Cycling Professor

@fietsprofessor

Bringing science on cycling to practice & back | Main contributor Marco te Brömmelstroet | Urban Cycling Institute | MOOC: tinyurl.com/UnravelCycling

Science & TechnologyAmsterdamurbancyclinginstitute.comJoined July 2010

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Sep 24, 2022

E.F. Schumacher argues that 'small is beautiful'. So how did the opposite happen on our streets? And how can we turn that around to transform our lives? Check out our book 'Movement' on this! Order it at your local book shop or here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ

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So, this weekend people are changing the questions we ask. By going out & having a party! Join one of the events. Or just go out and take your own ride: kidsonbike.org And please fill in our survey on how and why you are joining this movement: uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8k

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And as a result we have severely limited so many dimensions of their lives. Their autonomy, their dignity, their freedom to roam, their imagination, their physical and mental health and their connection to society and the environment. (research by Margrit Stamm)

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We optimized our streets to offer the Homo Economicus optimal vehicular throughput and comfortable parking. The safety and dignity of our children became secondary, at best. We discipline them, give them responsibility for their own safety. We tell them to not be distracted!

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Children across the world have lost their right to roam in just four generations. There are many reasons for this, but for a large part this can be traced back to how we design our streets.

Kidical Mass - Kinder aufs Rad and 9 others

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Why should children have a Right to the Street? ❤ Health? 💨 Emissions? 👫 Access to friends? 🏘 Exploration & attachment? 👥 Children’s citizenship? Whatever the reason, people want change and will show it this weekend across Europe kidsonbike.org.

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Kidical Mass - Home - Kids on Bike

The Kidical Mass has the vision that all children can move safely and independently by bike and on foot. #StreetsForEveryone

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#Everybody: If only there was a way to design your city streets to transport as many people as possible while also keeping them safe and relaxed... If only... #Utrecht:

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May 4

Read the full argument, sources and evidence in our Open Access paper: "Travelling together alone and alone together: mobility and potential exposure to diversity." 9/🧵 H/T to

@aldrinpelicano

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Travelling together alone and alone together: mobility and potential exposure to diversity

Quantity and quality of social relations correlate with our happiness and physical health. Our (feeling of) connectedness also matters for the efficacy and functioning of communities and societies ...

"Social interaction potential is heightened (with walking) because of the exposed nature of the pedestrian, allowing opportunities to build "trust and a sense of connection between people and the places they live.” 8/🧵 (clip from

Voor De Vorm)

"Bicycling allows the user to explore their spatial surroundings and offers constant opportunity for spontaneous interaction with other users and the surrounding environment." 7/🧵 (clip from

Voor De Vorm)

"Different forms of transit offer different potentials. A metro .. is the most spatially disconnected way of travelling. A person on a train/metro/bus can develop a limited understanding of spatial organisation of a city or region through station names." 6/🧵 (ad by #midtraffik)

"The caveat of cars is that they primarily offer solitary mobility experiences in which social interaction amongst users, beyond those inside the same vehicle, is limited to brief encounters through the reflective glass of a car windshield or windows." 5/🧵 (ad by

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"The private (motorised) automobile is the predominant norm and mode of transportation for people in many cities. It can be both convenient for those living in low-density urban sprawl, as well as appealing for those with an attraction for private transportation." 4/🧵

"... being appreciative of somebody moving slightly to accommodate you in a packed train, briefly smiling to a fellow cyclist or getting irritated with somebody’s loud conversation all shape our perceptions of places and communities we are part of." 3/🧵

Cars, public & active transport offer "radically different levels of interaction potential, especially with people outside one’s own social network & w/ the physical environment ... (this) affects the level to w/c we feel connected to a certain place and society." 2/🧵

'Traveling Together Alone and Alone Together' 1/🧵 "Different mobility practices offer different conditions for being exposed to other people and the environment. Such exposure influences a sense of being connected to places, communities and societies." (cartoon

@bikeyface

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Every time you bring up car reduction schemes there is somebody who asks "what about emergency vehicles?" Thomas Hug made a useful video. What does not block emergency vehicles? 🚶‍♀️ People (🚑in #HongKong demonstration) What does block emergency vehicles? 🚗 Cars (🚑 in #London)

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May 2

When persuading people to switch their car for an e-car, we are ignoring all other societal costs of car ownership and -use. Good solutions solve multiple problems in one go. (graphic by @elliotfishman: sensibletransport.org.au/project/transp)

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Apr 30

'When you're accustomed to #privilege, any demand for more equality feels like oppression.' (cartoon by

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#Ciudades Vibrantes Seguras Exitosas #Genero #Caminabilidad #TransportePublico #CiclismoUrbano Master Class Coordinada por

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[BREAKING] A leaked note from your local politician. Weighing 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬 & 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 and deciding it just cannot be done... (made by

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Apr 28

The annual debate when the 'Road Safety Statistics' show an increase in fatalities...

