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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 10h

PREMIERE ALERT: Please tune in this Friday, October 2nd, at 2 pm Eastern for the Season 11 Finale featuring a conversation with Krista Nightengale, Executive Director of @betterblock.bsky.social, about creating safer, more livable, and lovable spaces and places. youtu.be/EtvBDDmoRU4

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How to Build a Better Block

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 13h

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Wednesday, September 30th, at 2 pm (7 am Oct 1st in Wellington) for this special on-bike interview with @axleryde.bsky.social, who graciously met me at the Wellington Airport and rode with me to my downtown hotel this past March. youtu.be/jzqKI2tAKoA

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My Bike Ride from the Wellington Airport to Downtown

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If we want to be successful in advocating for better streets, we need to tell better stories. A short excerpt from episode 358 with Sara Stace 👇 youtube.com/shorts/X0o8t...

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For Better Streets We Need to Tell Better Stories #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bentonville is Integrating Paved Urban Trails as a Default Tyler Overstreet, Bentonville Planning Director, talks about integrating active mobility infrastructure (including Dutch-inspired red cycle tracks) into the formal planning process. youtube.com/shorts/AV9xP...

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Bentonville is Integrating Paved Urban Trails as a Default #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Friday, September 25th, at 2 pm Eastern for a conversation with Sara Stace on how we can more successfully advocate for better streets for everyone, all ages and abilities, and all mobility modes. youtu.be/nwPaj4CzSqM

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A Better Streets Down Under Update with Sara Stace

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

PREMIERE ALERT TODAY! Please tune in later today, Wednesday, September 23rd, at 5 pm Eastern (that’s just about an hour from now) for this very special CNU34 Bike Tour of Bentonville led by David Wright, Bentonville Parks & Rec Director. @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social youtu.be/r9PM_NWFMo8

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The Congress for the New Urbanism Bentonville Bike Tour - 2026

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This Principal is Leading a Safer Streets Revolution at Her School and Nationally: In this short excerpt, students demonstrate a New Zealand Kea Crossing, a temporary, part-time crossing zone used near schools to help children cross the street safely. youtube.com/shorts/lNw-T...

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Principal is Leading a Safer Streets Revolution

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Friday, September 18th, at 2 pm Eastern (8 pm CET) for a conversation with Gemma Simón i Mas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull, about the global reach and impact of the Bike Bus Movement. youtu.be/yi-3IWB28UM

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Global Impacts of Bike Bus Are Being Documented & Celebrated

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a short excerpt of the CNU34 Northwest Arkansas Bike Tour of Walmart's newly opened headquarters campus, which features the Razorback Greenway running through the heart of the property. You have got to check this out. youtube.com/shorts/h0Jwx...

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CNU34 Walmart Campus Bike Tour #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yet another example that there’s a culture of activity shift happening within your family and community 👇

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share. Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

Black text on white background. “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on motorists. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century. Via the Urban Truth Collective.

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY Pls tune in later today, Wed, Sept 16th, at 2 pm Eastern for a special successful School Street case study video profile of a primary school in Auckland, New Zealand. Hopefully, the actions of this Principal will inspire you to help transform your streets youtu.be/cJZKMFWR6lA

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Auckland School Street: Principal Found A Way to Make it Happen

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Nicole McEntee @nikkimcentee17.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Love days when the bike bus starts small, then grows as you go along the route! Perfect weather for a bike bus today!

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices? The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.

Image of a wide concrete overpass with a huge truck travelling dangerously close to a thin, uncomfortable looking concrete “sidewalk.” The text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Tagline at the bottom says the Urban Truth Collective. #UrbanTruth #WarOnCars

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today, Mon, Sept 14th, at 2 pm Eastern, for this very special recording of the CNU34 Bike Tour of the Walmart Campus in Bentonville. The network of paved pathways, bike parking, and landscaping is amazing @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social youtu.be/p2bF8vbSaDA

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I Think I Found North America's Most Bicycle-Friendly Corporate Campus

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Why Are Car-Free Streets So Scary? ICYMI Here’s a short excerpt from Ep 355, a conversation with @brenttoderian.bsky.social about the 7-Week Extension of the Car-Free, People-Oriented Granville St in Vancouver, BC, and what other cities can learn from their experience. youtube.com/shorts/uOgAa...

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Car-Free People-Oriented Streets Are Scary!

