Cycling Professor

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Bringing science on cycling to practice & back | Main contributor Marco te Brömmelstroet | Urban Cycling Institute |

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    3 Oct 2018

    TWO ASIDE JAUNT Cycling is social, shared Therefore: Plan cycle paths wide enough to cycle side by side. Do you know other (hidden) necessary conditions for cycling? Add them here under More info on this project:

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  2. 1 hour ago

    'How did our human oriented public spaces turn into single-purpose streets for vehicular circulation? Slowly at first, then all at once.' ~paraphrasing (Utrechtsestraat, Amsterdam 1920s-2010)

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  3. 21 hours ago

    So Australia, Belgium... Any other nations out there with similar houseplans?

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  4. 22 hours ago

    Seen the cartoon that ridicules car-centric road design by drawing the analogy of a car-centric house? Australians: "Here, hold my beer...!" (via )

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  5. Jan 3

    Het in de verkeerskunde: een vakgebied dat een reactie is op komst auto. Nu het besef indaalt dat de auto de stad uit moet, ontstaat ongemak over wat er met vrijgekomen ruimte moet gebeuren. Misschien moeten we dit niet aan 'verkeerskundigen' vragen...

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  6. Jan 2

    Want to unravel cycling cities? Challenge your thinking about mobility? Meet absolute leaders in cycling research/practice? Secure your spot for the 5th Cycling City summer school: ❤ Academic credits (6) 💰1575 Euro 🐥 EARLY BIRD registration: 10 jan

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  7. Jan 2

    In Europe: 📢 cars are parked 92% of the time. 📢 peak road capacity is only 5% of the time. 📢 50% of urban space is dedicated to car infra. 📢 average car carries 1.5 people/trip 📢 30.000 people get killed, 120.000 injured each year (via: )

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  8. Jan 1

    Instead of feeling hate or anger, pity the car driver who is insulated from the rich experiences of city life that cyclists and pedestrians experience. (pic by )

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  9. 31 Dec 2018

    Instead of driverless cars, we desperately need more carless drivers! Human Intelligence trumps Artificial Intelligence... (video by )

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  10. 30 Dec 2018

    'Turns out British 3 years olds can also cycle into city centres.... ....as long as they are in The Netherlands.' ~

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  11. 29 Dec 2018

    That moment when you realize... ...that bicycle parking is not the problem, but the solution! (via )

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  12. 28 Dec 2018

    Time for : 1. What should your city DO for mobility in 2019? 2. How are you going to CONTRIBUTE to that? 3. What do you NEED for this? Tag your policymakers for support!

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  13. 28 Dec 2018

    1. Wat zou het Goede Voornemen van uw stad/regio moeten zijn op het gebied van mobiliteit in 2019? 2. Wat gaat u daar aan bijdragen in 2019? 3. Wat heeft u daarvoor nodig? Tag uw beleidsmakers om elkaar te helpen!

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  14. 24 Dec 2018

    "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." ~ Albert Einstein To solve our mobility problems, we need to cut to the core! (both visuals from: )

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  15. 24 Dec 2018

    Every time... 🚗 a traffic engineer proposes a parking spot 🚗 planners refer to a minimum parking norm 🚗 innovators come with car-based solutions 🚗 politicians want to solve congestion by adding lanes ...show them how they reinforce a broken system.

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  16. 23 Dec 2018

    'We should not be against cars, we should be for good cities' ~ paraphrasing Car Dependency has severe destructive impacts throughout society that Automated Vehicles (in tunnels) will only worsen... From: (thanks )

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  17. Retweeted
    25 Nov 2018

    'Cycling is all fun and games, but you still NEED a car when you have kids. Simply inevitable' Myth busted in 3...2...1...

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  18. 22 Dec 2018

    If we would design our house as we design our public space... ...and what will happen quickly after. (credits to Roland Romano)

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  19. 21 Dec 2018

    Overwhelming number of amazing stories about how people came to realize the full extent of car dependency of our lives, our culture and our public space. Please keep sending us your personal learning curve!

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  20. 21 Dec 2018

    Did you know that... ...M.C. Escher invented the 'pedalternorotandomovens centroculatus articulosus' while cycling? Being fascinated that nature did not provide a wheel-formed species that moved by rolling. 🇬🇧 'Curl-up' 🇳🇱 'Wentelteefje' 🇩🇪 'Krempeltierchen'

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  21. 20 Dec 2018

    Why is it, that every time someone comes with a seemingly novel mobility innovation, so many people eagerly jump on the bandwagon? So much energy, time and resources gets waisted because we lack critical capacity...

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