Michelle Hammond

Creative Producer WhatsApp, frmr candidate for City Council, NREC Commissioner. Safe streets, environmental justice, sustainable cities, climate emergency.

[Michelle Hammond @athornythicket]

@JalbyMD I have followed you to begin the bridge to connect your worlds. It’s the same for me, kinda enjoying the randomness for a beat.

[Michelle Hammond @athornythicket]

@JalbyMD 🤯

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

Them: “I support safe streets but it takes too long and is too expensive”

Us: “We installed, in total, over 3,000 linear feet, five city blocks of bike lanes with this machine in one single day."

https://t.co/QZQ6fR8qbU

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

In Paris, emergency response times have fallen b/c firefighters can use the city's growing cycle lane network. (H/t @theoverheadwire)

Something to share with bike lane opponents who claim to be worried about emergency access.

https://t.co/g2quhTzLFC

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

The degree of disdain that a lot of very powerful traffic engineers demonstrate toward pedestrians and biklings is astonishing. We pay these people, and they actual seem to enjoy trying to kill and maim us.

[katie @KatieK_77]

If there is an extra $200m that can be given to schools, maybe we actually put that money toward education. Safety will be increased if we add even a single restriction to getting a gun in this state.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

The most popular porcupine hobby is needlepoint.

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

WIN!! One of Europe's busiest airports, Amsterdam's @‌Schiphol just announced it will BAN private jets. This comes after months of protest from @‌GreenpeaceNL and @‌NLRebelion.

Who will be next to #BanPrivateJets?

[The Associated Press @AP]

Warming will fuel more supercells in the U.S. and that those storms will move eastward from their current range. The new study says that makes it more likely that the lethal storms will strike more often in the more populous areas of Southern states. https://t.co/oyeCnR0Tl6

[Daniel Moser @_dmoser]

Keep in mind ➡️ Cycling 🚲 is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities(!)👇👇

https://t.co/AnZcmT7GX2

[Henk Swarttouw @copenhenken]

Surprised that taxi's are worse than aircraft, and cars just slightly better. Not surprised at all that #cycling is best! HT @_dmoser

[Rep. Jimmy Panetta @RepJimmyPanetta]

With the reintroduction of my bill, the E-BIKE Act, we hope to not only get #morebuttsonbikes, reduce traffic, and help tackle the climate crisis but also incentivize the purchase and increase access to e-bikes for everyone.
https://t.co/Qk1v4avETm

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

BREAKING: A 9-year-old and a local TV news staffer were among three people shot to death in Orlando, Florida, by a 19-year-old.

Gov. DeSantis is currently trying to pass permitless carry - legislation opposed by police that would strip background checks and training from gun ownership. https://t.co/Ao1q10wGGt

[Beth Pratt @bethpratt]

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." E. B. White

[☭ @sleepisocialist]

Same spot in Utrecht, Netherlands in the 1980s vs 2022. Never too late to fix what the auto and gas industries destroyed

[Beth Pratt @bethpratt]

"We may have reached a critical threshold: mountain lions getting killed by cars faster than they can reproduce,” said Fraser Shilling, at UC Davis @roadecology , who released a statewide map of the lethal collisions between 2015 and 2022. @LouisSahagun

https://t.co/fbzIqDfI9B

[Michelle Hammond @athornythicket]

@natalia_barbour @JalbyMD Except while we are close to transit, I wouldn’t call LA’s public transit good.

[Michelle Hammond @athornythicket]

@natalia_barbour Oops, I think we have it…thanks @JalbyMD

[Lior Steinberg @LiorSteinberg]

Space is not an issue, nor is technology. There are so many examples of such transformations out there. Our streets have the potential to be so much more than just a means of transportation. They can be vibrant spaces for community, culture, and connection.

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation."