THIS IS INTERESTING: 12 Ways to Reduce Cars In Cities that have ALREADY WORKED, ranked by effectiveness, identified from nearly 800 research papers. Via @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand. What do u think, Tweeps? Depends A LOT on the specific case studies… theconversation.com/12-best-ways-t…

Astonishing 40-year view of US pedestrian fatalities. From 2010 onwards, decades of progress thrown into reverse as oversized SUVs explode in numbers, egged on by aggressive marketing. Another ugly trend likely to cross the Atlantic.

#JobAlert We seek an early-career researcher to work with me at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) on the On The Way To School Project project as a postdoc research associate focusing on children's active mobility and health in cities in Colombia and Mozambique bit.ly/OWSPD Reach out if interested!

This is the key chart for comparing transport in US vs Europe: US cities have chosen car travel. They do it pretty well (with obvious negative externalities) Euro cities (+ London) have chosen public transport, and do it pretty well UK-ex London does neither well, and suffers.

BREAKING: New large-scale Belgian study shows shocking impact of vehicle weight increases on road death and injury. e.g. When a cyclist or pedestrian is hit by a pick-up, the risk of serious injury increases by 90% compared to a car. The risk of death increases by 200%. They

Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU: buff.ly/3L3z7sl. Record wildfires in Europe, in Canada, record low arctic ice, record high global temps... How many more records do we need to break before we #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

The sheer scale of the flooding in Central Greece from Storm Daniel is unfathomable. The Thessalian plain is severely flooded. Search and rescue operations are underway.

Catastrophic flooding unfolding in Chai Wan, Hong Kong 🇭🇰 158.1mm of rain fell in just one hour. This breaks the heaviest one hour rainfall record. Records date back to 1884. 🎥 via Jim

#ClimateChange: how bad could the future be if we do nothing? #ClimateCrisis is no longer a looming threat – people are now living with extreme weather events. There is still everything to fight for - reducing emissions now means we could stay below 2˚C. theconversation.com/climate-change…

📢We're celebrating The Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities (GCSC) on 4 Oct with a two part event: presentation and Q&A session at UCL , followed by a mini festival & community event at Calthorpe Community Garden Get your tickets now! 👇 mailchi.mp/470e13f77fc0/e…

NASA confirms this summer was the hottest summer since 1880 when modern recordkeeping began. This continues a long-term trend of rising temperatures caused by human activities. go.nasa.gov/3rfIjDk

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📢Calling all researchers & reps of educational institutes at #UMD23! Join our Educational Network meeting to: 🚍Share experiences in #UrbanMobility 🤝Find partners for projects & educational activities 🚴‍♂️Become an active part of this network! Register: civitas.eu/events/civitas…

The US has a growing problem w/ climate change. The frequency and severity of climate extremes and disasters will continue to go up, and that while preparedness and adaptation can help, it won't be enough until we stop climate change. scientificamerican.com/article/a-reco…

New York's old rainfall record stood for 150 years until 2021, and has now been broken three times. Hot air holds more water vapor than cold; flooding follows fossil fuel combustion as night follows day.

At UCL Centre for Transport Studies Provocation lecture by Nick Tyler discussing the extent to which we could create 'fruitfully useful' Value in mobility systems. Can journeys bring public value?

This 👇 "This document makes a mockery of much that transport planning nationally and internationally has stood for throughout my career". Prof Glenn Lyons 🤘@[email protected] Mastodon summarises my thoughts about Sunak's 'Our plan for drivers'. A HUGE worrying step backward. theplanner.co.uk/2023/10/06/pla…

Delighted to share our new T-SUM paper! Everyday accessibility practices and experiences in a context of transitions to sustainable mobility" where we use qualitative evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa to redefine perceived accessibility. Open access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Daniel Oviedo from The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) on accessibility in two Sub-Saharan African capital cities.