Billy Fields

Likes talking about bikes, cities, water. Professor of Political Science Texas State University. Views my own. Author: Adaptation Urbanism, Transport Beyond Oil

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@Streetfilms @OpenPlans @StreetsblogNYC @JimRockaway @34_ave @bfurnas @chabot_jackson @BobaCyclist @KathyParkPrice I was just there. It’s great! If you get a chance, check out Place Boyer. It’s a new water square pretty close by there. So much green! Cheers

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If you’re looking for more discussion of bikes, green infra., & more resilient places, I’ve migrated over to BlueSky: @billyistep.bsky.social

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Paris school streets traffic-calm/pedestrianize streets & add green space. It's a pretty simple & effective way to make cities safer & greener at the same time

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School street projects in Paris are my favorite recent trend. Over 200 projects completed around the city impacting over half of elementary/nursery schools. Simple, direct, effective

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Interested in studying sustainable transport in Amsterdam and London? Join us next summer for up to 6 hours of college credit. Program open to undergrads and grad students. For more info: https://t.co/j4cv5RD5pZ

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Small details, beautiful results: simple city greening and seat combo. Avignon

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Oxford visual case study: Simple changes=more access, more business, more city life

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@RewildNature @quanticle It's really just a road snip of a couple of blocks. It privileges transit/walking/biking with cars needing to take a different route. Here's the evolution of the street over time.

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What if we transformed streets into parks? Thought experiment come to life in Amsterdam (Plantage Middenlaan)

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@tex1sam Harris County Pop: 4.7 million
Harris County Transport Fatalities 2014: 162
Harris County Transport Fatalities 2022: 192
18.5% Increase
Greater London pop: 9.6 million
Greater London Transport Fatalities 2010-2014: 136
Greater London Transport Fatalities 2023: 95
30% Decrease

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Comparison of traffic fatalities Greater London (pop: 9.6 million) with Travis County (1.3 million centered in Austin, TX). 30% decrease in London & 235% increase in fatalities (2014 to 2023) in Travis County. One approach working & one approach not.

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Background on London's successful Vision Zero approach: https://t.co/GI96DlcUq1

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@rosecityrick @BrentToderian Me too

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Thanks @bicibuseixample

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Pure joy riding with the Bici Bus in Barcelona this morning. A girl on a balance bike with her mom running along with encouragement. A boy running along with a huge smile. Joy, pure joy. Oh, and hard work by parents to make all that joy happen. Thanks to Genis & @jordihoney

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Here’s an image of the police escort. Parents go ahead and stop in intersections to shepherd the kids through & then the police follow along at the rear of the parade.

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Such a great example of the long push against car dependency and what you get on the other side. Plantage Middenlaan is one of my favorite examples

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

In cities such as Amsterdam, car dominance is treated not as a problem to be solved but as a potential to be realized.

And when the decision is reached to reverse that supremacy and fulfill that promise, the results are absolutely magnificent.

Platange Middenlaan. 1987 vs 2024.

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Push against cars is a long struggle, but when it succeeds it’s like magic

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Green street in Barcelona was lovely this morning. Consell de Cent may be challenging politically, but it’s a real statement of what’s possible when you push

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Pedestrian streets are an underrated feature of great cities: Grafton St Dublin

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For context, this is what it looked like before

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Broad St in Oxford is like a mini-superblock (superilla). Simple, effective, lovely