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depavement @depavement.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

CDMX rules. I’m walking 7-9 miles a day. The architecture is interesting and beautiful. Public transit runs frequently. Abundant protected bike lanes. A dozen parks like Washington Square and Prospect Park but with tropical plants.

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FromTweets2Skeets @holmadick.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I'm so glad I got rid of my car. I wish society rallied more around public transportation and walking. It's cost effective, eco friendly, healthier, and you actually notice more stores/eateries/scenery/humanity happening.

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Chicago Concrete Post Company, 1924: “Smashing automobiles? Yes, — but saving lives.” Silent policemen were no flexposts. When “protecting pedestrians” was the end, unyielding mass was the means. That’s automatic enforcement our best tech today can’t match.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I would love it if people talked about disability access, universal design, and the citizen’s fundamental right to the city more often—not just when the Department of Transportation wants to install a speed bump.

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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 25/11/2024

"Sometimes, a shop owner claims his business was ruined because the city removed 4 parking spaces. With surveys, our mayor can say: ‘6,000 more people pass your shop a day thanks to a new bike lane. Are you sure you’re a good businessman?’”

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

We believe: 🚲 Change happens quickly 🚲 Our streets can become safer in a day 🚲 There's momentum for climate action & transportation equity 🚲 Bikes & cargobikes are essential We believe we can go further together. Will you join BikeLoud as a monthly member? bikeloudpdx.org/donate/ 3/3 Thank you!

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

People are willing to walk a lot farther when you make it a pleasant walk.

Calle de la Mantilla, Cartagena, Colombia.

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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

*But I also like to keep things fun, so not everything is so serious. If we can't laugh with regularity while doing this type of advocacy, we'll go nuts or burn out.

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Anacortes Area Plant Dad @tarnado.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

E-bike handlebars with a gravelly path in a green woodland beyond

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 19/09/2024

Mass timber is so cool.

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 19/09/2024

Protected bike lanes are great, and having less car traffic is even better. A short ride on King St in Waterloo:

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

So many UK drivers love to play tough and then be like "I can't ride a bike because I might get wet and I can't use public transport because I am frightened of the children on the bus."

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YIMBYLAND @yimbyland.com · 15/09/2024

I freaking love these. Cute little row houses like these would sell like hotcakes in Sunbelt cities if they were actually legal to build as infill. The market wants gentile density, we just need the cities to let us build!

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

Edinburgh, Scotland

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

managing kerbs is good for business

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Harsh Shah @harshahahaaha.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Waited 20 min at peak hours for a CST bound bus in SoBo.

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Harsh Shah @harshahahaaha.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Even Toronto had more frequent buses than Mumbai 😔

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Staced & Whirled @girlawhirl.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

“I have a concept of a plan” Plan:

35 cars smashed into each other, wreckage everywhere

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Says the guy who kneecapped high-speed rail by flogging his silly Hyperloop idea: jalopnik.com/did-musk-pro...

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Katherine Garcia @katherinejulia.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

#DC Train Lovers: join our amazing Happy Hour at metrobar tomorrow 9/12 with transit fans united in their support for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. All aboard! RSVP: partiful.com/e/DPaAVRLusc... #transit #climate #housing

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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Yes. EV market share is approaching 100 %, so allowing them in the bus lane just turns it into a car lane.

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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

After decades of privilege, electric vehicles were finally expelled from the bus lane on one of the busiest highways leading into Oslo.

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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Efficient transport infrastructure looks empty.

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 11/09/2024

Good morning to Vancouver housing people! Can you help get Ravi Kahlon to try posting over here? The housing discourse needs him

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 12/09/2024

The idea that housing is built by “greedy developers” who it’s fine to squeeze endless fees out of is itself greed by municipalities on behalf of people who already have housing

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Ontario's Premier shelved a plan to make minimum heights near transit, despite widespread support from other parties, cities, and presumably his own caucus. Doug Ford is Canada's top NIMBY. The centre-left in BC is eating conservative premiers' lunch on this issue. globalnews.ca/news/1074251...