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We’re rolling now! Please join us if you can… Aloha!😀👇

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Alright, alright, alright... We're in the final countdown, with just under 30 minutes to go until we start rolling. Please log in to your Google/YouTube account to join us for the Live Chat. It's always wonderful having you along for the ride. Aloha! 😀👇

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PREMIERING TODAY: Tune in later today, Friday, Sept 11, at 2 pm Eastern for the release of this @bikebusworld.bsky.social Update with the one and only @coachbalto.bsky.social. And sending a special shout-out to all the amazing Bike Bus advocates helping to grow this movement. 🙌 youtu.be/Af1MH8k6yFM

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2026 Update: Bike Bus World with Coach Sam Balto

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

Same text message as in the post, on a new poster from the Urban Truth Collective. Background image is a massive wide freeway, splitting neighbourhoods and filled with cars. #CarDependency #Traffic #Congestion

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

PREMIERE REMINDER: Tune in tomorrow, Friday, Sept 11, at 2 pm Eastern for a @bikebusworld.bsky.social Update Chat with the one and only @coachbalto.bsky.social. youtu.be/Af1MH8k6yFM

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2026 Update: Bike Bus World with Coach Sam Balto

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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A fun fact about our bike bus is that the safest lowest-volume streets in our neighborhood are almost all one-way inbound. To ride home, the safest route our city provides is to break the law and ride contraflow on those same one-way streets. It ain’t ideal.

A kid riding in a single traffic lane with parked cars facing toward us on each side

A kid riding in a single traffic lane with parked cars facing toward us on one side

A kid riding in a single traffic lane being passed by an adult on a bike, with parked cars facing toward us on each side

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

PREMIERE ALERT: Please tune in this coming Friday, Sept 11, at 2 pm Eastern, for a conversation with @coachbalto.bsky.social for a Bike Bus World Update. youtu.be/Af1MH8k6yFM

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2026 Update: Bike Bus World with Coach Sam Balto

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Tuesday, Sept 8th at 2 pm Eastern for something a little different… a test ride up Mauna Loa Access Road with a new bike, new camera equipment, and a new camera setup for multiple views. I’d love your feedback. youtu.be/h7kc7pfy9BA

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New Equipment Test Ride Mauna Loa Access Road

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Aloha Everyone! Here’s my Active Towns Update newsletter for August 2026. It was a crazy month with Hurricane Lala hitting us hard here on Hawaii Island, but it was also a busy month for fresh new videos on the channel and a few flashbacks. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More bike bus magic... 'tis the season! ❤️👇

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Active Towns Classic: In this excerpt, Ashton Schottler, with the fabulous TypeAshton Channel, gives us a taste of the emerging cycle network in Freiburg im Breisgau, and we check out a “new” fish ladder. Wait, what? See for yourself 👇 youtube.com/shorts/XhcFM...

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Active Towns Classic: Freiburg with @TypeAshton Part Two Excerpt #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today, Fri, Sept 4th, at 2 pm Eastern, for a chat w Vancouver, BC-based planner @brenttoderian.bsky.social, about what should happen with Granville Street. A challenge most cities trying to create more people-oriented places will relate to. youtu.be/k4n1lErO_2k

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A World Cup People-Oriented Street Holdover - Should it be Permanent?

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

PREMIERE REMINDER Pls tune in tmw, Fri, Sept 4th, at 2 pm Eastern, for a conversation with Vancouver, BC-based planner @brenttoderian.bsky.social about what should happen w/ Granville Street after the World Cup. A challenge cities trying to create lovable places can relate to. youtu.be/k4n1lErO_2k

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A World Cup People-Oriented Street Holdover - Should it be Permanent?

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Full Circle with Lennart Nout in Auckland (Part Two excerpt) How is it that roundabouts, when properly scaled (human) and designed, can be safer and more efficient than a signalized intersection? Even for people walking, cycling, and disabled people using mobility devices youtube.com/shorts/OjpBI...

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Full Circle with Lennart Nout in Auckland (Part Two excerpt) #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ACTIVE TOWNS CLASSIC: Here’s a short blast from the past: an excerpt from a video that has come back to life this week. You gotta love that algorithm. lol. In any case, give it a watch, and if you missed it, check out the original as well. youtube.com/shorts/awBkO...

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Active Towns Classic: Freiburg with @TypeAshton Part One Excerpt #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

PREMIERE ALERT: Please join us this Friday, September 4th, at 2 pm Eastern, for a conversation with Vancouver, BC-based planner @brenttoderian.bsky.social, about what should happen with Granville Street in the aftermath of the city's hosting of the World Cup. youtu.be/k4n1lErO_2k

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A World Cup People-Oriented Street Holdover - Should it be Permanent?

