Morten Kabell
@mortenkabell.bsky.social
Green urbanist. 2014-17 Mayor in Copenhagen (Mobility, Climate & Urban Dev.) 2018-20 CEO Copenhagenize & European Cyclists Fed. 🏳️🌈🐻 Born at 326 ppm
Med Landbrug og Fødevarer (“skyerne ser mørke ud for dansk landbrug og danske fødevarevirksomheder”) og Berlingske (“Jeg spår denne regering en kort levetid … Enhedslisten trækker notorisk i en skadelig retning…”) vil jeg glæde mig til at se det nye regeringsgrundlag… #danmark
“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”
Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts.
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
motherjones.com
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
In cities, street space is a really scarce (and under-valued) commodity. Increasing vehicle size costs everyone. And vehicle weight determines your impact on the wear-and-tear of cities. So this kind of public policy is really just common sense.
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇@taras-grescoe.com · 10mo agoOn Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight. The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.) Direct democracy!
Afskaf brugerbetaling på tandbehandling og receptpligtig medicin. Adgang til behandling skal sikres af sygesikringskortet - ikke dankortet. Det klare budskab fra pressemødet i @enhedslisten.bsky.social #dkpol www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
LIVE: Seneste nyt fra dansk politik
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion. So much for “making cities better…” Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
wsj.com
Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river. #TheTruthAboutTraffic
“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That might sound strange, but the science is clear.” Why e-bikes give more exercise than “acoustic” bikes. (but both are excellent for better cities, and both are a LOT cheaper than cars, especially after tariffs!)
Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes
Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange (and...
electrek.co
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
“The survey revealed that traders who drive to their business estimated much higher customer car use (29%) than traders that use other modes of transport (between 10% and 19%).” The actual car use was 7%. Yet another survey showing again that retailers constantly overestimate customer car-use.
Shoppers’ Mobility Habits: Retailers Overestimate Car Use
rifs-potsdam.de
“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.” Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Alejandro Cencerrado 7291@alexbici.bsky.social · 2y agoEs alucinante cómo ha bajado la contaminación en París en 15 años. Anne Hidalgo lo ha llenado todo de carriles bici y no sólo ha reducido la contaminación en un 40%, sino que ha sido reelegida.
READ THIS! You don’t just improve city life by removing something bad (cars). You do it by putting wonderful things for people where the cars used to be! Read #Oslo’s “Car-Free” Livability Program (it’s not really car-free, but there are a lot fewer of them): www.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/...
You laugh, but this is Elon Musk’s plan for public transit.
New Year New Skeeter@blacktimusprime.bsky.social · 2y agoI can’t keep defending New York 😭
“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.” Leadership. #Paris www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...
Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car
In Paris, Barcelona and Brussels, authorities are adopting varied approaches to the task of reducing congestion and pollution
theguardian.com
“A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century. We’re in the 21st.” - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8fba...
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century’
Accused of desecrating the French capital, the politician wants more bikes, green spaces and social housing
ft.com
Jeg tror ikke, at @kristianmadsen.bsky.social er en stor fan af Pernille R-T’s københavnerstrategi 😂
Kristian Madsen@kristianmadsen.bsky.social · 2y agoFra en anonym kilde har jeg modtaget et hemmeligt udkast til Socialdemokratiet i Københavns valgplakat til KV25! Det bliver en vinder!
The failure of #Tesla #autopilot is further proof that we don’t need more driverless cars. We need more car-less drivers. Do we agree, @aoc.bsky.social?
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2y agoA new analysis of National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration crash data shows that Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands in the US. sherwood.news/business/tes...
Jeg kæmper forgæves med at forstå strategien med, at beskrive det som 'tæt på umuligt' at opnå valg. Hvem gider at stemme på Æslet fra Peter Plys? "Nu skal vi fortælle københavnerne, hvordan vi vil styrke velfærden, forbedre folkeskolen og skabe en mangfoldig by!" www.berlingske.dk/politik/inte...
Intern måling sender chokbølger gennem Socialdemokratiet: Overborgmesterposten bliver »tæt på umulig«
Læs mere her.
berlingske.dk
Med et år til kommunalvalg er S godt i gang med at tale forventningerne helt ned under gulvbrædderne i København. Analyse👇 nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024... #dkpol
Er S ved at forberede sig på århundredets nederlag i København?
ANALYSE: Med et år til kommunalvalg er S i gang med at tale forventningerne ned under gulvbrædderne.
nyheder.tv2.dk
RESEARCH: People Walking Spend More In U.K. Shops Than Motorists. For the record, people on bikes & riding transit do too. No surprise here, study after study has concluded this & it’s really just common sense. But I still welcome every bit of evidence we can share. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
People Walking Spend More In U.K. Shops Than Motorists, Finds ‘Pedestrian Pound’ Research
The third iteration of The Pedestrian Pound shows that people on foot spend more money than people arriving by car.
forbes.com
"By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees."
Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees
The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.
bloomberg.com
People only say a space is an echo chamber when left wing thought dominates
