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notjustbikes , vor 2 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 2 Tagen)

@TheWarOnCars I don't know whether to listen, because I know it will be interesting, or avoid it altogether because anything about John Forester gives me cycling PTSD. 😬

notjustbikes , vor 2 Tagen

@theod clearly not, because they made me complete a car-related captcha when trying to read the article. 😂

notjustbikes , vor 3 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 3 Tagen)

@american.fietser this image is wrong.

Motorists think that they also subsidize all public transit and bike lanes, too.

notjustbikes OP , vor 4 Tagen

Now some might then go on to say that older people shouldn't be cycling, then they'd be "safe".

But these people are still dying (often at even higher rates) in other countries; they just don't show up in "cycling" statistics because they're not cycling.

Instead they die of heart disease, or other diseases related to inactivity. Or they die in car crashes.

This is why comparing road safety statistics between countries is extremely difficult, especially for cycling.

notjustbikes OP , vor 4 Tagen

It's also complicated by the fact that the Netherlands has very very high quality data about cycling (like modeshare), while other countries do not.

So you're comparing good data to guaranteed incomplete and/or inaccurate data.

And if somebody tries to "debunk" Dutch cycling infrastructure design by looking only at "cycling deaths per capita" I just immediately block them.

That's just moronic when over 80% of people cycle here, while less than 1% of people cycle in many other countries.

notjustbikes OP , vor 4 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 4 Tagen)

@portaloffreedom correct.

And of course this is completely ignored by anti-urbanists, because to them, "cyclists" are men between the ages of 20 and 35 who irrationally like bicycles. They cannot comprehend utility cycling done by people of all ages, because of their wilful ignorance.

notjustbikes OP , vor 4 Tagen

@meena yes. There was a recent uptick in cycling deaths in the Netherlands and all sorts of media outlets around the world interpreted it incorrectly, coming to all kinds of ridiculous conclusions and stupid "solutions."

After looking at the actual data, nearly 100% of the increase came from elderly people using ebikes.

Once you know that, then you can work on actual solutions.

notjustbikes OP , vor 4 Tagen

@lanodan drivers in their 20s are novice drivers and are therefore more likely to get in a crash, but they are also more likely to drive dangerously, especially men.

notjustbikes , vor 5 Tagen

@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!

notjustbikes , vor 5 Tagen

@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?

notjustbikes , vor 5 Tagen

@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. 😭

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@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 8 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 8 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 7 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.

notjustbikes , vor 8 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 8 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. 😂

notjustbikes , vor 9 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.

notjustbikes , vor 9 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 9 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 OP , vor 10 Tagen

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

notjustbikes OP , vor 10 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.

notjustbikes , vor 10 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! 😉

notjustbikes , vor 12 Tagen

@kytkosaurus @CargoBikeDaddy congrats! I hope you love your cargo bike as much as we do!

notjustbikes , vor 12 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 12 Tagen

@jwz and this one:

https://youtu.be/_ByEBjf9ktY

notjustbikes , vor 12 Tagen

@GhostOnTheHalfShell holy crap, about time!

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

notjustbikes , vor 13 Tagen

@hayify surprisingly that didn't come up in any of my research on 30kmph cities, but it's great to see!

I think like most thing urban planning, switching to 30kmph speed limits gets a lot of pushback, but when it's actually implemented things go fine and the majority of people like it.

notjustbikes , vor 18 Tagen

@erikh I have no interest in that. I know the US sucks.

Honestly, I'm tired of even talking about it. Online urbanist content is way too oversaturated by American content.

notjustbikes , vor 18 Tagen

@erikh I'm happy to see more content, I'm just totally sick of hearing about the US.

notjustbikes OP , vor 18 Tagen

@tomoya that's amazing

notjustbikes OP , vor 17 Tagen

@petrescatraian I don't have any plans to visit the Balkans at this time, but if I do, I need to have a reason to visit.

Nobody wants to watch a video where I complain about all the things wrong with a place they've never been to. I would prefer to focus on something that is done well, and then mention some of the things they could do better.

notjustbikes OP , vor 19 Tagen

@Takuto yes, we know.

It was basically "free" to turn on after the work was done to implement iDEAL.

It's still a functioning payment system so It would've been stupid not to enable it. Why would we not?

notjustbikes OP , vor 19 Tagen

@danielquinn use this link:

https://go.nebula.tv/gift?ref=notjustbikes

notjustbikes OP , vor 19 Tagen

@BoukevanderSpoel lol what a ridiculous overreaction. 🤣

there was a type-o in the URL. I've updated it to this one:

https://gift.nebula.tv/notjustbikes

This now links to the correct page.

notjustbikes OP , vor 22 Tagen

@triddles
so true about people being blind to it. I've seen some ignorant assholes online claiming that I just "gave up" on Canada without trying. Meanwhile, I was an advocate for years.

Congratulation on getting that bike lane extension! That took a while, but less time than the original Bloor bike lane (since the 70s)!

My wife and I were deeply in involved in the advocacy to make the Danforth portion happen.

These things do have a habit of picking up momentum. I hope you can keep it up!

notjustbikes OP , vor 22 Tagen

@danbrotherston @MrLee yes, I know that, but unless the stroad is right downtown (and clearly doesn't belong) then your limited funds and political capital would be better spent elsewhere.

notjustbikes OP , vor 21 Tagen

@danbrotherston yes, if a stroad is going to be redesigned anyway, better to improve the design while you have the chance, but outside of that, you probably shouldn't burn resources trying to improve stroads.

Someone else just posted a relevant Strong Towns screenshot:

https://mstdn.ca/@dunks/112644849571922324

notjustbikes OP , vor 21 Tagen

@dunks yep, exactly. There's no use throwing good money at bad investments. Better to improve everything else and let the stroads die a natural death (unless they go through the middle of the city, of course).

notjustbikes OP , vor 21 Tagen

@mcv yes, I showed this location in Nieuwleusen as an example if that in my "stroads" video:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/SYe5MqVrcpmbgCLK9?g_st=ac

But this requires a lot of space and it's expensive. The real truth is that the US and Canada are massively overbuilt. The tax base is too thin and everything is too sprawled.

Not all of it can survive, which is why Strong Towns recommends letting most stroads die a natural death. They're lined with disposable buildings. They never should have been built in the first place.

notjustbikes OP , vor 21 Tagen

@otte_homan @dunks https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/12/2/how-do-you-actually-fix-a-stroad

notjustbikes , vor 4 Tagen

@admins

FYI I have just unblocked urbanists.social.

I blocked the server last year because I was getting inundated with trolling and tone policing from people on your server. I was getting sick of blocking individuals so I blocked the whole server.

It's unblocked for now and we'll see how it goes.