@activetraveltt
As with most places, we've allowed cars to crush our tiny islands of Trinidad & Tobago. We don't expect everyone to ride a bicycle for transport, but we would like the population to have viable alternatives when it comes to travelling around a tiny place.
For π°ππππππππππππ πΎππππ'π π«ππ, it's important to remember representation and visibility matter.
Women are still vastly underrepresented in planning and politics, in part because they feel the halls of leadership arenβt for them. After all: if you can't see it, you can't be it.
youtu.be/Jbm2AWLYCRw
In Manila, Keisha Mayuga met a mother on the bus commuting over two hours in traffic each way. Determined to act, she helped launch a bike-lending movement and pop-up lanes in the city.
Read more: buff.ly/Pcs8Ium
Who are the women in mobility that inspire you?
#IWD2026
Photo of a woman standing with her bike on the pavement by a city read. Traffic lights and a bus are in the background. To the right, a male cyclist is parking his bike at a stand.
It's time to tackle the cycling #GenderGap βοΈ
On #InternationalWomensDay we want to raise awareness of the barriers that stop women getting on bikes.
Our upcoming #WalkingCyclingIndex for Scotland reveals the number of women cycling in our cities is still half that of men π΄ββοΈ
This #InternationalWomensDay, weβre celebrating 1 year of #MyRideOurRight. Cycling means independence, freedom, and community (and thatβs our right). Share our guide with your council to help shape the next generation of cycling
https://action.cyclinguk.org/page/186663/action/1?ea.tracking.id=BS
βItβs a disgrace. Theyβre sacrificing cyclistsβ safety for the sole benefit of driversβ
We must always be asking our cities to do better.
We also have to be the voice that leads for them to get better.
I wish we had a neighborhood or main street closed to cars on Sundays for a few hours so people could walk, shop, and bike.
It could promote exercise and support local shops weekly.
It doesnβt matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. Itβll never cease to amaze me that people donβt care that itβs happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.
ββ¦disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folksβ¦ββ @nondriver.bsky.social
Donβt use accessibility βas a political football.β
Bike fuel prices? Coffee, tea, cake....
#MobilityIsEquity #ActiveTravel
We did nothing in Trinidad and Tobago! The nothingness continues! #LeadershipMatters #PoliticalWill #MobilityIsEquity
We treat car dependency as freedom, yet keep kids strapped into backseats for years. The real freedom is what you see here, safe infrastructure that lets children safely ride and explore their city on their own terms with fewer threats from motorists that hold them back.
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The Department of Education is dismantling programs for millions of kids and refusing to show its work. ProPublica is suing just to see the decision trail. When you have to litigate for basic transparency, the cover-up IS the policy. #resisters
This one I found interesting :)
The Sun makes a sound but we can't hear it. In the form of pressure waves, the Sun does make a sound. The wavelength of the pressure waves from the Sun is measured in hundreds of miles, however, meaning they are far beyond the range of human hearing.
WELLBEING
From measuring illness, mortality, healthCARE costs, to what improves well-being.
At neighborhood level:
β’ Parks within walk
β’ Daily walk & bike / time physical activity
β’ Hours of sleep
β’ Socializing
β’ Access to healthy food
β’ Others
What is measured is improved.
The least efficient mode of transportation is killing us all.
Now more than ever Iβm convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.
Journey of a bike advocate. Goes on bike ride - smile emoji Experiences the danger - shocked emoji Approaches city council - straight face emoji nothing changes angry enoji person throwing a molotov cocktail Dreams of ending car culture
It all happened so fast.
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Every politician who supports the removal of traffic calming has the blood of thousands on their hands
I get that malls are dying, but our malls are still important third places.
Particularly in Edmonton where winters are freezing and summers can be too hot, malls are safe places for people to gather.
We used to have farmers markets in them. Community events, too.
Strip malls are far more dead.
Denmark and the Netherlands get headlines for their cycling culture, but don't sleep on Belgium.
One in four Flanders workers bikes to work (double the share from 20 years ago). That's a lot!
At its 13,500 mΒ² factory in the Netherlands, Van Raam produces customised bicycles mainly for seniors and people with disabilities.
Full story: buff.ly/v4vnCyq
this must be one of the most impactful decisions made in many years to reduce car use where it matters the most.
A 200% increase in transit use by students is phenomenal, strongly disputing the claim that no fare transit is not impactful enough
www.youtube.com/live/Dwd0DNy...
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In Japan there are 36 words for walking!
Like Japanese cities, the language is highly pedestrian friendly
It certainly would! Thanks for the support!π«Άπ²π―π΄π€
One day, I hope to post a cycle lane alert for Trinidad & Tobago! #PoliticalWill #MobilityIsEquity #ActiveTravel
Coming soon to Rome: A new bicycle lane beside the Colosseum
