Rebecca Clements
@kinokofry.bsky.social
Urban planning Research Fellow RMIT & USyd/cartoonist on Wurundjeri Country, Japan parking/transport governance/mobility justice, she/her 🏳️🌈
What on earth am I looking at here.
October 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
What on earth am I looking at here.
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I've been avoiding mentioning this in any of my recaps, cuz I don't want to be a 24 hour AI scold, but the amount of AI slop at BIFF this year is disgusting.
The intro film that plays before every movie is the shoddiest, ugliest slop that converts the festival logo into gibberish.
The intro film that plays before every movie is the shoddiest, ugliest slop that converts the festival logo into gibberish.
September 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I've been avoiding mentioning this in any of my recaps, cuz I don't want to be a 24 hour AI scold, but the amount of AI slop at BIFF this year is disgusting.
The intro film that plays before every movie is the shoddiest, ugliest slop that converts the festival logo into gibberish.
The intro film that plays before every movie is the shoddiest, ugliest slop that converts the festival logo into gibberish.
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China’s comeback as the Kingdom of Bicycles is happening at a momentous scale.
In Beijing, 3200 km of infrastructure has been built, with 200 km added each year.
It is a spectacular course correction—an admission that cities with more people cycling work better for everybody.
youtu.be/gQS97woWcq0
In Beijing, 3200 km of infrastructure has been built, with 200 km added each year.
It is a spectacular course correction—an admission that cities with more people cycling work better for everybody.
youtu.be/gQS97woWcq0
August 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
China’s comeback as the Kingdom of Bicycles is happening at a momentous scale.
In Beijing, 3200 km of infrastructure has been built, with 200 km added each year.
It is a spectacular course correction—an admission that cities with more people cycling work better for everybody.
youtu.be/gQS97woWcq0
In Beijing, 3200 km of infrastructure has been built, with 200 km added each year.
It is a spectacular course correction—an admission that cities with more people cycling work better for everybody.
youtu.be/gQS97woWcq0
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HUGE news out of Toronto: Ontario Court deems Premier Doug Ford’s plan to remove city’s bike lanes unsafe, and unconstitutional: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News
An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. A spokesperson for Ontario's transportation minister said the government will appeal.
www.cbc.ca
July 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
HUGE news out of Toronto: Ontario Court deems Premier Doug Ford’s plan to remove city’s bike lanes unsafe, and unconstitutional: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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20mph is a massive public safety and health win.
This is also a huge reduction in NHs and emergency service resources and money saver too.
It should be the default in built up areas with exceptions. right across the country
This is also a huge reduction in NHs and emergency service resources and money saver too.
It should be the default in built up areas with exceptions. right across the country
New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives 🚶🚲🚌🚗
14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows:
❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made)
❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt.
14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows:
❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made)
❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt.
May 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
20mph is a massive public safety and health win.
This is also a huge reduction in NHs and emergency service resources and money saver too.
It should be the default in built up areas with exceptions. right across the country
This is also a huge reduction in NHs and emergency service resources and money saver too.
It should be the default in built up areas with exceptions. right across the country
This was such an amazing and unique experience! Mine is the third photo. Thanks so much, Chris! A really nice memory.
As I just got back from tromping around in the Alaskan woods with a bunch of old (and new) cartoonist/illustrator/artist friends, I figured I'd share some "humorous" collaborative puzzles I made with some webcomics folks back in 2011. The very talented Dan Burns assisted with these. Credits in alt.
May 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This was such an amazing and unique experience! Mine is the third photo. Thanks so much, Chris! A really nice memory.
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Interesting study on potential role of car sharing in cutting emissions in GB.
64 % of journeys are made by a lone driver.
⬆️ average occupancy was a target in the UK’s transport decarb plan (although no policies were put in place to actually achieve it).
64 % of journeys are made by a lone driver.
⬆️ average occupancy was a target in the UK’s transport decarb plan (although no policies were put in place to actually achieve it).
Can sharing car trips deliver meaningful emissions savings? The case of Great Britain
Car and taxi use accounts for 13 % of total UK emissions, with 404 billion vehicle-km travelled in 2023. Yet, much of this car use is inefficient with…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Interesting study on potential role of car sharing in cutting emissions in GB.
64 % of journeys are made by a lone driver.
⬆️ average occupancy was a target in the UK’s transport decarb plan (although no policies were put in place to actually achieve it).
64 % of journeys are made by a lone driver.
⬆️ average occupancy was a target in the UK’s transport decarb plan (although no policies were put in place to actually achieve it).
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So, if you'd like to know, I've been doing YouTube videos and finishing a big collaborative comic with my friend Ben Hutchings. Here is both of those.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyE...
Our graphic novel, SONS OF COMTEC · Cover illustration and process
YouTube video by Patrick Alexander’s World of Content
www.youtube.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So, if you'd like to know, I've been doing YouTube videos and finishing a big collaborative comic with my friend Ben Hutchings. Here is both of those.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyE...
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The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
April 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
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Labor intentionally designed the NVES so it didn't tackle the root cause of climbing transport pollution (big cars), and the Coalition is still opposing it because it's 'too strict on big cars'.
May as well just actually do real climate policy folks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
May as well just actually do real climate policy folks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
March 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Labor intentionally designed the NVES so it didn't tackle the root cause of climbing transport pollution (big cars), and the Coalition is still opposing it because it's 'too strict on big cars'.
May as well just actually do real climate policy folks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
May as well just actually do real climate policy folks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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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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AI boosters in higher ed are so embarrassing - deskilling yourself, for what? Eroding the value of education, for what? Pandering to the interests of the bosses and the billionaires, for what? Accelerating climate change, for what?
