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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 5h

"I cycle to school every day. I feel very free." 🚲 We spoke to pupils at Riverside Primary School in Perth about what they love about cycling, how it makes them feel and the confidence given to them by #BikeabilityScotland training.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 2h

Congratulations to lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on her Nobel Peace Prize. Few have devoted their lives to justice, peace and human dignity like she did.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 1h

I think few things cheer me up more than the thought of Donald Trump’s rage over a South African/Indian woman (and former UN human rights commissioner) getting the Nobel Peace Prize. Congratulations Navi Pillay! Such a deserving and inspirational recipient.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How has CalMac become so utterly woeful? It is difficult to think of a more useless company. Ardrossan to Campbelltown seasonal ferry not running in 2027 for the fourth year running. Is it time to break CalMac up and look at alternatives. Could Stena or DFDS run the services better?

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

✅ Low-car city-centre streets ✅ Protected cycle tracks on main roads ✅ Ample cycle parking at shops and huge underground bike parking at the station = Streets safe enough for families to cycle, quieter neighbourhoods for residents and more welcoming cities for visitors. 📍 Delft, the Netherlands

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026

One thing about Copenhagen is that there's tons of dense housing but you *never* find it fronting a busy road with cars racing past, which describes about 90% of the apartments in the US. They manage to make it feel tucked away, private, cozy. (These are all from Sluseholmen, my dream neighborhood.)

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What an astonishingly good website and app OBB (Austrian Railways) do. Companies like this (and PKP/Koleo) put railway companies in Germany, France, UK to shame.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good to see seniors' mobility getting more attention from researchers & the press. "Initiatives like '15-minute cities' or pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods demonstrate that senior mobility extends far beyond housing and transit—it’s a matter of social participation, citizenship & quality of life."

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Making the most of city life for older people: 3 debunked mobility myths

Growing older does not mean disappearing from public life. It can mean continuing to live fully, in a different way, and feeling in control of our mobility.

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Michelle @michelle345.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Michigan Ave at Wacker, ridiculous imbalance between amount of space for cars v. for masses of people walking, and then the crosswalk stripes don’t even match up with the sidewalk?

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

City centers should not be a drive through, they should act as a shared living room.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Depressing how car parking (and cars in general) ruin wonderful public spaces. In this case, the courtyard at Linlithgow Palace. There’s a public car park less than 100 metres away. And buses and a mainline railway station a bit further.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am a constant, relentless advocate of rail travel. But Southwestern Railways are an absolute curse. Every single journey is delayed. I’ve travelled in 9 countries (~4,000km) by train this year. Never a substantial delay anywhere else but ALWAYS on SWR!! 🤬 Every. Single. Time.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rules are needed to prevent billionaires and trillionaires buying elections. These people don’t even have the interests of the wealthy at heart when they buy elections.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This implementation in Gdynia does blur the sides of the street and although there is a distinct pedestrian pavement against the buildings, the landscaping and positioning of benches reinforces the concept of a shared space. Cars used the space very slowly, so: a success! 2/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For woonerfs in Gdynia, the northernmost of the Tricity area in Poland, I was pointed towards the middle part of ul. Abrahama in the city centre.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also sterilizes towns, villages and countryside.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I increasingly feel there isn’t an American conservative alive who understands what socialism or communism really is. Where on earth do they spend 13+ years of education to end up with such fundamental ignorance? I guess they spend all those years learning geography instead. Oh wait.

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Marie Plourde @marieplourde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maxime Tremblay aime les voitures. Il en a possédé 19 au cours de sa vie. Il y a quatre ans, sa mobilité a pris un virage. Métro, vélo, Communauto et Leo : il vit désormais sans voiture personnelle et sans regret. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/e...

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Ils l’ont fait | Sans voiture, il économise 4000 $ par année

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The word “lovely” being used there in a manner with which we were all hitherto unaccustomed.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why would there be a Polish bias??

