It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally AGAINST downtown bike-lanes, have become one of their most vigourous supporters, because of EVIDENCE that bike-lanes are better for downtown business than any street parking they replace.

This could have easily been a 6-lane traffic jam but the road is empty. Bikes are efficient. So the more people cycle, the more pleasant driving becomes.

In 2020, Scrubgrass, a power plant in Pennsylvania was about to close. Then Stronghold, a crypto mining company, came to town. It's annual emissions rose from 12,000 to 500,000 tons, a staggering 3805% increase. This is just one of many similar stories. 🧵

A Brief History of the War on Cars 🧵

This happened on Dundas West this afternoon on my way home from my @thebikebrigade run. The guy (licence BR95664) deliberately tried to sideswipe me then jumped out and started chasing after me. Fortunately I managed to sprint away and lose him in traffic. #closepass

This could have been a six-lane traffic jam.

Does anyone have a connection with TED Talks ?? I would love to do a talk on the #BikeBus.

BREAKING: Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council has voted 8-1 to REMOVE ALL MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS from the city’s zoning code (commercial and residential)!

Cars pass by but bikes and strollers stop at your shop.

But we have to make it commonsense that there is no viable future for humanity where gas price does not gradually skyrocket.

The Inflation Reduction Act included a historic $370 billion investment to combat the climate crisis. Not one Republican in Congress voted for it. Not one.

As the downtown loop in Kansas City turns 50 this year, let's not forget how it turned a vibrant neighborhood into a parking lot. Yellow shows surface parking lots, while green are garages.

Cycling is far safer than not cycling, counterintuitive as that may be. A whole 41% less likely to die per year.

We have never observed warmth like this in Europe so late in the year.

The consequences of the climate crisis in a nutshell by Johan Rockström:

Once the network is built, trains are damn efficient, cheap, and clean. A good train network means you can move people and stuff much cheaper and faster, which has enormous consequences for all economic activities.

Just as the marathon route closes to thru traffic, waves and waves of people take advantage of 26.2 miles of streets linking all five boroughs. What if we did this more often?