Blair Scobbie

[Jeremy Vine | Here, on Tiktok, Insta & Facebook @theJeremyVine]

Anyone else been “sat in a provocative position” this week?

[Living Streets @livingstreets]

Pavement parking becomes illegal in Scotland from tomorrow.

Our Director of Living Streets Scotland spoke to the Times ⤵️ https://t.co/yhxmXOedqW

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”

It wasn’t even this way in late 2019 when I was last there.

Just a few years ago, #Paris was choking in car traffic much more.

This is new. This is leadership.

Cities are a result of choices.

HT @Khayat_Fouad

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

New study finds 'cycling rather than driving is positively associated with political participation, social participation in organizations, neighbourhood solidarity, and neighbourly helpfulness (i.e. the common good).'

📕: https://t.co/F9Xu8R0J03

[Annie Leonard @AnnieMLeonard]

Coca-Cola is perfectly capable of using refillable, reusable glass bottles like it did for years. Refillables create jobs, prevent waste & reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. But Coke thinks it is easier & cheaper to make single use plastic . https://t.co/AwOxrmYujU

[Megan @FavColour_Green]

Why don't we have more of this rather than concreting or paving over everything?

It soaks up water, has some semblance of life, but won't turn to mud with vehicle or foot-fall use

Genuinely, is there a reason? What have I missed?

[James Murray @James_BG]

All credit to the Guardian for running this front page, but it also highlights how difficult it is to get across the immensely complex nature of the crisis. The headline is record heat, but the story is what that means for food security, extreme weather, migration, geopolitics.

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

Colorado is considering a weight-base car fee to address car bloat:

🔹 Fee would would apply to cars >3,500 lbs, up to $29.90/yr
🔹 $$ collected would fund bike lanes, road diets, automatic cameras, etc
🔹 Only collected in the 12 most populous counties
https://t.co/tPwwon9wIO

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

In a car-obligatory society, teens rely on parents to chauffeur them to and from sports; counting down the days until they can drive themselves.

In a car-optional one, they’ve already been navigating their city for years; moving safely, happily, and healthily with their friends.

[Irvine Welsh @IrvineWelsh]

Trainspotting parodies usually bore the shit out of me, but I quite like this one.

[Alistair Ford @AlistairCFord]

A transport policy based around "Most people use cars so let's plan for more cars" is like a public health policy based around "most people like chips, so let's plan for everyone to eat more chips".

https://t.co/D1QgwE0eqK

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Free public fountains, dispensing still & sparkling water drawn from the depths below the city & purified via reverse osmosis, line the canal’s historic banks, & its urban waters are now clean enough for Parisians to swim in.”

The Paris Water Revolution. https://t.co/pJj66CUCI1

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

The bike is the world's most perfect invention:

* Cheap to buy/repair.
* Safe.
* Runs fast and over long distances on little energy.
* Increases social interactions and wellbeing.
* Drastically reduces air pollution and emissions.
* Reduces the cost of chronic ill-health.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Big 4 bank profits were up 700% in first half of this year compared to 2020, so I’ve just asked the Chancellor to introduce a windfall tax on banks’ excess profits, to fund support for households struggling with energy & housing costs
If you agree he should please RT! 🙏

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

14% of London car journeys are under 1km.

35% are under 2km

50% are under 3km.

50% are for leisure or shopping.

That's why London remains one of the industrialised world's most congested cities.

#RoadUserPricing can't come soon enough.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Bicycle parking at, of all places, the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix. Urban planning that preferences cycling even works for the most hardened petrol heads.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

14% of London car journeys are under 1km.

35% are under 2km

50% are under 3km.

Tell me more about how drivers of polluting motors 'can't afford' to not poison other people?

#ULEZ expansion can't come soon enough.

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

The hottest day, week & month in 120,000 yrs. Four continents under heat warnings. Greece on fire. Canada on fire for mnths. Beijing residents hiding indoors. Millions starving from drought in East Africa.

The media don’t report this. Instead they demonise climate protestors.