A new investigation just found that 78% of the top 50 carbon offset projects were "likely junk or worthless." Many of the biggest corporations in the world continue to use these offsets to delay real carbon reductions and climate action.

Amazing that bike trips are up 54.1% in the L.A. area since 2019, despite little progress on a safe, connected network of bike lanes. Imagine what could be IF we built safe infrastructure, given our weather. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Source: Bloomberg/StreetLight

Stare at this chart for a moment and think about how bikes are transforming cities. There are 20 cities on this list, including the three biggest in the US. Though critics will whine and complain, this is great news on so many levels. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Taylor can you ride Amtrak

We’re thrilled to announce that the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization & #ClimateChange is now set as the curtain-raiser for Dec 6. Join us in the #BlueZone at #COP28 for the meeting creating a better urban future for all. Learn more: loom.ly/BYqv5gU

✍🏻 SIGNED INTO LAW: SB 695 by @SenGonzalez33 requires Caltrans to report annual data on state highway widening projects, including miles built, dollars spent, vehicle miles traveled induced, and greenhouse gases emitted. Thank you Gavin Newsom for taking this important step

🚲🔋We're just 10 days away from Micromobility America - the largest conference for small electric vehicles. 😴🌞Slept on getting your ticket? Check out this link for 1/2 off general admission - ti.to/micromobilityc…

E-cars were 9% of car sales in 2022, and the e-car fleet was under 17 million worldwide. E-bike sales were at 275 million. Politicians and policy-makers, stop ignoring, or underestimating, e-bikes. Via Treehugger.com #EBikeEffect treehugger.com/stop-ignoring-…

Heckuva LA Times editorial: "Instead of doubling down on the existing system that makes it inconvenient and unsafe to travel by bike, foot and transit, California should ... remake the urban landscape so people have real choices in how they get around." latimes.com/opinion/story/…

How do we, as an industry, build the retail infrastructure to not only sell ebikes, scooters, and so on, but to service and repair them as well?👩‍🔧 Julia Thayne (she/her) explores the aftermarket scene with Trucks, Comodule, and Third Rail EBikes this week at Micromobility America.

**whispers** e-bikes are also electric vehicles washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

SF wins the top prize for best commute to a conference ⛴️🛴

Excited to share Lime President, Joe Kraus will be at Micromobility America, the world’s largest celebration of small vehicles! 🛴🚲 He’ll be discussing how Lime reached profitability and why the future is bright for light electric vehicles. Learn more about the event here:

.RMI has launched an e-bike calculator to help cities assess the environmental & economic impact of e-bikes for short trips Read more: zagdaily.com/tech/new-e-bik…

Attendees at #COP28 are breathing in the pollution from fossil fuels that kills millions around the world each year. May it highlight the urgency of action not only for climate targets but also for the lives of real people today. From Gernot Wagner

Micromobility for the win. Electric 2/3 wheelers doing more to offset oil demand than every other EV type combined.

Congress approved $7.5 billion for electric car chargers in the 2021 infrastructure law. So far, zero have been built. Good breakdown of what’s going on: politico.com/news/2023/12/0…

2023 has been an excellent year for e-bikes. For self-driving cars ... not so much. In Fast Company, I wrote about a pivotal year for two mobility innovations now on very different trajectories. fastcompany.com/90994141/why-2…

Seriously, it's 2024. We need to stop arguing about climate change and start acting like it actually matters. My first column of the year for Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/environment/ne…

The next big clean industrial project is on the horizon, and it will require financing. RMI's @Shravanbhat, Hartej Singh, and Julia Thayne (she/her) walk through 5 ways for developers to overcome project finance barriers and gain access to market capital: latitudemedia.com/news/how-clean…