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New podcast episode drops truth bombs about why walkable cities are punk rock transportation. #WalkableCities
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Im encouraging everyone to follow the account of one of my fav video makers, NotJustBikes 😍🚲

NotJustBikes makes the best videos unpacking how our cities could be soo much better if we bought some good design and moved away from cars and made our spaces walkable and people centric. See their bio for links to their videos.

Extra special is that here on Mastodon is their main social media presence (outside video posts), and they do not want cross posting of their posts onto the capitalist platforms. Absolute legend.

So since we are on Mastodon you can very much follow them at the account above.

New to Mastodon? Consider following any of these hashtags if you’re interest to follow these topics further.

#NotJustBikes #urbanism #WalkableCities #UrbanDesign #Cycling #StrongTowns

Idea: A map where you plot in where you want to go to and from, and it draws up a line and tells you how far it is, and:

How much shorter it would have been if there was no street level parking between the two points.

#urbanism #city #WalkableCities #walkability #pedestrianization #StealThisIdea

Wouldn't it be nice if the majority of streets in every city were like this. Human scale, green, people, bike, scooter, wheelchair friendly, slow and quiet. Cars are permitted but are not allowed to dominate the street. (Lambeth Oval Low Traffic Neighbourhood)
#UrbanRegeneration #LowTrafficNeighbourhood #StreetLife #WalkableCities #UrbanDesign #PlaceMaking #SustainableMobility #LivableCities #PublicSpace #EverydayUrbanism

Cafe on a street in Lambeth, London. Notable because it is nice and green, people are sat outside a cafe eating. It feels safe, intimate, inviting and human scale.

Make Disney World American Again!

via Streetcraft

https://youtu.be/CG0qRAOoVgI

#DisneyWorld #Disney #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

My walkable neighborhood; where neighborhood shops are allowed to exist.

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Ambatobe #Urbanism #15MinuteCity #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #YIMBY #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

A narrow dirt path winds between a stone wall and a small wooden shop with a blue window shutter in a residential neighborhood in Madagascar. A person with a backpack walks away down the path, and the shop displays snacks, tomatoes, and other goods. Greenery and simple homes surround the area

857 #ClimateSolutions #Cities #Seoel
#WalkableCities

In Seoul they removed a highway and made it a river [stream] Not only was this a big help with thseasonal flooding but...
people returned to the city. Extra money and effort was well spent, indeed. All sorts developed, grew or were made.
Air improved, but also business improved.

"They Tore Down a Highway and Made it a River (and traffic got better)" [22:05 min]
by Not Just Bikes

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

Quote by NJB:
"May 25, 2025
Visit -> 80000hours.org/notjustbikes <- for free advice and information about finding a career with a positive impact on the world."

Time stamps
Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:03 Cheonggyecheon history
5:19 Gwanghwamun square
6:18 Cheonggyecheon stream
8:40 Safety & flood prevention
9:27 Accessibility
10:17 Urban places are better with fewer cars
11:55 Seoullo 7017
16:52 Urban highways need to be removed
17:53 Public transit connectivity
18:37 These projects didn't need to be this nice
19:16 Concluding thoughts
20:27 Outro & 80,000 Hours

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #ClimateBreakDown

"It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot."

This should be part of every mayoral oath of office.

via xitter/yt @wef

HT LinkedIn Marco Te Brömmelstroet

#Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

DOT plans to kill NYC congestion pricing, but “unable to identify a compelling legal argument." The argument is "A driver got mad." That's always the argument. Hello!

via xitter @gothamist

https://gothamist.com/news/feds-accidentally-publish-secret-plan-to-kill-nyc-congestion-pricing

#Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #Politics #Democracy #Justice #Trump #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic

Even game characters appreciate walkable places. Get with the program. Screw cars! #SafeCities #Walking #CleanAir #Tuesday #WalkableCities #WarOnCars #MurderedSoulSuspect

"Love how everything's walkable in this town."

@PedestrianError if it is not about burning #oil or #gas to profit off our collective demise, they are against it: #Rail, #WalkableCities, #SolarPower, #EnergyStorage. I am starting to think the #ZeroSum mentality that tries to force us into a false dichotomy of #violence and #subjugation itself derives from #fear based in #SelfLoathing.

Safe streets? More like "woke streets," amiright?

"Sustainable transportation not only makes communities safer, it lowers travel costs; improves access to important services like medical care, schools, and work; and helps mitigate climate change."

https://grist.org/transportation/the-government-wants-to-cut-funding-for-safer-streets-heres-who-would-be-hurt-most/

#TransportationJustice #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #HalfHeartedFanatic

Cars ruin cities. Don't take it from me. Take it from Top Gear's James May

HT Lemmy grue@lemmy.world

Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/driving-london-cars-james-may-london-cycling-campaign-top-gear-b1218513.html

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

How do you say YIMBY in French?

via reuters

Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2025-03-23/

#Paris #France #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Fuckcars #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Tourists are silhouetted against the sunset as they take pictures on a cold day in Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, January 14, 2025

They're about to block cars from more than 500 new streets in Paris. Fuck yeah.

https://www.dw.com/en/france-paris-to-increase-car-free-zones-after-referendum/a-72019387

#FuckCars #WalkableCities #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #TrafficPlanning #Traffic #Paris #France

So I found this ABC coverage as part of their 2017 Curious Adelaide series.
"Why was Adelaide's tram network ripped up in the 1950s?"

