“A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century. We’re in the 21st.”— Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. No matter what happens in the Paris election, the world’s cities owe Mayor Hidalgo a huge debt of gratitude. The boldest, most inspiring mayor I’ve seen.

Ojalá algún día entendamos todo lo que hemos perdido por construir nuestras ciudades alrededor del coche y no de la gente.

“Parisian car traffic fell by more than half between 2002 and 2023, while cycle lanes expanded sixfold. Bikes now make more than twice as many journeys as cars.” @FinancialTimes

🐦‍⬛🐦🦉🕊️🐥 Cities don’t have to be loud 💥📣 Bikes are quiet 🤐 Riding lets us hear birds instead of engines. More cycling = less noise, cleaner air, calmer streets.

Safe separated infrastructure is a win for everyone, let's have more, not less of it. 📷@rovelocreative

Here's one example of why I'm so optimistic about design possibilities in America's suburbia.

~75% of vehicles being produced today are the most dangerous type for pedestrians.

@GregAbbott_TX We now need to defund Governors who defund public schools.

It’s amazing what some paint & flex posts can do. Richmond’s Lighter-Quicker-Cheaper program will be helping to rearrange street space like this. Why drive when it’s so much fun to ride a bike? 😎

https://t.co/0YiwxTAqjU

This is so important for US planners and cities to understand — if we hold up the Dutch as an example, they *don’t* mix children on bikes with fast cars (and it’s very few cars at that.) Children and bikes can’t be safely engineered to coexist unless that car is going way under

"We have to fix the traffic jams."

@ricey63 @francesca_kms

Suburbia's dangerous arterials would benefit tremendously from roundabouts. Convert 🛑 to roundabout: 82% reduction in fatal and injury crashes Convert 🚦 to roundabout: 78% reduction in fatal and injury crashes

"Cyclists must follow the rules of the road," insists operator of motor vehicle who doesn't use turn signals, stop at stop signs, drive under the speed limit, or yield to people in crosswalks.

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. (🖼️ by @fabiantodorovic)

The American car owner is held captive to a single mobility option, and then becomes conditioned to see their situation as necessary for their well-being. Psychologists call that Stockholm syndrome.

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or a̶n̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶s̶t̶ a traffic engineer. — paraphrasing Kenneth Boulding

Millions of dollars in damages, 7 people killed, dozens injured we'd call it a terrorist attack, or decry the gun violence crisis, if it were done by any other means but it's car culture, so it's just friday

"Oh yeah, what about when it snows?! Check mate, bike people."