Benoît Chamontin ✌️❤️🇨🇦
@bchamontin.bsky.social
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De la mobilité, du sport, de la politique et bien d'autres choses de la vie
Fier Marseillais à Montréal 💙 / Gestionnaire @ Logement et Infrastructure Canada / 🌈
De la mobilité, du sport, de la politique et bien d'autres choses de la vie
Fier Marseillais à Montréal 💙 / Gestionnaire @ Logement et Infrastructure Canada / 🌈
“Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated U.S. pick-up trucks and SUVs – vehicles that are heavier, more dangerous to other car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and completely out of step with Europe’s vision for safer, more sustainable mobility.”
ETSC: Mutual Recognition Deal with U.S. Will Cost Lives on Europe’s Roads
By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…
etsc.eu
August 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated U.S. pick-up trucks and SUVs – vehicles that are heavier, more dangerous to other car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and completely out of step with Europe’s vision for safer, more sustainable mobility.”
"The study introduces a new measure called the Equal Infrastructure Allocation (EIA) score, which compares how much dedicated infrastructure space is available per traveler, for different modes of transport."
Study finds Montreal cycling infrastructure doesn’t match demand
Bike lanes, BIXI stations and other micromobility infrastructure make up just two per cent of Montreal’s street space – even in neighbourhoods where cycling demand would justify more – according to a ...
www.mcgill.ca
August 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"The study introduces a new measure called the Equal Infrastructure Allocation (EIA) score, which compares how much dedicated infrastructure space is available per traveler, for different modes of transport."
"Overall, limiting bonnet height is part of wider effort to discourage carspreading, which, intended or otherwise, amounts to a multi-pronged attack on public space, public safety and the common good that is steadily being advanced by the manufacturers of the biggest SUVs in particular."
Ever-higher: the rise of bonnet height, and the case to cap it
Report calls on European law-makers to cap bonnet height by 2035, recommending an 85 cm limit for further study
www.transportenvironment.org
June 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Overall, limiting bonnet height is part of wider effort to discourage carspreading, which, intended or otherwise, amounts to a multi-pronged attack on public space, public safety and the common good that is steadily being advanced by the manufacturers of the biggest SUVs in particular."
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My favorite description of the term “privilege” is who gets the benefit of the doubt and who doesn’t.
We see it every day in who gets the rules rigorously enforced against them and who gets a slap on the wrist or warning when the rules say there are heavy consequences for their actions.
We see it every day in who gets the rules rigorously enforced against them and who gets a slap on the wrist or warning when the rules say there are heavy consequences for their actions.
June 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My favorite description of the term “privilege” is who gets the benefit of the doubt and who doesn’t.
We see it every day in who gets the rules rigorously enforced against them and who gets a slap on the wrist or warning when the rules say there are heavy consequences for their actions.
We see it every day in who gets the rules rigorously enforced against them and who gets a slap on the wrist or warning when the rules say there are heavy consequences for their actions.
"The most dangerous part of Car Brain is that we don’t see it for what it is—a mass delusion that enables harm, excludes millions, and degrades mental and physical well-being."
‘Car Brain’ is killing us—literally
As millions of Americans take to the road this weekend, we would do well to rethink how we behave behind the wheel.
www.fastcompany.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"The most dangerous part of Car Brain is that we don’t see it for what it is—a mass delusion that enables harm, excludes millions, and degrades mental and physical well-being."
“What makes dysfunction so dangerous is that we might simply learn to live with it. But understanding hypernormalization gives us language – and permission – to recognize when systems are failing, and clarifies the risk of not taking action when we can.”
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“What makes dysfunction so dangerous is that we might simply learn to live with it. But understanding hypernormalization gives us language – and permission – to recognize when systems are failing, and clarifies the risk of not taking action when we can.”
“Traditional buttons, dials, and levers had perceptible and actionable qualities—you could feel for them, adjust them without looking, and rely on muscle memory. A touchscreen obliterates this"
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
May 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“Traditional buttons, dials, and levers had perceptible and actionable qualities—you could feel for them, adjust them without looking, and rely on muscle memory. A touchscreen obliterates this"
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
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Sometimes good urban planning means lack thereof planning—letting go & allowing things organically to happen!
This goes for zoning, parks (see desire paths), and how we regulate/allow public streets/spaces to be used (informal events, art, commercial uses, resting spaces, transportation modes, etc)
This goes for zoning, parks (see desire paths), and how we regulate/allow public streets/spaces to be used (informal events, art, commercial uses, resting spaces, transportation modes, etc)
I like how I went to planning school to then become an illustrator and write essays about why we shouldn’t plan so much. Anyway I have a piece on the effervescence of messy parks in this book.
