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· Dec 10
Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Rennes. But many other cities,.mall and large, have such plans for the near future. Just look at a city of your choice on Google and add « Plan Vélo ». Here is for example the case for Perpignan which I had no idea before doing the search.
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Longtemps réduite à un rond-point saturé de voitures, la place Félix-Éboué a été entièrement réaménagée. Mais le projet divise : embouteillages, sécurité, béton, identité parisienne. On analyse les usages réels pour trancher : échec ou réussite urbaine ?!
youtu.be/kdHoJOa3_7A
youtu.be/kdHoJOa3_7A
Quand Paris reprend la place à la voiture !
YouTube video by Altis play
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Longtemps réduite à un rond-point saturé de voitures, la place Félix-Éboué a été entièrement réaménagée. Mais le projet divise : embouteillages, sécurité, béton, identité parisienne. On analyse les usages réels pour trancher : échec ou réussite urbaine ?!
youtu.be/kdHoJOa3_7A
youtu.be/kdHoJOa3_7A
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Avant / Après un mini-aménagement tactique Boulevard des Batignolles dans le 8ème arrondissement de Paris. Cet arrondissement en a réalisé un certain nombre de ce genre récemment.
February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Avant / Après un mini-aménagement tactique Boulevard des Batignolles dans le 8ème arrondissement de Paris. Cet arrondissement en a réalisé un certain nombre de ce genre récemment.
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Before (2023) / After (2026) the sidewalk widening and tree planting in front of the school Rue Wurtz, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The space was reclaimed by removing parking in front of the school, and there are now hopscotch markings on the new pedestrian area.
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Before (2023) / After (2026) the sidewalk widening and tree planting in front of the school Rue Wurtz, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The space was reclaimed by removing parking in front of the school, and there are now hopscotch markings on the new pedestrian area.
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Avant / Après la métamorphose de la Place Félix Eboué dans le 12ème arrondissement de Paris
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Avant / Après la métamorphose de la Place Félix Eboué dans le 12ème arrondissement de Paris
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🚲 2 000 Vélo’v supplémentaires, 250 stations en plus : un réseau renforcé sur toute la métropole. Là où certains parlent sans agir, nous investissons pour des trajets plus simples, plus propres et accessibles, y compris hors du cœur de Lyon.
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🚲 2 000 Vélo’v supplémentaires, 250 stations en plus : un réseau renforcé sur toute la métropole. Là où certains parlent sans agir, nous investissons pour des trajets plus simples, plus propres et accessibles, y compris hors du cœur de Lyon.
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Watching people cycling through the tunnel of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam from inside the museum. Turns out it’s not just a tunnel but also an overpass.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Watching people cycling through the tunnel of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam from inside the museum. Turns out it’s not just a tunnel but also an overpass.
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It's perfectly fine for AV co's to use teleoperators -- they need human backstops if their tech gets confused.
But Waymo et al. have said little about them. That erodes trust.
For instance:
🔹 How many is "enough" to handle emergencies?
🔹 What if one shows up drunk?
🔹 What's the latency rate?
But Waymo et al. have said little about them. That erodes trust.
For instance:
🔹 How many is "enough" to handle emergencies?
🔹 What if one shows up drunk?
🔹 What's the latency rate?
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
It's perfectly fine for AV co's to use teleoperators -- they need human backstops if their tech gets confused.
But Waymo et al. have said little about them. That erodes trust.
For instance:
🔹 How many is "enough" to handle emergencies?
🔹 What if one shows up drunk?
🔹 What's the latency rate?
But Waymo et al. have said little about them. That erodes trust.
For instance:
🔹 How many is "enough" to handle emergencies?
🔹 What if one shows up drunk?
🔹 What's the latency rate?
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Before (2021) / After (2026) the radical change of Place Félix Éboué in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. It may look like an optical illusion due to the difference between the optics of my phone and Street View, but no, this part of the former roundabout is now a pedestrian zone indeed !
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Before (2021) / After (2026) the radical change of Place Félix Éboué in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. It may look like an optical illusion due to the difference between the optics of my phone and Street View, but no, this part of the former roundabout is now a pedestrian zone indeed !
