Reposted by Alex BlackUrban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 29/09/2026[𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety. 58238
Reposted by Alex BlackMayor Melanie Kebler @melaniekebler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This machine fights climate change. 🌎 This machine fights traffic congestion. 🚴🏼♀️ This machine fights ill health. 💓 Love this machine (and the great new Art Station building it's parked in front of!) 316932
Reposted by Alex BlackThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Cars, welcome to The War on Cars. 525529
Reposted by Alex BlackTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram 211307240
Reposted by Alex BlackJake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Did you know: cities used to have balloons that would just follow children to school, until General Motors bought all the balloons and scrapped them 1532437
Reposted by Alex BlackDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ALT headline: "Current street configuration comes at a cost for bus riders, cyclists."brooklyn.news12.comNew bus and bike lanes planned along B38 route could come at a cost for driversThe project, which stretches along DeKalb and Lafayette avenues from Bedford-Stuyvesant to Downtown Brooklyn, is part of the city's ongoing effort to improve bus service and reduce travel times for co... 1624
Reposted by Alex Blackhilkojj @hilkojj.nl · 22/09/202617 days until launch!! Watch the *alternative* trailer, voiced by Not Just Bikes. store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/... 281207338
Reposted by Alex BlackWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 20/09/2026Battle cry of every bike lane opponent ever: "we're not against bike lanes" 87314
Reposted by Alex BlackBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026$15K+ on average each year for each car in the United States. And Gas specifically is 55% higher than six years ago. That’s a shocking cost, especially when u consider how much of the U.S. has been planned and designed to be functionally car dependent, and that often means multiple cars are needed.cnbc.comCar ownership costs an average of $5,851 a year on top of auto loan payments, analysis findsThe cost of insurance, gas, and maintenance or repairs can add thousands of dollars a year to the price of owning a car. 1919856
Reposted by Alex BlackJeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Perennial Cycle DJ Ride, September 2026 ✅ I hit up the monthly DJ Ride organized by @perennialcycle.bsky.social (h/t @lauragmitchell.com), a Seattle Bike Disco adjacent ride with lights and music. Could only attend the first hour as I have to catch my train back to Seattle from St Paul. 🚲 🪩 😍 0333
Reposted by Alex BlackBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Posts like this about biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.” The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership 3129662
Reposted by Alex BlackAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/09/202612 stories of housing vs 7 stories near rail transit is obviously like taste in different ice cream flavors 1161
Reposted by Alex BlackWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Research climate solutions globally. Oppose climate solutions locally. ✊🏻 624318
Reposted by Alex BlackFietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We're told that people walking and biking should wear hi-vis clothing, remove headphones, and never look at your phone. Meanwhile: 825256
Reposted by Alex BlackDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026You would blush to offer this as parody. This is a *public health professor*. 1880183
Reposted by Alex BlackOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It kills me that he still talks about putting bike lanes on “secondary roads” when those secondary roads *do not exist* in Toronto’s street grid (for the most part), Nothing replaces Bloor, Yonge, etc. Feels like a brutish power move, like he’s saying “I’ll kick you in the face and lie about it”. 718828
Reposted by Alex BlackAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just how thick do you have to be to believe that removing bike lanes will “fight gridlock?” I thought Canadians were generally smarter than Americans 5152
Reposted by Alex BlackBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is BAD NEWS for public safety & mobility in Ontario. Make no mistake what this ruling means—the lower court decision established that ripping out protected bike-lanes WILL cost lives & that was unconstitutional. This Appeal decision says Doug Ford is constitutionally allowed to ENDANGER LIVES.cbc.caOntario appeal court says Ford can rip out Toronto bike lanes | CBC NewsPremier Doug Ford’s government can rip out 19 kilometres of protected bike lanes in Toronto, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled in a decision released Friday, reversing a lower court decision m... 24334122
Reposted by Alex BlackCities of Lions @citiesoflions.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Transit is key to fixing housing and housing is key to fixing transit. 37217
Reposted by Alex BlackPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026To anyone who does not live in Paris but visits the city at regular intervals (as I do), the transformation has been staggering: Paris has been reclaimed from cars. It can be done, and could be done in London too. It is all about political will and taking the risk of being unpopular - for a while. 451883482
Reposted by Alex BlackGordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Thank you to @mayor.seattle.gov for letting Lake Washington Boulevard better serve the community this summer. The boulevard is most accessible when it is closed to car through-traffic, and OPEN to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to enjoy as the 3 mile public waterfront PARK it is 137857
