Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 10/07/2026Amsterdam’s Weesperzijde filtered riverside bike route runs parallel to a a city main road that has perfect separated cycle tracks. The more popular route? This river route: 010
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 21/06/2026Having friends over for tea, cake and a wee dram to mark the winter solstice, so got my grandmother’s tea set out just for the occasion. So nice! May the rest of the year be good for you. 020
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 20/06/2026#showyourstripes - Sydney 😱 showyourstripes.info 021
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 17/06/2026I am really looking forward to returning to Amsterdam again next year, to meet a new cohort of participants on “Engaging Communities for Changing Street”! 000
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 14/06/2026We’re having a warm winter in Sydney and the bike lanes are busy, busy, busy! 051
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 14/06/2026This drone shot of Amsterdam gave me an idea - I'd love a book of aerial cross-sections of city streets from around the world (preferably with a scale so you can compare them.) Pls can someone smarter and with more time than me make this happen? 3165
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 02/06/2026Finally made it to the newly refurbished State Library of NSW, and saw for the first time the resplendent 1988 “OZ?” tapestry by Martin Sharp, which now takes pride of place at the main entrance. A triumph! 020
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 29/05/2026Love this! At London’s famous Columbia Rd flower market, cargo bike delivery service @pedalme.bsky.social just made their 100th delivery of plants by bike, including banana plants, olive trees, bamboo, and fab florals customers couldn't carry home. 🪴 16317
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 19/05/2026It’s a cracker! Railings made of the same alloy they use throughout the Opera House, and Indigenous design inlaid in the pavement represents cross-harbour connection. We are so lucky (at last!) 100
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 05/05/2026A new visitor to our inner Sydney back yard - a lovely Laughing Kookaburra welcoming me back to Australia. 040
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 03/05/2026Price of Unleaded 95 continued to drop last week, now just 194.9 a litre at my local garage. 15% more than pre-war price but almost within boundaries of usual price cycles. So what happened to the ‘fuel crisis’? Did we outbid poorer nations? Use less, therefore decreasing demand? Something else? 100
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 26/04/2026I sometimes think we over complicate bikes and cycling. I’ve just completed a 44km ride around the ‘waterland’ countryside north of Amsterdam, on a 3-speed, steel, upright clunker. It was slow going, but perfectly fine. 191
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 23/04/2026Rush hour in Amsterdam. (Look out for the double base on a bike, two wheelchairs and a kid) 030
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 22/04/2026We’ve reached halfway for the inaugural “Engaging Communities for Changing Streets” program I am leading at the @urbancyclinginstitute.org in Amsterdam, and I can’t tell you how much fun we are having! 29 leaders, 13 countries, Amsterdam streets = happy chaos and a sense of warm confusion. 030
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 12/04/2026Interestingly the price of Unleaded 95 is now 232.9, down 15% from the record high of 274.9 just 13 days ago, but still up 61% from the pre-war price of 169.9 a litre. 100
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 03/04/2026Hello, Earth. NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window, while on his way to the Moon earlier today: www.nasa.gov/image-articl... 120
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 02/04/2026I am *obsessed* with the #Artemis2 livestream from the Orion spacecraft. Mind-blowing visuals of our incredible earth seen from space, just casually relayed via YouTube like it is the most normal thing ever... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf... #NASA #ArtemisII 010
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 02/04/2026Interesting! Price of Unleaded 95 has now gone down 20c a litre in 3 days (274.9 > 254.9), after the Australian government halved the duty on petrol by 26c a litre. However, still up 50% since the start of the war, and presumably likely to peak again if demand increases? 110
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 31/03/2026I was last in Paris for the 2024 Olympics, and it was hugely inspiring to see how much of the city was on the move by foot, bike and public transport! 182
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 29/03/2026Crikey! Local Unleaded 95 leapt 5c overnight - that’s now a 61% increase since the start of the war in Iran. 100
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 28/03/202616kg of cat food and kitty litter on the bike? Easy! 1322
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 23/03/2026Unleaded 95 at my local garage now $2.66AUD a litre, up 57% since the outbreak of the Iran war, and up 4% in 4 days… 100
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 19/03/2026Day 20 of the war in Iran and Unleaded 95 at my local petrol station is now $2.569AUD a litre - a 51% increase on the pre-war price. 110
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 19/03/2026Can we all just take a moment to admire this photo of my local MP, @kobishettymp.bsky.social who is, quite clearly, a badass. 121
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 15/03/2026Oof, here we go. 95 Unleaded is now $2.459 a litre at my local garage - that’s a 45% increase on the pre-war price. Day 16 of the conflict in Iran, and I don’t see the spectre of a major energy crisis going away… 121
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 02/03/2026Thinking about how the 1973 oil crisis in the Netherlands led to petrol rationing, driving bans, parties and playdates on freeways, and the opportunity to imagine an alternative future… 39623
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 28/02/2026Post a pic you took to bring some zen to your feed bsky.app/profile/rant... 010
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 27/02/2026Cutest little rubbish truck spotted in Sydney. Scale your vehicles to your city, don’t scale your city to your vehicles! 611433
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 25/02/2026I finally had a chance to use the new Sydney Harbour Bridge bike ramp. No more pushing your bike up 55 steep stairs! The views are breathtaking, I was extremely impressed. 1236
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 21/02/2026When you're looking for something on Streetview, and spy some unexpected cycle chic... maps.app.goo.gl/aUBYPnECWmVQ... (Berlagebrug, Amsterdam) 0113
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 18/02/2026Reflections on seeing “The Normal Heart” at @sydneyoperahouse.bsky.social last night; groundbreaking ‘80s play about outbreak of AIDS in NYC. Beyond the horrors of that epidemic, this is a still-timely battle between different ways to change the world… 1/2 110
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 14/02/2026“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” 😍 050
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 08/02/2026Just a reminder! When you subscribe to our newsletter you'll receive our free Amsterdam case study, AND 5% off our Fundamental and Practitioner courses: www.strategic-cities.com/home/#subscr... 000
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 03/02/2026I took the train from Brussels to Berlin on midsummer’s eve in 2024, taking my bike and sharing a compartment with 2 Canadians and a Dutch student. Armed with ear plugs and a bottle of wine, we all slept well enough… Cycling in Berlin is fun! 021
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 03/02/2026Bookings for autumn journeys on @europeansleeper.eu are open, with overnight fares Paris <> Berlin, or Amsterdam <> Prague as low as €49.99 available: www.europeansleeper.eu/autumn-trips... 322
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 27/01/2026Leidseplein used to be a bit of a dump - like London’s Leicester Square, but with too many bikes. Now it is delightful, and… lizards! bsky.app/profile/hack... 010
Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 14/01/2026Unanticipated consequence of climate change: we all have to look at cars more… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 020