Natalia Barbour
@nataliabarbour.bsky.social
Transportation | Cycling | Cities | past TU Delft & MIT | 🇵🇱
www.nataliabarbour.com
www.nataliabarbour.com
Couple weeks ago I met someone through mutual friends and he goes “you are the scooter lady.”
I’d rather be known for scooting in the rain than driving in sunshine.
Best compliment ever.
I’d rather be known for scooting in the rain than driving in sunshine.
Best compliment ever.
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Couple weeks ago I met someone through mutual friends and he goes “you are the scooter lady.”
I’d rather be known for scooting in the rain than driving in sunshine.
Best compliment ever.
I’d rather be known for scooting in the rain than driving in sunshine.
Best compliment ever.
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You should build bike lanes for people who are not currently biking and build housing for people who don't currently live in your neighborhood.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You should build bike lanes for people who are not currently biking and build housing for people who don't currently live in your neighborhood.
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This is brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is brilliant.
Hey Siri, what is hell?
"Call that a cycle path?"
One of my all-time favourites. At the entrance to a car dealership.
One of my all-time favourites. At the entrance to a car dealership.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey Siri, what is hell?
The true luxury in life and having both kids (15 and 10) get themselves to and back from school.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The true luxury in life and having both kids (15 and 10) get themselves to and back from school.
Some people need a car to get a loaf of bread.
Others are great at logistics.
Others are great at logistics.
Transporting a box of bike parts for my most recent bike project...
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Some people need a car to get a loaf of bread.
Others are great at logistics.
Others are great at logistics.
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Forced car dependency robs society of any chance at financial freedom. America doesn't have a "love obsession with cars", they simply have not been given a choice.
AVERAGE NEW CAR PRICE SURPASSES $50,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY : YAHOO FINANCE
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Forced car dependency robs society of any chance at financial freedom. America doesn't have a "love obsession with cars", they simply have not been given a choice.
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"We don’t want sympathy,” said Amy Cohen, co-founder of Families for Safe Streets. “We want action."
FSS in @peoplemag.bsky.social 🙌🏽. people.com/after-12-yea...
FSS in @peoplemag.bsky.social 🙌🏽. people.com/after-12-yea...
Her Son Was Run Over on His Way to Soccer Practice. Now Part of a ‘Horrible Club,’ Mom Fights to Spare Others
The number of pedestrians being hit or run over in the U.S. has increased at an alarming rate. Amy Cohen and others want to end the heartache
people.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"We don’t want sympathy,” said Amy Cohen, co-founder of Families for Safe Streets. “We want action."
FSS in @peoplemag.bsky.social 🙌🏽. people.com/after-12-yea...
FSS in @peoplemag.bsky.social 🙌🏽. people.com/after-12-yea...
Be like @taras-grescoe.com 🚲❄️
Postcard from #Montréal.
Bixis under the snow.
I rode my own winter bike to work. Rough sledding, with few of the streets plowed.
And 20 cm on Nov. 11 is a bit much, ‘stie!
Bixis under the snow.
I rode my own winter bike to work. Rough sledding, with few of the streets plowed.
And 20 cm on Nov. 11 is a bit much, ‘stie!
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Be like @taras-grescoe.com 🚲❄️
This is how everyone in Florida feels today.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is how everyone in Florida feels today.
I was recently asked how to maintain bike/ped safety and keep the traffic moving at the same speed.
You can’t. It’s not lack of willingness or tech. It’s physics.
It’s also like choosing vegetables versus candy. Can’t have both.
You can’t. It’s not lack of willingness or tech. It’s physics.
It’s also like choosing vegetables versus candy. Can’t have both.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I was recently asked how to maintain bike/ped safety and keep the traffic moving at the same speed.
You can’t. It’s not lack of willingness or tech. It’s physics.
It’s also like choosing vegetables versus candy. Can’t have both.
You can’t. It’s not lack of willingness or tech. It’s physics.
It’s also like choosing vegetables versus candy. Can’t have both.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
The temperature in Florida is supposed to drop to 36F (2C) tomorrow.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The temperature in Florida is supposed to drop to 36F (2C) tomorrow.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
Clean cars… is there even such thing?
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Clean cars… is there even such thing?
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
Science: Vaccines are effective in preventing many diseases
People: Yeah, but no.
Science: Vehicle emissions significantly contribute to climate change.
People: Can’t be that bad, we will take our chances.
Non-science: Red wine might be cardio protective.
People: See you at a happy hour.
People: Yeah, but no.
Science: Vehicle emissions significantly contribute to climate change.
People: Can’t be that bad, we will take our chances.
Non-science: Red wine might be cardio protective.
People: See you at a happy hour.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Science: Vaccines are effective in preventing many diseases
People: Yeah, but no.
Science: Vehicle emissions significantly contribute to climate change.
People: Can’t be that bad, we will take our chances.
Non-science: Red wine might be cardio protective.
People: See you at a happy hour.
People: Yeah, but no.
Science: Vehicle emissions significantly contribute to climate change.
People: Can’t be that bad, we will take our chances.
Non-science: Red wine might be cardio protective.
People: See you at a happy hour.
Reposted by Natalia Barbour
The new family vehicles of Paris. I think that if a Parisian cycling activist came out of ten years of hibernation and went into the street, what would seem most unbelievable to them would be seeing all these bikes with childrens on the back ;)
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The new family vehicles of Paris. I think that if a Parisian cycling activist came out of ten years of hibernation and went into the street, what would seem most unbelievable to them would be seeing all these bikes with childrens on the back ;)
E-bike or not to e-bike? What does research say edition.
— NYC The market share of e-bike sharing is greater in regions characterized by lower income levels, larger employment, larger population, and residential areas (Zhang et al., 2025)
— NYC The market share of e-bike sharing is greater in regions characterized by lower income levels, larger employment, larger population, and residential areas (Zhang et al., 2025)
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
E-bike or not to e-bike? What does research say edition.
— NYC The market share of e-bike sharing is greater in regions characterized by lower income levels, larger employment, larger population, and residential areas (Zhang et al., 2025)
— NYC The market share of e-bike sharing is greater in regions characterized by lower income levels, larger employment, larger population, and residential areas (Zhang et al., 2025)
Car light neighborhoods don’t only mean there are fewer vehicles but also that your soul feels light not having to worry about survival.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Car light neighborhoods don’t only mean there are fewer vehicles but also that your soul feels light not having to worry about survival.
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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.
Most kids don’t need another iPad. They need a bike lane so they don’t have relay on racing in a virtual environment but can cycle alongside each other.
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Most kids don’t need another iPad. They need a bike lane so they don’t have relay on racing in a virtual environment but can cycle alongside each other.
Most kids don’t really want another iPad. They want to play outside as carefree as they do it in a virtual world (and cross the road without getting ran over).
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Most kids don’t really want another iPad. They want to play outside as carefree as they do it in a virtual world (and cross the road without getting ran over).
Lack of pedestrians often indicates unsafe infrastructure, not the fact that people prefer driving 3 blocks.
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Lack of pedestrians often indicates unsafe infrastructure, not the fact that people prefer driving 3 blocks.
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
This year for Halloween we closed our street because there was nothing more spooky than motorists mingling with trick or treaters.
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This year for Halloween we closed our street because there was nothing more spooky than motorists mingling with trick or treaters.
You don’t realize how controversial transportation is until you mention parking and bicycle helmets.
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You don’t realize how controversial transportation is until you mention parking and bicycle helmets.