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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 6h

Free bike tune up and info from the City of Sydney? Don’t mind if I do, thanks.
(All female mechanics, yeah! 💪 )

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 1d

(Photo and story from the AFR: www.afr.com/property/res...

‘Fiddling while Mosman burns’: Residents’ fury erupts at council

Tensions were high as the North Shore Sydney council decided not to join a court case against the NSW government’s higher density housing push.

www.afr.com

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 1d

When the only young people at the public consultation are in the wall painting…

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 1d

What do communities think of a bike lane years after the 'bikelash' dust settles?
Last chance to register for Wednesday's free webinar with Dr Mike Harris: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6c8065...

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 1d

What do communities think of a bike lane years after the 'bikelash' dust settles?
Last chance to register for Wednesday's free webinar with Dr Mike Harris: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6c8065...

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 2d

Alas, no. Was a year ago and I’ve had to do a factory reset of my laptop since then, hence the dead trail. It’s so frustrating!

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 2d

Will do! I didn’t backup the file at the time, or make a note of the site, and now its driving me bonkers!

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 2d

Nope, wasn’t OSM. Thanks though @littlebigfred.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/litt...

Littlebigfred @littlebigfred.bsky.social · 2d

. @openstreetmap.bsky.social

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 2d

(The website, not the map! The map is of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood in the Netherlands)

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 2d

Any ideas, dear hive mind?… I made this rather good looking map on some random free mapping website last year, but now I can’t remember what it was. Help! #GIS

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 3d

A hint of London in Sydney today!

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 4d

So good.

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 4d

Sign me up! bsky.app/profile/jdeh...

Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 4d

A classic! They are actually making a new version atm. Will be interesting to see if it lives up to the expectations of the 80’s movie.

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 4d

I went down a research rabbit hole so you don't have to, and found "Amsterdamned"; a 1988 schlocky horror film about a serial killer in the Dutch canals.
Dead divers! Terrified tourists! High speed boat chases! (You're welcome.) youtu.be/frPRkkh6GXE?...

Amsterdamned (1988) DUTCH TRAILER [HD 1080p]

YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers

youtu.be

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Harri Vaarala @harrivaarala.bsky.social · 6d

A classy Dutch bike in a classy Finnish environment.

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 7d

Today, in “I had no idea such a thing even existed”. www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

World’s most powerful flying wind turbine launched in western China

Gigantic gliding ‘power bank’ could help communities cut off from the grid during blackouts and cement China’s leading role in green energy.

www.scmp.com

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 9d

Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.

Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »

La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola

leparisien.fr

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 8d

It’s October already - which means it is not long until this webinar… I’m excited! bsky.app/profile/stra...

Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 17d

Join me for this *free* webinar to explore new research mapping community sentiment about a controversial cycleway, after the 'bikelash' dust settles: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6c8065...

Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 8d

Delighted to be featured in this starter pack, and in such great company - including some friends I didn’t even know had joined 🦋
Thanks @brenttoderian.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/bren...

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

Urbanists OUTSIDE North America Worth Following!

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 9d

Interesting study, open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
bsky.app/profile/unio...

The University of Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dr Joanna Syrda, University of Bath School of Management, has found that while political preferences shape views on support for public infrastructure, support for welfare may bridge this divide.

#UniversityOfBath #Sustainability #Reseach #Transport #PolicyMaking

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 9d

Tick tock! Early bird rate ends tomorrow midnight CET bsky.app/profile/stra...

Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 16d

I'm delighted with the response to our new course with @urbancyclinginstitute.org "Engaging Communities for Changing Streets". Join us in Amsterdam next April! Early bird registration closes soon: urbancyclinginstitute.org/engaging-com...

Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 10d

(Tooting my own horn here) please can you add me to the list please Brent? Working in Aus, NZ, Europe (and a bit in Canada recently) on successful engagement and comms for changing streets.

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 10d

Designed by Jim Eyre of WilkinsonEyre architects, who also gave us the Gateshead Millennium Bridge and the roof of Stratford station. bsky.app/profile/hack...

Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 10d

Nescio Bridge in Amsterdam allows people to cycle over the Amsterdam-Rhine canal to the new housing distrcit IJburg. It cost €16.5m and was designed by British architects. The garden bridge in London cost £43m and was never built. The Thames cable car cost £60m. Silvertown tunnel was £2.2 billion.

Drone photo of Nescio Bridge in Amsterdam

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 10d

It’s the bicentenary of the first powered rail journey, so to celebrate here’s some of the stunning railway viaducts near where my UK family live, in Cornwall. #rail200
(The mighty Albert Bridge opened across the Tamar just 34 years after that first trip - astonishing!)

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 11d

I took this video of a digital artwork in Schipol airport years and years ago, and just came across the file on my laptop. Still love it! 🕝

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