Jacob
@jacobleman.bsky.social
formerly of the UK, jetzt Wiener | bringing Dutch cycling to Austria and beyond
Solidarity with those in Georgia, on the frontline of democracy!
I was in Tbilisi recently and was welcomed with Caucasian hospitality; truly the most friendly, peaceful, and proudly European protest I’ve ever attended.
Titushki / police agitation is a crime. The Hague waits.
#eu #georgia
I was in Tbilisi recently and was welcomed with Caucasian hospitality; truly the most friendly, peaceful, and proudly European protest I’ve ever attended.
Titushki / police agitation is a crime. The Hague waits.
#eu #georgia
October 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
At Neubaugasse Straßenfest, in Vienna, on a cloudy Saturday. What’s a better use of public space, 7 parking spaces (at €10 per month per parking permit) or over a thousand people?
@spoewien.bsky.social and @wien.gv.at could learn a lesson here!
#urbanism #wien #wienliebe
@spoewien.bsky.social and @wien.gv.at could learn a lesson here!
#urbanism #wien #wienliebe
September 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
At Neubaugasse Straßenfest, in Vienna, on a cloudy Saturday. What’s a better use of public space, 7 parking spaces (at €10 per month per parking permit) or over a thousand people?
@spoewien.bsky.social and @wien.gv.at could learn a lesson here!
#urbanism #wien #wienliebe
@spoewien.bsky.social and @wien.gv.at could learn a lesson here!
#urbanism #wien #wienliebe
Thanks for your quick reply, @wien.gv.at, and I’m glad to hear that it’s just temporary.
Is this paving by Mariahilferkirche also just temporary?
I ask because on Google Streetview the temporary asphalt layer has been there for at least 6 years.
Is this paving by Mariahilferkirche also just temporary?
I ask because on Google Streetview the temporary asphalt layer has been there for at least 6 years.
August 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Thanks for your quick reply, @wien.gv.at, and I’m glad to hear that it’s just temporary.
Is this paving by Mariahilferkirche also just temporary?
I ask because on Google Streetview the temporary asphalt layer has been there for at least 6 years.
Is this paving by Mariahilferkirche also just temporary?
I ask because on Google Streetview the temporary asphalt layer has been there for at least 6 years.
@wien.gv.at, how is it acceptable for utilities companies to leave this asphalt scar on a newly-unsealed, beautifully paved road (Lange Gasse)? It’s been like this for months!
Also the absolute patchwork that is Kohlmarkt… contrast with the beautifully paved streets of Vilnius.
Also the absolute patchwork that is Kohlmarkt… contrast with the beautifully paved streets of Vilnius.
August 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@wien.gv.at, how is it acceptable for utilities companies to leave this asphalt scar on a newly-unsealed, beautifully paved road (Lange Gasse)? It’s been like this for months!
Also the absolute patchwork that is Kohlmarkt… contrast with the beautifully paved streets of Vilnius.
Also the absolute patchwork that is Kohlmarkt… contrast with the beautifully paved streets of Vilnius.
Then again, good progress being made in 8th… an active Bezirksrat makes for a good public space!
June 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Then again, good progress being made in 8th… an active Bezirksrat makes for a good public space!
I agree- it’s only when you see a place where they prioritise proper planning that you realise what has been missing everywhere else
May 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I agree- it’s only when you see a place where they prioritise proper planning that you realise what has been missing everywhere else
(51) This is sort of what happens when your city only employs engineers to plan networks for 70 years- the most efficient route for the transit of the day, always, be that cars, trams, or trains. Hopefully that changes sometime soon. And MA18 of @wien.gv.at hires me.
With love xox
With love xox
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(51) This is sort of what happens when your city only employs engineers to plan networks for 70 years- the most efficient route for the transit of the day, always, be that cars, trams, or trains. Hopefully that changes sometime soon. And MA18 of @wien.gv.at hires me.
With love xox
With love xox
(41) Just one final treat for you, though, because of course this rather beautiful cycle path had to end in a total mess of an intersection, complete with one too many bike traffic lights and the warning that you would be dumped into a literal motorway off-ramp.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(41) Just one final treat for you, though, because of course this rather beautiful cycle path had to end in a total mess of an intersection, complete with one too many bike traffic lights and the warning that you would be dumped into a literal motorway off-ramp.
(40) The pleasant, grade-separated bike paths in St Marx are a real treat, though, and should be made consistent across the city. Why they are only located here, in an industrial wasteland, is a little confusing- but I’m sure the street reconstruction plans for Gurtel will take this into account.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(40) The pleasant, grade-separated bike paths in St Marx are a real treat, though, and should be made consistent across the city. Why they are only located here, in an industrial wasteland, is a little confusing- but I’m sure the street reconstruction plans for Gurtel will take this into account.
(39) This beautiful fietsstraat does unfortunately end in yet more clear, consistent, and definitely not confusing street markings from MA18 of @wien.gv.at. I’m not just mad because they never responded to my job application I promise.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(39) This beautiful fietsstraat does unfortunately end in yet more clear, consistent, and definitely not confusing street markings from MA18 of @wien.gv.at. I’m not just mad because they never responded to my job application I promise.
(38) New developments in Wien can be quite pleasant to cycle around, with some remarkable infrastructure across the city. Here, in Sankt Marx (no, not that Marx), we have a two-way bike priority street! I did have to give way to a lost car on it, though. No enforcement of traffic violations here.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(38) New developments in Wien can be quite pleasant to cycle around, with some remarkable infrastructure across the city. Here, in Sankt Marx (no, not that Marx), we have a two-way bike priority street! I did have to give way to a lost car on it, though. No enforcement of traffic violations here.
