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Emeline

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I'd rather suffer being wrong than live in blissful ignorance. Huge fan of bikes, birds, and books (oh my)!

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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 13h
I needed to do a Goodwill run, but I'm also the weekday caretaker for my daughter. So, what do I do? I load her up, plus the suitcase, clothes, and pots and pans that I'm going to donate onto the cargo bike. No car necessary.
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DCTrikeMom @dctrikemom.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
But what if you need to carry children? In the RAIN??? #bikedc #bunchfam
2 bunch bikes in the rain with rain tents on
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 19h
The 5th annual Cargo Bike Show and Tell was a success! Loved hanging out with all you awesome people and your awesome bikes.
People and cargo bikes in a parkA man carrying 4 kids on a cargo bikeTwo people standing in front of some awesome bikesPeople and cargo bikes in a park
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 10/10/2026
Unreliable sources are quoted saying that’s we had about 400 people on bikes and wheels tonight.
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Transform California @transformca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bay Area voters: be sure to vote YES on regional measure RTM #YESonRTM. Kinda chic to get all political and #FundtheBus. Thanks for saving Bay Area transit.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The drip on this truck my god. Plus it hauls a lot more than some tricked out touch screen super duty or cybertruck
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s important to have the right attire at work. Dress for success they say
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Riding bikes in Shelby Bottoms at sunset might be the best thing about this city
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 09/10/2026
Good morning!
Photo of my bike leaning against a concrete wall next to Lake Michigan with the Chicago skyline in the distance under a cloudy sky.
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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 09/10/2026
I am not an architect, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that a five story building with two staircases is not a single-stair building.
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Jennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Vancouver, WA did the biggest upzone / deregulation possibly in the entire nation and not enough people are talking about it. And this all came from City staff - they didn’t have community advocates demanding this for years!
A chart showing the zoning districts with minimum density and maximum height that have been in effect since July 1, 2025. In the “low scale” zone, the lowest density other than manufactured home parks, the minimum density is 8 du/ac and the max height is three floors (45 feet). Vancouver, WA’s new zoning map, which has just 10 zones.The four comprehensive plan designations and ten zones in Vancouver. The four comp plan designations are residential neighborhoods, urban mixed use, employment and industry, and green space.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For optimal health, get your daily greens. 🌳
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
table for one please
kid biking next a truck in a painted bike lane
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
She's so beautiful 😭
My new cargo ebike!!!
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bikeverywhere.bsky.social @bikeverywhere.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is your sign to get out on your bike today! Rochester, NY
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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As #WeekWithoutDriving challenge comes to a close and 51 Weeks of Forced Driving begins, I wrote about why it's important to center the joys and benefis of non-automotive transport, too, while also working to denormalize the (totally unnecessary and avoidable)"challenges" of mass automobility.
usa.streetsblog.org
Does the 'Week Without Driving' Give Car-Free Living A Bad Rap? — Streetsblog USA
The Week Without Driving should expose not just the injustices endured by people outside cars, but the joys they experience, too.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How can we discuss apples without applerankings.com
Review of the Red Delicious apple
 Score: 25/100, "coffee grounds in a leather glove"Gala apple review: 68/100, "the base model"

The Gala is a robust apple that can be and is grown all over the world all year-long. As a result, it has become a wholly inoffensive mainstay that can be found in any supermarket, at any time, anywhere in the developed world. In fact, in 2018 the Gala surpassed the gag-worthy Red Delicious as America’s Most Popular Apple. This does not mean the Gala is some kind of transcendent Godsend. On the contrary, it is more akin to an uncool step-parent who eventually wins you over simply by consistently showing up. Red Delicious – please leave, we have a new father now.
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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 08/10/2026
Can you raise a family in Chicago without a car? Our latest guest says yes, and she told us about how she went car-free with her family, how she handles biking in the winter with kids, and a whole lot more!
youtube.com
Car-Free In Chicago, With Kids?
YouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The D.C. mayor should have the legal ability to declare impromptu days off for everyone when it's as perfect out as it is today. Follow me for more brilliant and totally workable policy ideas.
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Benjamin Schneider @benschneider.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Over the past decade, bikeshare has become a quintessential part of the urban experience. Young urbanites couldn't imagine life without it. Total cultural victory — and hardly anyone talks about it. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
gothamist.com
The hottest way to show you're an authentic New Yorker is… riding a Citi Bike?
Thanks to Dua Lipa, Kim Kardashian, Timothée Chalamet and more, the rideshare program is having a moment.
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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Driving is easier and faster, I don't get why you'd choose harder and slower?" Me: #yycbike
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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 08/10/2026
To figure out how many vehicles Americans actually want, and what types of vehicles, we should abolish minimum parking mandate nationwide. Because we lack a free market for automobile storage, we cannot determine what Americans would freely choose.
A PowerPoint slide titled "minimum parking mandates increase automobile ownership, traffic and pollution." The slide reads: "University of California scholar surveyed residents of 2654 homes and 197 San Francisco project. Residents had been randomly assigned to homes with or without on-site parking. They concluded: "residences with more on-site parking induce more automobile ownership.
Buildings with at least one parking space per unit have more than twice the car ownership rate of buildings that have no parking."
Source: Millard-Ball, Adam, Jeremy West, Nazanin Rezaei, and Garima Desai. “What Do Residential Lotteries Show Us about Transportation Choices?” Urban Studies 59, no. 2 (February 2022): 434–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098021995139
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cities can choose their "traffic".
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
kids these days.
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I saw a kid/teen
(insert complaint about kids/teens existing in the public realm doing basically anything kids do
Then say: Kids just don't go outside now, when we were young we were outside all day and got up to all sorts of hilarious trouble.
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Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Big, burly men that drive to the gym: "You are not going to carry a ladder on a bike..." Me, a quite dainty/small male human:
An orange Tern GSD e-bike with a ladder strapped to the side of it. The bike is parked in a suburban garden on an overcast day
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Put your baby to sleep with a: ❌ Car Ride ✅ Bike Ride
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Nicole McEntee @nikkimcentee17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our bike bus rides every day. The excitement of yesterday’s special ride gave us a great turnout today too!
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Blackmountaindad @blackmountaindad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When you see your kid in the wild and they look as awesome as you think they are. He’s riding 9 miles a day for school. Bike lanes matter. Alternative transportation matters. He could take the bus but he chooses to ride. I am so proud. That’s my kid.
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David Welton @davidwelton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Beyond that, it just makes me *happy* to ride around on my bike
Auto and oil industies seeing people use eBikes

