The US bombing of schoolchildren in Iran is the biggest single US massacre of civilians since My Lai. The Israeli bombing of Tehran’s oil storage constitutes the biggest single act of chemical warfare against a civilian population in history. Grotesque new depths of barbarism.
🚨New article by @tvlaake.bsky.social "Situating Equitable Infrastructure: Differentiated Cycling Planning in Mexico City and Toronto" dissects what is meant by 'equitable infrastructure,' esp wrt underserved populations and the places they inhabit. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Very pleased to see the first article from my PhD thesis published in Planning Theory and Practice.
In the piece, I leverage the concurrent adoption of bicycle equity policies in Mexico City and Toronto to compare how intra-urban differences shape efforts to address infrastructural inequalities.
'World Capital of the Bicycle'? Or just another cycling city among many?
I'm excited to share a new project I've been working on: the long-awaited inclusion of Bogotá in the Cycling Cities book series.
You can read about the project here: cyclingcities.info/cities/bogot...
Capping off 4 years of work in 2 hours is always a challenge, but I thoroughly enjoyed discussing my thesis with Paola Jirón and @natemillington.bsky.social today.
Many thanks to all those who made this research project possible - supervisors, interlocutors, and interviewees!
NEW: Looks like CycleToronto won in court. Justice Schabas finds Ontario's law (AND version 2) to remove bike lanes infringe S7 of the Charter and is not saved by S1, in large part because the govt had no evidence to back up its claims.
From @alexsammon.bsky.social an acerbic takedown of the Hummer EV, Detroit's stupidest electric vehicle.
Me, on the Hummer EV's superfluous acceleration:
“Why an SUV needs to get zero to 60 under three seconds is a question with no answer."
Critical Mass
A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
Leeds and Lancaster have several funded PhD places going in mobility, car ownership, etc. Great opportunities in-fuze.org.uk/research-at-...
For an English-language version of these reflections, see: urbancyclinginstitute.org/ciclovia-at-...
Voor het eerst in het Nederlands geschreven over fietsen, en over Bogotá.
Met @henk-jandekker.bsky.social nagedacht over wat de Ciclovía van Bogotá Nederland kan leren over fietsbeleid:
www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...
Vandaag in Trouw een reflectie van @tvlaake.bsky.social en mij over wat Nederland als fietsland kan leren van Ciclovía in Colombia: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...
A brief and intriguing history of the Netherlands' first urban cycling path, designed 50 years ago!
Three people in casual spring attire ride bicycles along a red asphalt cycling street lined with residential buildings in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
50 years ago, Tilburg initiated the Netherlands' first high-quality demonstration cycle route.
The 10 kilometre project proved to be a pivotal moment in Dutch street design, introducing many engineering elements used today—including the now-ubiquitous red asphalt.
www.karenromme.nl/the-story-of...
Many thanks to the organisers of the Ciclovía 50 event at the Universidad de los Andes for providing the space to think through the history of this event.
For a longer, more descriptive piece on the Ciclovía's anniversary, I recommend @henrygrabar.bsky.social's piece in Slate: slate.com/business/202...
Earlier this month, Bogotá's Ciclovía marked it's 50th anniversary.
In this @urbancyclinginstitute.org blog, @henk-jandekker.bsky.social and I reflect on what Bogotá tells us about cycling histories and futures: urbancyclinginstitute.org/ciclovia-at-...
Out now in @rtpiplanners.bsky.social North West review: an article with my reflections on cycling policy in Greater Manchester.
I position the city region as a 'model' of pro-cycling reforms across heterogeneous urban agglomerations.
Find the article here: www.rtpi.org.uk/find-your-rt...
Road crossing busy with cyclists and pedestrians with public works in the background
Cyclists on a wide bike path between apartment blocks
Motorcycles closely passing mother and son on cycling bridge
Dozens of bikes parked along a field
Cycling infrastructures and their (informal) uses in the southwestern peripheries of Bogotá
A note of appreciation regarding the Bogotá Ciclovía, this year celebrating its 50th birthday!
thebogotapost.com/celebrating-...
Beautiful sight. Toronto residents protesting Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s recently-passed Bill 212 that aims to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to rip out bike lanes across the city and the province. Time to fight back. #ONpoli #TOpoli #BikeTO
Manchester is ~10 years behind Vancouver. I lived it there and it feels like dejavú here. MCR hasn’t gotten over it’s 2nd city syndrome and has embraced the ‘any development is good development ethos.’ There’s still a chance to actually do things differently 1/2
2. Efforts to promote cycling must recognize and respond to people's lived experience
and, 3. Delivering effective infrastructure requires planning capacity at the council level, not only the city-region
Building on the insightful perspectives and incisive arguments of speakers at the even, we make three points:
1. Addressing inequalities requires planners and advocates to work across different contexts and offer appropriate solutions
For an example, see:
www.walkridegm.org.uk/2024/07/01/m...
On cycling, Greater Manchester hasn't been held back by a lack of ambition.
In a second blog about last month's conference on cycling policy organised by @walkridegm.org.uk, Dr. Graeme Sherriff and I reflect on challenges of turning plans into reality:
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/mui/2024/11/...
Bus stop in Valveralla, Catalonia
Last month, @walkridegm.org.uk co-organized a conference on cycling policy in Greater Manchester with local researchers.
In this blog, we recap the day's discussions and lessons learned: www.walkridegm.org.uk/2024/11/08/r...