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Cycling and walking to work were associated with better physical health, mental health, and life in general than driving." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Visited the reopened palm house at RBG Edinburgh today. Spectacular and with superb interpretation panels. Excellent job. Of course, it’s not the Kibble Palace … 😬 … but a damn good try for second spot!

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Has to be one of the most iconic station entrances anywhere. The gorgeous canopy at Glasgow Central.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All painted bike lanes are car infrastructure. The engineers have checked a box, while still allowing at-will, unimpeded movement by motorists in the heart of a major city. This design only serves those who are comfortable being uncomfortable.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But hopefully all these woonerf schemes in Poland will illustrate what it is like having a better, healthier urban environment. And hopefully move woonerfs, living streets and active travel into the mainstream. 6/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well, kind of. As in Łódź, it feels more like channelling the vehicles and adding some landscaping. The cautious approach is understandable: this is a residential street with many hundreds of apartments and the public transport here is maybe not optimal. It’s all a risk. 5/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But Warsaw *has* held its breath and taken the plunge with an implementation in a residential area. East of the Vistula River, in the Praga-Połnoc district, part of ul. Środkowa is being converted to a woonerf. 4/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But most of it blends the different spaces into a genuine shared space and although cars are permitted, these sections do feel like intruders. But still, it all feels a little contrived and “projecty”. These city centre streets have few residents. The issue of parking is a minor one. 3/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Anchored on Plac Pięciu Rogów and nearby Złota, a small network of streets have been woonerfed as part of the Nowe Centrum Warszawy master plan. Some elements suffer the same as in Łósź - channelled lanes that do not create a living street. 2/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Although some years later than Łódź, woonerfs in Warsaw feel more carefully planned. But still they feel more like pet projects than a real effort to wean people off their cars. Planners have focused their attention on the area immediately east of the Palace of Culture and Science (PKiN). 1/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just seen a volunteer tending to the big flower tubs on Linlithgow station. It’s a beautiful display and I really really appreciate volunteers doing this wonderful work. To that wonderful unknown volunteer just now: thank you for brightening my day. 😊

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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We asked municipal candidates to sign our Transit Hero Pledge, to commit to bus priority, benches and shelters, transit rider representation at the city, more housing near transit, public washrooms, and more! 🦸‍♀️🚌

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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Years of extremist media using phrases like 'Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ cameras' in their headlines surely contributes to people like this becoming radicalised to commit terrorist acts?

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In the USA, a felon married to an immigrant is telling the world their problems are caused by <checks notes> felons and immigrants. 🤔

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Italy’s Best Off-the-Beaten-Path Cycling Routes. momentummag.com/italys-best-...

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“Dealing with Dumfries & Galloway Council”, Henry Moore, 1982.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Waiting for Sarah Pochin’s outrage at the sentence.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Glasgow Botanic Gardens. One of Scotland’s - and Britain’s - great great treasures.

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'Prospect of Whitby' (wood engraving) by John Bryce www.re-printmakers.com/member-information/john-bryce-re/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Love what Glasgow is doing for active travel. I’m not a fan of “side zebras” because ‘every junction in the UK now has pedestrian priority’ but I do like when the road surface is changed (even subtly) to remind drivers.

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yet further down Traugutta, the roadway extends across the full width and the reduction in speed by vehicles (and bikes) is noticeable. No physical calming techniques needed. Cafe tables spread across and the road becomes a real shared space. This is working. The street feels open and safe. 😊 4/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The delineation just reinforces the status quo. In fact, the resultant dead space encourages cars to park on the pavement. Furthermore, speedbumps suggest that speeding has been predicted from the outset. In this part of Traugutta there really is no “living space” from this development. 3/

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The delineation of space for cars, bikes and pedestrians, combined with a lack of enforcement means that the pavement is claimed by cafes for tables (left in the distance) so pedestrians are in the bike ‘lane’. #Łódź #woonerf #activetravel

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Mark 🔶 @tundrastyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Further to the post about the ul. 6 Sierpnia woonerf in Łódź, here’s the eastward extension along part of Traugutta. However, I feel the good planners in Łódź have failed and the result is essentially just a bit of landscaping. A thread follows. 1/

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