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The zine is up on my site!
https://nebulos.space/transit_vs_pollution.html
If you thought it was cool, you can print it out, fold it up, and give it to your friends!
(Also please appreciate my alt text too. It was non-trivial to produce.)
#transit #fuckcars #zine #urbanism
It's crazy how normal we think it is, that twice in a day (early morning, still sleepy, and after work, already tired) half the population gets into and controls heavy machinery that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year.
EDIT: Typo
Paris Proves the Power of Pedals: How Cycling Helped Cut Pollution in Half
"Over the past two decades, the French capital has undergone a remarkable transformation — and cyclists are riding at the heart of it. A recent report by Airparif, the independent organization that monitors air quality in the Île-de-France region, delivered the kind of news that would have seemed unimaginable 20 years ago: between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — two of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively."
https://momentummag.com/paris-proves-the-power-of-pedals-how-cycling-helped-cut-pollution-in-half/
Sculpture of a Victorian ghost emerging from an antique mirror. (glow in the dark) Michael Locasio
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An #ArtNouveau #gold, #opal and #diamond brooch, by Henri-Auguste Solie
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@SteveThompson
@liztai@hachyderm.ioThe service will mirror KTMB's Komuter networks, providing fast, frequent rail options to southern commuters.
Travel time between Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru will be slashed from seven hours on a diesel train to just 3.5 hours on the new electric trains, which are capable of speeds up to 140 km/h.
The increase in pedestrian fatalities is what happens when you spend decades prioritizing moving cars over moving people.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/08/colorado-pedestrian-deaths-safety-improvements/
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@gcvsa@mstdn.plusNot that I disagree with the sentiment, but before we bother building more trains, we need to build more mixed-use apartment buildings in town and city centers. No point in trains if there aren't concentrations of populations to use them. #urbanism #architecture #planning #transit #transportation
This is what passes for a bus stop in Edmonton. Yes, you have to wait standing in that mud hole or the bus won't stop.
Where we're standing now? That's the only multi-use active transportation path that seems to go anywhere in the west end (and even then, it ends at 163 St when all the businesses are on 170 St and on).
As such, it is a heavily-used path which only becomes unused during a forced "off-season" when maintenance is neglected to the point of making it unusable, and users are forced onto the street where they are often run off the road by aggressive drivers.
The road the cars are driving on? Huge 4-lane road which even during rush hour has mostly empty space but traffic drives so fast and aggressively (with no traffic calming whatsoever), that it is very difficult for active transportation to get in, which they must do (or find a completely different route altogether) during the many long months when the heavily-used MUP is left unusable.
Even though there is SO much empty space on this road, if traffic gets slowed down for a split second (which generally only happens when somebody is turning left, and through traffic passes beside them), the horns come out on FULL BLAST. Tons of aggression and road rage on this street, largely contributed to by the autocentric "stroad" design.
This is a classic example of infrastructure and maintenance designed to force an end of active transportation supposedly by concentrating on automobile traffic, except that this focus on cars gives no actual benefit to them, except to make them feel more privileged.
Note: Despite its looks, this road is more dangerous for the drivers than others. I have seen so many near crashes on it when I used to use it regularly. The road is wide and straight, but that just means people can't get their foot off the gas.
Although they take their anger out on the rest of us, it's the people driving on the road who are most at risk. Driving does NOT make you safer.
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.comI knew "big box" stores were bad, but I was still surprised by what we found when researching this video. 
#bigbox #urbanism #cities #notjustbikes
https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-these-ugly-big-box-stores-are-literally-bankrupting-cities
Logistics in Antananarivo, Madagascar: e-bike delivery, headloads, minibuses
If you want us to discuss game urbanism and city worldbuilding, do drop by my live 'Designing Cities for Video Games' course presentation!
It's on April 22, and you can grab a seat here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-cities-for-video-games-course-presentation-tickets-1280561366519?aff=oddtdtcreator
I saw this image on "What does it mean?" so my answer was, "See if your municipality has an Active Transportation map. Overlay the last image on it, and then you'll understand."
@jaystephens @ketanjoshi.co [bsky.brid.gy] And then we have Australia's next great city, Parramatta.
It's a city that, roughly once a year, has a harbour...
This from Parramatta City Council itself: "From the earliest days, the changeable nature of the Parramatta River, and other waterways, has brought with it the risk of flooding.
"Today, our CBD is one of the most flash-flood affected areas in the country. Our challenge is to live with the river in all its various conditions."
https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/environment/connected-resilient-communities/flooding
And this from a top State Emergency Service official in 2019:
"A senior SES official has warned that Parramatta's CBD could be overwhelmed by a flash flood in as little as nine minutes, giving residents little time to evacuate.
"George Jeoffreys, senior manager for risk reduction and avoidance at the NSW State Emergency Service, cited the difficulty of predicting flash floods."
You had parts of Parramatta's CBD flood in 2020:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-10/parramatta-river-overflows-as-floods-grip-sydney/11948910
And earlier this year: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/nsw-pseudo-monsoon-humidity-flooding-rains-qld-nsw/105095284
And of course there's pressure to put new high-rise developments right on the river edge: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-council-rejects-build-to-rent-tower-plan-over-flood-risk-20240108-p5evsm.html
Parents, how many friends are accessible to your child without your help?
My wife (
) and I () were comparing childhoods. One thing stood out.
My childhood: 2 friends without help
Hers: 20+ 
Too many people think urbanism is about bike lanes. It was never about bike lanes.
@slothrop Having been to Vienna, I strongly second this.
The metro trains run every 5 minutes or better, and likewise trams. They're incredibly punctual.
And no, Americans reading this, that's not a typo.
Almost every destination you'll want to see is either near a metro station or a tram stop.
Belvedere palace? Tram stop. Schonbrunn palace? Metro. St Stephen's Cathedral/Stephensplatz? Metro. Museum district? Metro.
Many parts of the city centre have been pedestrianised.
But aside from all that, especially if you're from the US, Venna almost certainly has better public transport than your hometown.
And I think part of the Vienna experience is being in a city with world-class public transport.
The imposing staircase, of the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London, originally opened in 1873 as the Midland Grand Hotel
Credit photo to its original owner, via thirdeyetraveller
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