"In France, car advertisements will now require a caveat encouraging consumers to walk, cycle or take public transport wherever possible as part of new regulation due to come into power in March." #bikes4climate #biketooter #walkability https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/01/06/france-mandates-car-ads-must-urge-viewers-walk-cycle-or-take-public-transport

"Cashel Stewart, South Portland’s sustainable transportation coordinator, told the panel that his city has offered rebates of $300 for e-bikes and $500 for electric cargo bikes since September. It has given out 25 rebates so far, Stewart said.

“Bicycling is critical to Maine meeting its climate action goals,” Stewart told legislators, adding that “electric bicycle technology is particularly transformative and inclusive." #SoPo #SouthPortlandME #ebikerebates #Bikes4Climate #MaineBikeTooters

Self-driving cars would be a climate disaster https://www.fastcompany.com/90846919/self-driving-cars-would-be-a-climate-disaster #Bikes4Climate #Urbanism #AutonomousVehicles

Please submit testimony in support! Here's how

Step 1: Visit http://mainelegislature.org/testimony
Step 2: Choose public hearing
Step 3: Choose Energy Utilities & Tech Committee from drop down
Step 4: Choose Feb 7 and LD 256
Step 5: Submit written testimony or sign up to testify over Zoom
(HT to Colin Durrant) #MaineBikeTooters #MaineLife #ElectricBikes #Bikes4Climate

A proposed bill to add electric bikes to Maine’s electric vehicle rebate program (LD 256) will receive a public hearing on 2/7! (HT to ColinDurant on Twitter)
#MaineBikeTooters : Submit your written testimony or testify live.
https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ID=280085480
https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/
#Bikes4Transport #Bikes4Climate #ElectricBikes #Maine #MaineLife

Excited to share my LivingChangePodcast.com is soon to launch. Here's the trailer video in a LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrealearned_livingchange-podcast-culvercity-activity-7022358031791263744-kc08?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop #LivingChange #Climate #Leadership #eBikes #Bikes4Climate #PoliticalWill #KEXP

@MobilityMaine
Being "stuck" in them usually means being surrounded by others, driving someplace else than you, going in different directions and you are going too far to make it easy to go on foot/bike.

We always remember that it didn't use to be this way when we were young.

#Bikes4Climate #Bikes4Transport #CarDependency

If Americans actually love their cars as much as we say we do (and as much as the money we spend on them implies), then why are we always griping about being "stuck" in them? #Bikes4Climate #Bikes4Transport #CarDependency

"To create a Vision Zero plan in Maine, GPCOG hosted four public forums last fall drawing roughly 100 people. An online survey has generated 150 responses, and people have marked 120 “hazards” on a map of area roads. The agency hopes to gather more feedback in the coming weeks to inform a draft report that will go to the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System board for approval." #Maine #Bikes4Climate #RoadDesign #Walkable
https://www.pressherald.com/2023/01/09/caution-drivers-portland-area-study-looks-to-pinpoint-danger-zones/

Maine DOT seeking public input on transportation plans, including public transit and active transportation! Through January. Mainers: Let’s fight climate change with design changes that also promote a healthy lifestyle and less personal $ indebtedness for vehicles. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/27763afe326645c285cb1d726ee68cae #Maine #MaineDOT #activetransit #walkability #PublicTransport #Bikes4Climate

Great piece with a thorough look at the #eBike for city #localtrips #transportation from NPR's Adam Bearne here.

For those of you who follow me in the #climate #leadership and corporate #sustainability #ESG spaces, figuring out how to tap/align with this movement = huge #ClimateInfluence. Advising on how to do this super strategically is my work.

#bikes4climate #cities #urbanism #mobility

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/02/1146543157/e-bikes-could-be-a-more-affordable-way-to-reduce-emissions

For some reason I become even more aware of the noise pollution from motor vehicles more when I’m on my bike than when walking. #Bikes4Climate #bikes4fun

@eeen Fantastic. The vegan/ #bikes4climate intersection is real! :-)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brake-a-streetsblog-podcast/id1610029625 I am working my way through The Brake, a Streetsblog podcast that started in March 2022. I’ve listened to 4 of the 8: The (Too Brief) History of Traffic Memorials in America, Who Gets Hurt When Cities Ban E-Scooters?, What the Last Decade has done for the Walkability Movement (Jeff Speck), & How to Start a Grassroots Safe astreets Mivement in your City. Well done! #walkability #Bikes4Climate #safestreets #Urbanism

@TRECpdx The smartest and most relevant U.S. cities are making this move. Thanks for all your team does TREC! #Bikes4Climate #eBikes #Climate #transportation

@NewUrbanism This is how you do #ClimateInfluence. Bikes for ALL is #Bikes4Climate

70-foot wide sidewalk across access road to #CapeElizabeth High School along a road where motor vehicles routinely exceed the 35 mph speed “limit”. #Maine #Bikes4Climate #KidsMobility #RoadDesign

All those bikers who run red lights! #Boston Huntington Ave. (A near-highway near the iconic Symphony Hall and only a few blocks from where a bicyclist was killed a few months ago). #Bikes4Climate #CarDependency

Falmouth, ME has the potential to have a fabulous walkable/bikeable town center. Instead it's mostly a #Stroad & parking lots. #Maine #urbanism #walkability #Bikes4Climate
A couple of mixed-use developments are in the works.

@_roman @pekkatahkola The https://www.youtube.com/@PekkaTahkola YouTube Channel should be seen by everyone who says it's the weather (rather than the lack of bike inn=frastructure) that keeps people from biking in the winter. #Maine #Bikes4Climate