The article does play down any car company involvement and laughs off car industry involvement as just unfounded consipracy. But their skeptisism does not align with what we know of the pressure the car industry was putting on phasing out trams.

From the article:

"The Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT) introduced a 10-year plan to phase out trams in favour of buses by the mid 50s."

The public's affection for the network and dismay at its loss is evident in letters to the editor from the time.

C. Steele of Tusmore seemed to have a window to the future.

"A tram which carries 100 people has 50 times more right to be on the road than a car which carries only two people."

A scathing 1955 report by the Council of the South Australian Branch of Australian Electric Traction Association suggested some deeper issues..

I'll bet the middle/upper class who could afford a shiney new car on new roads had a very different take to more lowly workers who very much relied on the trams up to the end.. hmm

Im not satisfied that the article covers the question and is the end of it, but its definitley an nteresting read, especially the part on how folks responded in the last days of the tram and to the news of closure.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-01/why-was-adelaides-tram-network-ripped-up-in-the-1950s/9205768

#Trams #PublicTransport
#AdelaideMetro #WalkableCities #AdelaideTrams #AdelaidePublicTransport #AdelaideHistory #StrongerAdelaide

From the Wikipedia article:
“By 1945 the MTT was collecting fares for 95 million trips annually, representing 295 trips per head of population (350,000)”.

No mention of the tire company buying it out. The tramways trust was a gov endorsed tax-exempt non-profit, no mention of a sale.

I’m curious of if there was any pushback and more of the dynamics / politics leading up to 1958.

#Trams #PublicTransport #AdelaideMetro #WalkableCities #AdelaideTrams #AdelaidePublicTransport #AdelaideHistory

So I’ve looked over the main Wikipedia article for Tramways in Adelaide (thx Mathi also for sharing this) and it provides some interesting background.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramways_in_Adelaide

Article raises some suspicion around unrecorded histories. The history section talks ALOT of the era 1901 to 1925, but gets pretty quiet after that. Come the 1940’s the network was pretty far reaching..

#Trams #PublicTransport #AdelaideMetro #WalkableCities #AdelaideTrams #AdelaidePublicTransport #AdelaideHistory

What happened to #Adelaide's tram network back in the day? (When it was all ripped out??)

This illustration, on display in historic Carrick Hill, Springfield of the land around Urbrae/Mitcham/Unley/Springfield just south of city of Adelaide, is pretty interesting.

Clearly shows (and emphasises) four nearby tram terminus.

> Mitcham Tram Terminus
> Kingswood Tram Terminus
> Fullarton Tram Terminus
> Glen Osmond Tram Terminus

Word was that a tram line ran up Glen Osmond Road and terminated near the bottom of the freeway, not far from the OTR/Hungry Jacks.

And this was all built without the tech of today.

Curious if anyone can date this further, but clearly this records a tram network that is now long forgotten.

#Trams #PublicTransport #AdelaideMetro #WalkableCities #AdelaideTrams #AdelaidePublicTransport #AdelaideHistory

A promptional illustration, guessed to be from the early 1900's, shows a promotional hand drawn map of the property and suburbs around Springfield, South Australia. The map includes dialog boxes that point out local tram spots. Unley Road shown in top left corner. The land around Springfield house is coloured in green, the rest of the illustration is black ink on white paper. Would have been a large promotion poster to sell land in the area.

Public transport tram infrastructure in #Adelaide #SouthAustralia is abysmal.

Our neighbouring big city of #Melbourne #Naarm has the most incredible tram system by comparison.

When pressure came to remove the trams in Naarm, its recorded that Professional and friendly ticketeting staff on trams (and their strong union) were an important part of retaining the network as was a much earlier decision when Melbourne was first planned for major roads to be wide enough to 'be able to do a u-turn with a bullock cart".

Across in Adelaide, which was established by the South Australia Corporation (you heard that right), trams didnt go so well.

Aparently the tram network once established was somehow bought out by the largest Tire Manufactuer of the day and along with immense pressure applied by the car lobby, the tram tracks were ripped up.

Anyone know more detail on what exactly happened to the tram network in SA?

I'm wanting to look beyond car industry history that records that 'people just wanted to drive, so it was pulled out', which seems like an incomplete narrative to me. What folks just went oh well, rip my local tram out, no worries? What went down?

#Trams #PublicTransport #AdelaideMetro #WalkableCities #AdelaideTrams #AdelaidePublicTransport #AdelaideHistory

#walkablecities

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