Roman Meliška
@happyroman.bsky.social
Micromobility & livable & lovable cities | A mind for good questions | 🎙️urbancaast.cz | Coming from @happy_roman on tw | In the ❤️ of Europe | Some posts are in English, some in Czech
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Die Forderung nach einer E-Bike-Helmpflicht wurde immer wieder damit argumentiert, dass im Vorjahr bereits 9.800 Personen nach einem #eBike Unfall im Spital behandelt wurden und diese Zahl um 10% höher war als 2023. Wir haben uns die Daten angesehen - mit überraschendem Ergebnis. #Thread 1/7
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Rakouskej VCÖ zanalyzoval data z nemocnic, týkající se úrazů hlavy. Došli k zajímavýmu výsledku - 93% cyklo-úrazů se vůbec netýká hlavy. Počty úrazů hlavy navíc od roku 2022 klesají.
Nejčastěji končí v nemocnici s úrazem hlavy pasažér auta, nikoliv cyklista.
Je čas na povinnou helmu v autech 😁
Nejčastěji končí v nemocnici s úrazem hlavy pasažér auta, nikoliv cyklista.
Je čas na povinnou helmu v autech 😁
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Rakouskej VCÖ zanalyzoval data z nemocnic, týkající se úrazů hlavy. Došli k zajímavýmu výsledku - 93% cyklo-úrazů se vůbec netýká hlavy. Počty úrazů hlavy navíc od roku 2022 klesají.
Nejčastěji končí v nemocnici s úrazem hlavy pasažér auta, nikoliv cyklista.
Je čas na povinnou helmu v autech 😁
Nejčastěji končí v nemocnici s úrazem hlavy pasažér auta, nikoliv cyklista.
Je čas na povinnou helmu v autech 😁
11 years in, CarPlay is the Apple Car in plain sight.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
11 years in, CarPlay is the Apple Car in plain sight.
🚨📚 Great books on cars, active mobility and liveable cities now 50% off at @islandpress.bsky.social. Including my favorite ones like
Copenhagenize
Building the cycling city
Killed by a traffic engineer
Soft city
Cities for people
Movement
Roads were not built for cars
and a few more. Go go go.
Copenhagenize
Building the cycling city
Killed by a traffic engineer
Soft city
Cities for people
Movement
Roads were not built for cars
and a few more. Go go go.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🚨📚 Great books on cars, active mobility and liveable cities now 50% off at @islandpress.bsky.social. Including my favorite ones like
Copenhagenize
Building the cycling city
Killed by a traffic engineer
Soft city
Cities for people
Movement
Roads were not built for cars
and a few more. Go go go.
Copenhagenize
Building the cycling city
Killed by a traffic engineer
Soft city
Cities for people
Movement
Roads were not built for cars
and a few more. Go go go.
Traffic calming the Dutch way
Chaos on Amsterdam’s A10 ring motorway yesterday when a young labradoodle escaped in heavy traffic. He was eventually caught when a police dog was brought to the site and he came over to say hello.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Traffic calming the Dutch way
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Long time ago I developed this EDEKA in Berlin-Moabit with zero parking.
The board insisted on a 🅿️ garage, which was always empty and has now been converted into offices*.
My guiding principle: No need for a secure 🅿️ space in front of your apartment, no need for a 🅿️ space in front of the grocery.
The board insisted on a 🅿️ garage, which was always empty and has now been converted into offices*.
My guiding principle: No need for a secure 🅿️ space in front of your apartment, no need for a 🅿️ space in front of the grocery.
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Long time ago I developed this EDEKA in Berlin-Moabit with zero parking.
The board insisted on a 🅿️ garage, which was always empty and has now been converted into offices*.
My guiding principle: No need for a secure 🅿️ space in front of your apartment, no need for a 🅿️ space in front of the grocery.
The board insisted on a 🅿️ garage, which was always empty and has now been converted into offices*.
My guiding principle: No need for a secure 🅿️ space in front of your apartment, no need for a 🅿️ space in front of the grocery.
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Design vehicles to fit the streets rather than streets designed to fit the vehicles.
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Design vehicles to fit the streets rather than streets designed to fit the vehicles.
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Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵
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Surprise guest Matúš Vallo, mayor of Bratislava: “One of the main tasks of us mayors is to make people, our citizens, believe that change is possible.”
We've got a new Patreon bonus episode up: excerpts from Sarah's conversation with Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo at a Climate Week event in NYC last month. Hear a preview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Surprise guest Matúš Vallo, mayor of Bratislava: “One of the main tasks of us mayors is to make people, our citizens, believe that change is possible.”
