Drivers pass cyclists *a third of a metre closer* when the cyclist is in a painted (not protected) cycle lane
#Carbrain #CycleLanes

https://www.treehugger.com/painted-bike-lanes-are-car-magnets-4853839

Oooh. I see new segregated #CycleLanes appearing on Byres Road in #Glasgow. A proper #FloatingBusStop as well... Oooh..

Great video from @dublincyclingcampaign

#cycling #cyclelanes #dublin #paintisnotinfrastructure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ZfWhoFUz8

The best part about living in #Europe is that I can get on a train and experience different cultures, architecture etc. We should be copying good, sustainable urbanisation practices (e.g #cyclelanes ) while conserving cities’ identities.

Cooky ideas like putting a traffic cone on a Duke’s statue (à la #glesga ) add extra character to a city, it probably tells us that folk like a drink and roadworks are a commonly occurring thing.These things are fun because they are/were organic though… I think

Well if this is the number of #cyclists on the streets of #London in the middle of winter, I think we're going to need more #cycleLanes come the summer #cycling #transport

There are plans for an edible garden, nature play and a cycle lane for St James’ Linear Park. It’s the next phase in developing the park along a skinny kilometre of the Luas Red Line from Basin View in the east to Suir Road Bridge in the west.

https://dublininquirer.com/2023/01/25/plans-for-edible-garden-nature-play-and-cycle-lane-for-st-james-linear-park

#Dublin #Ireland #Rialto #park #CycleLanes

👇Agree, just made one addition.
#cyclelanes #activetravel #bikes #cities #onelesscar

Mia Gallagher writes to The Irish Times about non-joined-up thinking on cycle lanes https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/01/20/joining-up-the-sections-of-protected-cycle-lanes/
#CycleLanes #CyclingInfrastructure #MiaGallagher

Private cars versus public transport and active travel - letter to Irish Times from @ccferrie https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/01/10/private-cars-and-public-transport-system/ #CycleLanes #buses #cars

Good news for cyclists in London? Cycle lanes are set to be introduced on the one-way system between Finsbury Park and Holloway Road in Islington, connecting with Camden Road. Improvements for pedestrians to. Full story: https://www.londonworld.com/news/traffic-and-travel/cycleway-50-camden-finsbury-park-3977760 #cycling #CycleLanes #london #islington #camden #FinsburyPark #sustainability #SustainableTravel #sustainableliving

Wonder if we could come up with a rival to craigslist and/or pinkbike here to buy/sell bikes?

#cycling #procycling #safecycling #cycletouring #mountainbiking #trackcycling #roadcycling #bicycles #bikesharing #bikemaintenance #cyclelanes #cyclocross #cycleracing #electricbicycles #biketooters #velophants #tourdefrance #giro #vuelta #cobbledclassics #bikes

I really just want good, physically separated #cyclelanes
I don’t want to cycle on the pavement, I don’t really want to share the road with cars unless I have to, I just want GOOD cycling infrastructure.
That should not be a difficult ask in 2022 😔

@BrentToderian this is brilliant. I’d love to see this here in Nz instead of over-engineered hard landscaping solutions.
#cyclelanes

Hello, Mastodonians and #fediverse peeps in general.

This toot is written to be a form of reflective introspection.

Have you noticed how many politicians keep saying that their intentions are to deal with human-caused climate change by "sometime in the future"?

And yet, right here, right now - we (the majority) are still burning as many fossil fuels as ever. The majority of people (in fuel-powered economies) are still filling up our vehicles with diesel and petrol ("gas" in the USA).

The industries are still looking for, manufacturing, and investing in more fossil fuels. The sales in wood fuels are increasing as fossil fuels become more expensive (& fossil fuel industries make record profits).

Have you noticed how many politicians keep saying that their intentions are to deal with human-caused climate change by "sometime in the future"?

They're, in general, lying! (e.g., many politicians have close connections to the fuel industries)

"*Internal* Fossil Fuel Industry *Memos* Reveal Decades of Corporate Disinformation" https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/climate-deception-dossiers

This is how it can be - how it already could (just about) have been "100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.07.005

First, the industries tried to suppress the science that burning fossil fuels was heating up the climate. + cultures (average person) in general self-repress the medical evidence regarding how air pollution, and how their vehicles - are harming everyone's health (simply - they don't want to know)

They (the majority- country dependent) blame the climate protesters for stopping traffic. For demonstrating against air-polluting, harmful activities - rather than accepting the truth.

Traffic pollution (air pollution) causes brain damage: Retrospective cohort study. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 219(6), 678-685. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.119

Second, the industries and associated politicians speak climate "blah blah blah" (virtue signaling. i.e., moral grandstanding)

Have you noticed how many rich politicians & eco-damaging businesses keep saying that - their intentions are to deal with their own ecologically damaging activities and polluting products - but, by "sometime in the future"? (not specifically now. "maybe? in twenty years!", etc)

And yet, those that have been paying attention over the last decade - have noticed an obvious pattern - these same (personality types of) politicians & industries have been saying this "blah blah blah" for decades. If that is not deception? what is? (rhetorical question)

They really are habitual liars. They don't value honesty - they value being rich & they make profits by selling fuels & or investing money in fuel corporations. It's that simple!

