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· Sep 5
Map of green space in Balboa Park sacrificed to cars, including parking, freeways and roads shown in yellow. Does not include the significant amount of the remaining park space devoted to buildings, golf course or landfill.
#sandiego #balboapark #safestreets
#sandiego #balboapark #safestreets
Abolish Private Parking
That parking lot is largely empty much of the time, especially the south part of the lot. That's a big plot of land to be so underused in that area.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Abolish Private Parking
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London wasn't a cycling city until it was. Leadership matters.
Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
London wasn't a cycling city until it was. Leadership matters.
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Yes, If NYC/the Bay were more affordable, people from tons of other metros would move there!
That would also make *those* metros cheaper, & people from their suburbs would move in !
Nobody is suggesting everybody from Cedar Rapids would up and move to NYC (but some might!)
That would also make *those* metros cheaper, & people from their suburbs would move in !
Nobody is suggesting everybody from Cedar Rapids would up and move to NYC (but some might!)
The idea that if Brooklyn rents were at Dallas or Houston levels anyone would still choose Dallas or Houston over Brooklyn is kind of insane
While it’s probably true that housing costs are keeping people out of CA and NY, there’s this notion that middle America or the sunbelt will empty out and depart to Brooklyn if Brooklyn built more units, and I’m pretty sure the people who believe this all live in Brooklyn already
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Yes, If NYC/the Bay were more affordable, people from tons of other metros would move there!
That would also make *those* metros cheaper, & people from their suburbs would move in !
Nobody is suggesting everybody from Cedar Rapids would up and move to NYC (but some might!)
That would also make *those* metros cheaper, & people from their suburbs would move in !
Nobody is suggesting everybody from Cedar Rapids would up and move to NYC (but some might!)
remember kids, ride in the bike lane instead of the sidewalk or you'll get a $108 fine 😬
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
remember kids, ride in the bike lane instead of the sidewalk or you'll get a $108 fine 😬
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With respect, if cities want scooter riders to ride in designated cycle lanes, they need to build them everywhere. Shaming users for choosing the option that keeps them safer, when the alternative is sharing unsafe streets with speeding multi-ton vehicles, is unhelpful at best & harmful at worst.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
With respect, if cities want scooter riders to ride in designated cycle lanes, they need to build them everywhere. Shaming users for choosing the option that keeps them safer, when the alternative is sharing unsafe streets with speeding multi-ton vehicles, is unhelpful at best & harmful at worst.
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An interesting thought experiment is to replace every word “cycle” in the article with “car”, and every word “cyclist” with “driver”
See how it reads. See the difference in the language used when we talk about the two modes?
#MotorNormativity
@ianwalker.bsky.social
See how it reads. See the difference in the language used when we talk about the two modes?
#MotorNormativity
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Interesting article on Cockburn Association web site about "floating bus stops".
Click on the link to read more:- bit.ly/4oceqek and tell us your views.
Click on the link to read more:- bit.ly/4oceqek and tell us your views.
Floating Bus Stops in Edinburgh: Trust, Access and the Street of the Future - The Cockburn Association
Floating bus stops need careful, inclusive design to build public confidence
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
An interesting thought experiment is to replace every word “cycle” in the article with “car”, and every word “cyclist” with “driver”
See how it reads. See the difference in the language used when we talk about the two modes?
#MotorNormativity
@ianwalker.bsky.social
See how it reads. See the difference in the language used when we talk about the two modes?
#MotorNormativity
@ianwalker.bsky.social
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It doesn't help when traffic "engineers" insist on counting pedestrian volumes that won't be there until the crosswalk is installed.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It doesn't help when traffic "engineers" insist on counting pedestrian volumes that won't be there until the crosswalk is installed.
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Build safe bicycle infrastructure and they will come...
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Build safe bicycle infrastructure and they will come...
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When will car manufacturers be held responsible for dangerous design?
Love not being able to see because headlights are bright as the surface of the sun
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When will car manufacturers be held responsible for dangerous design?
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Imagine having more than 2 City Councillors who ride transit regularly to get to work.
Imagine no longer #Calgary.
We have three! 👇
#CalgaryTransit
Imagine no longer #Calgary.
We have three! 👇
#CalgaryTransit
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Imagine having more than 2 City Councillors who ride transit regularly to get to work.
Imagine no longer #Calgary.
We have three! 👇
#CalgaryTransit
Imagine no longer #Calgary.
We have three! 👇
#CalgaryTransit
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I thought turkeys were our allies in The War on Cars!
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I thought turkeys were our allies in The War on Cars!
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Been saying for years the CVS at 32nd and University needs this. Dead strip mall vibes with massive underutilized parking lot in the heart of urban uptown.
Are there any plans for that with the Vons in San Diego? The North Park location and the one on Adams would both appear to be prime locations for such an approach.
Almost every Safeway in San Francisco is planning a total rebuild into "housing over grocery." At least three recent proposals. Meanwhile, zero proposals from Safeway in the East Bay. sfyimby.com/2025/11/prel... sfyimby.com/2025/11/perm... sfyimby.com/2025/11/bern...
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Been saying for years the CVS at 32nd and University needs this. Dead strip mall vibes with massive underutilized parking lot in the heart of urban uptown.
"Painting a crosswalk is cheap and easy. A group of neighbors can paint an entire intersection in one morning for $100 or less. Getting the city of Los Angeles to paint a crosswalk, on the other hand, might take 14 years and the death of a 9-year-old boy."
