A recent 5yr Belgian study shows the BIG impact of increasing vehicle weight on road deaths & injuries. When a person on a bike or walking is hit by a pick-up, the risk of serious injury increases by 90% compared to a car. Risk of death goes up by 200%. vias.be/fr/newsroom/de…

Very thoughtful article from David McCowen "bigger cars do more damage to the environment, pose a greater risk to other road users and put more strain on road infrastructure than smaller machines. If only us blokes were big enough to choose smaller cars." heraldsun.com.au/motoring/motor…

“In the rush to deliver frequent service to the most people Auckland has left Melbourne for dead in the last decade.  It rolled out 31 new frequent 7 day bus corridors in the time Melbourne has taken to introduce 3.”

How dog friendly is your suburb? Great info here on where you can you take your dog for a free-range walk and more Thanks Do You Believe In Dog? 🐶 Mia Cobb ! pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/we-ch…

Lee Waters addresses the Australian Parliament on Wales' transport transformation and the political imperative to act. 19.8.24 weride.org.au/events/transfo…

Transport has traditionally been let off the hook for emissions reduction. We know for shifting modes, one of the most effective things you can do is active transport investment. Lee Waters in Parliament, more: weride.org.au/events/transfo…

"In Australia, we have one of the highest default local speed limits in the world," - Jennifer Kent abc.net.au/news/2024-08-2… via Samantha Goerling ABC Australia

Having local shops within walking distance is one of the fundamentals of #20MinuteNeighbourhoods but also one of our biggest planning challenges, especially in growth areas. Could community owned supermarkets be part of the answer?fastcompany.com/91179278/chica… VicHealth VPA

I’ve advised a LOT of Australian cities, the most in any country except Canada. Melbourne’s an Aussie leader in urban innovation that inspires cities beyond the national boarder. To be clear, this would be one of the dumbest/most damaging Aussie political outcomes I’ve ever seen.

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning: "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…

Tricky issue this. As our Exec Officer says in this article, "green streets make our neighbourhoods more interesting, more walkable and more liveable." But councils need to keep the footpath clear so people of all abilities can walk theage.com.au/national/victo… Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Adam Carey

NZs new(ish) conservative government just cut funding for walking and cycling in half, but they're still spending $460m over 3 years, for 5.2 million people. Even after slashing their budget they're still doing better than us here in Aus! open.substack.com/pub/thespinoff…

Drivers take more road risks when they're away from their own neighbourhood streets. 7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS

Glad I'm not vision impaired. This footpath is the only one on the street as it runs along the railway line. Pity any older person with a mobility device who has to navigate parked cars and the road. 🤬

US seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks apnews.com/article/us-ped…

Looking forward to presenting to AITPM webinar on The Pitfalls and Potholes of Accessible Design on 3 October aitpm.com.au/events/upcomin…

IMPORTANT: This ranks a bunch of ways we get around cities, using average carbon emissions by transport type in grams per pkm. It breaks emissions down by operation, manufacture etc. Feet & bikes win. Lots of ways beat electric cars, & everything beats gas cars. HT Henk Swarttouw

The gap between the promise of the planning application … & the dismal disappointment of delivery (view in same position) Aust we have huge problems on the design, construction, environmental performance & cost of our housing. Beyond planning, just not building well or enough

The risk of poor crossing and kerb ramp design (excessive slope) "Mr Pritchett did not make it to the button as he tried to cross — instead, his wheelchair flipped backwards and he hit his head on the ground and fractured a vertebra..." heraldsun.com.au/leader/ballara…