This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people do so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @npub1dhnt...cknn https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/05/10/cyclists-break-far-fewer-road-rules-than-motorists-finds-new-video-study/

Attention Icelanders! I’ll be presenting at an open forum on sustainable planning and better transportation along with Maria Vassilakou, former Deputy Mayor of Vienna, on August 29th. NEXT WEEK! It’s part of the work we’re doing to plan an exciting new net zero district in Reykjavík, Iceland. Register below:

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I don’t hate cars. I hate surrendering our cities and our lives to them. Cartoon by @cowanrob #CarDependency

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

This will be the nuclear moment for twitter. Every previous awful decision has been leading to this.

This is interesting — can we entice employees back to working in the office by bringing back the idea of an enjoyable, sociable lunch in the neighbourhood? In France, eating in the office is actually against the rules, and employers pay for lunch in local restaurants. What do you think? Probably only works in walkable urban places?

Bloomberg.com

To Bring Back the Office, Bring Back Lunch

Enough with the sad desk salads. Office workers need to have a proper lunch — in a restaurant, like the French do — and their employers should ...

“If you look at it from the perspective of the status quo, it will always feel like the right thing to do is to widen the road,” said Brent Toderian. But he characterizes highway expansions as giving car addicts “another hit.” The Denver Post’s Sunday front page.

Denver airport explores Peña Boulevard expansion as traffic grows

A potential expansion of Peña Boulevard has sparked fierce debate as it struggles to handle growing traffic spurred by Denver International Airpor...

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people. Sound efficient? HT @circulareconomy

Who are the 100 Most Influential Contemporary (in other words, LIVING) Urbanists in the World? According to @planetizen, these 100 folks are, after re-running the numbers of their recent “past & present” Top 100 results. So I went from 19th to 8th.

The Most Influential Contemporary Urbanists

The 100 people making an impact on planning and cities today.

Very clever — the German ad says "protect wildlife before it's too late." HT WWF Germany