notjustbikes

american.fietser , vor 18 Stunden an Random Englisch

I found it interesting what she says about terrace culture in France. Naturally, street design plays a huge part in forming this cultural norm.

Link starts at specific part:
https://youtu.be/D31Ie4HAPSc?si=o23POtx6vHs9ydgc&t=350

notjustbikes , vor 15 Stunden

@american.fietser I like that I can see your Threads posts on Mastodon now!

Also, Alice Cappelle is quickly becoming one of my favourite YouTubers. She's great!

jk , vor 18 Stunden an Random Englisch

apps all becoming a kind of subscription software-as-a-service thing is all part of a 50-year-long quest for nominative determinism on the part of Bill Gates to turn computers into Toll Booths

notjustbikes , vor 15 Stunden

@jk it's been a while, but wasn't that awful book he wrote in the 90s, "The Road Ahead", full of how software will become a subscription, while almost completely ignoring the world wide web?

The_Tim , vor 19 Stunden an Random Englisch

I love this. #urbanism #cars #VideoGames

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/Car_Park_Capital/

notjustbikes , vor 15 Stunden

@The_Tim yup, as you might expect I've been sent it a few dozen times. But I can't get ahold of the developer to get an advance copy. 😭

Incensus , vor 2 Tagen an Random Englisch

@notjustbikes
Any idea why more % people die on bicycles in NL compared to Germany?

I always thought its the other way around. Especially for bikes! As the Dutch infrastructure feels much safer and easier to use. Is this all down to helmets?

The share of people riding their bike is almost double in NL compared to DE. Yet there are 2x, 3x as many cyclist dying in NL compared to Germany....

Data taken from destatis.de and cbs.nl

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notjustbikes , vor 2 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 2 Tagen)

@Incensus I doubt you can directly compare modeshare like that because the methodology for calculating it between countries will be different.

But I suspect the difference is related to the demographics of people who cycle.

A large segment of cycling deaths in the Netherlands are from elderly people. In other countries, the only people who cycle are young and fit and are much more likely to survive a crash.

Elderly people in most other countries will be too scared to cycle in the first place.

notjustbikes , vor 2 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 2 Tagen)

@Incensus this is actually why I almost never talk about "statistics" between countries.

Other countries' methods of calculating anything related to cycling often uses extremely poor methodology.

Even deaths are calculated differently.

If an old woman on a bike is hit by a car and breaks their hip, then three weeks later dies in hospital due to an infection in the broken hip, is that counted as a "cycling death"? Different counties have different answers to that.

notjustbikes , vor 2 Tagen

@Incensus Germany also has almost 3 times the rate of coronary heart disease as the Netherlands.

Does cycling play a part in that vs a more sedentary lifestyle in Germany?

I have no idea, but it's plausible.

And regardless, elderly people maintaining more independent mobility through cycling is incredibly important for their quality of life.

There are so many factors to consider, which is why I hate focusing just on "cycling" statistics in a vacuum.

mia , vor 3 Tagen an Random EN

@notjustbikes you might find this funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch/hwWwMBjRA7M — they call it ‘safer pedestrian crossings’

notjustbikes , vor 3 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 2 Tagen)

@mia lol this is why I don't watch urbanist content made by Americans.

They have no idea what they're talking about and their total lack of knowledge of anything outside of America means they don't even know how wrong they are. 😂

Techaltar , vor 4 Tagen an Random Englisch

A stat I found interesting is that meat consumption / person is falling steadily in Germany, down 15% in the last 5 years while the meat replacement industry is booming. Sadly much of the rest of the world is going in the opposite direction.

(sorry for the Hungarian text, but the graphs should be pretty self explanatory)

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notjustbikes , vor 4 Tagen

@Techaltar the same trend has been happening in the Netherlands. And I've noticed since we moved here that the meat-free section of the grocery store is over twice as big and is also more prominently displayed.

I barely eat meat anymore because I genuinely prefer the alternatives. Like Beyond Meat burgers are way less greasy and they're even available at fast food joints.

I have to assume the worldwide trend is from people being lifted out of poverty who can finally eat meat more often.

triddles , vor 4 Tagen an Random Englisch

@notjustbikes
Listening to UrbanistAgenda when you talk about a scary future of suburban poverty, as cities get desirable and 'gentrify'. Living in Scarborough (Ontario) I think it's not exactly distant future. TTC is the lifeline my neighbours cling to, and the majority live in highrises, many of which have no nearby amenities.

Got a video coming about that suburban/urban rich/poor flip?

notjustbikes , vor 4 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 4 Tagen)

@triddles no, I'm not planning a video about this anytime soon, but Strong Towns talks about this a lot:

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/tag/suburban+poverty

Maybe I should have an expert on the Urbanist Agenda to talk about it.

notjustbikes , vor 5 Tagen an Random Englisch

If you live or work in Amsterdam then I recommend that you fill out this survey being done by the gemeente about making space for walking, cycling, public transit, taxis, and driving:

https://amsterdammakesspace.raadpleging.net/

notjustbikes OP , vor 5 Tagen

@quixoticgeek @mcv did you watch the video with the instructions? You can't move too many sliders to the right.

notjustbikes OP , vor 5 Tagen

@quixoticgeek @mcv surveys like this need to have limitations because otherwise they result in useless responses.

I've been involved in surveys like this before, and if they're open ended when people just crank all the sliders to the maximum and it doesn't mean anything.

I think the UI could be better, but it's good that this survey actually forces people to think about how much space is required and how difficult each decision is.

mkellis , vor 6 Tagen an Random Englisch

@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.

notjustbikes , vor 5 Tagen

@mkellis nice! Sounds like a great trip.

If I can make people feel comfortable from the sound of a tram then I know I've sound of a tram then I'm definitely doing something right! 😉

jwz , vor 7 Tagen an Random Englisch

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

notjustbikes , vor 6 Tagen

@jwz this was exactly our reality when we lived in Toronto, but once our kids became old enough to ride a bike it was too much for us.

This was one of the top reasons we left Canada and moved to the Netherlands.

I've talked about this in several videos, in particular this one:

https://youtu.be/vMed1qceJ_Q

notjustbikes , vor 6 Tagen

@jwz and this one:

https://youtu.be/_ByEBjf9ktY

GhostOnTheHalfShell , vor 7 Tagen an Random Englisch

@notjustbikes

Some rays of sunshine.

https://urbanists.social/@straphanger/112694402959221918

notjustbikes , vor 7 Tagen

@GhostOnTheHalfShell holy crap, about time!

I will be so happy when this finally gets completed. North America needs a win.