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Végétalisation récente de la Rue de Wattignies dans le 12eme arrondissement de Paris. Rapide avant / après.
February 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Végétalisation récente de la Rue de Wattignies dans le 12eme arrondissement de Paris. Rapide avant / après.
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With the most robust rail network in the American Midwest, Chicago has the 2nd largest number of car-free households of any metro area (behind only NYC)
Most of those households live around the L, especially the Red Line and western parts of the Blue & Green Lines
Most of those households live around the L, especially the Red Line and western parts of the Blue & Green Lines
February 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
With the most robust rail network in the American Midwest, Chicago has the 2nd largest number of car-free households of any metro area (behind only NYC)
Most of those households live around the L, especially the Red Line and western parts of the Blue & Green Lines
Most of those households live around the L, especially the Red Line and western parts of the Blue & Green Lines
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RDV ce soir à 19h pour le Grand Oral "Le vélo transforme Paris" avec les candidates et les candidats à la Mairie de Paris ! 👉🏼 Live sur : www.youtube.com/@parisenselle
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
RDV ce soir à 19h pour le Grand Oral "Le vélo transforme Paris" avec les candidates et les candidats à la Mairie de Paris ! 👉🏼 Live sur : www.youtube.com/@parisenselle
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It's preventive self-NIMBYing. Everybody remembers what happened with the REM de l'Est, including the CDPQ Infra folks, who are part of Cadence, so they fear two things more than God: dealing with CN & CP and some group of neighbours rallying against some visible infrastructure
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It's preventive self-NIMBYing. Everybody remembers what happened with the REM de l'Est, including the CDPQ Infra folks, who are part of Cadence, so they fear two things more than God: dealing with CN & CP and some group of neighbours rallying against some visible infrastructure
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Proof-of-payment in America is cooked. We’re going backwards. This sucks.
Kinda wild that credit cards on ORCA is going to make fare enforcement almost impossible.
Fare checkers can’t scan credit cards so the plan is for you to read your CC number to them (in public!). On Apple Pay, you can only see the last 4 so if someone else has the same last 4 as you, you ride free
Fare checkers can’t scan credit cards so the plan is for you to read your CC number to them (in public!). On Apple Pay, you can only see the last 4 so if someone else has the same last 4 as you, you ride free
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Proof-of-payment in America is cooked. We’re going backwards. This sucks.
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Pour le RER A, il est temps de préparer le remplacement du contrôle de vitesse SACEM/KCVB dont la fin de vie est estimée à 2035. La RATP retient le renouvellement à l'identique d'ici 2036 pour ~400 M€. Tout autre solution (Nexteo, ERTMS) est jugée impossible dans ce délai
February 6, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Pour le RER A, il est temps de préparer le remplacement du contrôle de vitesse SACEM/KCVB dont la fin de vie est estimée à 2035. La RATP retient le renouvellement à l'identique d'ici 2036 pour ~400 M€. Tout autre solution (Nexteo, ERTMS) est jugée impossible dans ce délai
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The resistance to proof-of-payment ticketing among commuters railroads is insane. Just making stuff up that’s doomed to fail, rather than accepting that they need to do it the way everybody in Europe does it.
February 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The resistance to proof-of-payment ticketing among commuters railroads is insane. Just making stuff up that’s doomed to fail, rather than accepting that they need to do it the way everybody in Europe does it.
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Le Plateau Nord attend depuis trop longtemps une solution de transport structurante. Pendant que la droite locale ne propose rien, nous portons un projet global : un tramway reliant Lyon, Caluire-et-Cuire et Rillieux-la-Pape, connecté au reste du réseau TCL.
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Le Plateau Nord attend depuis trop longtemps une solution de transport structurante. Pendant que la droite locale ne propose rien, nous portons un projet global : un tramway reliant Lyon, Caluire-et-Cuire et Rillieux-la-Pape, connecté au reste du réseau TCL.
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What does having a US drivers license have to do with knowing how to safely operate a motor vehicle?
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
What does having a US drivers license have to do with knowing how to safely operate a motor vehicle?
