Apparent result of the crash that almost had a car plow into my neighbours home:
Thanks @ottawacity for somehow figuring out how to do less than the minimum!
#Ottawa needs proper traffic calming — not signs, finger crossing, then the inevitable thoughts and prayers.
Just did the ‘impossible’! Quick grocery run by #ottbike — in a suburb — in the winter! 😱
All of this fit in the milk crate except for the eggs, put those in the empty pannier so the potholes wouldn’t crack them… front basket unused, I wonder how much more I could carry? 🧐
Great things are happening in #Toronto. This is a “before-and-after” of a beautiful streetscape transformation by Hullmark on Ossington.
#architecture #walkability #cities #streetscape #urbanism #UrbanDesign #CityPlanning #cityscape #UrbanPlanning #
This Twitter fiasco is a reminder of who is *actually* critical to the survival of our economy & society.
Twitter worked before the billionaire got here. Now that workers are gone, Twitter is collapsing. Workers made Twitter work—a billionaire broke it.
Workers > Billionaires
In 2007 Ljubljana's mayor moved to make the city center car-free.
Since then:
- Driving share of city trips ⬇️ from 58% to 39%
- Walking share of trips ⬆️ from 19% to 35%
- Air pollution ⬇️ 70%
Now 97% of residents want city center to remain car-free
https://www.bigissue.com/news/environment/people-protested-when-this-capital-city-went-car-free-now-they-love-it/
Jason Thorne
Richard Littler
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
David Zipper
Lee 🌏
Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD