For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles. https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them

“You don’t have to be on a bike to appreciate a bike-friendly city. Streets teeming with bicycles are much, much quieter than streets crammed with cars.” [gift link]

Parisians Are Choosing Bikes Over Cars. Will New Yorkers Do That, Too? (Published 2024)

The transformation of cycling access in Paris over the past few years may have lessons for New York and its car-clogged streets.

Car traffic is a DDoS attack on cities.