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Saving 1000+ a month and avoiding traffic jams
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mrs. Fietser knocked out the grocery run by bike on her lunch hour today. Driving a car just to haul a few bags of food through the neighborhood is incredibly inefficient. A car is simply too big of a tool for the job.
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BART @bart.gov · 07/10/2026
BART just set a new ridership record! We carried 254,248 trips yesterday. That’s our highest ridership day since the pandemic, a record we have been breaking again and again this year as more people want to take transit. Thread ⬇️
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Nicole McEntee @nikkimcentee17.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our bike bus today was huge for National Bike/Walk/Roll to School Day! Estimated 50 kids + another 30 parents! We went off route for a little donut meetup and the incentive worked!
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
✅ No car necessary.
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Emeline @emelinef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Self driving electric cars offer the suggestion of a future without car ownership. if we can get self driving buses on the streets, even better, since that would allow us to run more routes at higher frequency. the car and fossil fuel eras are coming to an end.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Saw this in London, and I love it. The bike hanger securely stores six bikes, using a single curbside parking spot. Huge help for those who can’t keep a bike in their home!
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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026
Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets
The ancient two-panel Drake meme. On the top, he's looking away in disgust and holding his hand up. The text next to it says "Truck-or-treat". On the bottom, he looks pleased and is pointing toward text that says "Close your street".
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 02/10/2026
Sometimes I’m jealous of my kids’ childhood… Just hanging out, hugging and petting our puppy in a cargo bike on the way to school on a beautiful fall morning in Minneapolis. 🚲 ❤️ 🐶
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 01/10/2026
Is ageing a barrier to cycling? On the contrary! In The Netherlands , people between 65 and 75 years old, cycle more than any other adult group. Source: CBS – Statistics Netherlands, How much do Dutch people cycle? (2023) Fishman, Schepers & Kamphuis (2015).
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everything you see here, including the finished houses, used to be an urban golf course. It's now being fully redeveloped into residential, commercial, and public space.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First blanket ride to school this morning
Two kids in the front of a cargo bike snuggled up under blankets
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TGS @lilybeansdad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
home depot run. saw at least 5 other helmets walking through
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/09/2026
This tool from @observingthecity.ca is fantastic. It shows the traffic mode share by intersection using City data. Many downtown areas are dominated by pedestrians (in green). Yet *we still give most of the space to cars on almost every street.* www.observingthecity.ca/intersection...
Map of downtown area of Toronto. Pie charts show the mode share at every intersection.
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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 28/09/2026
Hauled some stuff on the bike. Birthday party supplies got to the park faster than they would have in a car.
A cargo bike carrying 60 cans of water, a cooler, a folding table, six camping chairs, a regulation corn hole set, six outdoor blankets, and much more.A cargo bike carrying ten pizzas
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's a great day to bike to the gym and leave the car at home.
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MacArthur Bike Bus @dmesbikebus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bike bus but make it family. Three bikes for three generations - an 18 year old, a 46-year old, and an 80-year old - that rode from the west end to have some quality family time on the waterfront.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Running errands by bike is not practical when you have children, especially with a baby." What's possible in life is limited by the city you live in. When the infrastructure enables you, the options give you freedom.
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Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Mississippi River is so dang beautiful.
Fall colors cover a gorge wall above a river with rowing teams on itA moody scene with a foggy river and railroad bridge
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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Groceries may be more expensive but at least I ain’t payin’ for gas.
Cargo bike loaded with groceries.
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