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un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love the freedom of riding a bike in the city. You can explore so many areas & discover new places. Parks, canals, alleys - all waiting for you. #paris #bike

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Thanks for reminding me of this.

A short history of traffic engineering show walk, cycle, transit and car routes over time with cycling and walking getting worse.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the hardest things about being a cyclist is dealing with the nagging feeling that a serious crash is inevitable. Because you can indeed do everything "right" and it still does not matter.

I followed every precaution and it didn’t matter

New to biking here

I started in July around the time of the fatal car crash with that biker. That and hearing everyone who bikes to work tell me that they have had horrid experiences with cars was disheartening.

I made sure to only use protected routes. I take Southwest corridor for basically my whole trip and even though it adds so much more time to my commute, it makes me feel safe.

None of that mattered because at some point, even for a second you will hit the main road. And you will always lose to the 4 ton machine. I got hit by a car parking in the bike lane. He was more concerned with his car than the fact that I could have my life potential altered forever because he was looking at his phone. And at the end of the day, the police can literally choose to not respond to your 911 call and you get stuck with medical bills.

It’s hard to have a conversation about sharing the road when people in cars feel entitled to do whatever they want and the only person who’s ever in danger is the biker. I love biking in this city and I have found a really love and joy for the outdoors because of it. Now I am terrified to even get on a bike lane, even if there is one, if it’s shared with the main road.

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Erik Noonan @eriknoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bike/pedestrian networks don't take 30 years to build. Stop accepting those timelines in your community. The best practices have been proven & they already exist. Safety should already be the #1 priority. The ROI is unbeatable. The timeline is a moral document and it shouldn't be generational.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 28/09/2026

When it comes to road safety, cities have two choices: Adapt kids to traffic: keep them indoors and drive them everywhere. Or adapt traffic to kids: make streets safe enough to move as autonomous members of society. The choice says a lot about the kind of city we want to build. youtu.be/O_WjWRmQwtg

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“They’re too young to ride" Nope. They’re ready to ride, it’s our cities that aren’t ready.

b/w photo of 3 kids on bikes - one in the bike lane

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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

YouTube video by Active Towns

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/09/2026

The countdown is on for a traffic-free Oxford Street. Monday 26 October marks a new chapter for the nation’s high street as it becomes pedestrianised.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 27/09/2026

Too often, public transportation agencies think their responsibility begins and ends at the turnstile. Dutch railways have increasingly embraced the idea they are part of a door-to-door mobility system—one that includes walking, cycling, bike parking, and shared micromobility. youtu.be/ZuiyDEkyPW0

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The worst political outcome is one in which I have to share" sums up the logic of many rich people when it comes to taxes and many car owners when it comes to public space.

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Critical Mass Brussels @critmassbrussel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1700 cyclists yesterday. ✨ Thank you for showing with us the ridiculous space cars take in our everyday life. And how many people could fit instead. 🤷‍♂️ See you next month with the same ambition as usual: riding to improve our beloved city. 💗 #LetsRideTogether 📸 @lanomadesed.bsky.social

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 26/09/2026

Photo from Reddit of today’s Critical Mass. There are hundreds of cyclists in this photo and only about 40 people in cars. Yet both groups are taking up roughly the same amount of road space.

Photo of Critical Mass bike ride in Toronto today

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The diesel scandal isn’t over. Since 2009, there have been 30,000 new cases of childhood asthma in the UK because of excess diesel emissions. Without action there’ll be thousands more. Watch our film, then email our leaders. www.mumsforlungs.org/news/the-die... #AirPollution #Diesel

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The diesel scandal - still making our kids sick — Mums for Lungs

10th July 2026 Our new film calls out the UK government and car manufacturers over the millions of illegally polluting diesel cars still on UK roads - and the toll they're taking on our…

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“What family needs a car with a 4.4-litre engine that goes from zero to 60 in four seconds?" Powerful piece on the need to ban SUV advertising and introduce limits on the width, length and bonnet height of cars. #Carspreading #RoadDanger

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Daughter calls on Sadiq Khan to crack down on ‘monster’ SUVs after parents killed

Claire Corkery is calling on Sadiq Khan to back tougher controls on large SUVs after her parents were killed by a BMW X5 travelling at 87mph

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our school doesn't just have a #bikebus, there's also a run club that meets, trains and runs to school together (another weekday). The parent organizer asked for a volunteer to drive all the kids backpacks to school. My husband said why drive when you could cargo bike?! 25 bags delivered this week.

