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I recently biked along the Baltic Sea in Poland, from Gdansk to Sopot. It was one of the most sublime rides of my life. I wondered: Why are there so few places in North America where people can cycle along the coast, separated from cars? My exploration, in Bloomberg #poland #biking #tourism https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/the-us-needs-more-european-style-oceanfront-bike-paths?srnd=phx-citylab-transportation image
Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster: “This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.” He was right. We just didn’t listen. My homage, in Bloomberg CityLab: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-14/in-1955-lewis-mumford-saw-nyc-s-congestion-battle-coming?srnd=phx-citylab #cities #history #highways image
Because of tariffs and recession fears, Americans are more likely to buy a sedan instead of a pricey SUV or truck. But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Foreign automakers do. In Fast Company, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos. https://www.fastcompany.com/91296810/detroit-killed-the-sedan-trumps-trade-war-will-make-them-wish-they-hadnt #cars #trump #detroit #trade image