"The H Factor of Personality
Why Some People are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitive—And Why It Matters for Everyone" https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/T/The-H-Factor-of-Personality

Right here, right now - we (the majority) are still burning as many fossil fuels as ever. We are still filling up our vehicles with diesel and petrol ("gas" in the USA). The industries are still looking for, manufacturing, and investing in more fossil fuels. The sales of wood fuels are increasing as fossil fuels become more expensive (& fossil fuel industries are making record profits).

"The effects of human-caused global warming are happening now, are irreversible for people alive today, and will worsen as long as humans add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere" https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

Even when renewable energy systems are installed on the electrical network - they are often in addition to the burning of fuels - not replacing them. That's china's general policy.

For example, the UK has one of the largest wood-burning power stations in Europe (DRAX - a big industry making lots of money from deforestation). And the same forms of deception can be seen on the https://www.drax.com/ website.

They are habitual liars - they know that woodfuel isn't, to quote the DRAX website "sustainable biomass" (i.e., burning wood).

They are simply doing the same greenwashing they did with fossil fuels - with woodfuel.

The science is clear - burning wood is extremely harmful to human health. "Use of wood stoves and risk of cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract: a case-control study Conclusion: “use of wood stoves may be linked to as many as 30% of all cancers occurring in the region”. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/27.6.936

The science is clear - burning wood (biomass) is a leading cause of climate heating, deforestation, wildlife extinction, soil erosion, etc.

"It’s time to stop "pretending" [deception & denial] burning forest biomass is carbon neutral" https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12716

The woodfuel & fossil fuel industries aren't stupid - they know that their products are extremely harmful. Criminals understand they're causing harm - but do it anyway (for money).

This blog post describes the liars' (& worse) personality characteristics "The unpleasant psychology of the dark side. (Age advisory rating 15+ or with adult supervision). https://empiricalperspective.home.blog/2022/12/04/the-unpleasent-psychology-of-the-darkside-age-advisory-rating-15-or-with-adult-supervision/

#corporation #industry #business #disinfromation #misinfromation #immorality #greed #corruption #AirPollution #GreenWash #PersonalityDifferences #liars #deception #CoverUps

#science #climatology #climate #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #Ecology #biodiversity #sustainabilty #wildlife #nature #health #CleanAir #RenewableEnergy #HomeInsulation #HeatPumps #ElectricTrains #CycleLanes #ElectricJets #Electrification #GreenHydrogen #space #nasa

Pyrmont Bridge Road: Enough clever to recognise that idling over the bike lane will give an advtange in pulling out on a busy road, but not enough to understand that doing so puts cyclists coming down the steep hill in danger. #cyclelanes

Have your say on the Sydney Harbour Bridge cycle ramp here: https://caportal.com.au/tfnsw/sydney-harbour-bridge-cycleway/map?select=option-have-your-say&mc_cid=e8589e91f6&mc_eid=adf0411d49 The interactive map allows you to make a comment, like someone else's comment, and counter any nimbyism/I need to park my car thereism. According to Omafiets there's a bit of a campaign to spoil the plans, which is a shame. I commuted to North Sydney regularly and whilst I was OK carrying bike up and down the steps, they are substantial and put off less experienced/physically able riders. #sydney #cycle #cyclelanes #sydneycycling #bikelanes #cycleways

"This is a message from cyclists to city decision makers. Thank you for your kind attention."

#citydesign #bikeinfrastructure #cycling #cyclelanes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acVQLNQH0Ps

If you’re into #cycling #procycling #safecycling #cycletouring #mountainbiking #trackcycling #roadcycling #bicycles #bikesharing #bikemaintenance #cyclelanes #cyclocross #cycleracing #electricbicycles #biketooters #velophants #tourdefrance #giro #vuelta #cobbledclassics #bikes in general, follow @velophants and see posts from like minded people. There is no 1 admin for the group. It’s an open forum for cycling fans + bike folks on Mastodon. Share the group. #sharetheloveofvelo

If you’re into #cycling #procycling #safecycling #cycletouring #mountainbiking #trackcycling #roadcycling #bicycles #bikesharing #bikemaintenance #cyclelanes #cyclocross #cycleracing #electricbicycles #biketooters #velophants #tourdefrance #giro #vuelta #cobbledclassics #bikes in general, follow @velophants - a group you can follow and see posts from like minded people. There is no 1 admin for the group. It’s an open forum for cycling fans + bike folks on Mastodon. #sharetheloveofvelo

@JamesGABrown The new off-road cycle lane on George St Newcastle-under-Lyme has made cycling on that stretch massively safer. Credit to Staffordshire County Council for seeing past the car-centric naysayers and for installing it. Much more needed, but it's a start. #CycleLanes