Amsterdam street filled with car gridlock in the 1970’s.

Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."

This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.

Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.

Better choices instead of excuses.

The Case For Protected Bike Lanes Giving cyclists their own space results in some pretty big benefits beyond just a lack of dead cyclists.

“A new study of early separated lane projects in the U.S. across six cities finds a rise of ridership between 21% and 171% after the lanes were installed.”

The pretty strong and convincing case for protected bike-lane networks in cities. In @fastcompany.com

Mayors nationwide warn of worsening housing shortfall Mayors nationwide are warning of a worsening housing shortfall as decades of “insufficient” investment along with rising costs of housing during the COVID-19 pandemic aided in making housing unaffo…

Listen to America’s mayors:

The housing shortage is worsening, and the deficit of homes is expected to increase by over 2 million units over the next five years.

We need to build a lot more homes. Millions of them.

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Reprogramming 60 Years of Car-Culture Marketing - Streetsblog San Francisco Car ads and the resultant culture promotes traffic violence, according to a former car adman

This is really important — For 60+ years, car advertising has programmed us to think driving is freedom, a symbol of status & power.

But a car marketing vet (@tomflood.bsky.social, u should follow him) is using his skills to call out car culture. #UrbanistShoutOut
sf.streetsblog.org/2020/11/05/r...

Brookings: Most state DOTs are a black box.

www.brookings.edu/articles/con...

The Corner Store Comeback Small-scale neighborhood retail is staging a post-Covid revival in many cities, thanks to a mix of zoning reforms, shopping trends and local incentives.

Corner stores and accessory commercial uses are only possible if they cater to people who walk/bike/roll. Parking mandates and auto dependency are what killed these in the first place.

Remember, when it comes to the actual likelihood that a vehicle crash will occur at all, AND whether the consequences of a crash are serious, or even deadly, or not, speed is ALWAYS a factor. Including when the legal speed limits are currently too high. #SpeedKills #VisionZero