What if every city had “Bike Buses” for kids going to school & daycare? What if safe, protected bike infrastructure made them easy? From Nijmegen NL, a #BikeBus developed in partnership with an after-school childcare. HT to great folks at @Cycling_Embassy
Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲
As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.
Now you can ride wherever the train takes you!
Don't blame #ageing for not being able to ride anymore. Blame your political leaders for not creating the safe conditions that allow you to.
(📸 by Mariska van der Meij)
You can either use road space efficiently, or you can have cars.
Transporting 200 people:
🚌 in busses (0:31 minutes)
🚋 in trams (0:32 minutes)
🚶 walking (0:38 minutes)
🚲 biking (1:59 minutes)
🚗 driving (4:08 minutes 😱)
People who walk for transportation have a lot of low stakes interpersonal interactions. They shop frequently and locally by necessity so get to know their grocer and baker. They bump into their neighbors and say hi. They know the local dogs and children. Walking is pro-social.
You can have...
🚲🚌 either an efficient urban mobility system.
🚗🚘 or streets for moving and storing cars.
Time to choose!
—Vredenburg, #Utrecht (by @BicycleDutch)
🇪🇺 A very ambitious European High Speed Rail network planned by the Commission. One ticketing app, one Railway Area. This would be amazing. From Lisbon to Luhansk