Good Blocks @good_blocks
🚲 Fan account of human-powered transport in car-towns and local-driven community improvement groups. 🇨🇦 goodblocks.org Ontario, CA Joined July 2022-
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Car-free city centers like #Utrecht make no sense economically.
The best street safety changes start as tiny experiments. x.com/the_transit_gu…
The best street safety changes start as tiny experiments. x.com/the_transit_gu…
I don't think it should ever be okay — that in Canada Loblaws earned $520 million in Q4 profits while Canadians turned to food banks in record numbers. Today - CEOs like Galen Weston have been summoned to Parliament – they’ll be forced to answer for it.
If you get a car, you never want neighbors to get a car too. There is no infectious enthusiasm. They'll "take your spot" & cause traffic. The opposite is true of biking. You want *everyone* around you to get one. I love seeing parents on bikes & want the streets flooded by them.
Welcome to my very scary 15-minute city!
Great one from @techwontsaveus! pca.st/episode/d92ce4…
You just can’t hate this...
🧵 The re-writing of recent history by global north activists on the COP27 and its outcome is (to put it mildly) nauseating! It makes one question their independence and how much they're in touch with Global South voices they claim to care about. So to reclaim the space:
Received this from a senior member of Minister Lecce’s staff. “I don’t appreciate you tweeting that we aren’t responding to you.” For context: Over the course of the last few weeks I’ve been emailing, tweeting and trying everything possible to interview Minister Lecce.
So... Active Transport/Bike Advocacy/Strong Towns/Community Advocates Twitter. Are we on @mastodon yet? My personal while I build up the Good Blocks feed: dice.camp/@travis
@politicalplayer @AOC Unfortunately no matter what happens, Tesla has hit the point where they are too big to fail. Elon will just get the government to give him taxpayer money like he always has and will get online 5 minutes later to tell working class people that handouts and government are bad lol
If only we had taxed the rich maybe none of this would have happened
Dear @CBCToronto @metromorning: when you systematically use the term "money-losing @BikeShareTO", you betray a bias against sustainable mobility. Would you say "money-losing Gardiner/DVP"? What about "money-losing @cbcradio"? Words matter. #topoli @biketo
It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally AGAINST downtown bike-lanes, later became one of their most vigourous supporters, because of EVIDENCE that bike-lanes are better for downtown business than any street parking they replace.
With ridership up 36% from 2019 @BikeShareTO is proof that when you can get someone to try biking they keep coming back because it is fun, convenient, affordable & fast. It also supports demand & need for safe & connected bike infrastructure. #BikeTO 🙏🏼🤩
With ridership up 36% from 2019 @BikeShareTO is proof that when you can get someone to try biking they keep coming back because it is fun, convenient, affordable & fast. It also supports demand & need for safe & connected bike infrastructure. #BikeTO 🙏🏼🤩
I bike. My 14-year-old bikes independently. We ride for recreation. Other Chicagoans ride for transit. The problem for all of us is that our biking infrastructure is treated not as a public accommodation, but a whim or special project from one mayoral administration to the next.
One of the teachers at my daughter’s school started wearing a mask today. Can you guess what happened next? More than half the kids in her class asked for a mask, too. Adults, our actions matter. #MaskUp
Deep into a planetary emergency and - a bit like death - it's still taboo in many situations to talk about the greatest threat we've ever faced Fuck that though. I'm not going to sit back and let everything be destroyed because bringing it up might make some people uncomfortable
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I wonder whether anti-maskers are also anti-winter tires.
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Cyclegranny 🚴�.. @anneramsey740
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The NDP, Liberals and Green seem to work together, for the good of Canada and Canadians, while conservatives, whose leader was picked by throwing another conservative under the bus, in a highly divided party, blame the Liberal leader for causing division. It makes zero sense.
My #wankpanzer means I have more rights on the road than anyone else
I feel a two-year-old’s level of excitement watching everyday practical infrastructure like the #Dutch mail #bike go down the street. #cargobike #Netherlands
Happy to collaborate jointly with @BravoDavenport on this motion. The extension of bike lanes is essential in building a city with sustainable transportation options for all Torontonians.
Alongside my colleague @DianneSaxe, I’ve moved a motion to extend bikeways on College Street from Manning Ave. to Lansdowne Ave. If passed, study and consultation for the proposal will be added to the Cycling Network Plan. Learn more: secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
@the_transit_guy The problem is unbuilt transit today will be 200x the cost tomorrow
I got stuck in traffic and I didn't like it and I was given a platform to tell everyone wjla.com/news/local/was…
This is the natural ends of the "trans panic". A presumably cisgender model in this stock photo is being used as anti-trans fodder because she's tall? These people don't care about women and girls.
I will always fight for students
really, @amazon ? block a driveway, or even a road, but not a fucking sidewalk. walkers and rollers already have so little. #CarsRuinCities #yyj #TheWarOnCars
I think I've reached the point in my life-by-cargo-bike where the 500wh battery on the bakfiets is starting to annoy me. I'm getting tired of feeling the need to plug in so often. A dual battery system or newer Bosch higher capacity battery is feeling justifiable. 🪫
Such a pity #Utrecht made its city center car-free. Really destroyed business.
Either way, having contracted COVID-19 will NOT be license for me to go maskless or engage in risky behaviour. Quite the opposite, in fact. Now I need to double down to avoid reinfection, because of the clear risk of cumulative harm. I'll provide an update in a few days. 8/8
And now..... ..... there's not a dry eye in the house.
Car-free city centers like #Utrecht make no sense economically.
Our turbans, irrespective of colour are not, “No Name”. By wearing a turban we are named Singh and Kaur. They are a sign of honour to signify our commitment to truth, justice and equality. When we wrap it around our heads we stand taller and prouder. This tweet is just wrong.
If you thought SUVs were mainly owned & driven by selfish, dangerous arseholes who can barely drive, you'd be right. Arseholes are officially the narrowly defined & relentlessly targeted customer base...
More transit news today: FTA is seeking a "historic policy change" allowing transit agencies to switch $6.6 billion in funding from capital grants to operations at their discretion
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 16.7% lower than men's.
Every day is the right day for gender equality. Globally, women earn 20% less than men on average. But when women are empowered, they can lift themselves and their families out of poverty and lead the way to a brighter future for everyone. bit.ly/3Jh1hzC.
I don't think it should ever be okay — that in Canada Loblaws earned $520 million in Q4 profits while Canadians turned to food banks in record numbers. Today - CEOs like Galen Weston have been summoned to Parliament – they’ll be forced to answer for it.
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 60.5% lower than men's. The pay gap is 13.7 percentage points wider than the previous year.
Celebrating International Women's Day in great company on our flight from Budapest to Charleroi today. We are extremely grateful for all our talented WIZZ women for their hard work and dedication, they never fail to amaze us 💐
@MichaelGrabow @jeffnovich So many car enthusiasts don't get this. Make is easier for everyone who isn't an enthusiast to stop driving and it gets better for YOU (and everyone else). Win win!
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