A term GSD longtail with backpacks in a front basket, storm box, and trailer pulled behind.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 25/09/2026

“Streets and their sidewalks, the main public places of a city, are its most vital organs.” - Jacobs “If you want to know what a culture values, look at what it builds. Our cities and towns are some of the greatest works of human civilization. They all began with their streets.” - Dover+Massengale

A paperback book, “Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns” sits in the middle of a brick paved and tree lined street in Delft, The Netherlands.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's something amazing about being in a peloton of 40+ bikes on the cycle lane heading home. Every driver at the front of a queue of side-street traffic... every person peering out of a bus window... every passer-by gets the message: "Oh wow, yeah, people are using this stuff". Never gets old.

My view travelling home by bike: Loads of people cycling on the South City Way cycle lane on Victoria Road in Govanhill in the Southside of Glasgow, during evening rush hour. A woman in front of me wears an incredibly fetching gold coloured helmet.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nice work, Raleigh NC. Combining a protected bike lane with a continuous sidewalk creates necessary friction. The elevation change acts as a hard design cue, physically reminding motorists they are crossing a pedestrian domain, not the other way around.

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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A truly inspiring day at our #TimeforTrams event in Coventry. At times it was standing room only, as we heard from a stellar lineup of Mayors, MPs and industry leaders, councillors and campaigners, about the extraordinary potential of trams and light rail.

Attendees at the Time For Trams conference

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There’s a family of four on this cargo bike. You don’t need an SUV, let alone a car.

Two adults and two children on a cargo bike

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 20/09/2026

Cycling supports socialisation and happiness, by spending time outside and meeting people; while reducing our reliance on motorised transport and its associated emissions and externalities such as noise and occupation of space.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Terrible policy when domestic transport is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases in the UK. We need to be going all-in on helping people AWAY from reliance on fossil fuels, not subsidising their use even more than we already do.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 24/09/2026

“Stay in bloody Holland and don’t come mess up our lives with your nonsense.” “Cycling extremists.” “Mobility propagandists.” “Idiots.” “A new breed of slugs and rats.” “Who invited these clowns?” “Out to cause harm.” “Zero empathy towards anyone who needs to get around.” “Revolting, evil people.”🧵

A middle aged couple in casual business attire pose for a photo in an industrial courtyard in Tartu, Estonia.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 23/09/2026

Two hours in Vienna. One train stopover. Instead of sitting on the platform, we borrowed shared bikes and pedalled the length of Argentinierstraße: Vienna’s first Dutch-style fietsstraat; where cars are guests and bikes set the pace. Sometimes you don't need a whole day to discover a city by bike.

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 22/09/2026

Two years ago today, we turned Upper Highgate Street into a Play Street and remembered four year old Mayar Yahia, tragically killed by a driver. Two years on, the street is still no safer. We hope the council delivers the changes proposed in tribute to Mayar. #WorldCarFreeDay #VisionZero

A street closed to traffic with road closure signs in the rain. People carrying umbrellas gather around gazebos set up in the road.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Isn’t it obvious that selfishness on the road changes us as a society? The belief that a driver should be allowed to do whatever they please, regardless of the impact on others, mounts the pavement and travels deep into our lives." Via @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot

In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So, I’m in Dublin for #WorldCarFreeDay and have time set aside to explore. I’ll be at @tcddublin.bsky.social to hear @tomflood.bsky.social speak this evening. Before that, I’ve little in mind except a vague notion of finding chowder in Howth. What else should I explore?

