Katie Cardie
@katiecardigan.bsky.social
Regenerative designer, active transport nerd and lately urban design student. Is super excited about the accessibility of electric bikes and there ability to revolutionise transport and create happier, healthier and cleaner cities.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
One of the reasons Spanish social housing is *so good*, is architects have abandoned the ‘double-loaded corridor’
Instead apartments are accessed from decks or terraces, which creates dual aspects homes that benefit from more sun and cross ventilation
Instead apartments are accessed from decks or terraces, which creates dual aspects homes that benefit from more sun and cross ventilation
December 21, 2024 at 8:34 AM
One of the reasons Spanish social housing is *so good*, is architects have abandoned the ‘double-loaded corridor’
Instead apartments are accessed from decks or terraces, which creates dual aspects homes that benefit from more sun and cross ventilation
Instead apartments are accessed from decks or terraces, which creates dual aspects homes that benefit from more sun and cross ventilation
Reposted by Katie Cardie
If all you see are people in athletic gear and protective equipment, your city probably isn’t serving the majority of people who would like to get around by bike.
December 3, 2024 at 6:58 PM
If all you see are people in athletic gear and protective equipment, your city probably isn’t serving the majority of people who would like to get around by bike.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
All these things are true:
Electric vehicles ARE better than ICE vehicles, despite their issues.
When vehicles get “better,” too often people buy BIGGER vehicles & drive even more.
EV’s still pollute, take too much space, lead to too many deaths etc
Fewer cars, less driving is the REAL solution.
Electric vehicles ARE better than ICE vehicles, despite their issues.
When vehicles get “better,” too often people buy BIGGER vehicles & drive even more.
EV’s still pollute, take too much space, lead to too many deaths etc
Fewer cars, less driving is the REAL solution.
November 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM
All these things are true:
Electric vehicles ARE better than ICE vehicles, despite their issues.
When vehicles get “better,” too often people buy BIGGER vehicles & drive even more.
EV’s still pollute, take too much space, lead to too many deaths etc
Fewer cars, less driving is the REAL solution.
Electric vehicles ARE better than ICE vehicles, despite their issues.
When vehicles get “better,” too often people buy BIGGER vehicles & drive even more.
EV’s still pollute, take too much space, lead to too many deaths etc
Fewer cars, less driving is the REAL solution.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Doesn’t like e-bikes is like someone who doesn’t like rainbows, puppies, sunsets, or dessert.
If you're thinking about getting an e-bike, now is the time to pull the trigger
www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/e...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/e...
November 30, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Doesn’t like e-bikes is like someone who doesn’t like rainbows, puppies, sunsets, or dessert.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Reposted by Katie Cardie
This makes me so furious I want to flip tables and scream
And given at the beginning of this month Ronald Greentree, the former head of GrainCorp, sold his property west of Coonamble for $42million, this “record fine” is probably just the cost of doing business.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
And given at the beginning of this month Ronald Greentree, the former head of GrainCorp, sold his property west of Coonamble for $42million, this “record fine” is probably just the cost of doing business.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Record fine for farmer who illegally bulldozed woodland
The NSW Land and Environment Court has imposed $2.1 million in fines for eight offences, with half to be paid by high-profile farmer Ron Greentree.
www.smh.com.au
November 29, 2024 at 11:06 PM
This makes me so furious I want to flip tables and scream
And given at the beginning of this month Ronald Greentree, the former head of GrainCorp, sold his property west of Coonamble for $42million, this “record fine” is probably just the cost of doing business.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
And given at the beginning of this month Ronald Greentree, the former head of GrainCorp, sold his property west of Coonamble for $42million, this “record fine” is probably just the cost of doing business.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Reposted by Katie Cardie
“A single unmuffled scooter crossing Paris at night can wake as many as 10,000 people.”
We seriously underestimate the impact of vehicle noise on urban livability and health. Cities aren’t noisy, engines are.
How #Paris Is Waging a War on Noise Pollution.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
We seriously underestimate the impact of vehicle noise on urban livability and health. Cities aren’t noisy, engines are.
How #Paris Is Waging a War on Noise Pollution.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Europe’s Noise Capital Tries to Turn Down the Volume
To combat the ill effects of urban noise pollution, Paris is deploying automated sensors and cracking down on the loudest vehicles.
www.bloomberg.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
“A single unmuffled scooter crossing Paris at night can wake as many as 10,000 people.”
We seriously underestimate the impact of vehicle noise on urban livability and health. Cities aren’t noisy, engines are.
How #Paris Is Waging a War on Noise Pollution.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
We seriously underestimate the impact of vehicle noise on urban livability and health. Cities aren’t noisy, engines are.
How #Paris Is Waging a War on Noise Pollution.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Advisors told Ljubljana’s mayor that pedestrianizing downtown would be political suicide. Eighteen years later, he’s still mayor.
