“DoorDash intends to send autonomous robots into bike-lanes.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

Here’s what’s frustrating…who cares what they “intend?” It’s up to City Hall what’s allowed in bike-lanes, NOT COMPANIES!

Stop acting like tech companies should be able to do whatever they want in cities.

can the north american mind even comprehend microcars that cost less than €10,000?

When you know something is unsafe and do it anyway, “accident” is the wrong word.

Schrödinger's Reichstag fire, and every time they get a little more earnest with their reprisals

And we have a fountain with trams running directly through it too. I need city planners to know that you can just do that, cause I think it is cool. The water jets lowers when trams run over it.

"Lots of white people are used to talking their way out of tickets, and you can’t talk your way out of a ticket from a speed camera, and so they don’t like it. But it is fair." www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

This makes me think some sort of extremely user-friendly Unreal Engine-type “developer” app could be a great pedagogical tool for children and adults to experiment, play with, and learn urban design. Hell, there could be a full-fledged “Sim Streetscape” traffic calming/placemaking game.

Years ago we had the mayor bike to school with my 6 year old, within the first :30 seconds they were almost hit by a driver on live TV.
Every leader should be required to ride a bike (if able) with a 6 year old before they provide any direction on bike infrastructure.

We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.

One of the most intriguing & misunderstood street design and place-making ideas in the world is the Dutch #Woonerf, or “living street.” When I studied woonerfs while working for the City of Groningen, I learned the key is street design that makes it impossible to drive faster than people can walk.

Something Ohio is actually good at. Although maybe it’s a symptom of being a densely populated state that doesn’t value rail.

BREAKING: Removing Toronto bike lanes will cost an estimated $48 million: “The city released a report Wednesday that calculates the cost of Doug Ford’s bid to rip up bike lanes on Yonge, Bloor and University.”

One of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen done to a city.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/rem...

If you see this, post a concert pic you took.

Looking to discuss public transport, rail, and urbanism/urban planning more broadly?

Or want to find people who post on these topics?

Here's an excellent starter pack @railmaps.bsky.social has pulled together:

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Episode 107: "Is It Worth It To Confront Drivers?" Have you ever been crossing the street when a driver almost hit you or been on your bike when a hostile horn-honker laid into you for delaying them by a few seconds? We share our experiences of close calls with cars, plus strategies for coping.

Rail transit ridership relative to 2009
https://www.datawrapper.de/_/lqAvb/

Road Space Comparison xkcd.com/2684

Our first skeet is the way Jack Dorsey probably intended it — with unsolicited advice and an external link to our reporting. Since Bluesky is in its early days, @morgansung.bsky.social’s advice is vital if it’s going to thrive: protect the marginalized communities that shape this platform’s culture

/honk