Aquí quiero hablar de música, libros, ciencia ficción, idiomas, bicicletas, transporte público, urbanismo y deportes (fútbol, béisbol, básquet y lo que surja), pero realmente soy periodista que investiga la desinformación. Toots en 🇨🇴🇮🇹🇺🇸🇷🇺💚
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Driving Today was SO Obnoxious
I had to drive to and from an appointment twice today (drop off and pick up)(not a school) and I faced like… A dozen moments of aggression from other drivers. From being cut off, to being blocked from merging. Some dangerous, others harmless. Just a dozen pointless but intentionally rude moments. Usually I’m getting tailed...
You'd think white car would be a fan of separated bike lanes... (sh.itjust.works)
Hi-viz (files.mastodon.online)
alt textPost by Urban Cycling Institute. text: ‘New study into effectiveness of hi-viz for cyclists in car traffic’ - by Brendan Gavrin images: Two photos. One is captioned “Driver’s view of cyclist dressed in black”, the other “Driver’s view of cyclist dressed in hi-viz”. Both depict a phone in front of a...
Suggestions for Mindset and Growth
No idea if this post will resonate at all, but I’ll give it a shot....
Because people can't seem to visualize it (lemmy.world)
Why safety and vehicle speed are incompatible goals for street design (youtu.be)
[article] Thumbtacks strewn across Montreal bike path as tensions rise between motorists, cyclists (globalnews.ca)
Montreal is easily one of the most bike-friendly cities in North America, and yet even here we have carbrains who feel perpetually entitled to 250 parking spaces (the amount removed for the new bike lane) over the needs of everyone else. Clearly someone felt so strongly entitled to their parking that they threw thumbtacks in the...
[meme] What would cities be like today if we had never demolished our streetcar networks? (lemmy.world)
[meme] How would you rather see this land developed? (lemmy.world)
85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport (www.forbes.com)
You’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your Fault (www.mcsweeneys.net)
McSweeney’s bringing some hard truths with this one. We could all be doing better....
The 'New York Times' attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us (electrek.co)
The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their law abiding...
Majority of older adults with cognitive impairment still drive [article] (www.michiganmedicine.org)
Driving is Freeeeeeeedom. (lemmy.one)