Daniel Firth
@danielfirth.bsky.social
Policy nerd - urban planner - map fan 🏳️🌈. Director of City Climate Research at C40 Cities. Ex Transport for London, City of Stockholm and Metro Vancouver TransLink. Opinions are my own or borrowed from someone smarter.
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When a cycling city has a walkability problem, there’s probably too much curb parking for cars.
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
When a cycling city has a walkability problem, there’s probably too much curb parking for cars.
Agreed - I’m also a fan of this one
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Agreed - I’m also a fan of this one
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Probably one of the best road safety adverts from TfL.
If you've never seen it before - I can guarantee you will watch it twice.
If you've never seen it before - I can guarantee you will watch it twice.
January 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Probably one of the best road safety adverts from TfL.
If you've never seen it before - I can guarantee you will watch it twice.
If you've never seen it before - I can guarantee you will watch it twice.
EV sales in Sweden were tracking those in Denmark and Norway - until the government weakened purchase subsidies and reduced the cost of ICE fuels. Policy makes a difference.
Andelen elbilar av nybilsförsäljningen rusar i både 🇳🇴 och 🇩🇰. 96% i 🇳🇴 och 69% 🇩🇰. Även 🇸🇪 gick samma väg fram till 2023 då ökningen avstannade tvärt runt 35%. Politik spelar roll
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
EV sales in Sweden were tracking those in Denmark and Norway - until the government weakened purchase subsidies and reduced the cost of ICE fuels. Policy makes a difference.
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Andelen elbilar av nybilsförsäljningen rusar i både 🇳🇴 och 🇩🇰. 96% i 🇳🇴 och 69% 🇩🇰. Även 🇸🇪 gick samma väg fram till 2023 då ökningen avstannade tvärt runt 35%. Politik spelar roll
January 7, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Andelen elbilar av nybilsförsäljningen rusar i både 🇳🇴 och 🇩🇰. 96% i 🇳🇴 och 69% 🇩🇰. Även 🇸🇪 gick samma väg fram till 2023 då ökningen avstannade tvärt runt 35%. Politik spelar roll
…and a happy 20th birthday to congestion pricing in Stockholm. We can assure our younger sibling that the benefits will keep piling up and that people will quickly wonder why we ever thought it was fair to being your car into the congested downtown for free
January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
…and a happy 20th birthday to congestion pricing in Stockholm. We can assure our younger sibling that the benefits will keep piling up and that people will quickly wonder why we ever thought it was fair to being your car into the congested downtown for free
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Congestion pricing is working. The cameras are staying on.
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Congestion pricing is working. The cameras are staying on.
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Want to make a positive difference in the world right now? Join city government. Run for office. Join the staff. Cities are eager for change and can best lead on climate, equity, safety and prosperity work. Mamdani inauguration speech for inspiration:
www.youtube.com/live/iazY_UD...
www.youtube.com/live/iazY_UD...
2026 New York City Inauguration Ceremony
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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January 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Want to make a positive difference in the world right now? Join city government. Run for office. Join the staff. Cities are eager for change and can best lead on climate, equity, safety and prosperity work. Mamdani inauguration speech for inspiration:
www.youtube.com/live/iazY_UD...
www.youtube.com/live/iazY_UD...
The snowstorm came in fast on northern Öland ⛄️
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The snowstorm came in fast on northern Öland ⛄️
I see my old apartment 😭
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I see my old apartment 😭
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"City doing one more study - hopeful this one will conclude that doing nothing about the car-centric status quo is the best way forward."
@tomflood.bsky.social nails it again.
@tomflood.bsky.social nails it again.
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"City doing one more study - hopeful this one will conclude that doing nothing about the car-centric status quo is the best way forward."
@tomflood.bsky.social nails it again.
@tomflood.bsky.social nails it again.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Excited for year two!
The Mamdani administration should study expanding the Congestion Relief Zone to bring these benefits to more areas of our city.
The Mamdani administration should study expanding the Congestion Relief Zone to bring these benefits to more areas of our city.
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Excited for year two!
The Mamdani administration should study expanding the Congestion Relief Zone to bring these benefits to more areas of our city.
The Mamdani administration should study expanding the Congestion Relief Zone to bring these benefits to more areas of our city.
