Dense cities have all the same bigbox stores, without the parking lots!
This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Dense cities have all the same bigbox stores, without the parking lots!
A safe systems approach, and #VisionZero is a winning strategy usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/28/o...
OPINION: Where Cities are Investing, Vision Zero is Working — Streetsblog USA
As the Vision Zero Network turns 10, it's time to look at what works and what is achievable (a lot!).
usa.streetsblog.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A safe systems approach, and #VisionZero is a winning strategy usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/28/o...
"The Complete Streets concept has run its course..." www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
Complete Streets in Name Only: How Federal Transportation Policy Undermines Local Outcomes | Strong Towns
The Complete Streets concept has run its course, not necessarily because the vision was flawed, but because the system it embedded itself into was never built to support it.
www.strongtowns.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"The Complete Streets concept has run its course..." www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
The "bikingest" city in North America? Perhaps - and one of my favorites in general. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWm...
How This Small City Tripled Its Cycling In Just 11 Years
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The "bikingest" city in North America? Perhaps - and one of my favorites in general. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWm...
I bet your area has examples like this. You can work to fix them, as was done here. www.youtube.com/shorts/FUXBN...
long road to the library
YouTube video by Strong Towns
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I bet your area has examples like this. You can work to fix them, as was done here. www.youtube.com/shorts/FUXBN...
I'm fine with charging visitors more, but how much more makes sense?
$10.69 for a 15-minute ride?
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
Bikeshare Shouldn’t Kick Tourists to the Curb
Barcelona’s bikeshare program excludes non-Spanish visitors. Other cities charge tourists much higher fees to rent two-wheelers. Which policy makes more sense?
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm fine with charging visitors more, but how much more makes sense?
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$10.69 for a 15-minute ride?
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
Bikeshare Shouldn’t Kick Tourists to the Curb
Barcelona’s bikeshare program excludes non-Spanish visitors. Other cities charge tourists much higher fees to rent two-wheelers. Which policy makes more sense?
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
$10.69 for a 15-minute ride?
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff.
In CityLab, I explored why.
Another super article by @schmangee.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Another super article by @schmangee.bsky.social
Should cyclists be allowed to run red lights? Stop signs? #IdahoStop #DelawareYield #SafetyStop www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCXb...
Cyclists Should Be Allowed To Run Red Lights | GCN Show Ep. 672
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Should cyclists be allowed to run red lights? Stop signs? #IdahoStop #DelawareYield #SafetyStop www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCXb...
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke.
"Any sufficiently advanced walking, biking and transit infrastructure, supported by smart land-use, is indistinguishable from magic.” — me, paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke.
"Any sufficiently advanced walking, biking and transit infrastructure, supported by smart land-use, is indistinguishable from magic.” — me, paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke.
"Any sufficiently advanced walking, biking and transit infrastructure, supported by smart land-use, is indistinguishable from magic.” — me, paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke.
"Any sufficiently advanced walking, biking and transit infrastructure, supported by smart land-use, is indistinguishable from magic.” — me, paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke.
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As @sgoodyear.bsky.social so eloquently conveys, dependence on a functioning car to satisfy the needs of life is the antithesis of ‘freedom.’
🚗💥 What if life after cars is better for everyone?
In LIFE AFTER CARS, @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social shows how communities can thrive when we design for people, not traffic.
A bold, hopeful vision for the future of our cities.
In LIFE AFTER CARS, @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social shows how communities can thrive when we design for people, not traffic.
A bold, hopeful vision for the future of our cities.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As @sgoodyear.bsky.social so eloquently conveys, dependence on a functioning car to satisfy the needs of life is the antithesis of ‘freedom.’
"The America de Tocqueville described was poor in capital but rich in community. It didn’t function because citizens were unusually virtuous; it functioned because the design of daily life demanded a base level of virtue." www.panoptica.ai/the-gutenber...
The Gutenberg Moment
Every communication revolution births chaos before it births order. Gutenberg's press collapsed the gatekeepers of knowledge in the fifteenth century—and it took centuries of war, displacement, and in...
www.panoptica.ai
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"The America de Tocqueville described was poor in capital but rich in community. It didn’t function because citizens were unusually virtuous; it functioned because the design of daily life demanded a base level of virtue." www.panoptica.ai/the-gutenber...
If we can practically eliminate deaths from peanut allergies, we can do it for traffic crashes. #VisonZero www.fastcompany.com/91443434/cha...
