Singapore: longer + better life.
How?
Intentional gov. policy & invest.
Priority: nutrition (tax bad food), physical activity, parks, trees, programs, community.
Babies in 1960 had life exp. 65; today's over 86.
People over 100 doubled since 2010.
Lindsay Galloway bit.ly/3Pmv9Nj
How?
Intentional gov. policy & invest.
Priority: nutrition (tax bad food), physical activity, parks, trees, programs, community.
Babies in 1960 had life exp. 65; today's over 86.
People over 100 doubled since 2010.
Lindsay Galloway bit.ly/3Pmv9Nj
January 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Singapore: longer + better life.
How?
Intentional gov. policy & invest.
Priority: nutrition (tax bad food), physical activity, parks, trees, programs, community.
Babies in 1960 had life exp. 65; today's over 86.
People over 100 doubled since 2010.
Lindsay Galloway bit.ly/3Pmv9Nj
How?
Intentional gov. policy & invest.
Priority: nutrition (tax bad food), physical activity, parks, trees, programs, community.
Babies in 1960 had life exp. 65; today's over 86.
People over 100 doubled since 2010.
Lindsay Galloway bit.ly/3Pmv9Nj
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America this could be us but you playin'
Any waterway in America
Canal Saint-Denis, Paris
Any waterway in America
Canal Saint-Denis, Paris
December 27, 2024 at 8:12 PM
America this could be us but you playin'
Any waterway in America
Canal Saint-Denis, Paris
Any waterway in America
Canal Saint-Denis, Paris
I’m trying to think why Americans would think Canadians would ever want to become the “51st state”? Is it the school shootings? The lack of access to abortion? The lower literary rates? The greater income inequality? The healthcare debt? Or maybe the shorter life expectancy?
December 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I’m trying to think why Americans would think Canadians would ever want to become the “51st state”? Is it the school shootings? The lack of access to abortion? The lower literary rates? The greater income inequality? The healthcare debt? Or maybe the shorter life expectancy?
I can’t tell you how much this means to me every year @rhodri.biz. Thank you for putting up with us.
1/ So, where were we? Oh yep, #duvetknowitschristmas. Firstly, some admin: Twitter/X has evidently been run into the ground by a preening, self-radicalised clot, so while there's a slim possibility that this annual celebration might be thriving over there, I won't know cos I won't be looking.
December 24, 2024 at 8:30 PM
I can’t tell you how much this means to me every year @rhodri.biz. Thank you for putting up with us.
Someone needs to be tasked with watching for posts on #duvetknowitschristmas on twitter and threads and making sure we see them on Bluesky. Anyone up for that?
December 21, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Someone needs to be tasked with watching for posts on #duvetknowitschristmas on twitter and threads and making sure we see them on Bluesky. Anyone up for that?
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A friendly reminder that if you’re in traffic, you ARE traffic.
And mobility is about space.
HT @happy_roman for graphic
And mobility is about space.
HT @happy_roman for graphic
December 20, 2024 at 7:21 AM
A friendly reminder that if you’re in traffic, you ARE traffic.
And mobility is about space.
HT @happy_roman for graphic
And mobility is about space.
HT @happy_roman for graphic
Here's the thing, city officials KNOW what makes a good city. It's documented, the data is there, and we have test cases. But Canadian/US officials don't try because it might upset someone in a car. Officials aren't even aiming for good cities. They are aiming to maintain a vote.
Utrecht, Netherlands gets a lot of well-deserved attention for its best-practice urban biking. Don’t forget though, it’s also just a gorgeous, historic, dense, human-scaled walkable city for people. HT @luccampbell.bsky.social #Dutch
December 17, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Here's the thing, city officials KNOW what makes a good city. It's documented, the data is there, and we have test cases. But Canadian/US officials don't try because it might upset someone in a car. Officials aren't even aiming for good cities. They are aiming to maintain a vote.
Smart people!
NEW: Swiss voters have rejected a $5.6 billion plan to expand highways.
The plan's proponents claimed it would relieve congestion, but voters realized that wasn't true.
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
The plan's proponents claimed it would relieve congestion, but voters realized that wasn't true.
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
Reactions to 'no' vote on Swiss motorway expansion project
On Sunday, a majority of Swiss voters (52.7%) rejected a CHF5 billion government plan to extend key stretches of the motorway network.
www.swissinfo.ch
November 25, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Smart people!
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Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
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REMINDER: Those choosing to live in subsidized suburbs for a bigger house and yard are NOT also entitled to free-flow car traffic capacity (aka an “easy car commute”) into the city at the expense of the taxes, health, safety (hint: bike-lanes) & quality of life of city-dwellers.
HT Ian Lockwood.
HT Ian Lockwood.
November 24, 2024 at 4:26 AM
REMINDER: Those choosing to live in subsidized suburbs for a bigger house and yard are NOT also entitled to free-flow car traffic capacity (aka an “easy car commute”) into the city at the expense of the taxes, health, safety (hint: bike-lanes) & quality of life of city-dwellers.
HT Ian Lockwood.
HT Ian Lockwood.
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I can achieve anything I put my mind to unless it’s boring or too hard.
November 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I can achieve anything I put my mind to unless it’s boring or too hard.
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The fact that a massive yellow bus that transports CHILDREN with flashing red lights was still not enough that we needed to add an extended arm (with cameras) with a second flashing stop sign to physically block the road from drivers tells me all I need to know about our auto culture.
November 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM
The fact that a massive yellow bus that transports CHILDREN with flashing red lights was still not enough that we needed to add an extended arm (with cameras) with a second flashing stop sign to physically block the road from drivers tells me all I need to know about our auto culture.
This is porn to me, part II.
There's not enough Woonerf-based content on here yet
I do love a good Woonerf, a concept developed in the Netherlands during the 1960s and 1970s, creating people-friendly shared spaces with reduced traffic.
I do love a good Woonerf, a concept developed in the Netherlands during the 1960s and 1970s, creating people-friendly shared spaces with reduced traffic.
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
This is porn to me, part II.
I’m sorry if you have ever left me a voicemail message between the year 2008 and 2024. It has not, and will never be heard.
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I’m sorry if you have ever left me a voicemail message between the year 2008 and 2024. It has not, and will never be heard.
This is porn to me.
Contrary to popular belief it's possible to live somewhere without a driveway, without on-street parking and without direct access to automobiles
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 AM
This is porn to me.
Every year I’m told that there are only 4 biking months a year and so we can’t invest in bike lanes. Here I am taking my kids to and from school by bike in mid November and still no bike lanes.
November 19, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Every year I’m told that there are only 4 biking months a year and so we can’t invest in bike lanes. Here I am taking my kids to and from school by bike in mid November and still no bike lanes.