Natalia Barbour
@nataliabarbour.bsky.social
Transportation | Cycling | Cities | past TU Delft & MIT | 🇵🇱
www.nataliabarbour.com
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A true flex is not finding a parking spot in 5 minutes.
It’s not having to worry about parking at all.
It’s not having to worry about parking at all.
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A true flex is not finding a parking spot in 5 minutes.
It’s not having to worry about parking at all.
It’s not having to worry about parking at all.
Clean cars… is there even such thing?
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Clean cars… is there even such thing?
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
Asking for myself.
Even if they are electric, the space they take, safety, $$$ make them anything but clean.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
This year for Halloween we closed our street because there was nothing more spooky than motorists mingling with trick or treaters.
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This year for Halloween we closed our street because there was nothing more spooky than motorists mingling with trick or treaters.
Pedestrian spaces but for runners.
October 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Pedestrian spaces but for runners.
There are many advantages of non-motorized travel: low emissions, health, smaller vehicles, seeing rainbow without the glass.
October 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
There are many advantages of non-motorized travel: low emissions, health, smaller vehicles, seeing rainbow without the glass.
Good transportation systems make the sustainable options attractive.
Bad transportation systems make the attractive options unsustainable.
Bad transportation systems make the attractive options unsustainable.
September 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Good transportation systems make the sustainable options attractive.
Bad transportation systems make the attractive options unsustainable.
Bad transportation systems make the attractive options unsustainable.
Multigenerational night cycling (mom in the background).
September 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Multigenerational night cycling (mom in the background).
Going 161 km/h on a train.
Now tell me how car travel is superior.
Now tell me how car travel is superior.
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Going 161 km/h on a train.
Now tell me how car travel is superior.
Now tell me how car travel is superior.
Did anyone say forest cycling?
September 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Did anyone say forest cycling?
No one:
My 🧠: of course I will go by bike to pick up sushi
My 🧠: of course I will go by bike to pick up sushi
August 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
No one:
My 🧠: of course I will go by bike to pick up sushi
My 🧠: of course I will go by bike to pick up sushi
Don’t mind us. We are just living our best lives 🛴🌴
August 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Don’t mind us. We are just living our best lives 🛴🌴
Looks like my tweet from last year with 55mln views and counting is going viral again.
Never would have thought this would be so controversial but I said what I said.
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Never would have thought this would be so controversial but I said what I said.
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July 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Looks like my tweet from last year with 55mln views and counting is going viral again.
Never would have thought this would be so controversial but I said what I said.
x.com/natalia_barb...
Never would have thought this would be so controversial but I said what I said.
x.com/natalia_barb...
Mixed use is when you can grab a beer and within seconds be able to choose the color of your walls.
🎨 🍺 🌆
🎨 🍺 🌆
July 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Mixed use is when you can grab a beer and within seconds be able to choose the color of your walls.
🎨 🍺 🌆
🎨 🍺 🌆
Exhibit 1: A free range kid
A courtesy of car free infrastructure.
A courtesy of car free infrastructure.
July 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Exhibit 1: A free range kid
A courtesy of car free infrastructure.
A courtesy of car free infrastructure.
Sustainable development (or re-development) is as much about the availability of space as it as about the priorities. Ten years ago this used to be on-street parking.
July 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sustainable development (or re-development) is as much about the availability of space as it as about the priorities. Ten years ago this used to be on-street parking.
There is no technology that would outperform a simple separation of modes in promoting safety.
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There is no technology that would outperform a simple separation of modes in promoting safety.
Human centric cities allow for human connections.
June 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Human centric cities allow for human connections.
Gave a keynote today about cycling safety. There was only one right way to make it to the train station 🚲
June 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Gave a keynote today about cycling safety. There was only one right way to make it to the train station 🚲
Dress for destination. Always.
June 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Dress for destination. Always.
Friends don’t let friend cycle alone in a forest.
June 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Friends don’t let friend cycle alone in a forest.
This used to be a parking lot.
📍Poznań, Poland
📍Poznań, Poland
June 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This used to be a parking lot.
📍Poznań, Poland
📍Poznań, Poland
When cycling for soul and transportation is essentially the same thing.
June 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When cycling for soul and transportation is essentially the same thing.
Pedestrian friendly Long Market in Gdańsk (Poland). Although heavily damaged during the World War II, it was rebuilt, largely following its original historical appearance and its car free charm.
June 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Pedestrian friendly Long Market in Gdańsk (Poland). Although heavily damaged during the World War II, it was rebuilt, largely following its original historical appearance and its car free charm.
ASMR: transportation edition
June 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
ASMR: transportation edition