Urban Traffic
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@urbantraffic.bsky.social
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The High Cost of Free Parking - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Should cities raise driving costs or stop using taxpayer money to subsidize urban car use? Two very different approaches to more liveable cities—what’s the better solution?
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Robot meets bollard. Nothing beats the #WorldBollardAssociation
August 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Robot meets bollard. Nothing beats the #WorldBollardAssociation
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New study finds that Norway's lavish EV subsidies increased car trips by 10-20% with "sizable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
July 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New study finds that Norway's lavish EV subsidies increased car trips by 10-20% with "sizable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
I think its near impossible to use urban public transport/ transit without reaching 7000 steps a day. What is your experience? www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Ny forskning: ”Folk är besatta av 10 000 steg”
Så mång steg om dagen halverar risken för att dö i förtid • Så boostar du stegen i vardagen
www.svt.se
July 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I think its near impossible to use urban public transport/ transit without reaching 7000 steps a day. What is your experience? www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
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"Giving pedestrians a 7-second head start at traffic lights is associated with a 33% reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal and non-fatal—at New York City intersections."
New York City intersections see one-third fewer pedestrian injuries with longer head-start intervals
Giving pedestrians a 7-second head start at traffic lights—known as Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs)—is associated with a 33% reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal and non-fatal—at New ...
phys.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Giving pedestrians a 7-second head start at traffic lights is associated with a 33% reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal and non-fatal—at New York City intersections."
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
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"Only 15% of stolen bikes were recovered."
"47% of those that had their bike stolen
cycled less or stopped cycling entirely."
escholarship.org/content/qt3z...
"47% of those that had their bike stolen
cycled less or stopped cycling entirely."
escholarship.org/content/qt3z...
April 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Only 15% of stolen bikes were recovered."
"47% of those that had their bike stolen
cycled less or stopped cycling entirely."
escholarship.org/content/qt3z...
"47% of those that had their bike stolen
cycled less or stopped cycling entirely."
escholarship.org/content/qt3z...
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Austria also takes cars from superspeeders (source: you) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Austria to ‘Super-Speeders’: We’re Taking Your Car
A new law in Austria allows authorities to confiscate the vehicles of those who exceed posted speed limits by large margins, even after a single offense.
www.bloomberg.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Austria also takes cars from superspeeders (source: you) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Question for European transportation policy wonks: What creative transport laws/regs are your favorites?
Examples:
🔹 France's weight-based vehicle fees
🔹 Switzerland's ability to confiscate & sell cars owned by super-speeders
🔹 The Dutch law that holds drivers responsible for bike-car crashes
Examples:
🔹 France's weight-based vehicle fees
🔹 Switzerland's ability to confiscate & sell cars owned by super-speeders
🔹 The Dutch law that holds drivers responsible for bike-car crashes
April 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Question for European transportation policy wonks: What creative transport laws/regs are your favorites?
Examples:
🔹 France's weight-based vehicle fees
🔹 Switzerland's ability to confiscate & sell cars owned by super-speeders
🔹 The Dutch law that holds drivers responsible for bike-car crashes
Examples:
🔹 France's weight-based vehicle fees
🔹 Switzerland's ability to confiscate & sell cars owned by super-speeders
🔹 The Dutch law that holds drivers responsible for bike-car crashes
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Haarlem is lowering the speed to 30km/h on 132 extra roads!
On 132 roads, the speed limit will go from 50 to 30 kilometers per hour, starting from October. This applies to streets in residential areas and areas where there are many cyclists and pedestrians.
buff.ly/sGGUda1
On 132 roads, the speed limit will go from 50 to 30 kilometers per hour, starting from October. This applies to streets in residential areas and areas where there are many cyclists and pedestrians.
buff.ly/sGGUda1
April 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Haarlem is lowering the speed to 30km/h on 132 extra roads!
On 132 roads, the speed limit will go from 50 to 30 kilometers per hour, starting from October. This applies to streets in residential areas and areas where there are many cyclists and pedestrians.
buff.ly/sGGUda1
On 132 roads, the speed limit will go from 50 to 30 kilometers per hour, starting from October. This applies to streets in residential areas and areas where there are many cyclists and pedestrians.
buff.ly/sGGUda1
No 1 urban traffic.
April 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
No 1 urban traffic.
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Une première rapide idée de l'avant/après de la métamorphose de la Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris
April 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Une première rapide idée de l'avant/après de la métamorphose de la Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris
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31 Million Voices Strong
Blue Sky rises, bold and free.
A place for all, for you and me.
No billionaires pull the strings.
Just real voices taking wing.
Blue Sky rises, bold and free.
A place for all, for you and me.
No billionaires pull the strings.
Just real voices taking wing.
