"We all accept that kids ride bikes, in fact, we all love this, and it is a source of great nostalgia as part of the hallowed coming of age tale often celebrated in pop culture. But ...if these children continue to cycle into adulthood, then they are suddenly fit into a handful of negative stereotypes: Urban Elitist, Hipster, Militant Activist, Granola Hippie, Lycra Road Warrior — pick your poison."

What #ActiveTransport campaigners can learn from car adverts.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2020/10/19/car-adman-vision-zero-movement-can-learn-from-auto-industry

NEW FOR 2025: California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike quarterly ‘SUMMIT SESSIONS’ WEBINAR SERIES
https://www.calbike.org/events/california-bicycle-summit/

Improving Our Communities with Slow Streets
Wednesday, May 28 10:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific time, via Zoom (Registration required: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3VYw0OPWQ42Csb5VG0VXug#/registration )

Speakers:
Robin Pam, KidSafe SF
Shannon Hake, San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
Justin Hu-Nguyen and Robert Prinz, @BikeEastBay

#BikeTooter #ActiveTransport #transportation #SlowSpeedsSaveLives #SlowStreets #VisionZero

City of Merri-bek is the only city council in Melbourne really spending on active transport.
https://conversations.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/council-budget-2025-2029

The 2025-2026 budget includes $17.62/per person to be spent on active transport infrastructure, that's $3.3M.

$2.4M of that is directly on bicycle specific infrastructure.

Over the next 5yrs they want to spend $13m on active transport.

#Melbourne #ActiveTransport #Bicycles

May 7, 2025, 6 p.m. Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting in GONZALES. Public welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom or phone. https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html Note agenda items https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/9348f6ef3/BPC+Agenda+May+Packet.pdf include a presentation on the Pajaro to Prunedale Corridor Study and current progress on safety improvement projects along the G12 Corridor; and a presentation on the King City San Antonio Drive/Broadway Street Bike Path and
Safe Routes to Schools Improvements Project, including progress on the roundabout designs
and environmental review process.

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #Gonzales #Pajaro #Prunedale #KingCity #SafeRoutesToSchool #ActiveTransport

May 2025 is the 16th Anniversary of Bicycling Monterey, Monterey County’s Local Partner of the California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike.

Our favorite #BikeAdvocacy task is direct outreach by bicycle! The 16th anniv gallery https://bikemonterey.org/16th-anniversary-gallery-bicycling-monterey-may-2025.html is a sampling of people we met each of the past 16 years.

Among them: #PeopleWhoBike for #transportation, recreation, who bike to #protest rallies, bike to #FarmersMarkets, bike to #surf, #BikeToSchool and #BikeAndRide for a #DadAndDaughter date, #BikeToWork (and yes, pedaling in a business #suit is no problem for him), #HandCycle bike to exercise the #dog, bike to #travel long distances / #BicycleTouring.

#BicyclingMonterey #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #California #BikeAdvocates #ActiveTransport #BikeMonterey#cycling #cyclists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayt0KSzeBqY

#betterstreets #livingstreets #auspol #urban #sustainability #activetransport

One slice of cake, one hour of biking.

#ActiveTransport

Ref: https://www.nutritionix.com/food/chocolate-cake/1-slice

Digital divides and sparse transport options plague both Global North and South. But the South has a surprising advantage: most people are not car dependent, and informal transport already serves them.

via xitter @knowablemag

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/increasing-access-to-shared-transportation

#ActiveMobility #ActiveTransport #cityplanning #inclusiveplanning #SDG11 #informaltransport #populartransport #publictransit #publictransport #TransportationJustice #TrufiAssociation

“Bike riding is largely viewed as a recreational activity – I think that’s the principal philosophy here.”
(in Australia) >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/13/sudden-closure-of-iconic-bridge-to-cyclists-shows-car-is-still-king-in-brisbane
#MobilityDesign #cars #Australia #mindsets #FossilFuel #climate #Automobility #harm #cyclists #pedestrians #ActiveTransport

Paris Bike Boom Leads to Steep Drop in Air Pollution

"The French city’s air quality has improved dramatically in the past 20 years, coinciding with a growth in cycling...Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — two of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.”

