Bowdie Mercieca
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Software Dev | EUC Rider | Melbourne | He/him
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People think they hate urban canyons, but if you replace all the parked cars without outdoor dining and open streets these blocks become INCREDIBLY charming.
August 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
People think they hate urban canyons, but if you replace all the parked cars without outdoor dining and open streets these blocks become INCREDIBLY charming.
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Periodic reminder 👇
July 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Periodic reminder 👇
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The Most Impressive Bicycle Infrastructure in the Netherlands
Chris Bruntlett compiled the following list of The Netherlands’ most impressive bicycle infrastructure. Forty unique constructions, in alphabetical order.
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/be...
@dutchcycling.nl @modacitylife.com
Chris Bruntlett compiled the following list of The Netherlands’ most impressive bicycle infrastructure. Forty unique constructions, in alphabetical order.
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/be...
@dutchcycling.nl @modacitylife.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Most Impressive Bicycle Infrastructure in the Netherlands
Chris Bruntlett compiled the following list of The Netherlands’ most impressive bicycle infrastructure. Forty unique constructions, in alphabetical order.
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/be...
@dutchcycling.nl @modacitylife.com
Chris Bruntlett compiled the following list of The Netherlands’ most impressive bicycle infrastructure. Forty unique constructions, in alphabetical order.
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/be...
@dutchcycling.nl @modacitylife.com
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Cycle parking on barges on a canal in Amsterdam, directly outside a secondary school. These have now been removed as a new underground bicycle parking facility has since opened right next door
June 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Cycle parking on barges on a canal in Amsterdam, directly outside a secondary school. These have now been removed as a new underground bicycle parking facility has since opened right next door
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According to Ghent Deputy Mayor Filip Watteeuw, “The best cycling plan is a car plan.” When Ghent cut car traffic, cycling flourished.
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
According to Ghent Deputy Mayor Filip Watteeuw, “The best cycling plan is a car plan.” When Ghent cut car traffic, cycling flourished.
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Servicing of bike sharing scheme in London by cargo bike.
#Santander #SantanderCycles #Cleanerair #bikesharing #London #decadeofthecargobike
#Santander #SantanderCycles #Cleanerair #bikesharing #London #decadeofthecargobike
May 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Servicing of bike sharing scheme in London by cargo bike.
#Santander #SantanderCycles #Cleanerair #bikesharing #London #decadeofthecargobike
#Santander #SantanderCycles #Cleanerair #bikesharing #London #decadeofthecargobike
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I think genuinely, Warsaw is on the cusp of joining the ranks of great cycling cities. #BuildItAndTheyWillCome 🚲
A concerted effort to build a real citywide network of dedicated routes is reaping rewards, with thousands of people now getting around by bike on the city's main avenues every day. 🚲
A concerted effort to build a real citywide network of dedicated routes is reaping rewards, with thousands of people now getting around by bike on the city's main avenues every day. 🚲
May 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I think genuinely, Warsaw is on the cusp of joining the ranks of great cycling cities. #BuildItAndTheyWillCome 🚲
A concerted effort to build a real citywide network of dedicated routes is reaping rewards, with thousands of people now getting around by bike on the city's main avenues every day. 🚲
A concerted effort to build a real citywide network of dedicated routes is reaping rewards, with thousands of people now getting around by bike on the city's main avenues every day. 🚲
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Housing maintenance carried out by bike in the centre of Amsterdam on a cargo bike, including transporting ladders
May 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Housing maintenance carried out by bike in the centre of Amsterdam on a cargo bike, including transporting ladders
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Bring back the cars, said no one ever*!
May 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Bring back the cars, said no one ever*!
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Car supremacy is kind of a fascinating tic of conservative ideology to me: They can only conceive of liberty within the structures of the status quo.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Car supremacy is kind of a fascinating tic of conservative ideology to me: They can only conceive of liberty within the structures of the status quo.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
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Motorists are an invasive species in cities and if not strictly controlled, will inhabit any piece of public space their wheels can roll through.
Today in Encinitas, proving that even protected bikeways aren’t idiot-proof 🙄
April 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Motorists are an invasive species in cities and if not strictly controlled, will inhabit any piece of public space their wheels can roll through.
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“I’m an avid cyclist but...”
Exactly the problem. We don’t need infrastructure just for avid cyclists, we need it for those new and/or apprehensive riders who are terrified of riding through their cities.
Exactly the problem. We don’t need infrastructure just for avid cyclists, we need it for those new and/or apprehensive riders who are terrified of riding through their cities.
April 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“I’m an avid cyclist but...”
Exactly the problem. We don’t need infrastructure just for avid cyclists, we need it for those new and/or apprehensive riders who are terrified of riding through their cities.
Exactly the problem. We don’t need infrastructure just for avid cyclists, we need it for those new and/or apprehensive riders who are terrified of riding through their cities.
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No car? No worries!
IKEA Utrecht started a pilot in which customers can rent an electric cargo bike, four-wheeler with storage box or bike trailer to transport their purchases home, without needing a car.
If the pilot proves a succes, it will be expanded to the rest of the country.
🚲 📦 👌🏼
IKEA Utrecht started a pilot in which customers can rent an electric cargo bike, four-wheeler with storage box or bike trailer to transport their purchases home, without needing a car.
If the pilot proves a succes, it will be expanded to the rest of the country.
🚲 📦 👌🏼
April 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
No car? No worries!
IKEA Utrecht started a pilot in which customers can rent an electric cargo bike, four-wheeler with storage box or bike trailer to transport their purchases home, without needing a car.
If the pilot proves a succes, it will be expanded to the rest of the country.
🚲 📦 👌🏼
IKEA Utrecht started a pilot in which customers can rent an electric cargo bike, four-wheeler with storage box or bike trailer to transport their purchases home, without needing a car.
If the pilot proves a succes, it will be expanded to the rest of the country.
🚲 📦 👌🏼
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I saw a post the other day with a teen behind a steering wheel with her drivers license and the mom saying “she just got her greatest freedom.”
No, she didn’t. She got trapped into thinking that she needs thousands of steel to meet her basic needs.
No, she didn’t. She got trapped into thinking that she needs thousands of steel to meet her basic needs.
April 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I saw a post the other day with a teen behind a steering wheel with her drivers license and the mom saying “she just got her greatest freedom.”
No, she didn’t. She got trapped into thinking that she needs thousands of steel to meet her basic needs.
No, she didn’t. She got trapped into thinking that she needs thousands of steel to meet her basic needs.
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Posts like this often come across as helpful advice, but they miss the deeper issue. They shift responsibility away from those operating the deadliest machines on the road.
Safety shouldn't depend on someone's fashion choices. It should start with those behind the wheel.
Safety shouldn't depend on someone's fashion choices. It should start with those behind the wheel.
April 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Posts like this often come across as helpful advice, but they miss the deeper issue. They shift responsibility away from those operating the deadliest machines on the road.
Safety shouldn't depend on someone's fashion choices. It should start with those behind the wheel.
Safety shouldn't depend on someone's fashion choices. It should start with those behind the wheel.
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“People get very complacent driving cars, because it’s easy, and you are very protected and you’re very isolated inside your car.
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May
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March 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“People get very complacent driving cars, because it’s easy, and you are very protected and you’re very isolated inside your car.
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
It’s easy to forget that there’s a huge amount of energy inside a car, even when it’s only going 20 or 30mph."
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All this scrutiny on SRL - a shame there wasn't enough for North East Link, now hugely over budget, and set to miss its "congestion-busting" promise, just like every big motorway project before it.
Our letter in The Age today.
Our letter in The Age today.
March 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
All this scrutiny on SRL - a shame there wasn't enough for North East Link, now hugely over budget, and set to miss its "congestion-busting" promise, just like every big motorway project before it.
Our letter in The Age today.
Our letter in The Age today.
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When your car infrastructure is so massive that you accidentally break a world record when you build a pedestrian overpass between your town's bus terminal (foreground) and commuter rail station (background)
February 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
When your car infrastructure is so massive that you accidentally break a world record when you build a pedestrian overpass between your town's bus terminal (foreground) and commuter rail station (background)
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"The Hovenring is a futuristic suspended roundabout for cyclists and pedestrians, linking the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Veldhoven. Hovering above a highway, this 1,000-tonne steel structure is supported by 24 cables attached to a towering 70-meter pylon."
www.welovecycling.com/wide/2024/11...
www.welovecycling.com/wide/2024/11...
November 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
"The Hovenring is a futuristic suspended roundabout for cyclists and pedestrians, linking the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Veldhoven. Hovering above a highway, this 1,000-tonne steel structure is supported by 24 cables attached to a towering 70-meter pylon."
www.welovecycling.com/wide/2024/11...
www.welovecycling.com/wide/2024/11...
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Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.