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Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam in 1982 and today.
Once a car-dominated street with just a painted bike lane squeezed beside parked cars, it’s now completely transformed. No car parking, no through traffic - just trams and people cycling safely towards Centraal Station
Once a car-dominated street with just a painted bike lane squeezed beside parked cars, it’s now completely transformed. No car parking, no through traffic - just trams and people cycling safely towards Centraal Station
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam in 1982 and today.
Once a car-dominated street with just a painted bike lane squeezed beside parked cars, it’s now completely transformed. No car parking, no through traffic - just trams and people cycling safely towards Centraal Station
Once a car-dominated street with just a painted bike lane squeezed beside parked cars, it’s now completely transformed. No car parking, no through traffic - just trams and people cycling safely towards Centraal Station
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The other short-term change is around taxation. Currently many EU countries tax electricity like they tax alcohol and tobacco. This made sense 30 years ago when we burned lots of coal. It doesn't make sense with a grid that is 73% clean and getting cleaner by the week.
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The other short-term change is around taxation. Currently many EU countries tax electricity like they tax alcohol and tobacco. This made sense 30 years ago when we burned lots of coal. It doesn't make sense with a grid that is 73% clean and getting cleaner by the week.
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Like the circulatory system delivers oxygen and nutrients throughout the human body, Amsterdam’s 1,300 km network of bike paths, lanes and streets delivers half a million daily cyclists—the lifeblood of the city—to their work, school and everywhere in between. From the “Amsterdam in Motion” exhibit.
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Like the circulatory system delivers oxygen and nutrients throughout the human body, Amsterdam’s 1,300 km network of bike paths, lanes and streets delivers half a million daily cyclists—the lifeblood of the city—to their work, school and everywhere in between. From the “Amsterdam in Motion” exhibit.
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The more time has passed since this infamous day nine years ago, the more I'm convinced we need a "broken windows" approach to oligarch criminality. Failing to prosecute this obvious scam led directly to Musk buying the election, the horrors of DOGE, and countless other terrible outcomes.
Happy ninth anniversary to Tesla's infamous "Paint It Black" video, with which Elon Musk launched the "Full Self-Driving" scam that somehow is still rolling along.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The more time has passed since this infamous day nine years ago, the more I'm convinced we need a "broken windows" approach to oligarch criminality. Failing to prosecute this obvious scam led directly to Musk buying the election, the horrors of DOGE, and countless other terrible outcomes.
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September 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fantastische combinatie
(@bencoates1 book & @asymco’s good old Ex Machina: The Critical Path podcast on corporations, canals and the hidden forces behind one of the most interesting countries in the world - the Netherlands 🇳🇱)
(@bencoates1 book & @asymco’s good old Ex Machina: The Critical Path podcast on corporations, canals and the hidden forces behind one of the most interesting countries in the world - the Netherlands 🇳🇱)
August 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Fantastische combinatie
(@bencoates1 book & @asymco’s good old Ex Machina: The Critical Path podcast on corporations, canals and the hidden forces behind one of the most interesting countries in the world - the Netherlands 🇳🇱)
(@bencoates1 book & @asymco’s good old Ex Machina: The Critical Path podcast on corporations, canals and the hidden forces behind one of the most interesting countries in the world - the Netherlands 🇳🇱)
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Looking at Vorarlberg Architecture is always like looking into a really achievable what - if - future.
So distinct to what we see in our because - this - and - that - reality.
Foto Museum Bezau, Innauer Matt Architekten, dominic-kummer.com
So distinct to what we see in our because - this - and - that - reality.
Foto Museum Bezau, Innauer Matt Architekten, dominic-kummer.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Looking at Vorarlberg Architecture is always like looking into a really achievable what - if - future.
So distinct to what we see in our because - this - and - that - reality.
Foto Museum Bezau, Innauer Matt Architekten, dominic-kummer.com
So distinct to what we see in our because - this - and - that - reality.
Foto Museum Bezau, Innauer Matt Architekten, dominic-kummer.com
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Praha není město, ale shluk městeček, vesnic a sídlišť. Jediná část, která se městu blíží jsou Vinohrady-Žižkov-Vršovice. Všechno ostatní je rozdrobené a vzájemně izolované. (Černé tečky na mapě jsou hustota osídlení)
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Praha není město, ale shluk městeček, vesnic a sídlišť. Jediná část, která se městu blíží jsou Vinohrady-Žižkov-Vršovice. Všechno ostatní je rozdrobené a vzájemně izolované. (Černé tečky na mapě jsou hustota osídlení)
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Ultimate Dutch holiday accessory: a separate tent to store your bike in
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Ultimate Dutch holiday accessory: a separate tent to store your bike in
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There needs to be a national public awareness program around how horribly all the best-selling Elon Musk genius worship sycophant shit has aged.
