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[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

That’s California

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Looks dumb, right?

This is how we design cities.

HT @urbanthoughts11
#CarDependency

[kimberlee @kimberleeerose]

"this meeting could have been an e-mail" ok well this movie could have been a muppet movie

[umichvoter @umichvoter]

this is kinda cool, looking at the new jersey partisan map with NJ transit stations overlayed

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Researchers studied the effects of a 20-minute walk on the cognitive performance of a group of children.

This is fascinating…

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Bike lanes look empty, because they are highly efficient in terms of vehicular throughput.

~3 minutes timelapse in #London

[☭ @sleepisocialist]

I think most Americans underestimate just how much better their life would be if they could get around easily without their car. It improves your physical and mental health, your sense of community, your finances, the time you have in the day. Life changing tbh.

[push the needle @pushtheneedle]

this is how much of Seville, Spain would fit in the abandoned Qualcomm Stadium & parking lot in San Diego, California

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

What do you make of the scoring of rail corridors for high speed rail in the USA? The deeper the red, the more suitable HSR is.

[Empress Thalia @EmpressThaliaa]

Tesla's when they see a child

[j 🐀 @310urbanist]

@heyMAKWA

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Repeat after me — car dependency is the opposite of freedom.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

This interchange project in Texas was a national finalist for a “Quality of Life” award in case you were wondering where this country is at.

[Goseg Train Thread @wvistheduck]

Americans will be like "Where I live is a very specific, unique part of the country with an amazing culture no other part of the country understands" and it looks like this:

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people.

Sound efficient?

HT @circulareconomy

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Just a reminder, if the only way you can get to something is by car, you don’t have access to it.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Highways cost a LOT more.

[Mac @GoodPoliticGuy]

good morning