Kevin Skinker
@kevinskincare.bsky.social
Bike shop guy who dreams about bike infrastructure more than the fun little two-wheelers themselves.
Washed up footballer.
🇵🇭🇺🇸🚲⚽🏉
tambaycyclinghub.com
Washed up footballer.
🇵🇭🇺🇸🚲⚽🏉
tambaycyclinghub.com
If this doesn't (even subconsciously) signal to motor vehicles that they can go as fast as they want, even in a CBD of one if the biggest cities in the world, I don't know that does.
Ayala and MACEA design for people from the suburbs and not for people from the neighborhood.
Ayala and MACEA design for people from the suburbs and not for people from the neighborhood.
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If this doesn't (even subconsciously) signal to motor vehicles that they can go as fast as they want, even in a CBD of one if the biggest cities in the world, I don't know that does.
Ayala and MACEA design for people from the suburbs and not for people from the neighborhood.
Ayala and MACEA design for people from the suburbs and not for people from the neighborhood.
The best thing about this post is that I would be thrilled if all private cars had built-in speed limiters as well.
Streets would be far safer and active transport would be far easier and people would be encouraged to use non-car modes of transport - therefore speeding up buses, jeeps, and more.
Streets would be far safer and active transport would be far easier and people would be encouraged to use non-car modes of transport - therefore speeding up buses, jeeps, and more.
I dream that one day our passenger trains will be as fast as our entry level base model personal cars that children aged 16 can drive.
December 23, 2024 at 7:51 AM
The best thing about this post is that I would be thrilled if all private cars had built-in speed limiters as well.
Streets would be far safer and active transport would be far easier and people would be encouraged to use non-car modes of transport - therefore speeding up buses, jeeps, and more.
Streets would be far safer and active transport would be far easier and people would be encouraged to use non-car modes of transport - therefore speeding up buses, jeeps, and more.
First city leisure ride in months (but even then of course I visited multiple bike shops for "market research").
Plenty of urban cycling recently but it's been purely with explicit destinations in mind - not for fun.
Shoutout to leisure cyclist @glenndenton.bsky.social
#NoToPAREX
Plenty of urban cycling recently but it's been purely with explicit destinations in mind - not for fun.
Shoutout to leisure cyclist @glenndenton.bsky.social
#NoToPAREX
December 23, 2024 at 6:49 AM
First city leisure ride in months (but even then of course I visited multiple bike shops for "market research").
Plenty of urban cycling recently but it's been purely with explicit destinations in mind - not for fun.
Shoutout to leisure cyclist @glenndenton.bsky.social
#NoToPAREX
Plenty of urban cycling recently but it's been purely with explicit destinations in mind - not for fun.
Shoutout to leisure cyclist @glenndenton.bsky.social
#NoToPAREX
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Convert them into affordable housing. They’ll be occupied, they are likely to be located close to where jobs are, commute times and car traffic can be reduced. Multiple birds with one stone.
December 16, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Convert them into affordable housing. They’ll be occupied, they are likely to be located close to where jobs are, commute times and car traffic can be reduced. Multiple birds with one stone.
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"Making walking and cycling more practical and safer would go a long way toward removing barriers to improving physical activity levels and could significantly improve the health of England’s increasingly urban population."
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: health in cities
Professor Whitty’s report outlines a broad range of health opportunities and challenges for city populations, and includes case studies from core cities in England.
www.gov.uk
December 13, 2024 at 9:29 AM
"Making walking and cycling more practical and safer would go a long way toward removing barriers to improving physical activity levels and could significantly improve the health of England’s increasingly urban population."
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees
By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. That’s one of the goals outlined in the French capital’s new 2024-2030 Climate Plan, which was released last week.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. That’s one of the goals outlined in the French capital’s new 2024-2030 Climate Plan, which was released last week.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees
The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.
www.bloomberg.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees
By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. That’s one of the goals outlined in the French capital’s new 2024-2030 Climate Plan, which was released last week.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. That’s one of the goals outlined in the French capital’s new 2024-2030 Climate Plan, which was released last week.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New study from IIHS shows that car bloat is dangerous even at low speeds:
If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one.
If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one.
If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Vehicle height compounds dangers of speed for pedestrians
New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds.
www.iihs.org
December 10, 2024 at 1:15 PM
New study from IIHS shows that car bloat is dangerous even at low speeds:
If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one.
If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one.