Thanks to @ragingspirit.bsky.social for doing his part with this thread.
Thanks to @ragingspirit.bsky.social for doing his part with this thread.
So i started reading this book, and at least to me it's infuriating enough to want to scream and rant, and i decided to do this in the thread below, because that's more fun than doing it by myself.
July 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
There needs to be a national public awareness program around how horribly all the best-selling Elon Musk genius worship sycophant shit has aged.
Thanks to @ragingspirit.bsky.social for doing his part with this thread.
Thanks to @ragingspirit.bsky.social for doing his part with this thread.
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I ride my e-bakfiets 10-20km every day. *Every single journey* is one which I would otherwise have to do by car.
July 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I ride my e-bakfiets 10-20km every day. *Every single journey* is one which I would otherwise have to do by car.
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New research shows ULEZ & London's improvements in air quality have "contributed to better physical health, which in turn has led to reduced sick leave and enhanced mental well-being."
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
Reduced sick leave among the benefits of London’s ULEZ
A team from the University of Bath has found that the progressive improvements to London’s air quality by the introduction of increasingly stringent restrictions on vehicles, has led to a notable drop...
airqualitynews.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New research shows ULEZ & London's improvements in air quality have "contributed to better physical health, which in turn has led to reduced sick leave and enhanced mental well-being."
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
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Everyone should watch this!
It's a delightful & joyous celebration of how we're transforming London into a cycling city.
Brilliant to see ... but there's much more hard work to do.
#LondonLovesCycling
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OunB...
It's a delightful & joyous celebration of how we're transforming London into a cycling city.
Brilliant to see ... but there's much more hard work to do.
#LondonLovesCycling
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OunB...
In The City of London Bicycles Now Outnumber Cars
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
www.youtube.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Everyone should watch this!
It's a delightful & joyous celebration of how we're transforming London into a cycling city.
Brilliant to see ... but there's much more hard work to do.
#LondonLovesCycling
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OunB...
It's a delightful & joyous celebration of how we're transforming London into a cycling city.
Brilliant to see ... but there's much more hard work to do.
#LondonLovesCycling
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OunB...
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Bike traffic on this one street in Paris went from 30k to 80k before Covid, then 120k during Covid, now 162k.
5x or 6x in 10 years.
If you build it they will come.
5x or 6x in 10 years.
If you build it they will come.
Vu que ça reparle comptage vélo à Paris dans la presse, voici la plus vieille série historique que je connais : le vieux compteur de la vieille piste unidirectionnelle La Fayette. En Octobre on aura le chiffre Septembre 2025 du nouveau compteur de la piste bidirectionnelle. Et voici les mois passés.
July 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Bike traffic on this one street in Paris went from 30k to 80k before Covid, then 120k during Covid, now 162k.
5x or 6x in 10 years.
If you build it they will come.
5x or 6x in 10 years.
If you build it they will come.
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Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping.
A visionary urban policy lead by @annehidalgo.bsky.social 💫🫶🏻🙏🏻
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
A visionary urban policy lead by @annehidalgo.bsky.social 💫🫶🏻🙏🏻
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stopping
The report delves into the nuances of Parisian cycling culture, exploring the vibrant community of riders who navigate the city's streets
momentummag.com
July 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping.
A visionary urban policy lead by @annehidalgo.bsky.social 💫🫶🏻🙏🏻
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
A visionary urban policy lead by @annehidalgo.bsky.social 💫🫶🏻🙏🏻
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
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Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from Germany. Nov 2024, "Daimler receives €235m of taxpayer money to produce and test 100 liquid-hydrogen trucks." Today "Daimler postpones liquid-hydrogen truck production to early 2030s due to 'sluggish expansion' of H2" www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/da...
Daimler postpones liquid-hydrogen truck production to early 2030s due to 'sluggish expansion' of H2
The initial production volume when it finally enters production will also be lower than first announced
www.hydrogeninsight.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from Germany. Nov 2024, "Daimler receives €235m of taxpayer money to produce and test 100 liquid-hydrogen trucks." Today "Daimler postpones liquid-hydrogen truck production to early 2030s due to 'sluggish expansion' of H2" www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/da...