MESSY CITIES: Why We Can't Plan Everything is out June 3rd! Please join Coach House Books and the editors (@dylanreid.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social Leslie Woo and Zahra Ebrahim) to celebrate its publication at Henderson Brewing Co.!
May 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sometimes good urban planning means lack thereof planning—letting go & allowing things organically to happen!
This goes for zoning, parks (see desire paths), and how we regulate/allow public streets/spaces to be used (informal events, art, commercial uses, resting spaces, transportation modes, etc)
This goes for zoning, parks (see desire paths), and how we regulate/allow public streets/spaces to be used (informal events, art, commercial uses, resting spaces, transportation modes, etc)
"When we design with the everyday needs of the most vulnerable in mind, we create environments that are more humane, more livable, and ultimately better for all."
Designing cities for our youngest residents to thrive
We’ve drawn a few reflections from life during Ramadan. Reflections that speak to urban design, empathy, care, and the quiet power of time.
www.gehlpeople.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"When we design with the everyday needs of the most vulnerable in mind, we create environments that are more humane, more livable, and ultimately better for all."
“Any vehicle that’s on the road that is at or near a congested level is imposing delay on other vehicles behind them. SUVs impose a greater delay on the vehicles behind them than do smaller cars.”
- @davidlevinson.bsky.social, professor at the University of Sydney’s school of engineering
- @davidlevinson.bsky.social, professor at the University of Sydney’s school of engineering
How SUVs Are Making Traffic Worse
As larger, taller sport utility vehicles took over US roads, they also aggravated highway congestion, according to a new study. It’s yet another ill effect of “car bloat.”
www.bloomberg.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Any vehicle that’s on the road that is at or near a congested level is imposing delay on other vehicles behind them. SUVs impose a greater delay on the vehicles behind them than do smaller cars.”
- @davidlevinson.bsky.social, professor at the University of Sydney’s school of engineering
- @davidlevinson.bsky.social, professor at the University of Sydney’s school of engineering
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We wrote our report to help at-risk people stay safe. Never thought we’d need to aim its lessons at the Pentagon. But here we are. Security is not just a tech issue. It’s a people issue. And some of the people in the highest offices in the land apparently need remedial OPSEC. Urgently.
Why government workers and military planners all love Signal now
The encrypted chat app beloved by Elon Musk and foreign dissidents has been embraced by federal government workers, DOGE and military planners.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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We wrote our report to help at-risk people stay safe. Never thought we’d need to aim its lessons at the Pentagon. But here we are. Security is not just a tech issue. It’s a people issue. And some of the people in the highest offices in the land apparently need remedial OPSEC. Urgently.
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In our report, we warned: even when encryption is strong, user behavior can render it meaningless. Misunderstanding threat models, poor design, or just recklessness—these open the door. And this was recklessness of the highest order. www.techpolicy.press/what-is-secu...
What is Secure? An Analysis of Popular Messaging Apps | TechPolicy.Press
Results of a technical, design, and policy analysis of encrypted apps from Signal, Telegram, Google, Apple, and Meta.
www.techpolicy.press
March 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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In our report, we warned: even when encryption is strong, user behavior can render it meaningless. Misunderstanding threat models, poor design, or just recklessness—these open the door. And this was recklessness of the highest order. www.techpolicy.press/what-is-secu...
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Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Le peu d’accusations criminelles dans ces cas de collision donne aux conducteurs un sentiment d’impunité et renforce l’idée que ce type de mort résulte d’« accidents » inévitables." - Marie-Soleil Cloutier
L’inattention des automobilistes, danger impuni pour les piétons
Les morts de piétons restent souvent sans aucune conséquences judiciaires.
www.ledevoir.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Le peu d’accusations criminelles dans ces cas de collision donne aux conducteurs un sentiment d’impunité et renforce l’idée que ce type de mort résulte d’« accidents » inévitables." - Marie-Soleil Cloutier
"L’autre problème chronique vient de l’accroissement incessant du parc auto. Montréal, comme tout le QC, s’empêtre de + en + dans son empire de la voiture, alors que la sécurité routière pour tous, piétons, cyclistes ou automobilistes, exige au contraire la réduction du parc de véhicules motorisés"
Pourquoi les bilans de sécurité pour les piétons stagnent à Montréal?
