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· Sep 5
Map of green space in Balboa Park sacrificed to cars, including parking, freeways and roads shown in yellow. Does not include the significant amount of the remaining park space devoted to buildings, golf course or landfill.
#sandiego #balboapark #safestreets
#sandiego #balboapark #safestreets
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I remember seeing this in Canada and it's so obviously *better* for pedestrian safety, I immediately wondered why we don't have this everywhere.
Safer for people on foot and doesn't impact traffic? This should be done everywhere. If they haven't implemented the Idaho stop, they should also let bikes go on the pedestrian light.
Giving pedestrians a head start on vehicles improves safety, has no effect on traffic, Winnipeg finds
City staff are working to expand pedestrian head starts to locations further from the core.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I remember seeing this in Canada and it's so obviously *better* for pedestrian safety, I immediately wondered why we don't have this everywhere.
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Safer for people on foot and doesn't impact traffic? This should be done everywhere. If they haven't implemented the Idaho stop, they should also let bikes go on the pedestrian light.
Giving pedestrians a head start on vehicles improves safety, has no effect on traffic, Winnipeg finds
City staff are working to expand pedestrian head starts to locations further from the core.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Safer for people on foot and doesn't impact traffic? This should be done everywhere. If they haven't implemented the Idaho stop, they should also let bikes go on the pedestrian light.
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Normalize it.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Normalize it.
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Impressed by the protected bike lanes in Oakland
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Impressed by the protected bike lanes in Oakland
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18% of Americans want to go car-free. 40% are open to going car-free. This is in addition to the 10% of Americans who don't drive. Congress needs to match federal transportation policy and funding to this market shift:
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Are Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance they would be happy to do without? Obvio...
humantransit.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
18% of Americans want to go car-free. 40% are open to going car-free. This is in addition to the 10% of Americans who don't drive. Congress needs to match federal transportation policy and funding to this market shift:
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Not sure why this is a controversial statement, just because it's about cars.
Would you eat at a restaurant that was lobbying against food safety regulations?
Would you eat at a restaurant that was lobbying against food safety regulations?
I don't give my hard earned money to people who have contempt for my safety.
January 3, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Not sure why this is a controversial statement, just because it's about cars.
Would you eat at a restaurant that was lobbying against food safety regulations?
Would you eat at a restaurant that was lobbying against food safety regulations?
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"Missing middle" regional rail is the missing link for car-free living. When nonresidents don't need to drive to access the city, there are less opponents of safe streets and more local transit riders. Electrification + through-running allow the same train to serve local and regional riders.
18% of Americans want to go car-free. 40% are open to going car-free. This is in addition to the 10% of Americans who don't drive. Congress needs to match federal transportation policy and funding to this market shift:
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Are Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance they would be happy to do without? Obvio...
humantransit.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 AM
"Missing middle" regional rail is the missing link for car-free living. When nonresidents don't need to drive to access the city, there are less opponents of safe streets and more local transit riders. Electrification + through-running allow the same train to serve local and regional riders.
I don't give my hard earned money to people who have contempt for my safety.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I don't give my hard earned money to people who have contempt for my safety.
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This is a great point.
Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, et al. regularly update their self-driving software. Post-update, their AVs could become more crash-prone—esp if they're programmed to be more aggressive.
Companies need to stop lumping together all AV miles in their safety assessments.
Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, et al. regularly update their self-driving software. Post-update, their AVs could become more crash-prone—esp if they're programmed to be more aggressive.
Companies need to stop lumping together all AV miles in their safety assessments.
January 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This is a great point.
Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, et al. regularly update their self-driving software. Post-update, their AVs could become more crash-prone—esp if they're programmed to be more aggressive.
Companies need to stop lumping together all AV miles in their safety assessments.
Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, et al. regularly update their self-driving software. Post-update, their AVs could become more crash-prone—esp if they're programmed to be more aggressive.
Companies need to stop lumping together all AV miles in their safety assessments.
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When I tell people who are somewhat new to Brooklyn that Prospect Park used to have cars coursing through it at rush hours they look at me like I have two heads. There's a lesson there about change, getting things done, and sticking with them.
Today, Prospect Park has been car-free for eight years! A fitting location for this afternoon’s mayoral press conference.
Giving the park entirely to people was one of the longest campaigns TA has fought, and one of our biggest wins.
Giving the park entirely to people was one of the longest campaigns TA has fought, and one of our biggest wins.
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
When I tell people who are somewhat new to Brooklyn that Prospect Park used to have cars coursing through it at rush hours they look at me like I have two heads. There's a lesson there about change, getting things done, and sticking with them.