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

TikTok, TikTok... we're inching closer to the Premiere time of 2 pm Eastern... ICYMI, and if you'd like to "binge" watch a double feature, here's the link to Part One (destined to be an Active Towns Classic with over 8k views already) that I released last week: youtu.be/kINBY8LtC1Y

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A Dutch Mobility Expert's Take on the Auckland Cycle Network (Part One)

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sharing this because, well, we need more like these posts in our feeds 👇

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in later today, Wed, Sept 2nd, at 2 pm Eastern for Part Two of my special on-bike interview and cycle network tour in Auckland, New Zealand, with Mr. Lennart Nout, the Dutch Mobility Expert, whom you may remember from my Utrecht videos. youtu.be/9NueLpdlDiM

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A Dutch Mobility Expert's Take on the Auckland Cycle Network (Part Two)

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

AMS Video Montage: #2026Remix In 2019, I tagged along with sme City of Austin, TX officials to document a @peopleforbikes.bsky.social Final Mile Study Tour. This is a video montage of miscellaneous iPhone video clips I took while wandering the streets of Amsterdam. youtube.com/shorts/LZG1l...

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Amsterdam Cycle Network Study Tour Video Montage: 2026 Remix #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

ICYMI Here’s a short excerpt from my recent on-bike interview video featuring Dutch Mobility Expert, @lennartnout.bsky.social, formerly of Utrecht, now residing in Auckland, New Zealand. In this clip, we discuss the design of a newly built people-priority roundabout. youtube.com/shorts/m8C43...

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In a Roundabout Way with Lennart Nout Part One Excerpt #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In this short excerpt from my fascinating conversation, with Former Professional Bike Racer Becky Furuta, she describes how the bike means freedom of movement and independence for her adult son, who will never be able to drive due to a medical condition. youtube.com/shorts/cSnvk...

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Ep 354 Becky Furuta: Bikes Equal Freedom Excerpt #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An Excerpt from my Classic 2016 Duzer On-Bike Interview:  Way back in 2016, I had the crazy idea of interviewing @ryanvanduzer.bsky.social by bike on the trails in his backyard in Boulder, Colorado - this is a short excerpt of that interview. youtube.com/shorts/3Z45R...

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An Excerpt from my Classic 2016 Duzer On-Bike Interview #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Active Towns Classic: Utrecht Video Montage from 2019 Hey everyone, Here’s a short video montage from Utrecht, one of my first visits, long before I had established the Active Towns YouTube Channel. Enjoy! youtube.com/shorts/f9aUc...

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Active Towns Classic: Utrecht video montage #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Active Towns Classic: TU Delft Bike Priority Intersection  In 2019, I wandered down to TU Delft in the morning to check out this bike-priority intersection and was treated to this scene... I find it mesmerizing, even all these years later. youtube.com/shorts/_YnB1...

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Active Towns Classic: TU Delft bike priority intersection #shorts

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY Pls tune in today, Fri, Aug 28th, at 2 pm Eastern, for a chat w Becky Furuta, parent of a child with special needs who can't drive, about why it is so important that we create communities that provide active mobility options for all ages and abilities youtu.be/uEUISgZHVAc

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What An All Ages & Abilities Cycle Network Means to a Parent of a Child with Special Needs

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY Pls tune in today, Thurs, Aug 27th, at 2 pm Eastern (6 am on Fri in NZ) for a very special on-bike interview and cycle network tour in Auckland, New Zealand, with Dutch Mobility Expert, whom you may remember from my Utrecht videos, @lennartnout.bsky.social youtu.be/kINBY8LtC1Y

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A Dutch Mobility Expert's Take on the Auckland Cycle Network (Part One)

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Creating safe and inviting mobility options for all ages and abilities is empowering 👇

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Aloha Everyone! Happy Monday, August 24, 2026. As a change of pace and a turnabout in roles, here's my recent appearance on the Bike Streets Bike Networks Now Podcast: www.bikestreets.com/podcast/john... I hope you enjoy the conversation. Cheers! John

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 22/08/2026

🚲 New study: cargo bike can compete with cars! In Berlin, users rate cargo bikes better than cars on price, stress, flexibility & environmental impact; cars! 80% cite environmental reasons for ditching a car.📖 Study buff.ly/JV8RRog

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