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Advisors told Ljubljana’s mayor that pedestrianizing downtown would be political suicide. Eighteen years later, he’s still mayor.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
I live in a tiny, 8 mile town that was built around a factory.
The family that owned the factory really poured back into the community.
Library. YMCA. Community College. All sponsored by them.
I don't know if times were different, but they understood giving back to those who gave them so much.
The family that owned the factory really poured back into the community.
Library. YMCA. Community College. All sponsored by them.
I don't know if times were different, but they understood giving back to those who gave them so much.
This one is doing the rounds again, for (I presume) obvious reasons.
November 24, 2024 at 7:45 AM
I live in a tiny, 8 mile town that was built around a factory.
The family that owned the factory really poured back into the community.
Library. YMCA. Community College. All sponsored by them.
I don't know if times were different, but they understood giving back to those who gave them so much.
The family that owned the factory really poured back into the community.
Library. YMCA. Community College. All sponsored by them.
I don't know if times were different, but they understood giving back to those who gave them so much.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
When city leaders say "safety is a shared responsibility", shove this blown up photo in their face and ask them to say it again.
Car bloat on full display during today's @hillfamilybiking.org Littles Ride
CC @davidzipper.bsky.social
CC @davidzipper.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 11:15 PM
When city leaders say "safety is a shared responsibility", shove this blown up photo in their face and ask them to say it again.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Short answer: Yes
"Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
"Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
November 22, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Short answer: Yes
"Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
"Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
Reposted by Katie Cardie
“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”
Boulder’s explicit traffic safety signs are the latest real-looking fakes on Colorado roads
Several of the signs were concentrated along 28th Street, a busy north-south thoroughfare that the city has identified as being particularly dangerous.
www.cpr.org
November 22, 2024 at 5:19 PM
“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
I want to live somewhere that being on a cargo bike is unremarkable to people due to its normalcy.
Live photo of something that is no longer rare in Paris
November 23, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I want to live somewhere that being on a cargo bike is unremarkable to people due to its normalcy.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
“Compared to self-driving cars, and just about any other mobility mode, e-bikes have flourished…If 2023’s trendline continues, the humble e-bike, not the flashy self-driving car, will be poised to reconfigure American transportation.” — @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
Why 2023 was the year of the e-bike and not the self-driving car
E-bikes and self-driving cars both entered the year with momentum. Only one maintained it.
www.fastcompany.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM
“Compared to self-driving cars, and just about any other mobility mode, e-bikes have flourished…If 2023’s trendline continues, the humble e-bike, not the flashy self-driving car, will be poised to reconfigure American transportation.” — @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Here’s my friendly unsolicited advice. Repost things you like here, even more than you currently do. It’s great for building the community and conversation.
Thanks!
Thanks!
November 22, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Here’s my friendly unsolicited advice. Repost things you like here, even more than you currently do. It’s great for building the community and conversation.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Reposted by Katie Cardie
“I don't wanna go far for stuff"
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
November 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
“I don't wanna go far for stuff"
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
When riding a bicycle through a city, you sometimes find beauty, colour and nature in unexpected places.
Cycling under the railway viaduct in Girona is a lovely treat to the senses, with colourful art, climbing vines, and the chance to take things at your own pace away from the busy nearby streets.
Cycling under the railway viaduct in Girona is a lovely treat to the senses, with colourful art, climbing vines, and the chance to take things at your own pace away from the busy nearby streets.
November 22, 2024 at 1:13 PM
When riding a bicycle through a city, you sometimes find beauty, colour and nature in unexpected places.
Cycling under the railway viaduct in Girona is a lovely treat to the senses, with colourful art, climbing vines, and the chance to take things at your own pace away from the busy nearby streets.
Cycling under the railway viaduct in Girona is a lovely treat to the senses, with colourful art, climbing vines, and the chance to take things at your own pace away from the busy nearby streets.
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Did you see this? Ford’s CEO tells the truth, that the automaker needs a “radical change.”
“We are just in love with these monster vehicles. We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption.”
Correct.
electrek.co/2024/07/01/f...
“We are just in love with these monster vehicles. We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption.”
Correct.
electrek.co/2024/07/01/f...
Ford CEO calls out America's love for 'monster vehicles' with smaller $30,000 EV coming
As the leader of the over 120-year-old automaker, Ford CEO Jim Farley has an essential job of steering it into...
electrek.co
November 20, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Did you see this? Ford’s CEO tells the truth, that the automaker needs a “radical change.”
“We are just in love with these monster vehicles. We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption.”
Correct.
electrek.co/2024/07/01/f...
“We are just in love with these monster vehicles. We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption.”
Correct.
electrek.co/2024/07/01/f...
Reposted by Katie Cardie
Been around for a really long time.
Still relevant.
#ClimateCrisis
Still relevant.
#ClimateCrisis
September 12, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Been around for a really long time.
Still relevant.
#ClimateCrisis
Still relevant.
#ClimateCrisis