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An old guy who has been places and seen things.

Do not re-post my posts (or screenshots of my posts) on other platforms. These posts are meant only for Mastodon.

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american.fietser , an Random Englisch

I don't love bikes, but I ride one for transport.

Why?

I want my city to be more tranquil, with fewer multi-ton machines moving around. I want to hear natural sounds instead of engines, exhaust, or tires on pavement. I want to contribute to the kind of environment I want to live in.

That’s it.

book , an Random Französisch
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@notjustbikes @ohtheurbanity
We were brainstorming for a name for the deadly speed inducing roundabouts NA loves to build and we found one : a carnado
If one of you ever makes a video mentioning them I'd love to hear that name, not just because it's funny but a good catchy and a self explaining name is a formidable advocacy tool

reply by @therealergo: How about a "car tornado" reply by @book_1312 : THE CARNADO I love it, not likely to end up as official as stroad, but it's is a very catchy advocacy term reply by @bryanculbertson : Roundabouts intended for speeding cars are officially called a "Carnado" in my book now

tweet by @ryanculbertson : OMG The Caltrans engineers put sharrows in the middle of this roundabout This is a death trap [plans of a new roundabout with very low angle of attack and a super wide lane, looks really speed inducing. It has small sharrows in the middle of it] reply by @book_1312 : We need a different name for roundabouts that encourage high speed driving like that, the way stroads did it. A tornaround or something
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    american.fietser , an Random Englisch

    Electric cars aren't here to save the world, they're here to save the auto industry.

    The Swiss Federal Railway gets it. 😉👇

    ChrisAalberts , an Random Niederländisch
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    Steun het tegengeluid. Je kunt iets doen. https://www.watkaniknudoen.nl/

    gemeenteamsterdam , an Random Niederländisch
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    🚌🚟Kinderen van 4 tot en met 11 jaar kunnen vanaf zaterdag 20 juli weer 6 maanden gratis reizen met bus, tram en metro, onder begeleiding van een volwassene.
    Lees hier hoe je dit regelt voor jouw kind. ⤵️

    https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/gratis-openbaar-vervoer-kinderen/

    mkellis , an Random Englisch
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    @notjustbikes Just got back from two weeks in Italy. Spent less time in cars (two taxi rides) than I'd spent in years. High speed rail, local rail, subways, light rail and buses, and they were all great. The only thing I didn't take was a bike share ride.

    The weirdest part is that the light rail sound from your videos has somehow become very comforting. When I heard the near identical sound from a light rail car in Florence, it sounded ridiculously 'right'.

    Fully orange pilled, it seems.

    jwz , an Random Englisch
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    Read this at my funeral.

    For nearly all of my life, I've known how I was going to die. Not from cancer, or diet, or drink, but by being crushed under a car. I will be mangled and bleed out painfully. The driver, distracted on their phone, will say that I "came out of nowhere". The police and the DA will call it an "accident". There will be no consequences of any kind. Except for my death, of course. [...]
    https://jwz.org/b/ykV3

    ekuber ,
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    @jwz non-cyclists that are confused by activism think that activists are attracted to cycling, when the reality is that becoming a cyclist very quickly radicalizes one into becoming an activist. Nothing crystallizes strong opinions as being frequently threatened with death by at best indifferent and at worst aggressive and antagonistic people.

    straphanger , an Random Englisch
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    “Today’s approval is more than a historic milestone — it closes the gap between Los Angeles and San Francisco."

    California’s entire high-speed rail route from LA to SF has officially been environmentally cleared for construction.

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-27/californias-high-speed-rail-board-environmentally-clears-la-to-sf-line

    ellie , an Random Englisch
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    After watching enough @notjustbikes, I’ve become sufficiently orangepilled, to be standing at a random bus stop in exurban Germany, and be pleasantly surprised by the lane narrowing and curvature introduced by this pedestrian island

    Techaltar , an Random Englisch
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    Growing up is realizing that in US TV shows the only people taking a bus are kids running away from home or people coming out of jail.

    BrentToderian , an Random Englisch
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    “Nearly 2,000 children under five are dying every day from air pollution, which has overtaken poor sanitation and a lack of clean water to become the second biggest health risk factor for young children around the world.

    More than 8 million deaths, of children and adults, were caused by air pollution in 2021.”
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/18/almost-2000-children-die-every-day-from-air-pollution-report-finds

    BrentToderian , an Random Englisch
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    “Currently about 2/3rds of all Dutch children walk or bike to school, with 75% of secondary school kids cycling to school. By enabling safe and active travel, cities prevent an estimated one million car journeys to school each morning.” — @modacitylife in

    notjustbikes , (Bearbeitet ) an Random Englisch
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    CityBeautiful recently released a great video about how to fix stroads.