Reposted by Alex BlackFietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Why do we support bollards? Because bollards deal out consequences for the driver, rather than the driver dealing out life altering consequences to the people outside of their car. 220526
Reposted by Alex BlackOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Enforcing basic rules on drivers like speed limits is considered novel, and remarkable, and objectionable. 81519
Reposted by Alex Blackderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.comordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new. 753423907
Reposted by Alex BlackLaura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 13/08/2026Spotted one of these close to home today and my 7yo exclaimed "we get ANOTHER loop dee loop?" Every time we go through a traffic circle on bikes @nissamitchell.com has us ride around the whole loop (when there isn't other traffic around). Fun for all ages. 2377
Reposted by Alex BlackDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Time Traveler Causes of Death xkcd.com/2976/ 81162327
Reposted by Alex BlackFietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/08/2026We probably need to ban cars until we figure out why this keeps happening. 1819630
Reposted by Alex BlackFietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Coming soon to a discussion near you: "This isn't Minneapolis!" 1655
Reposted by Alex BlackOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Example #2 of the strangely common idea that the real problem with our housing system is that rentals exist. And that we solve housing not by having more housing, but by forcing rentals to be condos only for ownership. 9648
Reposted by Alex Blackbettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/07/2026The people who complain about empty bike lanes do not want full bike lanes. They want no bike lanes. 21595110
Reposted by Alex BlackLaura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 21/07/2026Police looking for illegal ebikes seized and destroyed this person’s ebike… a Tern GSD (very much not an illegal ebike). 3346
Reposted by Alex BlackHaojun & Muffin @haojun-li.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Bike advocacy is about FREEDOM. The most AMERICAN mode of transportation. No license or registration or insurance requirements. Legally allowed almost everywhere. Hop off and suddenly you are a pedestrian too. Anti-bike is anti-freedom, which is anti-America. 215026
Reposted by Alex BlackGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This is a disgusting thing to publish in the wake of Louisa Gag's death. Yes, safety education is important for bicyclists. But Louisa is dead because of unsafe infrastructure and because of dangerous blind spots on trucks. Why does this piece not even mention steps the trucking industry could take?bostonglobe.comThe preventable blind spot trap killing Boston’s cyclists - The Boston GlobeLarge trucks turning right can sweep cyclists into their rear wheels in an instant. Understanding this deadly dynamic could save lives. 1239570
Reposted by Alex BlackThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 14/07/20261. You can't "lose" something that you didn't pay for and that was never yours to begin with. 2. 76% of households in Manhattan are car-free. 1053085
Reposted by Alex BlackRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The project on the left is completely through environmental review and is approved to move into construction and the project on the right needs more environmental analysis, everything is working great. 13514101
Reposted by Alex BlackMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10676502620323
Reposted by Alex BlackAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Salt Lake City slowly turning into Phoenix. But nothing to see here. Yikes 1429
Reposted by Alex BlackMark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Two simple ideas on one amazing cargo bike, which if you look closely you'll see is both a front loader and a longtail. Will write about this bike on @cyclingelectric.bsky.social next week 6528
Reposted by Alex BlackNeil T @biliousbarnacle.bsky.social · 20/06/2026You ever wonder why there's Pop Tarts, but no Mom Tarts? It's the pastriarchy. 112120
Reposted by Alex BlackJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 17/05/2026US cities take note: Austin is prospering despite not letting Big Sports team owners extort billions from taxpayers by constantly threatening to leave town. You can have just as much fun and civic pride rooting for minor leagues, and the tickets are cheaper! 810911
Reposted by Alex BlackFietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Once again, a microscope on micromobility, while car violence continues to kill over 44,000 people per year in the United States. 26012
Reposted by Alex BlackDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 27/04/2026If we're not careful, more mayors will be so corrupt that they [reads story] prioritize making bus service faster on a route they ride. 8876116
Reposted by Alex BlackChicago 🏳️⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Can somebody who is good at the economy please tell me if bike parking is better than car parking for my business? 5667
Reposted by Alex BlackPTK @leftveteran.bsky.social · 21/04/2026This clearly ends the discussion toilet paper over the top, never under. Patented in 1891 5429
Reposted by Alex BlackDr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"Ebikes are insanely great technology. Cheap, rugged and reliable, they're basically bicycles that abolish hills. Once you've gotten accustomed to an ebike ..you'll never go back." The mileage is great: 625 km per $1 (390 miles). 40818128