It’s one of my favourite stories so I read, listen to, or watch a version A Christmas Carol every year
It’s not an original observation that there are more people than ever who needed a visit from some ghosts last night
I reflect on what my ghosts would show me - it’s never too late for salvation
It’s not an original observation that there are more people than ever who needed a visit from some ghosts last night
I reflect on what my ghosts would show me - it’s never too late for salvation
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It’s one of my favourite stories so I read, listen to, or watch a version A Christmas Carol every year
It’s not an original observation that there are more people than ever who needed a visit from some ghosts last night
I reflect on what my ghosts would show me - it’s never too late for salvation
It’s not an original observation that there are more people than ever who needed a visit from some ghosts last night
I reflect on what my ghosts would show me - it’s never too late for salvation
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This is one of our favorites!
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is one of our favorites!
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Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
Every place that’s implemented congestion pricing started the discussion with ”but that could never work here”. And then it does.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every place that’s implemented congestion pricing started the discussion with ”but that could never work here”. And then it does.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
It was pretty chaotic a few years ago - it was sorted by a combination of restricting numbers, adding designated parking and enforcement. People are also encouraged to (and do!) report incorrectly parked scooters trafik.stockholm/trafiksakerh...
Elsparkcyklar - Stockholms stad
Många stockholmare och besökare hyr eller köper en elsparkcykel. Du som kör elsparkcykel ska följa samma trafikregler som för cykel. Elsparkcyklar får inte parkeras eller köras på gångbanor.
trafik.stockholm
December 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It was pretty chaotic a few years ago - it was sorted by a combination of restricting numbers, adding designated parking and enforcement. People are also encouraged to (and do!) report incorrectly parked scooters trafik.stockholm/trafiksakerh...
It’s the Winter Solstice and we have had more sunshine in Stockholm today than the whole of December so far. It has been the darkest December since 1934. ”Sun comes back” is headline news.
BUT: From now on, slowly but surely the light will return.
BUT: From now on, slowly but surely the light will return.
December 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s the Winter Solstice and we have had more sunshine in Stockholm today than the whole of December so far. It has been the darkest December since 1934. ”Sun comes back” is headline news.
BUT: From now on, slowly but surely the light will return.
BUT: From now on, slowly but surely the light will return.
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An old Swedish idiom for someone who isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer is hjulet snurrar men hamstern är död. It means “the wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead.”
* this is, of course, also the title of one of my books (and did I mention it makes the PERFECT last-minute Christmas gift?)
* this is, of course, also the title of one of my books (and did I mention it makes the PERFECT last-minute Christmas gift?)
December 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
An old Swedish idiom for someone who isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer is hjulet snurrar men hamstern är död. It means “the wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead.”
* this is, of course, also the title of one of my books (and did I mention it makes the PERFECT last-minute Christmas gift?)
* this is, of course, also the title of one of my books (and did I mention it makes the PERFECT last-minute Christmas gift?)
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In case you haven't heard, THE MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN, IS BANNING CARS FROM OXFORD STREET and he's not ashamed to write a dorky rhyme about it.
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In case you haven't heard, THE MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN, IS BANNING CARS FROM OXFORD STREET and he's not ashamed to write a dorky rhyme about it.
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Doing great here, yes, thanks for asking: “Stockholm on track for darkest December since 1934” www.thelocal.se/20251216/sto...
Stockholm on track for darkest December since 1934
The Swedish capital has recorded just a half-hour of sunlight in the first half of this month, putting it on track for the darkest December since 1934 if the trend continues.
www.thelocal.se
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Doing great here, yes, thanks for asking: “Stockholm on track for darkest December since 1934” www.thelocal.se/20251216/sto...
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There’s a great expression from Argentinian Spanish about someone who’s sticking their oar in that goes vos no te peinés que no salís en esta foto. It means “don’t comb your hair because you don’t appear in this photograph.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There’s a great expression from Argentinian Spanish about someone who’s sticking their oar in that goes vos no te peinés que no salís en esta foto. It means “don’t comb your hair because you don’t appear in this photograph.”
This is a great summary of what it takes to transform a city's mobility DNA:
- push AND pull policies (read more in our recent report: www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ac...)
- persistance
- trusting the process
momentummag.com/new-study-pa...
(Although LOL at the idea it was done "quietly")
- push AND pull policies (read more in our recent report: www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ac...)
- persistance
- trusting the process
momentummag.com/new-study-pa...
(Although LOL at the idea it was done "quietly")
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is a great summary of what it takes to transform a city's mobility DNA:
- push AND pull policies (read more in our recent report: www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ac...)
- persistance
- trusting the process
momentummag.com/new-study-pa...
(Although LOL at the idea it was done "quietly")
- push AND pull policies (read more in our recent report: www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ac...)
- persistance
- trusting the process
momentummag.com/new-study-pa...
(Although LOL at the idea it was done "quietly")