You can drive in #Switzerland, sure. But if you want to get where you’re going on time, take public transport. I rode the No. 6 trolley bus in #Lucerne, and made my appointment on time. If I’d been in a car, I’d still be waiting. 🇨🇭🧵

The fact that the "Beg Button" exists in so many cities is messed up. For the privilege of crossing the street, pedestrians are required to press a button, wait, and then scurry across while cars + trucks give them a few seconds of grace. Here's one I'd press in a second... 🧵

The Kintetsu Railway, #Japan's oldest public funicular, started 1918. In Ikoma, a city between Osaka and Nara. One car is called Mike the Cat. The other is Bull the Dog. When they pass one another...

"In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not feel deprived." —Paul Bedford

"Sometimes, a shop owner claims his business was ruined because the city removed 4 parking spaces. With our surveys, our mayor can say: ‘6,000 more people pass your shop a day thanks to a new bike lane. Are you sure you’re a good businessman?’” — Jan Gehl, quoted in #Straphanger #Copenhagen

"The Gaudreau brothers were cycling along a 2-lane road with no shoulder in Salem County, N.J. when the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV reportedly attempted an illegal right-side pass around two other motorists. Driver admitted to police he'd had '5 or 6 beers.'" "A parade of media coverage failed to connect the Gaudreau brothers' deaths to the larger epidemic of traffic violence on U.S. roads—or how policymakers could take action to end it." Exactly. More here:

What the Media is Getting Wrong About the Gaudreau Brothers' Deaths — Streetsblog USA

It made national headlines when these two professional hockey players and brothers were killed on their bikes. The systemic failures that lead to t...