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Bringing science on cycling to practice & back | Main contributor Marco te Brömmelstroet | Urban Cycling Institute | MOOC: https://t.co/hIqOuqPwoI

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Our car-blindness research is now almost at 80% of the crowdfunding target. Can we tip into the final 20% today? Will you help?

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Selling the car as the mobility solution for our cities was probably one of the most impressive policy scams of the 20th century.

(video excerpt from an Uber commercial)

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Urban mobility can be complex. But a birds-eye view shows us that the math of optimal use of road space is remarkably simple! 41 x 🚴 > 9 x 🚗.

(📸 of Nørreport, by Henrik Lundorf Nielsen)

Urban mobility can be complex. But a birds-eye view shows us that the math of optimal use of road space is remarkably simple! 41 x 🚴 > 9 x 🚗. (📸 of Nørreport, #Copenhagen by Henrik Lundorf Nielsen)
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: the double standards we apply to the car-dominated status quo in the face of potential change.

But how does this bias vary between contexts? Support Prof. Ian Walker and me by crowdfunding this research project. whydonate.com/en/fundraising…

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Many take the design of our current streets for granted. But streets have always changed, and will keep changing. We can choose the next direction.

(made by Walter Dresscher of The Natural City)

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Many take the design of our current streets for granted. But streets have always changed, and will keep changing. We can choose the next direction.

(made by Walter Dresscher of The Natural City)

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In Merwedekanaalzone Gemeente Utrecht builds biggest 'car-free' district:
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 10.000 inhabitants
🚲 21.500 bicycles
🏙️ High density/diversity
🌞 Energy-neutral
🚗 Shared mobility
🌳 Abundant green spaces
🍏 Communal gardens
👩‍🔧 Neighbourhood janitor

NRC: nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/01…

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Traffic engineering created a radical monopoly. People think that streets have always been like this and they no longer see the alternatives.

—Suharevskaya square, (1920 - now)

Traffic engineering created a radical monopoly. People think that streets have always been like this and they no longer see the alternatives. —Suharevskaya square, #Moscow (1920 - now)
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This local political party in is protesting to keep local shops accessible by car.

To make their point, they will....*checks notes*.... walk from the square to city hall.

Maybe they will run into an on the way.

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