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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 17h

Great example of motonormativity

Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 20h

I think another weird facet to this is if you say "I was driving today & there are so many terrible, dangerous drivers," people tend to be like "ugh, I know" but if you say "I was cycling today & there are so many terrible, dangerous drivers," they furiously disagree & imply it was your own fault.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7d

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.

Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 20h

I think another weird facet to this is if you say "I was driving today & there are so many terrible, dangerous drivers," people tend to be like "ugh, I know" but if you say "I was cycling today & there are so many terrible, dangerous drivers," they furiously disagree & imply it was your own fault.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7d

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 3d

Transport and energy researchers, for years: "Please for the love of all that is holy, do NOT incentivize plug-in hybrids"

The German government: "How about we incentivize plug-in hybrids again?"

Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 4d

@giuliomattioli.bsky.social:
"One more year of selling fossil fuel vehicles will fix it"

#alwaysbecharging
www.linkedin.com/posts/electr...

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 7d

The fascinating thing about it though, is that it is both: a necessity (for some) and a problem to avoid. And the problem to avoid the most is that it becomes a necessity for some. How does that happen? How could we make sure that it doesn't? It's not either or, it's more complicated than that.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 7d

Are those even concepts, "clean air dependence" and "food dependence"? I don't think they're in common use. Typically when we call about "dependence" on something (for example "car dependence") is precisely because such dependence is seen as problematic.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 7d

You can advocate for that for sure - but I do research, not advocacy so if I focus on this problem that's entirely fair, it doesn't mean I "normalize" it.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 7d

Awful feedback loops it's what I am interested in. Someone's got to do it :)

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 7d

Sure that's the kind of reasoning you did. But most migrants do fly to visit their families, and that's the kind of processes I am interested in when studying "flight dependence"

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 7d

What about people who have family over the world though

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 8d

How would it "kill" such family?

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 8d

It increases more in relative (not absolute) terms: it more than doubled over that period, holiday didn't.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 8d

Visiting family can be an important need though

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 8d

In relative terms that's the biggest increase.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 8d

But look at that line on visiting friends and family!

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 8d

Excited to be visiting @euroreg-uw.bsky.social in Warsaw this week. I will be working with Michał Czepkiewicz and presenting on "Flight Dependence" at their seminar series on Thursday

Abstract here: www.euroreg.uw.edu.pl/dane/web_eur...

Event page here: www.facebook.com/events/78166...

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 8d

I suppose but I guess that's the point. Many (mental or mathematical) models of EV diffusion are based on the assumption that people will just be "rational" about it and when they're efficient and cheap enough they'll buy them. But people are (also)"ideological" about it.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 9d

Hi Dana! :)

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting-looking new study finding lower electric vehicle adoption in areas with higher vote for the far-right AfD in Germany, independently from other factors
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting new study identifying clusters of households suffering from transport poverty in Spain doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 10d

😳😳

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 10d

Just stumbled over this solution for long-haul freight on roads: an additional trailer with battery and e-engine that leaves all of the rest as is. www.revoy.com

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14d

Lyft's 2016 projection vs Lyft's 2025 reality

Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 14d

"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17d

“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.

Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.

EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That

Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.

www.forbes.com

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 18d

Cheers Karen!

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 18d

I am quoted in this Guardian article on sustainable transport policy (or lack thereof) in Berlin www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

‘The car belongs in Berlin’: city backpedaling on bike-friendly policies, critics say

Car-critical measures have been slashed since the conservative CDU came into power in 2023, triggering protests and dividing communities

www.theguardian.com

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 21d

Meloni's party is organising a car demonstration in Rome (one of the large cities with the highest motorisation rate in Europe) to protest against low emission zones, "useless bike lanes" and 30km/h speed limits

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 21d

Great to see @vallert.bsky.social research in the spotlight! :)

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 24d

"Public discourses of delaying climate action manifest in local debates and are referenced by citizens to criticize proposed changes to the mobility system"

German study asks whether asking public (who mostly drive) about changing transport policy really works www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Local citizen assemblies to overcome resistance to the mobility transition? Analyzing discourses in a municipality in rural Germany

Policy changes in the mobility transition will only be possible with sufficient public support for shifting mobility cultures and the necessary lifest…

www.sciencedirect.com

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 24d

"Public discourses of delaying climate action manifest in local debates and are referenced by citizens to criticize proposed changes to the mobility system"

German study asks whether asking public (who mostly drive) about changing transport policy really works www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Local citizen assemblies to overcome resistance to the mobility transition? Analyzing discourses in a municipality in rural Germany

Policy changes in the mobility transition will only be possible with sufficient public support for shifting mobility cultures and the necessary lifest…

www.sciencedirect.com

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