Europe versus Cars
@europeversuscars.bsky.social
An anti-car (and pro-people) account focused on Europe. Might occasionally indulge in US-bashing.
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Induced demand: Same as it ever was
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Induced demand: Same as it ever was
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Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
@katie0martin.ft.com is it happening?
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@katie0martin.ft.com is it happening?
Robotaxi companies claiming that their technology will shrink private car ownership are the transportation equivalent of Juul claiming their vapes were only supposed to replace smoking. The cynicism is the same, and it is revolting.
October 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Robotaxi companies claiming that their technology will shrink private car ownership are the transportation equivalent of Juul claiming their vapes were only supposed to replace smoking. The cynicism is the same, and it is revolting.
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the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
Every bus stuck in traffic is a policy failure.
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Every bus stuck in traffic is a policy failure.
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Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
Rewiring cities for more human-centric transportation
buff.ly
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
What a ridiculous piece. I've been taking an electric self-driving vehicle to work in Paris for years now. Fewer than 11% of trips are made by cars here, this author heavily misses the point. @dlknowles.bsky.social
What a ridiculous piece. I've been taking an electric self-driving vehicle to work in Paris for years now. Fewer than 11% of trips are made by cars here, this author heavily misses the point. @dlknowles.bsky.social
Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe
A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads
www.economist.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
What a ridiculous piece. I've been taking an electric self-driving vehicle to work in Paris for years now. Fewer than 11% of trips are made by cars here, this author heavily misses the point. @dlknowles.bsky.social
What a ridiculous piece. I've been taking an electric self-driving vehicle to work in Paris for years now. Fewer than 11% of trips are made by cars here, this author heavily misses the point. @dlknowles.bsky.social
The only way to fix housing is to build more. If it is not physically possible, build transit. All other ideas are a distraction at best, including money for first buyers and rent control.
July 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The only way to fix housing is to build more. If it is not physically possible, build transit. All other ideas are a distraction at best, including money for first buyers and rent control.
You keep saying this, but this really looks like pre-approval.
"Under U.S. law, NHTSA does not pre-approve new technologies or vehicle systems — rather, manufacturers certify that each vehicle meets NHTSA’s rigorous safety standard"
techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/t...
"Under U.S. law, NHTSA does not pre-approve new technologies or vehicle systems — rather, manufacturers certify that each vehicle meets NHTSA’s rigorous safety standard"
techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/t...
Tesla's robotaxis have already caught the attention of federal safety regulators | TechCrunch
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) contacted Tesla after numerous videos posted online appear to show Tesla robotaxis violating traffic laws in South Austin, where the com...
techcrunch.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You keep saying this, but this really looks like pre-approval.
"Under U.S. law, NHTSA does not pre-approve new technologies or vehicle systems — rather, manufacturers certify that each vehicle meets NHTSA’s rigorous safety standard"
techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/t...
"Under U.S. law, NHTSA does not pre-approve new technologies or vehicle systems — rather, manufacturers certify that each vehicle meets NHTSA’s rigorous safety standard"
techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/t...
Finally some good news, German trains have long outlived their fame and have been lagging for years now.
Germany puts rail first in €500bn investment spree - on.ft.com/3FA7nw8 via @FT
Germany puts rail first in €500bn investment spree - on.ft.com/3FA7nw8 via @FT
Germany puts rail first in €500bn investment spree
State-owned Deutsche Bahn expected to receive €10.5bn this year from newly established infrastructure fund
on.ft.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Finally some good news, German trains have long outlived their fame and have been lagging for years now.
Germany puts rail first in €500bn investment spree - on.ft.com/3FA7nw8 via @FT
Germany puts rail first in €500bn investment spree - on.ft.com/3FA7nw8 via @FT
It is hard to explain to drivers that most experiences non-drivers have with cars are very negative. To us, they annoy, pollute, threaten and occupy useful space without giving us anything on return. Drivers get the benefits and force upon others the downsides.
June 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It is hard to explain to drivers that most experiences non-drivers have with cars are very negative. To us, they annoy, pollute, threaten and occupy useful space without giving us anything on return. Drivers get the benefits and force upon others the downsides.
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London built an entire new road tunnel under the Thames and to pay for it, introduced a modest toll on both it and the pre-existing Blackwall Tunnel.
The result is - inevitably - fewer drivers using both tunnels than previously used just one
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
The result is - inevitably - fewer drivers using both tunnels than previously used just one
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
12,000 drivers a day are avoiding Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel tolls, TfL reveals
TfL has said that initial data shows there has been a significant increase in cross-river bus use at the Silvertown Tunnel and Blackwall Tunnel, while individual journeys have dropped
www.standard.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
London built an entire new road tunnel under the Thames and to pay for it, introduced a modest toll on both it and the pre-existing Blackwall Tunnel.