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Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
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Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Walking in pedestrian crosswalk when car decided to speed up.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car went around another.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car drove through a red light at full speed.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk
Walking in pedestrian crosswalk when car decided to speed up.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car went around another.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car drove through a red light at full speed.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm choosing not to wear a helmet cos the store is only 5 minutes away, followed by the choice to lift the bike up, get back on and ride home with a concussion. And a nap.
I am not smart.
Hi, I'm choosing not to wear a helmet cos the store is only 5 minutes away, followed by the choice to lift the bike up, get back on and ride home with a concussion. And a nap.
I am not smart.
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Walking in pedestrian crosswalk when car decided to speed up.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car went around another.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car drove through a red light at full speed.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk
Walking in pedestrian crosswalk when car decided to speed up.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car went around another.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk when a car drove through a red light at full speed.
Walking in a pedestrian crosswalk
Balboa Park when?
Today, Prospect Park has been car-free for eight years! A fitting location for this afternoon’s mayoral press conference.
Giving the park entirely to people was one of the longest campaigns TA has fought, and one of our biggest wins.
Giving the park entirely to people was one of the longest campaigns TA has fought, and one of our biggest wins.
January 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Balboa Park when?
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🚘The car industry promised freedom. Instead, it gave us traffic, pollution, and massively deadly roads. So, now what?
Join BikePGH + @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon for a discussion of their book, Life After Cars, live in #Pittsburgh Jan 29
bikepgh.org/2025/12/18/l...
Join BikePGH + @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon for a discussion of their book, Life After Cars, live in #Pittsburgh Jan 29
bikepgh.org/2025/12/18/l...
Register now for the Life After Cars book talk on January 29, 2026 - BikePGH
Join BikePGH and the hosts of podcast The War on Cars, Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear, for a live discussion on their new book
bikepgh.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
🚘The car industry promised freedom. Instead, it gave us traffic, pollution, and massively deadly roads. So, now what?
Join BikePGH + @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon for a discussion of their book, Life After Cars, live in #Pittsburgh Jan 29
bikepgh.org/2025/12/18/l...
Join BikePGH + @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon for a discussion of their book, Life After Cars, live in #Pittsburgh Jan 29
bikepgh.org/2025/12/18/l...
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Here's a teaser for today's Premiere - SALT LAKE CITY: Staff Tour of Emerging Cycle Network (Part Three Excerpt)
youtube.com/shorts/pzPqf...
youtube.com/shorts/pzPqf...
SALT LAKE CITY: Staff Tour of Emerging Cycle Network (Part Three Excerpt)
YouTube video by Active Towns
youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Here's a teaser for today's Premiere - SALT LAKE CITY: Staff Tour of Emerging Cycle Network (Part Three Excerpt)
youtube.com/shorts/pzPqf...
youtube.com/shorts/pzPqf...
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I get a lot of crazy looks when I say self-driving cars are designed for lawbreaking. But it’s 100% true.
January 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I get a lot of crazy looks when I say self-driving cars are designed for lawbreaking. But it’s 100% true.
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Car companies are always going to side with fascism, which is why I committed very strongly to biking and riding public transit as much as possible a few years ago (and have never bought a new car)
Elon Musk is the Henry Ford of our time, but way more powerful
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Car companies are always going to side with fascism, which is why I committed very strongly to biking and riding public transit as much as possible a few years ago (and have never bought a new car)
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Every town centre should be car free.
Our proposals to make Oxford Street car-free are already making waves in the West End.
The businesses moving in know how great the capital’s high street can be.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
The businesses moving in know how great the capital’s high street can be.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
January 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Every town centre should be car free.
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Note that LA is specifically doing this to slow roll the deployment of bike lanes and sidewalk changes demanded by voters.
Miss me with that shit when you say LA is progressive and we live in a democratic country.
Miss me with that shit when you say LA is progressive and we live in a democratic country.
“Instead of repaving, LA has shifted most of its street budget to doing asphalt “repair,” which is patching portions of street only where it’s most worn.
Patching might sound OK, but it’s more expensive than repaving, because same trucks & equipment need to be mobilized for a smaller amount of work
Patching might sound OK, but it’s more expensive than repaving, because same trucks & equipment need to be mobilized for a smaller amount of work
Contributor: You're not imagining it. L.A. has surrendered to the potholes
To avoid a legal obligation to make sidewalks accessible, the city stopped repaving streets in July and doesn't plan to resume.
www.latimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Note that LA is specifically doing this to slow roll the deployment of bike lanes and sidewalk changes demanded by voters.
