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"Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise" https://twitter.com/tomflood1/status/1609976864897916930

Cycling is similar. No need to use traffic lights for cycle-only crossings. Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jgacSmLBSIQ

What also contributes to Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlpmxLTxpw

That "reset" word is going to trigger the conspiracy theorists

wait until it designs a human-killing protein....

It should show the weight difference, that is crucial to understand its impact on pedestrians and cyclists during collisions.

Agreed. What's next: If I am enslaved and my expectation is being paid for my work, I must change my expectation? Fuck that. What we must do is maintain the expection, fight howeve…

Vaccine and pharmaceuticals research are already mostly publicly funded. But the profits are privatized. * Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine research ‘was 97% publicly funded’: http…

The NHS has also been deliberately weakened by the Tory (and Labour) to justify its privatization. That is the crucial point. The unusual seasons would just be a small extra burden…

The car infrastructure built to provide you that comfort has very big negative externalities to others. Among them: 1/ The massive amount of space dedicated to cars, taken away fro…

Problem with Mastodon is 1/the name 2/ "pods". I simply forgot which damn pod I signed up to and most people are simply unwilling to understand what the hell is a "pod". People jus…

Actually many of us are a bit tired of WFH but guess what: the reason I and many HAVE to WFH is due do the bankruptcy-level childcare costs (UK). It is easier to change job than to…

You dont know how lucky you are to have a sustainable inclusive mode of transport. Here in the UK its a fight against NIMBYs and right-wing idiots. The whole thing is becoming poli…

Cycling is becoming politicized in the UK and some politicians are trying to score points. The other day an ex-transport minister suggested forcing registration plates on bicycles.…

Aint gonna work. Design affects behavior. If the road encourages speeding but the sign says "hey go slower", drivers will end up speeding. This is known for decades. Design roads f…

Oh you have soooo much space to add some cycle lanes. Here in the UK we are fighting for shared space. There in the US you _have_ the space. Holy shit make some cycle lanes. US is …