"City leaders including Mayor Anne Hidalgo have been making a concerted effort to pedestrianize parts of the city, improve bike infrastructure, and promote active transportation in the French capital."
>>
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/04/134769-paris-bike-boom-leads-steep-drop-air-pollution
#cars #pollution #harm #air #cycling #pedestrians #BellingenShire #Australia #ActiveTransport #climate

Our quarterly newsletters typically include a lot of timeless/evergreen information. And that’s true of the last issue, #Bike Buzz Winter 2025. This eve we added 9 bullet points, with anchor links, to the top of that issue, especially for the benefit of the Regional Task Force for the #Monterey County #VisionZero Plan.

Wherever you live, you may be interested in some of those 9 topics too! Here ya go: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-winter-2025.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #cycling #biking #walking #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransportation #ActiveTransport #transportation #ClimateAction

This should be the model for all Australian capitals. #auspol #PlaceMaking #BuildBeautifully #ActiveTransport

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/post/3lmmuya7vds2n

Around 13:21, paraphrasing, "stopping car traffic to let pedestrians cross harms the economy according to the Treasury's economic formulas":

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq7XOXkg1U

#ActiveTransport #Urbanism #FuckCars #Economy

Save yourself fellow traveller
From the self-imposed poverty
Of not having ridden a bicycle
In a whole calendar month

#ActiveTransport
#ClimateAction
#Sustainability

One of the best things you can do to yourself and the planet, is to ride a bicycle everyday. 🚲 🌍

#ActiveTransport
#ClimateAction
#Sustainability

Almost 6 minutes to cross one intersection, near a school. I told my local representatives about this. They don't give a fuck. They drive cars. Almost everybody here drives cars and will drive cars, because the other options suck. It starts with land zoning, not building footpaths, car parking minimums, and ends with traffic light programming and a motorway through koala habitat.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=COdYMxKNQGs

#ActiveTransport #PublicTranaport #BikeTooter #GoldCoast #Queensland #Australia #FuckCars

Hobart supporters of active transport have voted down a push by a conservative-led business lobby to abandon a trial of protected bikelanes in the CBD of Hobart. #bikelanes #activetransport @bicyclenetwork
https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/public-meeting-votes-down-motion-to-halt-collins-street-bike-lanes/

[Edited. Kindly note: From helmets to mirrors, many have strong opinions on bike accessories. That makes sense, and we strive to respect varying viewpoints. Altho we don’t have bandwidth for online debating, we welcome phone calls.]

Using rearview mirror is far from a unanimous practice of people who bike. Curious? Equipmt requirements in Calif don’t require one: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=21201.&lawCode=VEH

Living in a rural area where route from home to anywhere has hi-speed traffic, a mirror now makes us feel safer. That wasn’t always so. What changed? Increase in traffic (county’s pop. up 33% since we moved to this address); increase in EVs (great for reduced noise pollution, not for detecting car behind you); post-covid changes impacted physical flexibility.

Types incl handlebar-, helmet-, glasses-mounted & bar-end. This month we're trying TriEye—glasses w/mirror in lower corner of lens; allows seeing behind you with tilt of head. https://trieye.com/

#TrafficSafety #ActiveTransport #cycling #RearViewMirrorForBicycles

If you advocate for safer streets for people who walk, cycle, or wheel, the Common Cause guidelines provide useful evidence-based recommendations for framing your messages: https://www.commoncause.com.au/framing-walking-and-bike-riding

#BikeTooter #ActiveTransport #SaferStreets #ClimateAction

"The Victorian Government is committed to improving safety for people walking, bike riders and micromobility users, and has invested significantly in active transport as part of a $20.7 million investment in the 2024-2025 State Budget for critical public and active transport."

$20 million...That's just 1% of the $1.1 billion in state road maintenance funds in that budget year.

How do they expect to transport 25% of the people for 1% of the budget?

#VicPol #SpringSt #ActiveTransport