we were planning on taking the tram to Skansen & lucked out when this beauty showed up fikastockholm.com/city-guide/h...
Fionnuala Quinn
@finnbike.bsky.social
Walk. Bike. Access. Safety. Design. Signs. Plazas. Corgis. Dublin. Reston. I forgot traffic gardens. Traffic gardens too.
ICYMI Last week, I released a fascinating conversation with @finnbike.bsky.social about the history and future of Traffic Gardens as a strategy to help create safer, more inviting communities for all ages & abilities. Now available in audio-only and video versions www.activetowns.org/2026/07/17/t...
Traffic Gardens
EPISODE 348, SEASON 11: In this episode, I connect with Fionnuala Quinn, founder of Traffic Garden Designs We discuss the history and future of Traffic Gardens The Traffic Garden Prof...
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As we strive to make our streets safer for children, we must also give children safe and fun opportunities to develop the skills they need to use them. That’s where traffic gardens come in. Listen in to Fionnuala Quinn (@finnbike.bsky.social) with @John Simmerman of @activetowns.bsky.social:
the memorial that went up yesterday for Guillaume, a beloved neighborhood cat, is now covered in flowers
June 25 - July 10, shop the 50th anniversary collection! 📍300 7th St SW ➡️ Weekdays: 8AM to 6PM (ext. hours until 7PM on Wednesdays & Fri, 6/26) ➡️ Weekends: 10AM to 5PM Make a day of it! Grab your merch & take a short walk to the Great American State Fair! Be sure to tag us in your photos 📸
a roll call of all the familiar pedestrian danger spots: Richmond Highway, Little River Turnpike, Gallows Road, Leesburg Pike
WTOP News@wtopnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago5 killed in 5 crashes over 48 hours in Fairfax County
There are so many things I love about my town, and our bike traffic signage is definitely one of them. Portland, OR.
inspired to dig through my own collection of wave racks in the wild. This remains my all-time favorite, thanks to the mosaic & general challenges captured
Warren Wells, AICP@warrenjwells.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen the person installing a bike rack has never used a bike rack.
The June Traffic Gardens newsletter just went out! This month's edition includes new resources to help communities find & evaluate potential traffic garden sites, updates from the growing global traffic garden map, & a surprise blast from my own past! You can read the latest here: lnkd.in/eXQNvhd4
blackcurrants at Reston Farmers Market today - together with gooseberries & red currants, they were once common in the U.S. but largely disappeared after 1900s ban on growing them tied to white pine blister rust. Taste for them & culinary knowledge was lost so you rarely encounter them
Fun in the suburbs! Come for the free boat rentals, stay for the brutalist architecture, fantastic 1960s planning history, and the dozens of turtles at Lake Anne. Free pedal boat, kayak, and SUP rentals for Play All Day/Father's Day (normally the fees are $15 to $30)
FFXnow@ffxnow.bsky.social · 2mo agoReston community invited to 'Play All Day' with free recreational activities
"tis many the crossbar I had way back in the day. A great way home late at night
Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · 2mo agoFreedom.
Cruinniú na nÓg happening today all over Ireland! Day of Creativity for the Young - love it! So many fun things cruinniu.gov.ie
Cruinniú na nÓg - A day of free creativity for children and young people
Ireland is the first, and only, country in the world to have a national day of free creativity for children and young people under 18. Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland ...
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Every bike advocate now working round the clock to entirely change their community, state, country & in Tom’s case, many countries: “I was just trying to get bike racks at our local school”
Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · 2mo agoLooking forward to the Safe Routes To School National Conference - taking my kids to school on their bikes is what got me into this space. Fall is going to be a busy time for speaking engagements with dates in Minneapolis, AUS, NZ and now potentially the UK in September creativebyrovelo.com/events
"Who said a woman can't drive?" Hot topic in 1938 (Public Safety magazine)
Happy Bicycle Day! One of my earliest bicycle memories is sitting on a cushion tied on the back rack of my granny’s bicycle when she cycled from her farm down to the village shop. I thought that bicycle was lost but this photo showed up a few years ago (that’s not my granny but a Dublin cousin).
My local bus service + my local bike advocacy organization so you know I'm excited about this. Just a teeny tiny bit disappointed that I saw it on Bluesky first 'cos spotting it unexpectedly in the wild would have been even better. Looks like I’ll be stalking local buses for the near future
Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · 2mo agoAn advocacy group in Virginia is running this ad on buses. 🔥🔥
🚫🌧️ Unfortunately, our "Ride and Read" event at the Traffic Garden on Thursday, May 21st, has been canceled due to weather conditions. Stay safe and dry, everyone! We'll keep you posted if we can reschedule. 📚🚴♀️