    It's accurate, and lines up exactly with the advocacy that my wife and I were doing 10 years ago, right down to using StreetMix to redesign streets.

    It's also extremely depressing and makes me glad that I don't live in North America anymore.

    https://youtu.be/1V679pkDl6k

    notjustbikes OP , (Bearbeitet )
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    @MrLee there's a book called The Sprawl Repair Manual that I always wanted to make a video about, but I couldn't get the copyrights to the images.

    https://sprawlrepair.com/home/

    In part of it, the author talks about how to turn suburban malls into town centres, and then connect them together (and to downtown) by transit.

    I think this is the best hope that suburbia has got.

    Trying to urbanise the giant stroads of suburbia is basically a non-starter. There are so many other low-hanging fruits.

    dunks ,
    @dunks@mstdn.ca avatar

    @notjustbikes

    Perfect, and rings true:

    "The best thing that can happen is that they die a natural death and, in doing so, create a minimal amount of harm to the community. That's ultimately how this is fixed."

    BicycleDutch , an Random Englisch
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    “Could not watch it 'til the end” said a surprising number of people about last week’s ride in New York. Too much was happening! To calm you down I have a most uneventful ride for you this week: 13km alongside a canal in ’s-Hertogenbosch! https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25715

    BrentToderian , an Random Englisch
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    A 5 yr Belgian study showed the BIG impact of increasing vehicle weight on road deaths & injuries. When a person on a bike or walking is hit by a pick-up, the risk of serious injury increases by 90% compared to a car. The risk of death goes up by 200%.
    https://www.vias.be/fr/newsroom/des-voitures-plus-lourdes-plus-hautes-et-plus-puissantes-pour-une-securite-routiere-a-deux-vitesses-/

    gamingonlinux , an Random Englisch
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    Build the greatest car parks ever in the retro-tycoon styled Car Park Capital https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/build-the-greatest-car-parks-ever-in-the-retro-tycoon-styled-car-park-capital/

    gemeenteamsterdam , an Random Niederländisch
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    🏛️ Onze stad staat vol met prachtige, oude gebouwen die we willen beschermen en behouden. Helaas zijn veel van deze panden lastig te verduurzamen vanwege strenge regels. Daar gaan we wat aan doen.

    ➡️ https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/erfgoed-duurzaam-maken/

    dsc , an Random Englisch
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    Listened to latest podcast ep from @notjustbikes and today this is in the headlines

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/elizabeth-line-ealing-broadway-bbc-transport-for-london-b1163562.html

    "Two travellers have complained they have suffered serious injuries trying to step off the train at Ealing Broadway"

    Another (unfortunate) data point for Level Boarding on railways. https://www.levelboarding.org.uk/

    forpeterssake , an Random Englisch
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    This was a nice nuts-and-bolts conversation with @notjustbikes and @GarethDennis about level boarding. The safety and accessibilty parts are super important, but I think the dwell times are pretty crucial too.

    All Trains Need Level Boarding (with Gareth Dennis)

    Listen: The Urbanist Agenda
    https://nebula.tv/agenda/

    MaggieMaeFish , an Random Englisch
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    Two weeks.

    I'm in a sci-fi thriller with some amazing folks.

    Only on Nebula.

    MaggieMaeFish OP ,
    @MaggieMaeFish@mstdn.social avatar

    Oh look a trailer!~ https://youtu.be/oYPpbfHfhG0?si=pTmKKlFI2XnxgMMP

    kottke , an Random Englisch
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    The myth about cars that’s hurting cities. “In study after study in city after city around the world, researchers have found that merchants exaggerate the share of patrons who arrive by car and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit.” https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/354672/hochul-congestion-pricing-manhattan-diners-cars-transit

    TechConnectify , an Random Englisch
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    This again?

    This again.

    https://youtu.be/jHP942Livy0

    notjustbikes , an Random Englisch
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    It's annoying when people complain that my content is "too eurocentric". And after making my Shinjuku station video a lot of people are saying that "finally" there's some "non-eurocentric" content. 🙄

    I make videos about MY experiences in cities. I don't summarize a bunch of facts you could easily find on Wikipedia, Twitter, or news articles, and then lazily recite it over stock footage.

    I actually GO to places, experience them in person, and over 90% of my videos is footage I filmed myself.

    notjustbikes OP , (Bearbeitet )
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    @publixpace it's legitimately hilarious how I still get comments (and even emails!) from people who feel the need to "correct" me on my flags in my "winter cycling" video.

    As if I wouldn't know the flags of Belgium and the Netherlands when I've lived in both countries.

    Or how I could somehow use the wrong flag from Wikipedia when the country name is literally in the filename.

    The best part is that they only ever notice one and don't realise that the other one is wrong, too. 🤣

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