Chris N. Morfas
@thehappygringo.bsky.social
Ex-executive advocate for sustainable transport and former TV game show winner now offering occasional notes on my native USA, my adopted Colombia, math, and cities/walkability/cycling
In car-friendly Angers, banning cars for 30 minutes is newsworthy! 😁
October 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In car-friendly Angers, banning cars for 30 minutes is newsworthy! 😁
L’Effet Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social
Angers is going to experiment with a “school street” that restricts vehicle access and instead prioritizes youth safety and comfort.
Photo Le Courrier de l’ouest
Angers is going to experiment with a “school street” that restricts vehicle access and instead prioritizes youth safety and comfort.
Photo Le Courrier de l’ouest
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
L’Effet Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social
Angers is going to experiment with a “school street” that restricts vehicle access and instead prioritizes youth safety and comfort.
Photo Le Courrier de l’ouest
Angers is going to experiment with a “school street” that restricts vehicle access and instead prioritizes youth safety and comfort.
Photo Le Courrier de l’ouest
You see what I mean. Extraordinarily enjoyable cycling tourism. 2/2
September 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
You see what I mean. Extraordinarily enjoyable cycling tourism. 2/2
Traffic prohibited “except bicycles and residents.” Rural France (here, Normandy) is a model for low-stress cycling. 1/2
September 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Traffic prohibited “except bicycles and residents.” Rural France (here, Normandy) is a model for low-stress cycling. 1/2
Air pollution levels in Paris 2007-present
September 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Air pollution levels in Paris 2007-present
By limiting through traffic, the projects aim to improve neighborhood safety, prioritize access to local businesses, promote conviviality among residents, encourage comfortable walking and bicycling, and continue the city’s tremendous progress in reducing air pollution. 2/2
September 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
By limiting through traffic, the projects aim to improve neighborhood safety, prioritize access to local businesses, promote conviviality among residents, encourage comfortable walking and bicycling, and continue the city’s tremendous progress in reducing air pollution. 2/2
Below, a discussion of a “limited traffic” zone in Paris’s Marais neighborhood. Pictured: A sidewalk sign informing Parisians that a new such zone is coming. What’s the purpose? 1/2
September 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Below, a discussion of a “limited traffic” zone in Paris’s Marais neighborhood. Pictured: A sidewalk sign informing Parisians that a new such zone is coming. What’s the purpose? 1/2
Referencing this trip with which Russia is alleged to have interfered, jamming her plane’s signals and forcing the pilots to land with paper maps.
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Referencing this trip with which Russia is alleged to have interfered, jamming her plane’s signals and forcing the pilots to land with paper maps.
Paris administration launches educational campaign to prepare the public for the forthcoming « limited-traffic » street projects. Among the listed objectives: (1/
August 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Paris administration launches educational campaign to prepare the public for the forthcoming « limited-traffic » street projects. Among the listed objectives: (1/
Paris Plage? Je dis « Oui! »
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Paris Plage? Je dis « Oui! »
Since the December 2024 conference celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Bogotá Ciclovía has newfound momentum. On Thursday, August 7, 2025, they’ll attempt a world record 17-hour Ciclovía! 💪🏻💪🏻
August 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Since the December 2024 conference celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Bogotá Ciclovía has newfound momentum. On Thursday, August 7, 2025, they’ll attempt a world record 17-hour Ciclovía! 💪🏻💪🏻
Returning from abroad, I’m stunned to see Sacramento expanding highways within city limits. A region in denial: All pretense to climate change leadership evaporates.
August 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Returning from abroad, I’m stunned to see Sacramento expanding highways within city limits. A region in denial: All pretense to climate change leadership evaporates.
Sacramento’s new light rail cars that offer platform-level boarding are a hit with people using bicycles (carrying a bicycle up/down four steps is no longer required). 👍🏻👍🏻
July 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sacramento’s new light rail cars that offer platform-level boarding are a hit with people using bicycles (carrying a bicycle up/down four steps is no longer required). 👍🏻👍🏻
The new law approved today by Colombian President Petro permits unlicensed, uninsured people to travel up to 60km/hr in bikeways on electric motos, scooters, and bicycles. Chaos and carnage ahead! Image courtesy Caracol
July 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The new law approved today by Colombian President Petro permits unlicensed, uninsured people to travel up to 60km/hr in bikeways on electric motos, scooters, and bicycles. Chaos and carnage ahead! Image courtesy Caracol
Murdock, you nailed it!
July 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Murdock, you nailed it!
Young fisherman rides the train in Sacramento, California, says he hopes to catch some bass. 🎣
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Young fisherman rides the train in Sacramento, California, says he hopes to catch some bass. 🎣
So saddening. So enraging.
Shame on you @iubloomington.bsky.social
Shame on you @iubloomington.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So saddening. So enraging.
Shame on you @iubloomington.bsky.social
Shame on you @iubloomington.bsky.social
Just wild the amount of carnage and reckless or distracted driving I’ve witnessed in just 2+ weeks in Sacramento. These vehicles finished mere steps from a light rail boarding platform.
June 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just wild the amount of carnage and reckless or distracted driving I’ve witnessed in just 2+ weeks in Sacramento. These vehicles finished mere steps from a light rail boarding platform.
Roberts worked in an IN steel mill as a college student (as did I) 1/2
June 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Roberts worked in an IN steel mill as a college student (as did I) 1/2
Below, as seen yesterday in Atlanta’s airport. King’s assertion is now undergoing an extreme stress test.
June 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Below, as seen yesterday in Atlanta’s airport. King’s assertion is now undergoing an extreme stress test.
Below, a Carnaval-inspired celebration during the weekly Bogotá Ciclovía. The beautiful people of Colombia deserve to live in peace and security, with ample opportunity to cultivate their many talents. ❤️ 🇨🇴
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Below, a Carnaval-inspired celebration during the weekly Bogotá Ciclovía. The beautiful people of Colombia deserve to live in peace and security, with ample opportunity to cultivate their many talents. ❤️ 🇨🇴
Motorcycle and enormous truck reflect ongoing conquest of sidewalks and other public space by motorized vehicles in Medellín, CO. Walking is becoming more stressful by the day.
May 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Motorcycle and enormous truck reflect ongoing conquest of sidewalks and other public space by motorized vehicles in Medellín, CO. Walking is becoming more stressful by the day.
A frailejón in a fog-enshrouded páramo in the hills east of Bogotá. These plants play a huge role in conserving water for millions of city residents. Nobody would complain if Bogotá itself were a degree or two warmer, but if climate change alters the páramos and rain patterns…No water = no city.
May 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A frailejón in a fog-enshrouded páramo in the hills east of Bogotá. These plants play a huge role in conserving water for millions of city residents. Nobody would complain if Bogotá itself were a degree or two warmer, but if climate change alters the páramos and rain patterns…No water = no city.
2:00pm Sunday, and another Bogotá Ciclovía comes to an end 🥲 Still, for seven hours today, the streets were ours! 🚲 🥾 🛹
April 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
2:00pm Sunday, and another Bogotá Ciclovía comes to an end 🥲 Still, for seven hours today, the streets were ours! 🚲 🥾 🛹