Might meaning = they still might not do it
Might meaning = they still might not do it
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"Painting a crosswalk is cheap and easy. A group of neighbors can paint an entire intersection in one morning for $100 or less. Getting the city of Los Angeles to paint a crosswalk, on the other hand, might take 14 years and the death of a 9-year-old boy."
Might meaning = they still might not do it
Might meaning = they still might not do it
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Overheard last week while biking on Beach Dr, near DC, closed to cars:
Dude 1 “I really want to move to Minneapolis. It is just so awesome.”
Dude 2 “You ever been there?”
Dude 1 “No.”
Dude 2 “Is this about bike lanes?”
Dude 1 “Just all of it.”
Dude 1 “I really want to move to Minneapolis. It is just so awesome.”
Dude 2 “You ever been there?”
Dude 1 “No.”
Dude 2 “Is this about bike lanes?”
Dude 1 “Just all of it.”
a woman in a black coat and hat is standing in front of a red light .
ALT: a woman in a black coat and hat is standing in front of a red light .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Overheard last week while biking on Beach Dr, near DC, closed to cars:
Dude 1 “I really want to move to Minneapolis. It is just so awesome.”
Dude 2 “You ever been there?”
Dude 1 “No.”
Dude 2 “Is this about bike lanes?”
Dude 1 “Just all of it.”
Dude 1 “I really want to move to Minneapolis. It is just so awesome.”
Dude 2 “You ever been there?”
Dude 1 “No.”
Dude 2 “Is this about bike lanes?”
Dude 1 “Just all of it.”
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I'd also like to see mandatory re-testing every five years when drivers renew their license. There were no bike lanes or green pedestrian crossings or multimodal roads when I got my license.
"The goal is not to punish drivers, but to make roads less forgiving of distraction by aligning human psychology with physical design... policymakers must embrace the same logic — insist on streets & communities that demand cognitive engagement behind the wheel." www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
www.startribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'd also like to see mandatory re-testing every five years when drivers renew their license. There were no bike lanes or green pedestrian crossings or multimodal roads when I got my license.
It's pathological that the most coddled special interest group in society is in constant fear of being quote "punished"
"The goal is not to punish drivers, but to make roads less forgiving of distraction by aligning human psychology with physical design... policymakers must embrace the same logic — insist on streets & communities that demand cognitive engagement behind the wheel." www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
www.startribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It's pathological that the most coddled special interest group in society is in constant fear of being quote "punished"
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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Katie Wilson: "I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important."
October 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Katie Wilson: "I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important."
Checking out the Valencia St bike lane. Unbelievable how much drama there was to get a parking protected bike lane here. More bikes and scooters have passed us than cars and there's still plenty of space for car parking, parklets and 2 travel lanes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Checking out the Valencia St bike lane. Unbelievable how much drama there was to get a parking protected bike lane here. More bikes and scooters have passed us than cars and there's still plenty of space for car parking, parklets and 2 travel lanes.
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This is a helpful tool to understand just how different a car is from a bicycle
A crossover SUV does *149,483 times as much damage* as a bike per trip
150,000x the damage.
A crossover SUV does *149,483 times as much damage* as a bike per trip
150,000x the damage.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is a helpful tool to understand just how different a car is from a bicycle
A crossover SUV does *149,483 times as much damage* as a bike per trip
150,000x the damage.
A crossover SUV does *149,483 times as much damage* as a bike per trip
150,000x the damage.
I've reported this hundreds of times to the City of San Diego. Unbelievably, guidance against blocking bike lanes with road signs is even in the car centric CA version of the MUTCD.
After a while it really starts to feel like it's done intentionally.
After a while it really starts to feel like it's done intentionally.
The coroner recommended that the council review the colour of sandbags used in the anchoring of warning signs, before encouraging the Road Safety Authority to “reiterate the rules of the road for cyclists” as part of a public campaign
Cyclist killed after crashing into sign blocking bike lane, as family questions why warning to drivers about malfunctioning traffic lights wasn’t placed on ‘no parking’ zone
The cyclist, who had 84mg of alcohol in his system, hit a black sandbag blocking over two-thirds of the cycle lane, described by the family’s barrister during the coroner’s hearing as “difficult to no...
road.cc
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I've reported this hundreds of times to the City of San Diego. Unbelievably, guidance against blocking bike lanes with road signs is even in the car centric CA version of the MUTCD.
After a while it really starts to feel like it's done intentionally.
After a while it really starts to feel like it's done intentionally.
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My absolute favorite fact that most people don't seem to know and which is counterintuitive is that induced demand works in reverse too.
Add more lanes for cars? More traffic.
Take away lanes for cars? Traffic goes away.
Add more lanes for cars? More traffic.
Take away lanes for cars? Traffic goes away.
Every time
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My absolute favorite fact that most people don't seem to know and which is counterintuitive is that induced demand works in reverse too.
Add more lanes for cars? More traffic.
Take away lanes for cars? Traffic goes away.
Add more lanes for cars? More traffic.
Take away lanes for cars? Traffic goes away.
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I think he makes an excellent point - we should all pay for the road infrastructure according to how much wear and tear we impose on it. So bikes are still free, small cars cost a bit and idiotic deathtrucks cost a HUGE amount.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I think he makes an excellent point - we should all pay for the road infrastructure according to how much wear and tear we impose on it. So bikes are still free, small cars cost a bit and idiotic deathtrucks cost a HUGE amount.
must be the weather /s 😭
In the Netherlands, over 40% of rail passengers arrive by bike. Since 2012 the country has invested €400m+ to add 200,000 new bike parking spaces at stations. The result? More rail use, fewer car trips, lower congestion and emissions, better public health - and far more efficient use of urban space.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
must be the weather /s 😭