Les efforts de la Vision Zéro pour Montréal sont bloqués par la croissance du parc automobile.
www.ledevoir.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"L’autre problème chronique vient de l’accroissement incessant du parc auto. Montréal, comme tout le QC, s’empêtre de + en + dans son empire de la voiture, alors que la sécurité routière pour tous, piétons, cyclistes ou automobilistes, exige au contraire la réduction du parc de véhicules motorisés"
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I think about this from @naomiaklein.bsky.social a lot. "Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right." The sense that people are gaining wealth from human suffering while concealing reality is valid, but the root problem isn't evil people but the nature of capitalism.
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think about this from @naomiaklein.bsky.social a lot. "Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right." The sense that people are gaining wealth from human suffering while concealing reality is valid, but the root problem isn't evil people but the nature of capitalism.
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology
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For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.”
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For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.”
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology
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For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.”
[...]
For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.”
"No one likes to pay more.
But here’s the truth of the matter: Congestion pricing is good for New York’s — and the whole nation’s — economy. And that’s something a businessman and native New Yorker like Donald Trump should appreciate." by @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social
But here’s the truth of the matter: Congestion pricing is good for New York’s — and the whole nation’s — economy. And that’s something a businessman and native New Yorker like Donald Trump should appreciate." by @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social
NYC’s Congestion Pricing Is Good for the US
Mass transit is the lifeblood of a city. Improving it for the workers in the nation’s economic capital benefits all Americans.
www.bloomberg.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"No one likes to pay more.
But here’s the truth of the matter: Congestion pricing is good for New York’s — and the whole nation’s — economy. And that’s something a businessman and native New Yorker like Donald Trump should appreciate." by @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social
But here’s the truth of the matter: Congestion pricing is good for New York’s — and the whole nation’s — economy. And that’s something a businessman and native New Yorker like Donald Trump should appreciate." by @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social
"If you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people around the world, what would you say? [...] it’s road accidents
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If these deaths were caused by a virus, it would be called a pandemic and the world would scramble to develop a vaccine to prevent them."
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If these deaths were caused by a virus, it would be called a pandemic and the world would scramble to develop a vaccine to prevent them."
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"If you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people around the world, what would you say? [...] it’s road accidents
[...]
If these deaths were caused by a virus, it would be called a pandemic and the world would scramble to develop a vaccine to prevent them."
[...]
If these deaths were caused by a virus, it would be called a pandemic and the world would scramble to develop a vaccine to prevent them."
"So while it might seem like the opposition to congestion pricing is concerned with costs for lower-income commuters, the truth is that improving public transit access while making it more affordable is much more likely to benefit working class families than removing tolls from the roads."
Congestion pricing is good for low-income residents
Why New York’s new traffic policy is the opposite of elitist.
www.vox.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"So while it might seem like the opposition to congestion pricing is concerned with costs for lower-income commuters, the truth is that improving public transit access while making it more affordable is much more likely to benefit working class families than removing tolls from the roads."
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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Great to see the Climate Change Committee (CCC) calling for public figures to “lead by example” on climate change, citing our research.
CCC says leading by example increases public buy-in and behaviour change @thecccuk.bsky.social
🚨So, we've made this new infographic showing how it works...
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CCC says leading by example increases public buy-in and behaviour change @thecccuk.bsky.social
🚨So, we've made this new infographic showing how it works...
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February 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Great to see the Climate Change Committee (CCC) calling for public figures to “lead by example” on climate change, citing our research.
CCC says leading by example increases public buy-in and behaviour change @thecccuk.bsky.social
🚨So, we've made this new infographic showing how it works...
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CCC says leading by example increases public buy-in and behaviour change @thecccuk.bsky.social
🚨So, we've made this new infographic showing how it works...
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"These lanes, chosen to support public safety and improve transit access for some of the most vulnerable people living in Boston, herald a forward-looking way to approach an important matter: the fair sharing of a finite public space." by @jimaloisi.bsky.social
Bus and bike lane brouhaha part of bigger transportation battle
Expanding bus and bike lanes is a forward-looking way to approach an important matter: the fair sharing of a finite public space.
commonwealthbeacon.org
February 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"These lanes, chosen to support public safety and improve transit access for some of the most vulnerable people living in Boston, herald a forward-looking way to approach an important matter: the fair sharing of a finite public space." by @jimaloisi.bsky.social
"After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows"
Disability amid disaster: People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters
After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows.
www.nbcnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows"
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New mini comic: after the snowstorm. for larger panels, follow the IG link
www.instagram.com/p/DGIxLhcgIZ...
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February 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New mini comic: after the snowstorm. for larger panels, follow the IG link
www.instagram.com/p/DGIxLhcgIZ...
www.instagram.com/p/DGIxLhcgIZ...