February 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
31 Million Voices Strong
Blue Sky rises, bold and free.
A place for all, for you and me.
No billionaires pull the strings.
Just real voices taking wing.
Blue Sky rises, bold and free.
A place for all, for you and me.
No billionaires pull the strings.
Just real voices taking wing.
Should cities raise driving costs or stop using taxpayer money to subsidize urban car use? Two very different approaches to more liveable cities—what’s the better solution?
The High Cost of Free Parking - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Should cities raise driving costs or stop using taxpayer money to subsidize urban car use? Two very different approaches to more liveable cities—what’s the better solution?
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Until a few years ago I thought London’s roads were too dangerous to cycle on, now about 80% of my trips around the city are via bicycle 🚴♀️
Making cities more cycling-friendly is a win-win
Making cities more cycling-friendly is a win-win
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
www.latimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Until a few years ago I thought London’s roads were too dangerous to cycle on, now about 80% of my trips around the city are via bicycle 🚴♀️
Making cities more cycling-friendly is a win-win
Making cities more cycling-friendly is a win-win
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Dear Bluesky,
Congrats on hitting 33 million users.
Love,
God
Congrats on hitting 33 million users.
Love,
God
March 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Dear Bluesky,
Congrats on hitting 33 million users.
Love,
God
Congrats on hitting 33 million users.
Love,
God
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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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På en stressig måndagmorgon fucking hatar jag att citytunneln har så sinnesjukt dålig internettäckning. Invigd 2010, ni borde kunna ha klarat det lite bättre kan man tycka
March 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
På en stressig måndagmorgon fucking hatar jag att citytunneln har så sinnesjukt dålig internettäckning. Invigd 2010, ni borde kunna ha klarat det lite bättre kan man tycka
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"Free" parking -- at home or at work -- makes people more likely to travel by car.
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
March 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Free" parking -- at home or at work -- makes people more likely to travel by car.
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
Study: "Households with bundled parking are more likely to drive, and less likely to use transit."
doi.org/10.5198/jtlu...
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Not fast roads or fancy cars…Being able to safely cycle your kids home into the sunset on peaceful streets whilst listening to music is what makes a city liveable
February 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Not fast roads or fancy cars…Being able to safely cycle your kids home into the sunset on peaceful streets whilst listening to music is what makes a city liveable
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The Shared Streets Bill (SB 5595) creates a new street type: a Shared Street, where cars are allowed but the speed limit is 10 mph and pedestrians are the priority.
January 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Shared Streets Bill (SB 5595) creates a new street type: a Shared Street, where cars are allowed but the speed limit is 10 mph and pedestrians are the priority.
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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The #Shoupfest continues! Grateful to have both my own thoughts and the work of California Planning & Development Report featured in he The Wall Street Journal's retrospective on Don Shoup's work. #Shoupista #cities #urbanplanning
www.wsj.com/us-news/dona...
www.wsj.com/us-news/dona...
Donald Shoup, a Parking Guru Who Reshaped the Urban Landscape, Dies at 86
An economist at UCLA, Shoup said free parking carries a high cost, which is borne by everybody.
www.wsj.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The #Shoupfest continues! Grateful to have both my own thoughts and the work of California Planning & Development Report featured in he The Wall Street Journal's retrospective on Don Shoup's work. #Shoupista #cities #urbanplanning
www.wsj.com/us-news/dona...
www.wsj.com/us-news/dona...
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Happening now, in Copenhagen. Should be happening in lots of cities, on both sides of the Atlantic.
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
December 20, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Happening now, in Copenhagen. Should be happening in lots of cities, on both sides of the Atlantic.
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
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Good paper by @wrirosscities.bsky.social on how public transit is funded in cities around the world
Fares important in some areas but also includes France’s Versement Mobilité (a tax on employers), reinvesting revenue from parking & congestion charges, gov subsidy, land value capture… and more
Fares important in some areas but also includes France’s Versement Mobilité (a tax on employers), reinvesting revenue from parking & congestion charges, gov subsidy, land value capture… and more
December 20, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Good paper by @wrirosscities.bsky.social on how public transit is funded in cities around the world
Fares important in some areas but also includes France’s Versement Mobilité (a tax on employers), reinvesting revenue from parking & congestion charges, gov subsidy, land value capture… and more
Fares important in some areas but also includes France’s Versement Mobilité (a tax on employers), reinvesting revenue from parking & congestion charges, gov subsidy, land value capture… and more
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Someone has dumped a stolen car on the corner of our street. Amazing how tightening up the corner = people are driving below the speed limit for the first time ever. Car speed is so often a function of road layout
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Someone has dumped a stolen car on the corner of our street. Amazing how tightening up the corner = people are driving below the speed limit for the first time ever. Car speed is so often a function of road layout