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 22/09/2026

Do you know the real impact of cars on our city? Last week the film "City of Cars" was shown at a well attended Birmingham city council meeting. City of Cars is a film about dangerous driving in Birmingham and the devastating impact on people and communities. www.transportxtra.com/publi...

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I’d had enough - why I made the film City of Cars

I’d had enough. Enough of cars screaming past me and my children as we walked to school. Enough of drivers running red lights at pedestrian crossings an

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #WorldCarFreeDay! Not easy to notice if you live somewhere like I do, but here's a nice poster from the good people at @carfree-cities.bsky.social.

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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚶‍♀️🌳 It's #WorldCarFreeDay! From Newcastle to Great Yarmouth to London, communities are enjoying car-free streets where children can play and people can connect. A glimpse of a future with cleaner air and affordable public transport for all. Read more 👉https://ow.ly/wwhU50ZPIbI

Child holding colorful chalks next to a bucket with a quote about imagining a less car-dependent future for children on World Car Free Day.

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 21/09/2026

We had a lovely day at the Thousand Journeys to Highbury Hall event yesterday, lots of really engaging conversations with people. Thanks to everyone who stopped to talk to us, and to Highbury Hall and The Chamberlain Trust for inviting us.

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Floating bus stops are a simple way to make busy streets work better for everyone. Buses do not get held up by cyclists, while people cycling get a continuous, protected route instead of being forced into traffic. Safer cycling, quicker bus journeys and streets that work for people.

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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The UN General Assembly returns to NYC, and honestly the way it freezes traffic yet protects the bike network is kind of nice

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stuff for drivers left on sidewalks for pedestrians is just another front in the #WarOnWalking.

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 19/09/2026

We’ll be at A Thousand Journeys to Highbury tomorrow! 🚂 Our stall will be in the Drawing Room at Highbury Hall, so come and say hi! 👋 The lovely Cath Palgrave will also be up by Highbury Hall showing people how to check their bikes. 🚲 Come along and make a day of it!

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‘A thousand journeys to Highbury . As Kings Heath Station welcomes passengers once again, join us for a day of exploration across Highbury Park between Kings Heath Station and Highbury Hall.

Enjoy guided journeys, historic vehicles, live music, family activities and fascinating stories of how visitors reached Highbury over the last 150 years.

Begin at:

Kings Heath Station or Highbury Hall.

20th September 2026 11am -5pm

Book Your Adventure

Find Out More

www.highburyhallandpark.co.uk’

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026

Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.

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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Improvements in air pollution are leading to brighter, smarter toddlers. A New York study adds to the growing evidence that air pollution is a fixable problem and that health improves when air pollution is reduced. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds

Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores

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friedgreentomato.bsky.social @friedgreentomato.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Momo’s first #cargobike ride. Safe to say he’s a fan. So many smells, treats, and attention. Impressed with his balance and surprised by him not screaming at anyone we went by. Lots of smiles from people as they see his tiny #shitsu head sticking out the top of the bucket

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Ben (BicycleBenUK) @ben.fiets.uk · 17/09/2026

Change the way we travel? Then mandate that councils MUST rapidly roll-out safe, connected, direct cycle infrastructure everywhere (+fund them). It takes 15-20 mins by e-bike to travel across town, but direct uses a 40mph road with guaranteed close passes and only a narrow footpath for active travel

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Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050

Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue

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AZB @azb2019.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Londoners don’t need cycling infrastructure because they’ll only ride when the weather is nice. As soon as it rains they won’t ride”

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

People constantly claim that having a child makes biking impossible. The reality is that the only thing restricting your mobility is hostile city infrastructure. Streets have the power to either give you safe transportation options or force you into a car for every single errand.

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scottonabike.bsky.social @scottonabike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm starting to think flex-posts don't post much protection 😬

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's a simple message. Why are so few mayors able to speak this clearly on road danger, still less act so decisively? @richardparkerwm.bsky.social

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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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Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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