Tony Carfang
@carlitecarfangs.bsky.social
Oklahoma City Bike and Pedestrian activist. Living a family Cargobike lifestyle as much as we can.
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I'm headed to Paris on July 25th, and Amsterdam on Aug 1. If any bike advocate friends here happen to be nearby either of those weekends, I'd love to meet up for drinks.
July 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm headed to Paris on July 25th, and Amsterdam on Aug 1. If any bike advocate friends here happen to be nearby either of those weekends, I'd love to meet up for drinks.
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When Hidalgo steps down next year, she'll have left an inspiring legacy: 350 km of protected bike lanes, 130,000 bike parking spaces, 300 school streets, 145,000 trees, 45 km of parks, and 140,000 fewer car parking spaces. Largely thanks to a light, quick, cheap experiment started 20 years earlier.🔚
July 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
When Hidalgo steps down next year, she'll have left an inspiring legacy: 350 km of protected bike lanes, 130,000 bike parking spaces, 300 school streets, 145,000 trees, 45 km of parks, and 140,000 fewer car parking spaces. Largely thanks to a light, quick, cheap experiment started 20 years earlier.🔚
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June 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
At the OK Sunrise Project's Trans Resource Fair at OKC's Wiley Post Park next to our River Trail. Providing free bike flat repair and tune-ups till 5pm. Come on by, say hi, and refill your water bottle!
June 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At the OK Sunrise Project's Trans Resource Fair at OKC's Wiley Post Park next to our River Trail. Providing free bike flat repair and tune-ups till 5pm. Come on by, say hi, and refill your water bottle!
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YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Saturday, May 17th, at 2 pm EST / 8 pm CET for my solo cycle network tour around the historic Dutch city of Leeuwarden and out to the AquaZoo.
youtu.be/Z5UsgMKTE98
youtu.be/Z5UsgMKTE98
LEEUWARDEN: Exploring Leeuwarden by Bike (A Ride-Along Series Episode)
YouTube video by Active Towns
youtu.be
May 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Saturday, May 17th, at 2 pm EST / 8 pm CET for my solo cycle network tour around the historic Dutch city of Leeuwarden and out to the AquaZoo.
youtu.be/Z5UsgMKTE98
youtu.be/Z5UsgMKTE98
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HOT RESEARCH NEWS!
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
February 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
HOT RESEARCH NEWS!
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
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A cycle path running alongside a main road in the Netherlands. The cycle path is some distance away from it, and separated by tree planting, providing shelter from the wind and rain, keeping cyclists safe and comfortable, far from the noise and stress of motor traffic.
March 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A cycle path running alongside a main road in the Netherlands. The cycle path is some distance away from it, and separated by tree planting, providing shelter from the wind and rain, keeping cyclists safe and comfortable, far from the noise and stress of motor traffic.
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I wrote about the great Don Shoup, who was the kind of person you'd go to for an answer to a single question about parking and come away with 20 more story ideas about how to fix everything in LA
Feed the meter
The fact that LA could even aspire to host a "car-free" games owes a great debt to Donald Shoup repeating, for decades, that just because you're going somewhere in this city, you're not automatically ...
www.torched.la
February 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I wrote about the great Don Shoup, who was the kind of person you'd go to for an answer to a single question about parking and come away with 20 more story ideas about how to fix everything in LA
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
Super excited about this, along with a short trail spur to connect the neighborhood to Wiley Post Park! The park is such an amazing asset. Much needed neighborhood connectivity!
Plaza in south OKC's Historic Capitol Hill to begin construction
After 20 years of behind-the-scenes work, a long-awaited multicultural plaza in OKC’s Historic Capitol Hill is finally expected to break ground.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/l...
After 20 years of behind-the-scenes work, a long-awaited multicultural plaza in OKC’s Historic Capitol Hill is finally expected to break ground.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/l...
After 20 years, a multicultural plaza is finally breaking ground in south OKC
After 20 years of behind-the-scenes work, a long-awaited multicultural plaza in OKC’s Historic Capitol Hill is finally expected to break ground.
www.oklahoman.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Super excited about this, along with a short trail spur to connect the neighborhood to Wiley Post Park! The park is such an amazing asset. Much needed neighborhood connectivity!
Relevant to OKC as our next bond vote is coming up. Make your voice is heard, wanting better transit and safer streets for all road users!
vision.okc.gov/go-bond-2025
vision.okc.gov/go-bond-2025
January 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Relevant to OKC as our next bond vote is coming up. Make your voice is heard, wanting better transit and safer streets for all road users!
vision.okc.gov/go-bond-2025
vision.okc.gov/go-bond-2025
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True freedom of youthful mobility is not having to say "Mom/Dad, can you give me a ride?", it's given to you by a city that prioritizes people over cars.
Wide, bidirectional cycleways allow young friends to cycle side by side home from school three abreast, chatting and sharing gum. Safer streets for everyone.
January 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
True freedom of youthful mobility is not having to say "Mom/Dad, can you give me a ride?", it's given to you by a city that prioritizes people over cars.