If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
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The solution to poor driving is rocks
Parking on the pavement? Put some big ol' rocks in the way
Are cars going too fast? Cover the road in little bumpy rocks
Street too wide? Big pile of rocks for cars to go around
Need a bike lane? Line of chunky rocks to keep cars away
Rocks 👍 🪨🌳🚶🚴♂️
Parking on the pavement? Put some big ol' rocks in the way
Are cars going too fast? Cover the road in little bumpy rocks
Street too wide? Big pile of rocks for cars to go around
Need a bike lane? Line of chunky rocks to keep cars away
Rocks 👍 🪨🌳🚶🚴♂️
December 9, 2024 at 12:45 PM
The solution to poor driving is rocks
Parking on the pavement? Put some big ol' rocks in the way
Are cars going too fast? Cover the road in little bumpy rocks
Street too wide? Big pile of rocks for cars to go around
Need a bike lane? Line of chunky rocks to keep cars away
Rocks 👍 🪨🌳🚶🚴♂️
Parking on the pavement? Put some big ol' rocks in the way
Are cars going too fast? Cover the road in little bumpy rocks
Street too wide? Big pile of rocks for cars to go around
Need a bike lane? Line of chunky rocks to keep cars away
Rocks 👍 🪨🌳🚶🚴♂️
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Montana's winning housing reform strategy…
Make it easier to build here... to protect there.
Make it easier to build here... to protect there.
December 9, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Montana's winning housing reform strategy…
Make it easier to build here... to protect there.
Make it easier to build here... to protect there.
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"Daylighting" around pedestrian crossings with bike racks is now common practice in Paris. Sometimes there is no rack – in those cases, it is a parking spot for bike-share bikes.
December 8, 2024 at 5:05 PM
"Daylighting" around pedestrian crossings with bike racks is now common practice in Paris. Sometimes there is no rack – in those cases, it is a parking spot for bike-share bikes.
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A bike commuter friend moved into the neighborhood. The route to her office is a bit sketchy (check out the painted bike “lane”) so a few of my other bike commuting friends going the same way did a bike bus to get her used to the route. #BikesBringFriends
December 9, 2024 at 1:26 AM
A bike commuter friend moved into the neighborhood. The route to her office is a bit sketchy (check out the painted bike “lane”) so a few of my other bike commuting friends going the same way did a bike bus to get her used to the route. #BikesBringFriends
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My article on how FIFA's competitions are being bankrolled by big oil money and how female footballers are fighting back. Male players, fans, and gov bodies in football must join their call to end fossil fuel sponsorship in football!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Female footballers have shown us how – let’s build a sport free of fossil fuel deals | David Wheeler
Male players must step up and add their voice to the campaign to stop our sport being sold out to the big polluters who are causing climate change
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:26 AM
My article on how FIFA's competitions are being bankrolled by big oil money and how female footballers are fighting back. Male players, fans, and gov bodies in football must join their call to end fossil fuel sponsorship in football!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Dallas' minimum parking requirements mandate that bars must have one parking space per 100 square feet of floor area.
Literally government-mandated drunk driving.
Literally government-mandated drunk driving.
December 6, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Dallas' minimum parking requirements mandate that bars must have one parking space per 100 square feet of floor area.
Literally government-mandated drunk driving.
Literally government-mandated drunk driving.
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Full report: t.co/TZatlXfa4C
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/3838375/petal-report.pdf
t.co
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Full report: t.co/TZatlXfa4C
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Released today, our research found that 92% of young women want to ride a bike, but participation is 4 times lower than men of the same age.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Catcalls, aggression, male domination: Why women aren’t cycling
Women are avoiding riding bikes because Victoria’s transport networks are set up for the needs and safety perceptions of confident, physically fit men.
www.theage.com.au
December 6, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Released today, our research found that 92% of young women want to ride a bike, but participation is 4 times lower than men of the same age.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Somehow made it home from Greenbelt in just over an hour with MRT & walking. On a Friday evening during rush hour in December.
So nice to avoid clogged roads full of motor vehicles for once. There's no reason I couldn't do this via bus or jeep either except that we prioritize cars. It's only 7km.
So nice to avoid clogged roads full of motor vehicles for once. There's no reason I couldn't do this via bus or jeep either except that we prioritize cars. It's only 7km.
December 6, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Somehow made it home from Greenbelt in just over an hour with MRT & walking. On a Friday evening during rush hour in December.
So nice to avoid clogged roads full of motor vehicles for once. There's no reason I couldn't do this via bus or jeep either except that we prioritize cars. It's only 7km.
So nice to avoid clogged roads full of motor vehicles for once. There's no reason I couldn't do this via bus or jeep either except that we prioritize cars. It's only 7km.
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In the Philippines, "e-bikes" has also started to become code for "people we don't care about"
There is such a big push to ban e-bikes because dealers would rather have households go into debt for cars and motorcycles!
