Think public transit “doesn’t work” in your city or suburb? If that’s true, it wasn’t a foregone conclusion — it’s because of choices made. Land-use, funding, infrastructure & operational decisions. If you get fundamentals like frequency wrong, it fails. Make good choices.

“Currently about 2/3rds of all Dutch children walk or bike to school, with 75% of secondary school kids cycling to school. By enabling safe and active travel, Dutch cities prevent an estimated one million car journeys to school each morning.” — Chris and Melissa Bruntlett in #CurbingTraffic @npub1t9fr...5htd

As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re using as an excuse. If more walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. Spread the word.

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? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-11/to-bring-back-the-office-bring-back-lunch

“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...