Miss me with that shit when you say LA is progressive and we live in a democratic country.
Miss me with that shit when you say LA is progressive and we live in a democratic country.
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i'm more comfortable than most riding on sketchier roads, but i don't want hardo amateurs like me to be the only ones riding around town!
and shit even i won't ride some of the roads around boulder, one of the biggest cycling towns in the US
and shit even i won't ride some of the roads around boulder, one of the biggest cycling towns in the US
Avid cyclist can't believe your "soft kid" going to school needs bike lanes, "they probably can't even climb Tourmalet."
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
January 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
i'm more comfortable than most riding on sketchier roads, but i don't want hardo amateurs like me to be the only ones riding around town!
and shit even i won't ride some of the roads around boulder, one of the biggest cycling towns in the US
and shit even i won't ride some of the roads around boulder, one of the biggest cycling towns in the US
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“In the end, the French capital didn’t just build bike lanes—it built belief.
And that, more than anything, is what other cities should take from this study: not just a roadmap, but the confidence that transformation can happen anywhere, if you’re brave enough to start pedaling.”
And that, more than anything, is what other cities should take from this study: not just a roadmap, but the confidence that transformation can happen anywhere, if you’re brave enough to start pedaling.”
“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
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
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
“In the end, the French capital didn’t just build bike lanes—it built belief.
And that, more than anything, is what other cities should take from this study: not just a roadmap, but the confidence that transformation can happen anywhere, if you’re brave enough to start pedaling.”
And that, more than anything, is what other cities should take from this study: not just a roadmap, but the confidence that transformation can happen anywhere, if you’re brave enough to start pedaling.”
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“I’ve read every study and report I could find that looked specifically at the economics of bike lanes since 1984.”
“The results show that making streets friendlier for bikes, and sidewalks friendlier for pedestrians, is actually good for business.“
“The results show that making streets friendlier for bikes, and sidewalks friendlier for pedestrians, is actually good for business.“
“Survey after survey has shown that business owners overestimate how many customers drive to their stores vs walking or biking. In a 2012 Los Angeles study, more than half of the store owners on the bike-laned part of the boulevard thought most of their customers drove. The actual number was 15%.”
I read all the studies on the economic impact of bike lanes. Here's what I learned.
Research proves that bike lanes are good for business. So why do so many stores and restaurants still oppose them?
www.businessinsider.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:14 AM
“I’ve read every study and report I could find that looked specifically at the economics of bike lanes since 1984.”
“The results show that making streets friendlier for bikes, and sidewalks friendlier for pedestrians, is actually good for business.“
“The results show that making streets friendlier for bikes, and sidewalks friendlier for pedestrians, is actually good for business.“
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Introduce yourself with what almost killed you
Morning, I’m an old lady driving through a pedestrian crossing without looking or stopping.
It’s all perfectly fine though, no charges as the police said she was very upset that she’d broke my back.
Morning, I’m an old lady driving through a pedestrian crossing without looking or stopping.
It’s all perfectly fine though, no charges as the police said she was very upset that she’d broke my back.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you
Hi, I’m a McDonald’s gherkin lodged in the throat of a drunken youth at 3am, still whole after consumption some 6 hours earlier.
Hi, I’m a McDonald’s gherkin lodged in the throat of a drunken youth at 3am, still whole after consumption some 6 hours earlier.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you
Morning , Im 8 Middlesborough fans outside Prenton Park one winters evening .
Morning , Im 8 Middlesborough fans outside Prenton Park one winters evening .
January 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you
Morning, I’m an old lady driving through a pedestrian crossing without looking or stopping.
It’s all perfectly fine though, no charges as the police said she was very upset that she’d broke my back.
Morning, I’m an old lady driving through a pedestrian crossing without looking or stopping.
It’s all perfectly fine though, no charges as the police said she was very upset that she’d broke my back.
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Good bike parking in downtown Riverside. Covered, spacious, plentiful, good location, thin veneer of security. Only problem: you have to bike through the car's payment booth. Kinda awkward. I've never seen it used. Might be a visibility problem?
January 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Good bike parking in downtown Riverside. Covered, spacious, plentiful, good location, thin veneer of security. Only problem: you have to bike through the car's payment booth. Kinda awkward. I've never seen it used. Might be a visibility problem?
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"Driver of Hummer swerves just in time to avoid making contact with a small plastic bag that was on the road"
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"Driver of Hummer swerves just in time to avoid making contact with a small plastic bag that was on the road"