The US bombing of schoolchildren in Iran is the biggest single US massacre of civilians since My Lai. The Israeli bombing of Tehran’s oil storage constitutes the biggest single act of chemical warfare against a civilian population in history. Grotesque new depths of barbarism.

🚨New article by @tvlaake.bsky.social "Situating Equitable Infrastructure: Differentiated Cycling Planning in Mexico City and Toronto" dissects what is meant by 'equitable infrastructure,' esp wrt underserved populations and the places they inhabit. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Situating Equitable Infrastructure: Differentiated Cycling Planning in Mexico City and Toronto

The equitable distribution of infrastructure is a central concern of planning theory and practice. Developing an inter-urban comparison of bicycle equity policies in Mexico City and Toronto, the pa...

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Very pleased to see the first article from my PhD thesis published in Planning Theory and Practice. In the piece, I leverage the concurrent adoption of bicycle equity policies in Mexico City and Toronto to compare how intra-urban differences shape efforts to address infrastructural inequalities.

Planning Theory & Practice@planningtheory.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨New article by @tvlaake.bsky.social "Situating Equitable Infrastructure: Differentiated Cycling Planning in Mexico City and Toronto" dissects what is meant by 'equitable infrastructure,' esp wrt underserved populations and the places they inhabit. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'World Capital of the Bicycle'? Or just another cycling city among many? I'm excited to share a new project I've been working on: the long-awaited inclusion of Bogotá in the Cycling Cities book series. You can read about the project here: cyclingcities.info/cities/bogot...

Cycling Cities: Bogotá, Colombia - Cycling Cities

In 2018, Enrique Peñalosa, then mayor of Bogotá, declared the city the ‘World Capital of the Bicycle’. This rather self-congratulatory announcement raised several questions. Many asked whether the hon...

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Capping off 4 years of work in 2 hours is always a challenge, but I thoroughly enjoyed discussing my thesis with Paola Jirón and @natemillington.bsky.social today. Many thanks to all those who made this research project possible - supervisors, interlocutors, and interviewees!

Cristina Temenos@ctemenos.bsky.social · last yr.

Proud supervisor alert! Congratulations Dr. @tvlaake.bsky.social who defended his thesis: Between processes and instances: comparing the intra-urban differentiation of cycling policy & infrastructure provision in Greater Manchester, Mexico City, and Toronto.

NEW: Looks like CycleToronto won in court. Justice Schabas finds Ontario's law (AND version 2) to remove bike lanes infringe S7 of the Charter and is not saved by S1, in large part because the govt had no evidence to back up its claims.

From @alexsammon.bsky.social an acerbic takedown of the Hummer EV, Detroit's stupidest electric vehicle. Me, on the Hummer EV's superfluous acceleration: “Why an SUV needs to get zero to 60 under three seconds is a question with no answer."

It’s the Car That Explains Everything About America Right Now. Elon Musk Only Wishes He Made It.

In Florida, on the country’s most dangerous roads, I had a 9,500-pound revelation.

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Critical Mass

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

Leeds and Lancaster have several funded PhD places going in mobility, car ownership, etc. Great opportunities in-fuze.org.uk/research-at-...

Voor het eerst in het Nederlands geschreven over fietsen, en over Bogotá. Met @henk-jandekker.bsky.social nagedacht over wat de Ciclovía van Bogotá Nederland kan leren over fietsbeleid: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

Opinie: Laat het radicale fietsactivisme terugkeren

De Colombiaanse hoofdstad Bogotá stelt al vijftig jaar elke zondag 120 kilometer aan wegen open voor de fiets. Een voorbeeld voor Nederland, betogen Henk-Jan Dekker en Thomas van Laake.

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Vandaag in Trouw een reflectie van @tvlaake.bsky.social en mij over wat Nederland als fietsland kan leren van Ciclovía in Colombia: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

Opinie: Laat het radicale fietsactivisme terugkeren

De Colombiaanse hoofdstad Bogotá stelt al vijftig jaar elke zondag 120 kilometer aan wegen open voor de fiets. Een voorbeeld voor Nederland, betogen Henk-Jan Dekker en Thomas van Laake.

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A brief and intriguing history of the Netherlands' first urban cycling path, designed 50 years ago!

Karen Romme@karenromme.bsky.social · 2y ago

With all the attention for our Dutch cycling infrastructure because of climate change I decided to finally share the story (sorry its a longread) about why the first red cycling path was built in Tilburg and how it became red. #sustainability #climatechange

50 years ago, Tilburg initiated the Netherlands' first high-quality demonstration cycle route. The 10 kilometre project proved to be a pivotal moment in Dutch street design, introducing many engineering elements used today—including the now-ubiquitous red asphalt. www.karenromme.nl/the-story-of...

Earlier this month, Bogotá's Ciclovía marked it's 50th anniversary. In this @urbancyclinginstitute.org blog, @henk-jandekker.bsky.social and I reflect on what Bogotá tells us about cycling histories and futures: urbancyclinginstitute.org/ciclovia-at-...

Ciclovía at 50: Thinking cycling histories from Bogotá - Urban Cycling Institute

Written by guest authors:Thomas van Laake, doctoral researcher at the University of ManchesterHenk-Jan Dekker, post-doctoral researcher at CIRED The early 1970’s marked a critical juncture in the hist...

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Out now in @rtpiplanners.bsky.social North West review: an article with my reflections on cycling policy in Greater Manchester. I position the city region as a 'model' of pro-cycling reforms across heterogeneous urban agglomerations. Find the article here: www.rtpi.org.uk/find-your-rt...

Cycling infrastructures and their (informal) uses in the southwestern peripheries of Bogotá

A note of appreciation regarding the Bogotá Ciclovía, this year celebrating its 50th birthday! thebogotapost.com/celebrating-...

Celebrating the Ciclovía: Bogotá’s Weekly Miracle Turns 50

Bogotá's Ciclovía is about to celebrate its 50th birthday. Find out

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Beautiful sight. Toronto residents protesting Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s recently-passed Bill 212 that aims to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to rip out bike lanes across the city and the province. Time to fight back. #ONpoli #TOpoli #BikeTO

@hope2hope.bsky.social · 2y ago

Manchester is ~10 years behind Vancouver. I lived it there and it feels like dejavú here. MCR hasn’t gotten over it’s 2nd city syndrome and has embraced the ‘any development is good development ethos.’ There’s still a chance to actually do things differently 1/2

Dave Haslam@davehaslam.bsky.social · 2y ago

Copies of this poster appearing in Manchester this weekend. Worth a read. Applicable also to other British cities I am sure. Too many vested interests have talked up the emerging urban model.

On cycling, Greater Manchester hasn't been held back by a lack of ambition. In a second blog about last month's conference on cycling policy organised by @walkridegm.org.uk, Dr. Graeme Sherriff and I reflect on challenges of turning plans into reality: blogs.manchester.ac.uk/mui/2024/11/...

Cycling policy and practice in Greater Manchester: Between ambitious plans and the realities of delivery

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Bus stop in Valveralla, Catalonia

Last month, @walkridegm.org.uk co-organized a conference on cycling policy in Greater Manchester with local researchers. In this blog, we recap the day's discussions and lessons learned: www.walkridegm.org.uk/2024/11/08/r...

Recapping our mini conference

A guest blog by Thomas van Laake, Graeme Sherriff and Harry Gray. We asked them to share their reflections on our recent conference, which focussed on cycling advocacy and policymaking in Greater M…

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