Urban Cycling Institute 🚲
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Bringing science on cycling to practice & back | Main contributor Marco te Brömmelstroet | Urban Cycling Institute | MOOC: https://t.co/hIqOuqPwoI
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🐫 Forget speed bumps. 📸 Forget speed camera's. 🚫 Forget road signs. Car drivers fear nothing more than a scratch on their paint. And overestimate the size or their car (amongst other things). Crucial knowledge if you want to lower speeds. (🎞️ by David Ho)
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The Dutch🇳🇱 don't arrive by bike at the #TrainStation. Instead, they arrive by train at the #BikeStation! 🚆 50% of train travellers arrive by bike. 🚲 33.000 bike parking spots around Utrecht CS. 💰 30 million Euro investment. (📹: @defilmendefietser)
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Your school run is a great study into the systemic failure or success of our mobility system. How do you want your kids to go to school? ⬆️: Unionville elementary school, North Carolina🇺🇸 (via Yann Rouen) ⬇️: Ds. Pierson college, Den Bosch🇳🇱 (by Mark Wagenbuur)
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The tragic killing of 7-year old Nicolò, who just wanted to ride to school, triggered a massive wave of protests in #Turin🇮🇹. 🕗 Every day from 7:45 to 8:45 citizens create a Human Bike Lane on Corso Regina Margherita. Until the city removes the danger. (🎞️ by Bikepride Torino)
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Our cities weren't built for the car. They were actively destroyed for it. 🍿 Come and join the screening of a documentary by Segregation_by_Design about the tremendous effort to build the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. 🎞️: Dec 8th, 17:30 📍: Berlagezalen, TU Delft 🫰: 🆓 👇Sign up info
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When in 2007 the mayor of #Ljubljana proposed to close 12 hectares of its city center to private cars, just 40% of residents approved. A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”.
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"It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them." —Miguel Anxo F. Lores, Mayor of #Pontevedra🇪🇸 (re-elected SIX time)
Urban Cycling Institute 🚲 352,927 Aufrufe • vor 3 Jahren
'When in 2007 #Ljubljana closed 12 hectares of its city center to private cars, just 40% of residents approved. A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”.' —Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
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#Helsinki🇫🇮 jshows us: It is possible to go a full year with zero traffic deaths.🚶♀️🚲🚗 Not a matter of luck. But a matter of policy. 🚗 Slower streets 🚲 Protected bike lanes ❎ Safer crossings 📝 Data > excuses Vision Zero works. Cities can choose safety. Who’s next?
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Utrecht builds biggest 'car-free' neighbourhood in Merwedekanaalzone: 👨👩👧👦 10.000 inhabitants 🚲 21.500 bicycles 🏙️ High density/diversity 🌞 Energy-neutral 🚗 Shared mobility 🌳 Abundant green spaces 🍏 Communal gardens 👩🔧 Neighbourhood janitor By NRC:
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🚗 The illusion of a large parking lot: While the trip to a suburban mall might actually be longer than to a restaurant downtown, the layout of the parking lot tricks us: the store entrance is visible, making the distance seem shorter. (🎞️ by Streetcraft)
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