Cathy Tuttle
@cathytuttle.bsky.social
Planner of cities for people & other living things. I post on life in SEA PDX Utrecht, women who create cities, bikes, climate. I'm on Boards @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social & volunteer @ BikeFlip + Fietsmeesters in Utrecht. She/her. Dr.
I just realized the Mayors of both Seattle and Portland are Mayor K Wilson.
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Maybe they can save money and share stationary.
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Maybe they can save money and share stationary.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I just realized the Mayors of both Seattle and Portland are Mayor K Wilson.
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Maybe they can save money and share stationary.
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Maybe they can save money and share stationary.
Bike infrastructure — arguably the best streets in the world for biking — is the main reason I relocated to Utrecht.
After years of working on safe streets advocacy in the US, I wanted to live in a place without forced car dependency.
It's what the whole world needs now!
After years of working on safe streets advocacy in the US, I wanted to live in a place without forced car dependency.
It's what the whole world needs now!
Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Bike infrastructure — arguably the best streets in the world for biking — is the main reason I relocated to Utrecht.
After years of working on safe streets advocacy in the US, I wanted to live in a place without forced car dependency.
It's what the whole world needs now!
After years of working on safe streets advocacy in the US, I wanted to live in a place without forced car dependency.
It's what the whole world needs now!
Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
Beatriz Yordi, Director of Carbon Markets & Clean Energy on plans to distribute a $89 Billion Social Climate Fund to decarbonize - going first to users + countries experiencing transportation poverty.
EU defines transport poverty as leveling access, cost, flexibility.
#polis25
@polisnetwork.eu
EU defines transport poverty as leveling access, cost, flexibility.
#polis25
@polisnetwork.eu
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Beatriz Yordi, Director of Carbon Markets & Clean Energy on plans to distribute a $89 Billion Social Climate Fund to decarbonize - going first to users + countries experiencing transportation poverty.
EU defines transport poverty as leveling access, cost, flexibility.
#polis25
@polisnetwork.eu
EU defines transport poverty as leveling access, cost, flexibility.
#polis25
@polisnetwork.eu
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
#DutchStairs LOL
These are some of the stairs, and rickety bannister, leading to my doctor's office on the third floor of a former house in Utrecht.
Small wonder we're all so healthy, climbing up and down stairs like these everyday!
These are some of the stairs, and rickety bannister, leading to my doctor's office on the third floor of a former house in Utrecht.
Small wonder we're all so healthy, climbing up and down stairs like these everyday!
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#DutchStairs LOL
These are some of the stairs, and rickety bannister, leading to my doctor's office on the third floor of a former house in Utrecht.
Small wonder we're all so healthy, climbing up and down stairs like these everyday!
These are some of the stairs, and rickety bannister, leading to my doctor's office on the third floor of a former house in Utrecht.
Small wonder we're all so healthy, climbing up and down stairs like these everyday!
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I volunteer for the Dutch non-profit De Fietsmeesters, that runs a 10-week program to teach biking skills to adults, mainly women, mostly immigrants.
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
After six weeks, all 10 women in my group can balance. Some have advanced to practice on the road, learning signs & signals.
So proud of them all!
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
Car-free transit activist and community organizer is the new Seattle Mayor!
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Car-free transit activist and community organizer is the new Seattle Mayor!
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
💯 I'm a city planner in my bones.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity?
Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
I post so much about how wonderful life is in Utrecht for people outside of cars that you might think cars don't exist here.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I post so much about how wonderful life is in Utrecht for people outside of cars that you might think cars don't exist here.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
When you take a big breath and think about it, it is horrifying how much material we use & then throw away to build mountains of private cars every year.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
When you take a big breath and think about it, it is horrifying how much material we use & then throw away to build mountains of private cars every year.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
We strip mine the planet, enslave children and adults, and degrade our souls to feed our endless appetite for cars and more cars. We can change.
For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For me, the mark of a truly functional city government is a smooth bike path, clear of leaves & debris.
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
And housed and fed people of course.
#Utrecht
Voor mij is het kenmerk van een echt functioneel stad is een glad fietspad, vrij van bladeren en afval.
En natuurlijk mensen die er wonen en eten
That's so fun!
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That's so fun!
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
Future NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is popping up today in my Cargo Bike Feed on his way to the polls in a box bike.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
Mellow autumn day on a bike in Utrecht.
November 17, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Mellow autumn day on a bike in Utrecht.
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
Reposted by Cathy Tuttle
On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.