Twenty parking spaces along Utrecht's Oudegracht canal will soon be removed to make room for 154 bicycles, among other things. This is part of the municipality's plan to make the city centre more car-free every year. duic.nl/algemeen/twint…

I’ve been hearing about this for sometime. Now I finally see a date when it will happen. This is so cool!

See the smudge in the middle? That's the Dom. A bit foggy today. I regret not looking in that direction when I passed by this afternoon.

Christmas Eve, Domkerk, Utrecht “May this Christmas bestow upon us the profound gifts of justice, peace & unity. Let the spirit of love guide us toward a future where humanity prevails. Wishing you a season filled with hope & the enduring warmth of peace.” Ramallah Friends School

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Powerful manifestation in Bournemouth Beach, south of England.

At the start of the pandemic, the City of New York’s Open Streets program closed 26 blocks of 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights to motor traffic. It has evolved into a flourishing community initiative; reflecting a shared vision of how urban streets can better serve every resident.

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett So glad you got to see our wonderful 34AveOpenStreets #openstreet. If you had travelled a few more blocks you may have run into my wife & kid walking at dismissal! For those who want to see some background from NYC DOT this is an excellent explainer! youtu.be/nMznYh4V6ME?si…

The best bike lanes in the world aren't the biggest or most expensive, they're the ones that make the critical connections people need. Riding and celebrating with streetfighters in Brussels and Ghent, talking about BICI and backlash at Velo-city 📷 Clarence Eckerson Jr. = @streetfilms.bsky.social #vc24

In the U.S. we talk about creating "3rd Places" where people can hang out outside of work or home. Unfortunately, most of these places are private and involve buying over priced food. Barcelona's entire urban fabric is made up of 3rd Places, however. The private ones have

The Washington Bridge connecting The Bronx↔️Upper Manhattan now is so much easier crossing for #bikenyc & pedestrians with NYC DOT new path. Streetsblog New York City Transportation Alternatives Bike New York Open Plans Lucia Kevin Daloia Before/afters click link to watch: youtu.be/NnMTUTVE30Q?si…

How do we stop the exodus of young families from American metro areas? As recent analyses of census data shows, millennials parents are fleeing the cities they moved to in their 20s and 30s. The main cause? The cost of the aspirational "house with a yard" is prohibitive in the

This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It has successfully been “opened” to everything else, to a diverse & invigorated civic life, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things. Language matters. HT Daniel Moser / profile inactive for pic #OpenStreets

From New Zealand to Nigeria this isn't as trendy..it's going to become a necessity for most cities.

With much focus on how Dutch infrastructure enables cycling for transportation, it’s easy to forget how it enables cycling for recreation. 18 million inhabitants make 262 million such trips per year—for six billion kilometers—with huge impacts on physical/mental/economic health.

How the Dutch found that the only thing that really encourages cycling is a dense network of high quality bike-infrastructure. Good quality cycle routes attract bike-riders, but they have to be close together. Via Dutch Cycling Embassy #dutch #Delft aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2008/09/grid.h…

Inspiring thread! Any city can do what Paris has been doing lately. It just takes really good leadership.

In 2012, #Ghent Belgium’s bike trip mode share was 22%. They wanted to get it to 35% by 2030. Thru creative, decisive action, they reached 35% by 2019, in 7 years, 11 YEARS EARLY! Streetfilms (Now 1,118+ films!) tells the #Ghent story that I learned working there in 2019.

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen was filled with cars until a 2 year pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.” It wasn’t even this way in late 2019 when I was last there. Just a few years ago, #Paris was choking in car traffic much more. This is new. This is leadership. Cities are a result of choices. HT Fouad Khayat