Josephine Roper @jroper@transportation.social

I put the baby in his most bike-themed outfit to celebrate :)

Husband's new ride for his metro + bike commute. Haven't got to try it yet - it better be comfortable! (We're sharing for now as I figure anytime I'm going out without the baby, he'll be with the baby, so no need for two bikes.)

There are also a lot of cyclists, like more people cycling around during the day than in Sydney, despite hardly any delivery cyclists.

Could be flatness, or a summer only phenomenon, could be because the public transport is inferior, could be lack of helmet laws, could even be that the grid street network is highly navigable? Easy to remember which streets have bike lanes (and they aren't afraid of putting them on 'main' streets) and to work out which streets will be quiet local streets.

First day in Toronto! Trying not to be too disturbed by the number of bloated vehicles 🤐

On the plus side I really like this bike lane design. Level so you can easily get off and boost the local economy, but with trees and street furniture between bikes and the footpath to provide a bit of separation.

Paris day was baby’s first train trip - yet another advantage of the train over the car is feeding him. Time saving and no sadness 👌

Paris today: the appropriate width for a one-way bike lane, and where to put the parking if you don't want bikes on the footpath. Not like anything we're building in Sydney!

@lgsp @davidho Electric cars still pollute the air so you could tackle it by restricting non-exhaust emissions too. Politically it will be (even) more difficult though

@Transportist I used to walk across the pipes at Wolli Creek during COVID, to fend off the stir-craziness. Made fo much more satisfying walking loops. Absolutely needs to be a thing!

@cemedia They kickstarted some incredible rockclimbing in that era too

@jedsetter ah there's only one on the perceived walkability page at the moment. But thank you!

Redid my website: https://josephineroper.com/ feedback welcome.

The maps which were the main purpose are still a work in progress but happy with the rest for now. Had fun doing it 'from scratch' where I'd used a website building tool before.

Also just got 'minor corrections' back for my thesis so will need to change it from 'PhD candidate' soon!

@congusbongus @ct_bergstrom Just tried it for the first time yesterday. Edited the results as it wouldn't perceive everything that was important to me, but it saved time, made it easier to produce thorough alt text, and I don't have a problem being responsible for the results, they're pretty trivial.

Longer writing no interest, I hate the style.

Been very quiet here as hanging out with my new baby. Taking lots of walks around the French village where we’re living with our in-laws (only another month thankfully).

It's picturesque but reminds me how we are, generally, doing a better job with basic walking infrastructure in Australia!

Although traffic volumes are low, speed limits here are 50k in the village and 90k outside, and most drivers are trying to speed most of the time. So it's hard to relax while walking without footpaths.

@michcampbell Same in France... the supermarket carpark is dotted with trees but they are all somehow upright round trees that don't provide any shade.

(The first tragedy of course is that I'm driving to a supermarket, but not for much longer!)

@jessta Yes, I mean it's likely not relevant to that exact street, although can't verify without finding it.

@jessta I wouldn't assume the picture is representative or that many such cases exist. Think it's a change of default/worst possible case but nearly all streets like that are already 40 or lower.