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Ontario wanted ‘massive density’ around its transit projects. Then the plan vanished | Globalnews.ca

A raft of internal government plans show Ontario considered imposing minimum building heights for buildings around transit stations but ultimately scrapped the plan.

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Alexandre Varella @alexandrevarella.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

They are doing a wonderful job being dominated by Trump and shutting Kamala’s voice. Embarrassing. To say the least. Trump is forcing and getting at least 70 seconds more than Kamala in every exchange with the absolute incapacity of the moderators to avoid it.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

The moderators want Trump to win but it's increasingly clear that their attempts to prop him up aren't enough and people are noticing it more and more

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YIMBYLAND @yimbyland.com · 11/09/2024

Want lower rent? Let the developers build!

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 11/09/2024

And now for something different. You’ve heard of rails to trails, but rails _and_ trails is better

Spur Line Trail in Waterloo on a nice day: multi use path with people walking, a grass strip, then a single rail track curving through a shaded green area

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 09/09/2024

This is what we fight for.

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Scandinavian101 @scandinavian101.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

Californian optimism posting

Digital artwork of a speculative vision for the future of the LA Union Station. Visibile are: LA LRT, a trolleybus and a number of electric trains, including a CAHSR consist.

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Alex Diaz-Papkovich @alexandr.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

I spent ~18 months collecting stories of Canadian drivers crashing into people and ended up with a set of 257 times they slammed into structures too. The stories are bonkers. Injuring kids in bed, damaging 4th floor apartments, burning down houses, annihilating restaurants-just par for the course!

Emergency crews investigating after car crashes into Mississauga apartment building

The car hit a window on the second floor of the building and there’s possible damage up to the fourth floor, Mississauga Fire said.

https://www.cp24.com/news/emergency-crews-investigating-after-car-crashes-into-mississauga-apartment-building-1.6063207

Young girl injured after truck crashes into Brampton home where she was sleeping

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/05/02/brampton-crash-house-girl-sleeping/

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/caledon-home-destroyed-after-car-crashes-into-garage-catches-fire-1.6392259

Caledon home destroyed after car crashes into garage, catches fire

4 people sent to hospital after pickup truck crashes into Calgary restaurant
Vehicle drove into Sammy's Chophouse on Saturday night

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/four-people-sent-to-hospital-truck-drove-into-restaurant-1.6550991

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Even with a more significant rise in carbon emissions and global temperatures, Earth at its worst would be more habitable than Mars at its best. Colonizing Mars is and has always been a delusion.

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Indian Urbanism @indianurbanist.bsky.social · 25/06/2023

When it comes to addressing the housing shortage, developers will undoubtedly play a crucial role. However, the current situation highlights that Indian developers, often backed by political connections, tend to exhibit NIMBY tendencies, exacerbating the housing shortage issue.

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Indian Urbanism @indianurbanist.bsky.social · 26/06/2023

Rent control's major problem is that both benefits and harms are very drastic. One's stance on rent control often hinges on whether they believe migrants should have equal or fewer rights than natives in a housing shortage market.

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Indian Urbanism @indianurbanist.bsky.social · 02/07/2023

Typically, the expansion of roads and the prioritization of car-centric infrastructure can be indicative of budget cuts. This approach tends to be inefficient in terms of resource allocation, leading to potential reductions in funding for public transit and general services as a consequence.

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Indian Urbanism @indianurbanist.bsky.social · 02/07/2023

Investing in roads and parking over essential services hurts budgets, undermines transit, and harms infrastructure like drainage and sewage due to poor spacing.

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Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhdhaliwal.com · 02/07/2023

When you feel something's wrong with a city's transit system, it's always the unholy trifecta of budget cuts, privatization, and car lobby highway expansion. Latest victim: Porto, which I have been visiting for almost a decade now. A well oiled system is close to becoming unusable.

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Indian Urbanism @indianurbanist.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

Even though NIMBYism is something primarily spoken about in the western context. Opposing it is the very first step in beating nativist xenophobes and protecting migrants in Indian cities. Especially tourist cities NIMBYest xenophobia has gained so much solidarity among Indian progressives.

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 10/09/2024

Here’s a start

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