February 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
AI boosters in higher ed are so embarrassing - deskilling yourself, for what? Eroding the value of education, for what? Pandering to the interests of the bosses and the billionaires, for what? Accelerating climate change, for what?
I’m shocked and very saddened to hear Donald Shoup has passed. It is SERIOUSLY so hard to overstate the incredible legacy of his work on parking policy! He was also so uniquely excellent at public impact and change-making in such a challenging area, and also such a kind and generous colleague.
I still remember being a 1st year Urban Planning Masters student in Don's UP 207: Applied Microeconomics for Urban Planning class..you learn a lot fast
parkingreform.org/donald-shoup/
parkingreform.org/donald-shoup/
Remembering Donald Shoup - Parking Reform Network
Professor Donald Shoup’s curiosity, intelligence, passion, generosity, and kindness allowed him to not only expose the critical problems with modern parking policy, but to also ignite and nurture a…
parkingreform.org
February 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’m shocked and very saddened to hear Donald Shoup has passed. It is SERIOUSLY so hard to overstate the incredible legacy of his work on parking policy! He was also so uniquely excellent at public impact and change-making in such a challenging area, and also such a kind and generous colleague.
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Overheard on the bus today:
“It’s too expensive to park the car in town and now the kids have free bus passes, it’s just as easy to take the bus.”
Policy in action.
“It’s too expensive to park the car in town and now the kids have free bus passes, it’s just as easy to take the bus.”
Policy in action.
January 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Overheard on the bus today:
“It’s too expensive to park the car in town and now the kids have free bus passes, it’s just as easy to take the bus.”
Policy in action.
“It’s too expensive to park the car in town and now the kids have free bus passes, it’s just as easy to take the bus.”
Policy in action.
Co-op rail services in the UK - absolutely fascinating to see this develop
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
From dream to reality: Go-op, Britain’s first cooperative railway
With approval to run trains between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare, services could start in 2026
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Co-op rail services in the UK - absolutely fascinating to see this develop
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Undertale - Let's REplay! Merry Xmas 2024 Edition
YouTube video by Rebecca's Pixel Quest
youtu.be
December 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Fantastic little video from @australiainstitute.org.au about the potential for cycling in Australia. A 10% federal fund for active transport infrastructure would be a game changer.
youtu.be/iCw0wPb-h6w?...
youtu.be/iCw0wPb-h6w?...
How to boosting cycling rates in Australia
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Fantastic little video from @australiainstitute.org.au about the potential for cycling in Australia. A 10% federal fund for active transport infrastructure would be a game changer.
youtu.be/iCw0wPb-h6w?...
youtu.be/iCw0wPb-h6w?...
My new blind Let’s Play is out, we’re playing Subnautica!
I’m enjoying it SO much, this game is everything I hoped it would be. Please do come along for the adventure!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I’m enjoying it SO much, this game is everything I hoped it would be. Please do come along for the adventure!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Subnautica (blind playthrough, 2024) - YouTube
Welcome to my first totally fresh experience of the ever-popular Subnautica! I’ve been SO keen to play this game for a long time and I’m thrilled to finally ...
youtube.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:57 PM
My new blind Let’s Play is out, we’re playing Subnautica!
I’m enjoying it SO much, this game is everything I hoped it would be. Please do come along for the adventure!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I’m enjoying it SO much, this game is everything I hoped it would be. Please do come along for the adventure!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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It's unbelievable that even when they're parked, motor vehicles are so dangerous to people on bicycles.
One of the best cyclists in the world, Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, was on a training ride and got doored by a parked van, and suffered fractures to his rib, shoulder blade, and hand.
One of the best cyclists in the world, Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, was on a training ride and got doored by a parked van, and suffered fractures to his rib, shoulder blade, and hand.
Hard verdict voor Evenepoel na crash op training: gekneusde longen en ontwricht sleutelbeen bovenop 3 breuken | sporza
Een valse noot nog lang voor het nieuwe seizoen begint. Remco Evenepoel is op training ten val gekomen. De olympische kampioen (24) botste op een openzwaaiend portier van een Bpost-wagen en werd metee...
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December 7, 2024 at 8:14 PM
It's unbelievable that even when they're parked, motor vehicles are so dangerous to people on bicycles.
One of the best cyclists in the world, Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, was on a training ride and got doored by a parked van, and suffered fractures to his rib, shoulder blade, and hand.
One of the best cyclists in the world, Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, was on a training ride and got doored by a parked van, and suffered fractures to his rib, shoulder blade, and hand.
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92% of young women want to ride a bike, but participation is 4 times lower than men of the same age. Released today, our research found that young women experience unique barriers to riding a bike, and are actively looking for programs to overcome them.
www.monash.edu/medicine/sph...
www.monash.edu/medicine/sph...
PETAL Project: Unlocking young women’s access to bike-riding
www.monash.edu
December 6, 2024 at 12:54 AM
92% of young women want to ride a bike, but participation is 4 times lower than men of the same age. Released today, our research found that young women experience unique barriers to riding a bike, and are actively looking for programs to overcome them.
www.monash.edu/medicine/sph...
www.monash.edu/medicine/sph...
Curious if any planning/urbanists here have any more suggestions.
The more I read about it, the more I want to make a game about urban planning. Any good ones already out there I should be trying?
December 3, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Curious if any planning/urbanists here have any more suggestions.
Hey Rebecca, why don’t you ride a bike?
My local bike lane:
My local bike lane:
December 2, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Hey Rebecca, why don’t you ride a bike?
My local bike lane:
My local bike lane:
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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