Michael Willmott

Product builder. Ex-founder. Currently working on transforming cities with micro-mobility at @Lyft

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

Well this is delightfully mind-boggling to watch. Wild to think about how many people that can transport! https://t.co/xtnFOqWgiZ

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

@Marthalanefox @BCorporation The brilliant @BerylBikes have been a BCorp for quite some time now. I'm sure @phil_ellis could tell you more about the experience.

[David Gelles @dgelles]

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Yvon Chouinard, who founded the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia and became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has given away the company. All Patagonia’s profits will now be used to fight climate change.🧵
https://t.co/22q91WK2Hz

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

@willnorman In Japan, a staggering ~80% of children walk to school (~98% active travel!).

An excellent episode of @99piorg talks about how design of the urban realm, among other things, contributes to this high rate. Well worth a listen. https://t.co/HeS8YyAOFY

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

Weekend reminder that SimCity's creators couldn't accurately reflect the scale of urban parking lots because if they did the game fell apart.

https://t.co/lOTjCzd3b5

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

@rex_woodbury I agree this decade will see huge transformations in cities, especially in North America. But a few cities have already had their decade of transformation, so we’ve been building up to this change for a long time now.

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

@rex_woodbury I think (hope🤞) that this is a blip in normalisation. Car oriented cities are “new”. We took cities for people and tore them up for cars. Cycling was previously the predominant form of transport in many cities: but we are now swinging back that way. Giving back space to people.

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

"Experts had too much power over Covid lockdowns" @RishiSunak

I'm sorry, what...?

So, what he's saying is that people who know less about what they're doing should have had more of a say on our Covid response... right?

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

And whilst it is unlikely to succeed, there’s a bill trying to do something similar in New York. https://t.co/5VTCo8fmG0

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

I've spent a great deal of time working with transport authorities on the safe use of e-scooters and e-bikes on our roads.

Limiting their speed is *always* a hard requirement, set by law in the UK. But for some reason, the idea of limiting the speed of cars is seen as madness.

[Standard News @standardnews]

The road and and the Piccadilly Line near Park Royal Underground Station are likely to remain closed for a significant period of time, according to Ealing Police https://t.co/Q3a3lCdBdl

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

A late follow up to this: worth highlighting that some progress is being made. By July 2024, all new cars sold in the EU will require Intelligent Speed Assistance.

This doesn’t mandate limiting the speed, but the tech will be there to do so.

https://t.co/GHYxpa1kz1

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

@maitlis "It might take ... five minutes to find 60 economists who feared Brexit and five hours to find a sole voice who espoused it.

But by the time we went on air we simply had one of each; we presented this unequal effort to our audience as balance. It wasn't" https://t.co/hRiGYvGH8k

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

Incredible warnings on the state of our news media. Reluctant to discuss issues for fear of being labelled impartial.

“…every day that we sidestep these issues with glaring omissions feels like a conspiracy against the British people; we are pushing the public further away”

[The Guardian @guardian]

Emily Maitlis says ‘active Tory party agent’ shaping BBC news output https://t.co/mFjANlMH8P

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

Very glad @maitlis has spoken out. The influence the Conservatives have had on the BBC has been blindingly obvious for some time now.

Impartiality doesn’t mean the presentation of objectively unbalanced arguments as balanced one’s; nor the omission of facts.

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Emily Maitlis - "We are seeing politicians move in directions that are deeply & clearly deleterious to basic democratic government...it's about people in power who are prepared to test the very limits of the constitution to achieve their aims..."

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

Even my favourite city sim game understands how much better cities can be with more pedestrianisation, beautiful public spaces and less cars 😍

[Cities: Skylines @CitiesSkylines]

Coming soon - Cities: Skylines Plazas & Promenades! Say hello to pedestrian streets, car-free areas, modern plazas, brand new city-service buildings and 3 new special districts.🌆
#Citiesskylines #PlazasPromenades

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

Great public transit can change so much more than just how you get from A to B. It can fundamentally improve every aspect of how you live in a city, all because it unlocks the streets and neighbours people are walking through.

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

Something a visiting friend pointed out that I’d not really appreciated before: she was doing so much more walking than usual *because* of excellent public transit.

She figured this was why she saw so much less obesity than in her home town.

[Michael Willmott @michaelwillmott]

Walking to and from stations and bus stops quickly adds up. She talked about how she just walks from her car to her house, office, shops etc.