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🚶🚴♀️ Ça bouge sur la future ligne T9 : le pont de Saint-Jean est ouvert aux piétons et aux cyclistes !
Depuis ce jeudi, cet ouvrage d'art relie les quartiers de Saint-Jean et Croix-Luizet au-dessus du canal de Jonage.
🎦 Focus dans notre émission Mobiles, diffusée chaque mois sur BFM Lyon ⤵️
Depuis ce jeudi, cet ouvrage d'art relie les quartiers de Saint-Jean et Croix-Luizet au-dessus du canal de Jonage.
🎦 Focus dans notre émission Mobiles, diffusée chaque mois sur BFM Lyon ⤵️
Le nouveau PONT de la future ligne de tramway T9
YouTube video by SYTRAL Mobilités
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
🚶🚴♀️ Ça bouge sur la future ligne T9 : le pont de Saint-Jean est ouvert aux piétons et aux cyclistes !
Depuis ce jeudi, cet ouvrage d'art relie les quartiers de Saint-Jean et Croix-Luizet au-dessus du canal de Jonage.
🎦 Focus dans notre émission Mobiles, diffusée chaque mois sur BFM Lyon ⤵️
Depuis ce jeudi, cet ouvrage d'art relie les quartiers de Saint-Jean et Croix-Luizet au-dessus du canal de Jonage.
🎦 Focus dans notre émission Mobiles, diffusée chaque mois sur BFM Lyon ⤵️
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If I'm interpreting these data correctly, high-speed rail services departing from or arriving in Hong Kong (pop. 7.5 million) are now achieving ridership levels equivalent to the entire Amtrak system.
Some cool graphics from Bloomberg on the high speed rail network connecting Hong Kong
February 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
If I'm interpreting these data correctly, high-speed rail services departing from or arriving in Hong Kong (pop. 7.5 million) are now achieving ridership levels equivalent to the entire Amtrak system.
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Insanity
"Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria
While the New Mexico Department of Health said it can't pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother's drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Insanity
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Avant / Après la végétalisation de la Rue Emile Deslandres dans le 13ème arrondissement de Paris. Il y a tellement de changements à Paris que c'est dur de tout suivre : je n'ai découvert ce changement pourtant d'ampleur que via un tweet il y a quelques semaines annonçant la fin des travaux.
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Avant / Après la végétalisation de la Rue Emile Deslandres dans le 13ème arrondissement de Paris. Il y a tellement de changements à Paris que c'est dur de tout suivre : je n'ai découvert ce changement pourtant d'ampleur que via un tweet il y a quelques semaines annonçant la fin des travaux.
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"Vietnam's trade surplus with US surges in January as imports from China hit new high" 😲 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
"Vietnam's trade surplus with US surges in January as imports from China hit new high" 😲 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Avant / Après le réaménagement de la Rue de Prévoyance dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris : élargissement et végétalisation du trottoir devant la sortie de l'école.
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Avant / Après le réaménagement de la Rue de Prévoyance dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris : élargissement et végétalisation du trottoir devant la sortie de l'école.
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Speaking of regional food disputes, here is the actual New York Times headline excitedly announcing the discovery of pizza.
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Speaking of regional food disputes, here is the actual New York Times headline excitedly announcing the discovery of pizza.
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The “biggest remake of the bus network ever” will see Montreal’s bus network substantially reoriented around the REM.
Fewer long-distance bus routes, especially towards downtown. More local buses, taking people to the REM for longer trips.
Fewer long-distance bus routes, especially towards downtown. More local buses, taking people to the REM for longer trips.
'The biggest remake ever': STM reshuffling bus network with launch of REM branch
Six boroughs and nine demerged cities are covered by the changes that will take place with the launch of the Anse-à-l'Orme branch.
montrealgazette.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
The “biggest remake of the bus network ever” will see Montreal’s bus network substantially reoriented around the REM.
Fewer long-distance bus routes, especially towards downtown. More local buses, taking people to the REM for longer trips.
Fewer long-distance bus routes, especially towards downtown. More local buses, taking people to the REM for longer trips.