The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike's share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%. Via Treehugger.com treehugger.com/e-bikers-ride-…

Nicholas Dlamini: Tour de France diversity has taken a 'disturbing step-back' trib.al/ZbTpKfc

Whenever Joe Manchin is mentioned I feel like its should read: ‘Charles Koch, thru his spokesman Senator Manchin, will not agree to any more climate spending or tax hikes’

E-Bikes Out of Climate Bill - The Federal Bill Is Missing the Most Effective Rebate Program bicycling.com/culture/a40812…

This is a well-reported and important story that everyone should read. Let's talk for a minute about the way such stories are usually handled by authorities and news outlets and how that perpetuates the problem. 🧵

Until 1969, half of US children rode a bicycle or walked to school. Today: 87% get driven.

This is great news.

People say Tories don't create jobs. But look, by the end of the year everyone in the UK will have been prime minister for a few days.

Yeah, well this week I rode the fastest train in the US, taking it from NYC to Boston, and it arrives 10 minutes faster than the Northeast Regional train.

For first time in US World Cup history, every starter is employed by a European club: England (6), Italy (2), France (1), Scotland (1) Spain (1).

RIP

In 1970 the American middle class received 62% of the country’s aggregate income; today it’s 42%. The top 1% now owns 32% of our nation’s wealth, and the bottom 50% owns 3%. America has never been so disdainful of its workers.

BARS CAN REMAIN OPEN 24/7 IN WASHINGTON, DC FOR WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 🇺🇸🍻 The “Women’s World Cup Emergency Amendment Act of 2023” from DC Council Member Kenyan McDuffie allows bars to accommodate overnight kickoffs caused by time difference in Australia and New Zealand. MAGNIFICENT

Can't believe Paris found the time and resources to run 180 individually tailored pilot projects and study each of them for 3 years before implemen -- wait what they just did it? 🤯

Over 100,000 people attended Sunday's Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort. But with event organizers closing public roads, 45,000+ people took bikes, and the rest used the train or bus. This is what the parking lot looked like! No other country could pull this off 👏

Work to do late in the game

Hilarious bit from Adam Conover about how crazy our private car-based transportation system is.

Full thing can be found here: youtu.be/YE1f3n_n9UA?si…

We're not going back (whether he likes it or not).