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Apr 28

Car traffic creates a radical monopoly by reinforcing situations of unsafety. It is hard, but necessary to break this cycle.

The Conversation and 9 others

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We have taken away our streets from our children. Here is why and how we should give them back! (with

@JonneSilo

@jordihoney

, Gemma Simon)

theconversation.com

Return of the child-friendly city? How social movements are changing European urban areas

Urban development and social norms concerning childhood have led European cities to a situation where public spaces are no more spaces for children and young people.

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To combat CO2 emissions, Dutch government: 🚲 does nothing for cyclists. 🚉 plans severe budget cuts, reduces service and increases prices for public transport. 🚗 Provides 600 million Euro subsidy to buy second hand e-cars. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

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Apr 26

50 people going to work.

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... 📽 MAKE A FILM with #KinderenVandePijp 🚗 REDUCE CARS with #SuperBlocks 📗 WRITE A BOOK with Thalia Verkade 🏫 PROTECT THE SCHOOLS with #protegimlesecoles Learn from the best and plan your first steps:

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KINDER CITY

KINDER CITY Seven actions towards a better city for kids Today, we all know that the cities of the future will have to be healthy and safe places for our kid...

Who wants a Kinder City? Here are 7⃣ actions towards a better city for kids! 🚲 BIKE TO SCHOOL with #MassaMarmocchi 🥊 ORGANIZE A FIGHT with #StopDeKindermoord 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 BUILD A COMMUNITY with #PiazzeAperti 🎬 FREE film by

@paufaus

: youtu.be/8YpPonRiRhs

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This weekend 18.000 people in #Muenchen were so kind to show decision-makers how you can easily optimize throughput. Traffic engineers, you're welcome! #Verkehrswende #RadentscheidBayern H/T

@FilmendeFietser

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Apr 23

We know who are killing our children. So stop disciplining them and start taking away the danger. The only proper way to present road safety statistics is through a crash matrix.

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Apr 21

One more time for those in the back: Speed kills.

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Apr 21

Where the 21st meets the 20th Century. One of these options offers freedom, efficiency and just mobility. The other is car lanes. (📸 of #Aalsmeer🇳🇱 by

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Apr 20

What the Dutch? Window washer with ladder almost bikes into King Willem-Alexander. Nobody got hurt and both have a good story to tell! #Egalitarianism Source

@NOS

: nos.nl/artikel/233859

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The entirety of our approach to road safety.

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Apr 19

It’s the Dutch national bike helmet day! #DagvandeFietshelm* 🇳🇱🚲⛑️ * paid for by helmet producers, pushed by doctors, virtue-signalling by politians) (cartoon by

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Apr 19

In almost all domains we deeply care about the safety of people. Following he Hierarchy of Controls, a factory is only allowed to run if people can't get in contact with moving parts of machinery. But somehow, we do this entirely backwards on our streets. #dagvandefietshelm

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We all signal that we care about traffic victims, but don't dare to ask fundamental questions (and draw the logical conclusions). For all those who want to educate themselves: 🇳🇱 Recht van de Snelste: corr.es/snelste 🇬🇧 Movement: amazon.co.uk/Movement-take- #dagvandehelm

AndreasJonkers and 4 others

The # of victims on bikes increased with 84: 60 of them (71%) were killed in a crash with a car/van. Cars have grown in numbers, size, weight, speed, acceleration, distraction for drivers, traffic violations. Dutch doctors/politicians: let's promote helmets! #dagvandefietshelm

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Big increase in traffic fatalities in the Netherlands. Dutch media: Let's discuss how to protect victims without questioning car dominance. Also Dutch media:

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Is a crash a technical problem? A glitch in the machine? Or are they the inevitable result of the choices in the design of the system? Read: decorrespondent.nl/14430/het-zijn

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