Bikes Slow Warming

Monitoring & archiving progress locally & beyond on bike infrastructure, environmental issues & strategies addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.

[Henk Swarttouw @copenhenken]

The main trends in everyday #cycling today:
- e-bikes (changing the paradigm)
- cargo-bikes (changing city logistics)
- share-bikes (changing public transport)
- cycling tourism (changing leisure)
- economic potential (changing investment)
Hear more at https://t.co/w4rCu3d8h3

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@NECEC Interesting coming from an organization whose CEO is former mayor of #SomervilleMA which in 2022 had the 10th highest rents in the US & pushing our small town to not build #bikelanes or public transit but incentivize town employees (minimum wage earners can’t afford) to buy #EV’s

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@MayorLachapelle @GreentownLabs @JoeCurtatone @NECEC Revealing @MayorLachapelle thanked former Mayor of #SomervilleMA @JoeCurtatone for pricey #EV's. Somerville had the 10TH HIGHEST RENT IN THE U.S. in 2022 & next to a city with the 4TH WORST TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON EARTH. Elitist politicians stick together! https://t.co/cDgZvPHRBt

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone @NECEC @BikeLeague @MayorLachapelle And what about the people (and there are a lot outside #SommervilleMA with 2021 $108,896 avg income) who can't afford #EV's? Sounds like #coastalelite, #corporate #environmental politics to me!What about #ebike rebates in #MA as companion to the $3500 #EV rebate you are grabbing?

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone @NECEC @BikeLeague @MayorLachapelle Also, love how you came into #EasthamptonMA pushing your PR for municipal employees to buy cars, drive alone, park & subsidize auto companies like #Tesla without commenting on zero #bikeinfrastructure here. Next time bring your bike & see how dangerous it is to access businesses.

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone @ElleryKlein @MedfordMass @NECEC @BikeLeague @MayorLachapelle How you could influence #EasthamptonMA maybe is to donate your $3500 #EV rebate to buy harder helmets for responsible #CO2-reducing bikers facing increased #traffic danger (The #EV's you are advocating accelerate much quicker than tradition engines). https://t.co/LN2r3VbFkb

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone @ElleryKlein @MedfordMass @NECEC @BikeLeague @MayorLachapelle Still vehemently disagree with the increase in use of motor vehicles, which even de-carbonized are arguably one of the most destructive environmental forces on earth. Only a profound change in mentality will work (which doesn't mean giving rebate incentives for more cars).

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone @ElleryKlein @MedfordMass @NECEC @BikeLeague @MayorLachapelle A small municipal fleet off fossil fuels wouldn't match the reduction of CO2(and traffic)if everyone felt safe running short errands & last mile deliveries via bikes and #ebikes-even 1/2 the year-in a town where stores are not too far from residential(but toxic to access by bike)

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone @ElleryKlein @MedfordMass @NECEC @BikeLeague And like a true politician, didn't answer the question why you need two cars in a town you say is so great for bikes & transit while trying to "save the planet."What's the point of that work if you feel you need two cars in one household? Kind of privileged,disingenuous mentality

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone @ElleryKlein @MedfordMass @NECEC @BikeLeague And if your town is so great for bikes and transportation, why do you need to fill up a town bordering a capital with the 4TH WORST TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON EARTH with not 1 but 2 cars? I guess you have a lifestyle to live, despite your "#climate ambitions. https://t.co/76cdiIJuvY

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@ElleryKlein @MedfordMass @JoeCurtatone @NECEC https://t.co/5xafebcaWR

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@ElleryKlein @MedfordMass Ask "2 Car Family" @JoeCurtatone of @NECEC. In the name of "saving the planet," he wants to fill our town #EasthamptonMA-& car companies' coffers-up one person one 5k lb #EV at a time. The #energy conservation physics don't add up (but the #traffic will)! https://t.co/Mhlpr6CvXx

[Joseph A. Curtatone @JoeCurtatone]

I'll be using that rebate.

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

Amen! Note to selves: #EasthamptonMA Council @OZ01027 @MayorLachapelle (who trump giving tax $ to car corporations for 5k lb #EV s that require more asphalt parking lots. & no plans for protected #bikelanes for SAFE, #CO2 & #traffic-reducing short errands & #lastmile deliveries

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@corsent @ElleryKlein Yes, ouch! for the non-#coastalelites in #MA

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@ElleryKlein And $3500 on #EV rebates for the well-off who can afford $55k cars (but zip for $1700 #ebikes to help lower income citizens) to add to #MA's nightmare #traffic, dysfunctional state public transport & a capital rated to have the 4th WORST TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON EARTH! @MassGovernor

[Bikes Slow Warming @ZeroEmissionIn1]

@JoeCurtatone A big win for car companies & in a state whose capital has the 4th WORST #TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON EARTH!!! When you are stuck in a jam in your 5K lb #Tesla & #MBTA is broken, ask him why no #ebike rebates, which save #energy—if not only by their weight! https://t.co/76cdiIJuvY

[@jdavey @jdavey_2]

Reminder: If your city is building charging infrastructure to accommodate the electric vehicle on the left but not the right, then its "climate adaptation" plan is mainly working for the SUV/pickup industry.
#hamont