New in JTLU: “Exploring the Prospects and Challenges of #Sustainable Urban #Mobility: Potential and limits of #cycling
in Venice” by Cristina Bircu, Federico Cavallaro, Gianfranco Pozzer, and Silvio Nocera of the Università IUAV di Venezia. (1/2)
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2448
#Fedibikes #Research #OpenAccess #Transport #LandUse #Accessibility
It's here. The 'all the ways drivers tried to kill us this year' video montage, 2023-2024 edition.
Warning: there's some language.
Overheard a parent say to another parent at pickup today, "I couldn't decide whether to break the law or not, but it's not like anyone uses the bike lane. Why shouldn't we park there?" as I was standing right there with my bicycle, waiting for my kid with her bicycle, so we could ride home from school in the bike lane.
Light reading in the garden this morning, thinking about that time our district engineer told me I should ride my #bicycle in the extra wide shoulder of a multi-lane highway and be grateful for it.
#KilledByATrafficEngineer #FediBikes #VisionZero #RoadSafety
NEW EPISODE:
"Women's Freedom to Ride."
Why don’t more women ride bicycles in London? The advocacy group London Cycling Campaign wanted to know, and so they asked. What they discovered was disturbing. Hear what advocates are doing to make cycling safer and more accessible for everyone.
https://thewaroncars.org/2024/06/11/128-womens-freedom-to-ride/
The combination of the water, the breeze, the wildlife, the well-placed trees luring you around the next bend, and--I admit--flying past all the backed up car traffic on the road...it all makes me smile.
I'm so thankful I get to enjoy this every morning.
My favorite part of the morning commute is biking with my kid to school.
My second favorite part is this:
https://urbanists.video/w/pKT67E8jHdhu8RxrWyreMt
#BikeTooter #fedibikes #Greenways #BikeToSchool #chapelhillnc
Yeah, it's a little thing. But doing it every day, while glaring at us from her driving perch? That's aggressive intent. It's a very small step from aggressive intent to aggressive action.
And even a small aggressive action from a bus that size would easily kill my kid and me.
Well. I took the "Honk if you love bikes" sign off my bike this weekend and the school bus driver resumed honking at us this morning.
Sigh. Only 2 more days.
We've been finding some fascinating artifacts while digging in some very deep clay to install a new drainage system around our house. Yesterday's finds include this etched metal medallion. Can anyone help us figure out what it is?
For background, the house is 80 years old and was built on the site of a Union army bivouac. It's got some cool US history.
Sitting in my #garden, sipping coffee, reading #KilledByATrafficEngineer, watching people blast through an all-way stop... Lots of feels this Sunday morning
One of the many arguments against allowing right turns on red is that it entices drivers to roll up as close to the intersection as possible, the better to see when a gap appears that they can dart into. This causes them to completely block crosswalks, curb ramps, and beg buttons.
It seems like a little thing...unless you need to use those facilities....in which case it's a BFD.
The Guardian asked me what I think about the NYC congestion pricing news. My answer:
"Hochul has decided that low-income residents matter less than a few grumpy suburbanites. It’s deflating and it’s a slap in the face.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/06/nyc-congestion-pricing
New in JTLU: “Sydney's Residential Relocation Landscape: Machine Learning and Feature Selection Methods Unpack the Whys and Whens” by Maryam Bostanara, Amarin Siripanich, Milad Ghasri, and Taha Hossein Rashidi, UNSW.
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2440
This study investigates household residential relocation timing and paves the way for a deeper understanding of individual decision-making processes in sustainable urban planning.
Always #OpenAccess
#urbanplanning #machinelearning #accessibility
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