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Check out this story from The Oklahoman: New bus shelters, pedestrian access to be funded with $19.5M grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it is awarding $19.5 million to Oklahoma City for upgrading bus shelters and pedestrian access.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it is awarding $19.5 million to Oklahoma City for upgrading bus shelters and pedestrian access.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
OKC hopes to achieve 'world class' public transit with help of $19.5 million federal grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it is awarding $19.5 million to Oklahoma City for upgrading bus shelters and pedestrian access.
www.oklahoman.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: New bus shelters, pedestrian access to be funded with $19.5M grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it is awarding $19.5 million to Oklahoma City for upgrading bus shelters and pedestrian access.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it is awarding $19.5 million to Oklahoma City for upgrading bus shelters and pedestrian access.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
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Designing cities around people rather than cars means being able to more independently age in place, staying part of your community, no matter your mobility.
Advocate and vote for it now before you're stuck in a secluded retirement home, lonely, on the edge of a city surrounded by highways.
Advocate and vote for it now before you're stuck in a secluded retirement home, lonely, on the edge of a city surrounded by highways.
January 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Designing cities around people rather than cars means being able to more independently age in place, staying part of your community, no matter your mobility.
Advocate and vote for it now before you're stuck in a secluded retirement home, lonely, on the edge of a city surrounded by highways.
Advocate and vote for it now before you're stuck in a secluded retirement home, lonely, on the edge of a city surrounded by highways.
Motor vehicle engineers and regulators: if a car crashes and airbags deploy, are there capabilities to cut the engine or fuel off?
Maybe not lock up the brakes, but anything to prevent the car from accelerating after a crash?
Maybe not lock up the brakes, but anything to prevent the car from accelerating after a crash?
January 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Motor vehicle engineers and regulators: if a car crashes and airbags deploy, are there capabilities to cut the engine or fuel off?
Maybe not lock up the brakes, but anything to prevent the car from accelerating after a crash?
Maybe not lock up the brakes, but anything to prevent the car from accelerating after a crash?
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“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.”
Leadership. #Paris
www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...
Leadership. #Paris
www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...
Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car
In Paris, Barcelona and Brussels, authorities are adopting varied approaches to the task of reducing congestion and pollution
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.”
Leadership. #Paris
www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...
Leadership. #Paris
www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...
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November 18, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Cars make a lot of noise. People argue they don't. Here are some before/afters of NYC's famous 34th Avenue open street in Queens, next year it will celebrate 5 years car-free/car-light.
The sound and visuals are stunning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6YK...
The sound and visuals are stunning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6YK...
CARS MAKE A LOT OF NOISE: See What Happens When You Take Them Away!
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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December 25, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Cars make a lot of noise. People argue they don't. Here are some before/afters of NYC's famous 34th Avenue open street in Queens, next year it will celebrate 5 years car-free/car-light.
The sound and visuals are stunning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6YK...
The sound and visuals are stunning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6YK...
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MAJOR NEW STUDY: Followed 82,000 subjects in #Scotland, up to age 74, found that cyclists + pedestrians had significantly reduced risks of:
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
December 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
MAJOR NEW STUDY: Followed 82,000 subjects in #Scotland, up to age 74, found that cyclists + pedestrians had significantly reduced risks of:
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.
Published in @bmj.com
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
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Parking lots turn streets into miserable places to walk.
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
December 18, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Parking lots turn streets into miserable places to walk.
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments."
findingspress.org/article/1271...
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They say “We can’t do that. We’re not Amsterdam.” You reply “Amsterdam wasn’t always like that either” and show before & after transformations illustrating how the cities we admire made CHOICES, and changed. They try new excuses. You don’t accept them either. (1e van der Helststraat, 1978 & 2005)
December 18, 2024 at 3:25 AM
They say “We can’t do that. We’re not Amsterdam.” You reply “Amsterdam wasn’t always like that either” and show before & after transformations illustrating how the cities we admire made CHOICES, and changed. They try new excuses. You don’t accept them either. (1e van der Helststraat, 1978 & 2005)
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Inclusive transport requires an empathetic approach; recognising users' varying needs dependent on age, gender, ability and income.
Planners often neglect these groups and outcomes—particularly in relation to the 'invisible' social, health and mental well-being.
www.camcycle.org.uk/magazine/mag...
Planners often neglect these groups and outcomes—particularly in relation to the 'invisible' social, health and mental well-being.
www.camcycle.org.uk/magazine/mag...
December 7, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Inclusive transport requires an empathetic approach; recognising users' varying needs dependent on age, gender, ability and income.
Planners often neglect these groups and outcomes—particularly in relation to the 'invisible' social, health and mental well-being.
www.camcycle.org.uk/magazine/mag...
Planners often neglect these groups and outcomes—particularly in relation to the 'invisible' social, health and mental well-being.
www.camcycle.org.uk/magazine/mag...
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When Bryant Ave S was being reconstructed in Minneapolis there was quite a bit of concern re: firetrucks being able to navigate the narrower street design.
Watch this extra long firetruck easily make the turn onto narrowed Bryant at Lake St for an emergency yesterday.
Watch this extra long firetruck easily make the turn onto narrowed Bryant at Lake St for an emergency yesterday.
December 5, 2024 at 2:43 AM
When Bryant Ave S was being reconstructed in Minneapolis there was quite a bit of concern re: firetrucks being able to navigate the narrower street design.
Watch this extra long firetruck easily make the turn onto narrowed Bryant at Lake St for an emergency yesterday.
Watch this extra long firetruck easily make the turn onto narrowed Bryant at Lake St for an emergency yesterday.