To change our safety culture, we need storytellers
Powerful personal narratives are key to reducing traffic deaths. For real change, the average person needs to know the stories of the victims of road accidents.
www.fastcompany.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If we can practically eliminate deaths from peanut allergies, we can do it for traffic crashes. #VisonZero www.fastcompany.com/91443434/cha...
For most people, one bike is plenty. The only thing lacking on my bike is room for wider tires - to ride rail trails - which newer racing bikes do have. For shopping, the backpack I've been using for over 20 years works perfectly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq_l...
What's The Ideal Number of Bikes To Own? The Answer Might Surprise You!
YouTube video by BIKEPACKING.com
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For most people, one bike is plenty. The only thing lacking on my bike is room for wider tires - to ride rail trails - which newer racing bikes do have. For shopping, the backpack I've been using for over 20 years works perfectly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq_l...
How clean is pro #cycling really? As with everything else, incentives control the game. www.youtube.com/shorts/4n5oo...
Armstrong Era vs Modern Peloton ft Ned Boulting
YouTube video by CADE Media
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How clean is pro #cycling really? As with everything else, incentives control the game. www.youtube.com/shorts/4n5oo...
In this gilded boomer age, almost half of all consumer spending is by the wealthiest 10%. As brands chase this, luxury products and services are pushing the regular aside. That we need electronic shifting for $1k more is arguable. But $700 cassettes? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGCH...
Prices in the bike industry are truly INSANE - Rouleur Live 2025
YouTube video by Trace Velo
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November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this gilded boomer age, almost half of all consumer spending is by the wealthiest 10%. As brands chase this, luxury products and services are pushing the regular aside. That we need electronic shifting for $1k more is arguable. But $700 cassettes? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGCH...
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Very disappointed none of you told me that Lewis Mumford made a 1963 film about car dependency, and it's available on YouTube.
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Very disappointed none of you told me that Lewis Mumford made a 1963 film about car dependency, and it's available on YouTube.
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
Note that #Helsinki is about the same size as #Boston, but had no traffic deaths in the last year. #VisionZero
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Note that #Helsinki is about the same size as #Boston, but had no traffic deaths in the last year. #VisionZero
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One of my absolutely favorite things about Korea is the public transit. There are buses, trains, and subways running across most the country and it's relatively easy to get anywhere without a car. There's still work to be done to make it 100% disability friendly but it is so much better than the US.
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
One of my absolutely favorite things about Korea is the public transit. There are buses, trains, and subways running across most the country and it's relatively easy to get anywhere without a car. There's still work to be done to make it 100% disability friendly but it is so much better than the US.
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Just dug up this quote I gave @schmangee.bsky.social for her reported essay, "How to go car-free — or car-light — in Middle America", back when I was still a college student at Georgia Tech.
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Just dug up this quote I gave @schmangee.bsky.social for her reported essay, "How to go car-free — or car-light — in Middle America", back when I was still a college student at Georgia Tech.
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
I've since got an e-bike and switched to journalism but my point still stands.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Is this the best street in America? www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXne...
Why THIS is the Best Street in America
YouTube video by Fourth Place
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November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Is this the best street in America? www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXne...
"In this piece, I’ll dig into why — drawing on data from Montreal to New York to Toronto — and explain what these fights reveal about fear, change, and the way we see our streets." Please share this, and the link too at the end of the article. medium.com/city-life/wh...
Why Do So Many People Oppose Bike Lanes?
Bike lanes take little space and improve daily life — so why do they spark such fierce resistance?
medium.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"In this piece, I’ll dig into why — drawing on data from Montreal to New York to Toronto — and explain what these fights reveal about fear, change, and the way we see our streets." Please share this, and the link too at the end of the article. medium.com/city-life/wh...
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Strong Towns are inherently Active Towns because they are striving to be naturally walkable and bikeable places, which is why I’m proud to support @strongtowns.org as one of its founding members, and I invite you to join me in growing the movement now:
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Become a Member | Strong Towns
As a Strong Towns member, you’re not just supporting our work, you’re part of it. You just need to care about where you live and want to do something about it.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Strong Towns are inherently Active Towns because they are striving to be naturally walkable and bikeable places, which is why I’m proud to support @strongtowns.org as one of its founding members, and I invite you to join me in growing the movement now:
bit.ly/3WPB15m
See 🧵 for some fun extras...
bit.ly/3WPB15m
See 🧵 for some fun extras...