It's super windy in NL today & strong winds are predicted for the weekends so the Dutch, who never let an opportunity go to waste, are holding Tegenwindfietsen. Headwind Cycling Race requires pushing thru 50km/hr winds on single speed bikes.

More: www.facebook.com/NKtegenwindfietsen/?locale=nl_NL

Mrs. American Fietser has been running more nighttime bike errands after picking up this reflective vest from WeatherGoods Sweden.

www.weathergoodssweden.com/shop/reflect...

WATCH: The fantastic Paris “School Streets” program isn’t just about how we safely drop off and pick up kids from school. It’s about place-making, neighbourhood amenity, noise, air quality, and better cities for EVERYONE. Watch @streetfilms.bsky.social’s great video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPz...

My latest post (with video) shows that everybody benefits from urban design that doesn’t put the car first. From a grey car-dominated thoroughfare to a green, people-friendly oasis: Moreelse Park in Utrecht.

bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/u...

“A cyclist has died after a collision with a lorry in north Belfast”
bbc.in/492Y2a5
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In '21 we asked cyclists in North Belfast most concerning part of a journey into the City centre by bike.
Clifton St./Carlisle Circus topped the list.
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Totally preventable.
Tragic, awful news.

Australia plans social media ban for under 16s

https://www.ft.com/content/d53efd23-7af7-43c9-9680-7a295f3aba78

This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It has successfully been “opened” to everything else, to a diverse and invigorated civic life, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things.

Language matters.

HT @dmoser.bsky.social for pic #OpenStreets #Vienna

A 5 yr Belgian study showed the BIG impact of increasing vehicle weight on road deaths & injuries. When a person on a bike or walking is hit by a pick-up, the risk of serious injury increases by 90% compared to a car. The risk of death goes up by 200%.
www.vias.be/fr/newsroom/...

Live view of our servers hanging in there as people keep coming on

Guys, @bsky.app has just hit 20 million active users!!!

There's not enough Woonerf-based content on here yet

I do love a good Woonerf, a concept developed in the Netherlands during the 1960s and 1970s, creating people-friendly shared spaces with reduced traffic.

Your regular reminder that you can look up how much public subsidy each farmer gets annually here. cap-payments.defra.gov.uk/SearchResult... For example in 2023 Jeremy Clarkson got £83,000 and in 2022 he got £133,000. Nice work if you can get it. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

John O'Dowd's Stormont department is pretending that it's spending £2.6m on a cycle lane, but most of that money is funding a road for cars and lorries - and the department is refusing to say if this has been happening more widely.

And a reminder that Fietsstraats are not just for Fietsers!

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.

@StreetsblogUSA.bsky.social usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...

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