(37) The price of a parking permit does not depend on the size of the vehicle, leading to totally predictable results. Imagine how much easier parking for essential vehicles, like vans and ambulances, would be if Opa's BMW wasn't stored basically for free on public land? Even Paris is fixing this.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(37) The price of a parking permit does not depend on the size of the vehicle, leading to totally predictable results. Imagine how much easier parking for essential vehicles, like vans and ambulances, would be if Opa's BMW wasn't stored basically for free on public land? Even Paris is fixing this.
(35) Here's the tautologous Landstraßer Hauptstraße. Is it intentional, do you think, that the street behind the parked car perfectly covers the driver’s rear blind spot? I’m not even going to mention the bike lane ending, crossing two lanes of traffic, and then miraculously beginning again.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(35) Here's the tautologous Landstraßer Hauptstraße. Is it intentional, do you think, that the street behind the parked car perfectly covers the driver’s rear blind spot? I’m not even going to mention the bike lane ending, crossing two lanes of traffic, and then miraculously beginning again.
(34) Austria has mostly decided to make every single parking spot a conflict point. At least if you’re in a car you are shielded by metal and plastic. On a bike, streets like this can be really scary. Would you feel safer in the open door death zone or in the reversing car terror area?
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(34) Austria has mostly decided to make every single parking spot a conflict point. At least if you’re in a car you are shielded by metal and plastic. On a bike, streets like this can be really scary. Would you feel safer in the open door death zone or in the reversing car terror area?
(32) With the bike parked on yet another multi-lane street with tram tracks used as turning lanes and no cycle route, not even paint, I treated myself to some Häagen-Dazs®. The absence of trees is really noticeable. Replacing just one parking spot in every ten massively lowers the urban heat effect…
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(32) With the bike parked on yet another multi-lane street with tram tracks used as turning lanes and no cycle route, not even paint, I treated myself to some Häagen-Dazs®. The absence of trees is really noticeable. Replacing just one parking spot in every ten massively lowers the urban heat effect…
(31) Look at how distinct the cycle and footpaths are! I’m sure that at night and for the visually impaired and distracted this is never confusing! I don’t like ringing my bell because I’m British and terrified of drawing attention to myself, so my brakes got a lot of use on this route.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(31) Look at how distinct the cycle and footpaths are! I’m sure that at night and for the visually impaired and distracted this is never confusing! I don’t like ringing my bell because I’m British and terrified of drawing attention to myself, so my brakes got a lot of use on this route.
(30) This is Vienna, though, and the good path had to stop at some point- at an intersection without bike signal detection. I waited for 4 minutes and 9 seconds for a green light here. This isn't a huge win for convenience.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(30) This is Vienna, though, and the good path had to stop at some point- at an intersection without bike signal detection. I waited for 4 minutes and 9 seconds for a green light here. This isn't a huge win for convenience.
(26) I have no words for this mess. It is a miracle I wasn’t hit. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I am competent and experienced on a bike, and I was terrified. The intersection is absolutely deadly. This is Gurtel and it is completely inexcusable, @wien.gv.at.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(26) I have no words for this mess. It is a miracle I wasn’t hit. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I am competent and experienced on a bike, and I was terrified. The intersection is absolutely deadly. This is Gurtel and it is completely inexcusable, @wien.gv.at.
(24) I then decided to cycle along Google Maps's suggested route up to Rennweg Eurospar. You can't cycle through the beautiful Belvedere gardens; instead you get crammed between tram lines and parking all the way up quite a hill towards the Erste Bank complex. This was a horrible bike experience.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(24) I then decided to cycle along Google Maps's suggested route up to Rennweg Eurospar. You can't cycle through the beautiful Belvedere gardens; instead you get crammed between tram lines and parking all the way up quite a hill towards the Erste Bank complex. This was a horrible bike experience.
(23) No wonder this city is so unbearably hot in Summer. Six lanes for traffic, two for parking, and not a tree in sight. It is also incredible just how cluttered Austrian streets are- signs, wires, lights, more lights, mountains of paint- must be pretty pricey! @infraexplained.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(23) No wonder this city is so unbearably hot in Summer. Six lanes for traffic, two for parking, and not a tree in sight. It is also incredible just how cluttered Austrian streets are- signs, wires, lights, more lights, mountains of paint- must be pretty pricey! @infraexplained.bsky.social
(22) This peaceful bike route ends in the monstrous multi-lane junction in front of the Monument to What Austrian Neutrality Leads To. To continue straight you have to wait for a pedestrian walk signal and hope that cars stop for you, which they never do. Convenient? No. Safe? Also no.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(22) This peaceful bike route ends in the monstrous multi-lane junction in front of the Monument to What Austrian Neutrality Leads To. To continue straight you have to wait for a pedestrian walk signal and hope that cars stop for you, which they never do. Convenient? No. Safe? Also no.
(21) For some reason, this quiet path through a busy park is signposted as a EuroVelo route diversion. Karlsplatz is not the place for an international cycling route- perhaps if we closed down the six-lane road cutting it off from the city it would be, though, @gruene.at @wien.gv.at!
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(21) For some reason, this quiet path through a busy park is signposted as a EuroVelo route diversion. Karlsplatz is not the place for an international cycling route- perhaps if we closed down the six-lane road cutting it off from the city it would be, though, @gruene.at @wien.gv.at!
(20) Wien can be very pleasant to cycle in. The least stressed I felt during my time in the city centre was here, by the Technical University, in what street paint told me was a ‘Respect zone’. I was weaving in and out of foot traffic, and riding slowly, but at least there were no cars.
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(20) Wien can be very pleasant to cycle in. The least stressed I felt during my time in the city centre was here, by the Technical University, in what street paint told me was a ‘Respect zone’. I was weaving in and out of foot traffic, and riding slowly, but at least there were no cars.