The result is - inevitably - fewer drivers using both tunnels than previously used just one
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
The result is - inevitably - fewer drivers using both tunnels than previously used just one
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
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Paris bike lanes: pretty great!
May 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Paris bike lanes: pretty great!
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It didn’t happen overnight, but Paris is forever changed, and now local residents of the French capital are reaping the rewards. Top of list? Cleaner air. A lot cleaner.
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
Paris Cycling Investment Helps Cut Pollution in Half
So how did Paris, once choked with vehicle traffic and notorious for its pollution, pull off such a turnaround?
momentummag.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It didn’t happen overnight, but Paris is forever changed, and now local residents of the French capital are reaping the rewards. Top of list? Cleaner air. A lot cleaner.
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
I truly don't mind motorbikes, as long as they are electric and don't go over the city's speed limit of 30km/h. But in this case, you might as well get a bike.
There is an extra layer of hell for people who ride combustion bikes loudly at 3 am, though.
There is an extra layer of hell for people who ride combustion bikes loudly at 3 am, though.
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I truly don't mind motorbikes, as long as they are electric and don't go over the city's speed limit of 30km/h. But in this case, you might as well get a bike.
There is an extra layer of hell for people who ride combustion bikes loudly at 3 am, though.
There is an extra layer of hell for people who ride combustion bikes loudly at 3 am, though.
If you build, people start using. London shows that the true car of the future is indeed an electric bicycle.
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
London has become a cycling city
It shows how dockless-electric bikes could transform cities
www.economist.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you build, people start using. London shows that the true car of the future is indeed an electric bicycle.
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
A sad reality. Walking didn't decline, it was forbidden.
Walking did not merely decline. It was deterred.
A sure sign of downtown vitality is “heavy pedestrian movement.” When “traffic” is redefined so as to exclude pedestrian traffic, and when walking is pathologized as a source of “delay” to motor vehicles, a city is in trouble.
A sure sign of downtown vitality is “heavy pedestrian movement.” When “traffic” is redefined so as to exclude pedestrian traffic, and when walking is pathologized as a source of “delay” to motor vehicles, a city is in trouble.
May 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A sad reality. Walking didn't decline, it was forbidden.
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This is the most tragically American thing I’ve ever read www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
May 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is the most tragically American thing I’ve ever read www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
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Magnifiée tout au long des Jeux, la place de la Concorde va retrouver son éclat historique !
En préservant sa symétrie d’origine et son patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, le projet lauréat concilie richesse patrimoniale et adaptation écologique. Il fait rimer humilité, audace et ambition.
En préservant sa symétrie d’origine et son patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, le projet lauréat concilie richesse patrimoniale et adaptation écologique. Il fait rimer humilité, audace et ambition.
March 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Magnifiée tout au long des Jeux, la place de la Concorde va retrouver son éclat historique !
En préservant sa symétrie d’origine et son patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, le projet lauréat concilie richesse patrimoniale et adaptation écologique. Il fait rimer humilité, audace et ambition.
En préservant sa symétrie d’origine et son patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, le projet lauréat concilie richesse patrimoniale et adaptation écologique. Il fait rimer humilité, audace et ambition.
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The answer (in part) = “Dutch drivers pay far more tax if they have a heavier car. The idea is to penalise those vehicles which most contribute to causing the potholes to help pay for the roads.”
How the Netherlands eradicated the pothole
Taxes on heavy cars ensure Dutch roads are among the smoothest in the world
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The answer (in part) = “Dutch drivers pay far more tax if they have a heavier car. The idea is to penalise those vehicles which most contribute to causing the potholes to help pay for the roads.”
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Paris invite les Parisiens et les Parisiennes aux urnes, le 23 mars ! Cette fois, les jeunes de 16 à 18 ans résidant à Paris pourront également voter. Pour en savoir plus : www.paris.fr/pages/nouvel...
January 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Paris invite les Parisiens et les Parisiennes aux urnes, le 23 mars ! Cette fois, les jeunes de 16 à 18 ans résidant à Paris pourront également voter. Pour en savoir plus : www.paris.fr/pages/nouvel...
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“A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century. We’re in the 21st.” - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century’
Accused of desecrating the French capital, the politician wants more bikes, green spaces and social housing
www.ft.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century. We’re in the 21st.” - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social.