๐๐ฒHistory of DC streetcars, seems like a common theme to many cities in the late 1800s, thru to early-mid 1900s when #carsRuinCities got going
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"close to bankruptcy โฆ had to go with cheapest option available, which was cycling infrastructure"
> When it became clear that those investments were yielding environmental, health, efficiency and economic gains, the city doubled down โฆ
> close to โ
of the cityโs residents commute by bike at least several times a week, largely because itโs the quickest and easiest way to get around"
#InducedDemand #carsRuinCities
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Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social)
โWhen mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.โ What the world can learn from Copenhagenโs cycling revolution. https://theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/what-the-world-can-learn-from-copenhagens-cycling-revolution/
CHOCCY MALKโข 
I find it baffling to the point of comedy that thereโs cheap street parking around the #OlympiaWa downtown transit center. It should be nigh impossible to bring a car within spitting distance of a high capacity transit center but here itโs encouraged!
#transit #IntercityTransit #parkingRuinsCities #carsRuinCities
#transit #IntercityTransit #parkingRuinsCities #carsRuinCities
Stefan BohacekPretty incredible.
"Carlos Moreno, a professor at Paris 1 Panthรฉon-Sorbonne University and a former adviser to the city, said the French capital has developed โan urban policy based on well-being.โ"
Paywalled link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/04/12/air-pollution-paris-health-cars/
#news #climate #ClimateChange #cars #CarsRuinCities #AirQuality #AirPolution #paris #france
Of course, the heat is much less intense if you're on a tree-lined path instead of in the vast heat island of space we've cleared to make cars faster. #stroads and their parking lots inflict so much suffering on cities, and all of these drivers in a hurry to travel at 5mph (net speed after working to pay for the car and fuel and debt of this whole farce.) #carsRuinCities
๐โ๐ฆ๏ธ๐๐ฑ๐ca the 1930's the pedestrian space was already claimed, even if there where not so many cars yet. Space for cyclists and trams
Roelof Hartplein.
Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat crossing the Overtoom in 1956. Redesigned for cars, pedestrians or bicycles hardly get any space any more.
In the middle ages the overtoom was a pilgrims path to the Rokin, now it takes cars into and out of the city.
A single car doesn't have to be an issue. There is a difference between made for cars and having a few cars around (for for instance care needs).
This is the crossing of Bilderdijkstraat and De Clercqstraat in 1903. So much space in comparison with now.
Frederik Hendrikstraat in 1910. Before cars... soo much better. can we have wide streets again with space to play?
Markโฆand all the silly news stories that focus on gas prices. The real focus should be on the insane costs of car centricity.
Everything from purchase price (inflated by protective tariffs), car infrastructure (public & household), inefficient land use, pollution, public health costs, etc.
Why the focus isnโt on affordable mobility options instead of gas price.
Grrr!
#OilyBoys #urbanism #media #Transit #cars #CarsRuinCities #CarsRuinBudgets