There is such a big push to ban e-bikes because dealers would rather have households go into debt for cars and motorcycles!
For many New Yorkers, "e-bikes" are now basically a dog-whistle for "migrant workers." Go to a CB meeting and you will see.
December 3, 2024 at 4:26 AM
In the Philippines, "e-bikes" has also started to become code for "people we don't care about"
There is such a big push to ban e-bikes because dealers would rather have households go into debt for cars and motorcycles!
There is such a big push to ban e-bikes because dealers would rather have households go into debt for cars and motorcycles!
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Bravo Cardiff. Absolutely the right thing to do. Local parking reforms have a big role to play in reducing the number of large cars on our roads with all the benefits this brings - for safety, climate, air quality, space in our crowded public realm and, as mentioned here, road maintenance
November 30, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Bravo Cardiff. Absolutely the right thing to do. Local parking reforms have a big role to play in reducing the number of large cars on our roads with all the benefits this brings - for safety, climate, air quality, space in our crowded public realm and, as mentioned here, road maintenance
"In mid-2015, however, the death rate in São Paulo plummeted by a third and stayed down. To achieve this, the municipality simply cut speed limits, enforcing them with an existing system of cameras."
Discovering Streetsblog was part of my own journey to traffic-safety nag and biking fanatic, so it's nice to get published there usa.streetsblog.org/2024/10/21/h...
December 2, 2024 at 6:15 AM
45 minutes to get to PT via car versus 20 minutes on a bicycle. How do people do this to themselves on a daily basis? 😵💫💀
December 2, 2024 at 6:15 AM
45 minutes to get to PT via car versus 20 minutes on a bicycle. How do people do this to themselves on a daily basis? 😵💫💀
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“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
www.fastcompany.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:26 AM
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
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Why is so much fantasy literature set in pre-industrial worlds?
1. Walkable cities and no sprawl, so plenty of room for both agriculture and nature.
2. Plots move forward when strangers meet on a road or street, but not when they are in cars.
Image: “Gondolin” by Ted Nesmith
1. Walkable cities and no sprawl, so plenty of room for both agriculture and nature.
2. Plots move forward when strangers meet on a road or street, but not when they are in cars.
Image: “Gondolin” by Ted Nesmith
December 1, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Why is so much fantasy literature set in pre-industrial worlds?
1. Walkable cities and no sprawl, so plenty of room for both agriculture and nature.
2. Plots move forward when strangers meet on a road or street, but not when they are in cars.
Image: “Gondolin” by Ted Nesmith
1. Walkable cities and no sprawl, so plenty of room for both agriculture and nature.
2. Plots move forward when strangers meet on a road or street, but not when they are in cars.
Image: “Gondolin” by Ted Nesmith
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All new high density buildings in Manila waste their first three-five stories on parking, and it ruins walkability in the places that need it the most!
'The lower three floors of each structure will be dedicated to vehicular parking'
the carbon iceberg of parking
sfyimby.com/2024/11/deta...
the carbon iceberg of parking
sfyimby.com/2024/11/deta...
Detailed Released For Housing at 3896 Stevens Creek Boulevard, San Jose - San Francisco YIMBY
San Francisco YIMBY says "Yes In My Backyard" to positive new development in the San Francisco metropolitan region.
sfyimby.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:08 AM
All new high density buildings in Manila waste their first three-five stories on parking, and it ruins walkability in the places that need it the most!
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This is important, but one thing that is also key to remember is that policy fights about cycling often happen in data-unready institutions. Transport advocates are held to unrealistic data standards, while the status quo defenders are absolved of the slightest responsibility of self-reflection.
“A new cost-benefit study in New Zealand finds that investments in cycling and walking facilities outweigh the costs of building them by 10 to 1. The research found that the most important economic benefits were health gains from use of active transport.” ebikes-international.com/new-study-in...
November 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
This is important, but one thing that is also key to remember is that policy fights about cycling often happen in data-unready institutions. Transport advocates are held to unrealistic data standards, while the status quo defenders are absolved of the slightest responsibility of self-reflection.
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“A new cost-benefit study in New Zealand finds that investments in cycling and walking facilities outweigh the costs of building them by 10 to 1. The research found that the most important economic benefits were health gains from use of active transport.” ebikes-international.com/new-study-in...
November 27, 2024 at 9:50 PM
“A new cost-benefit study in New Zealand finds that investments in cycling and walking facilities outweigh the costs of building them by 10 to 1. The research found that the most important economic benefits were health gains from use of active transport.” ebikes-international.com/new-study-in...