World Bike Forward

So it seems this was pretty weak engagement bait, but the point is this is not a computer graphic but an original Roman floor mosaic from two millennia ago, and they executed it just fine.

Graphics software makes a fine floor-mosaic design, but is it realistic to try to execute something this intricate?

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

American citizens are emigrating in record numbers, and it's not (just) political. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

Although London, Elizabeth Line aside, seems a bit shabby compared to São Paulo, which had the advantage of opening about 110 years later.

Winter done right in Jersey City

It's winter in New York, but summer in São Paulo

There was once a plan to run a bus lane and a protected bicycle lanes down Westwood Boulevard. It might have been one of Los Angeles' great promenades. Instead, NIMBYs killed the proposal, and now it's a round-the-clock car sewer where people randomly die in extremely violent ways.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social this is the kind of thinking we need for 42nd Street. What a world-class upgrade, and probably pays for itself in real-estate tax value. Tram connects to the ferry docks at both ends and one subway line after another. youtu.be/CKpOjL5kbVE?...

First black cab I ever took promptly collided with another

Hyphens matter!

please note the hyphen

In China’s Cities, A Return to Cycling Prioritizes People and the Climate What does the future of ‘cycling cities’ look like for China, what unique challenges do they face, and how are cities already taking action? Throughout much of the decade of the 1980s, it would not be...

China's been having second thoughts itdp.org/2023/08/22/c...

Same in New York. Whereas Second Avenue ended up looking like this even before they widened the lane. Rush hour there is about 45/55 bikes to cars.

It's from September. Santander Cycle data shows a typical February sees about 1/3 lower ridership than September.

When these cycleways were being built in the 2010s, a black-cab driver told me Transport for London was run by fools because Londoners don't cycle

I used to follow the Brazilian power industry for professional reasons but never imagined wind & solar could rise this fast. 14 years to get from near zero to about a quarter of electricity supply, in a $2.8 trillion economy. Almost all the rest is hydro.

Bike bridge, summer in São Paulo

Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design Midsize cities across the U.S. are increasingly converting one-way streets to two-way routes. Transportation planners view the step as one of the easiest ways to improve safety and make downtowns more...

Here's a reform that's been overlooked but fixes a problem caused back when city planners thought car speed was all that mattered. The choking of downtowns wasn't just from highways and parking lots but also one-way speedways.
apnews.com/article/one-...

Driving school Italian style, teaching sidewalk parking

Disregard for the street space below, configured as a raceway with sad painted bike lane. That place sees huge numbers of pedestrians seven days a week. It should be pedestrian mall, separate bike space, MTA bus access, special-access-only for cars, some accommodation for taxis etc.

E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People

These two represent economies that produce $35 trillion a year of output, 20% more than the US in local purchasing power. They just signed a free-trade deal. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/b...

Like if it's posted here, can a hundred people read it? A thousand? Or just the first person or ten people since that's the monthly gift-article limit?

Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article) How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.

Not sure if gift articles can be shared in multiples, but this is the best review of the first year of New York congestion pricing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Back in São Paulo. Grey day, Sunday family lunchtime, plus peak summer-vacation weekend. Never seen this bike/coffee lounge so empty.

Memorial grows for man killed by hit-and-run driver in Queens, friend critically injured Flowers and candles adorn the scene where 25-year-old Darwin Cargua was killed on 102nd Street in Corona.

A murderer is on the loose in NYC. He killed a man, 25 years old, immigrant from Ecuador, who was just walking home from celebrating the New Year.

His weapon was an SUV, so this gets treated differently from other killings. He may get a ticket— for fleeing.

How Did This Suburb Figure Out Mass Transit? Transit ridership is off the charts in Brampton, Ontario, despite its typical low-density suburban layout. Here’s how the city got residents to get on the bus.

Every American transportation planner should read this www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As Mayor Lurie tries to revitalize SF, it would be good to know there is no example in the world of a thriving city core that puts this much emphasis on car throughput and storage. What matters is the experience outside the car, and right now that experience is degraded by the cars themselves.

Many people will argue that getting around by bike is feasible in SF if you know or research the routes. But the real test of urban space is what the city invites you to do, not what you might do if you conquer the obstacles. 8/x

This is how a French city with population and density similar to San Francisco's looks once a full network of bike lanes and car-light areas get built. (Lyon) 7/x

A few days later on a Muni bus on Divisadero we saw a lone scooter rider risking their life between the bus and parked cars. Overall in SF, I was surprised how few people were moving around by light mobility, even with today's tech that conquer hills. But the reason is obvious, lack of safety. 6/x