And of course, there is—but when we try to implement "School Streets," which are popular in European cities, suddenly kids' safety gets "complicated."

I dig into this vicious circle in my latest #Straphanger dispatch:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/we-love-car-free-school-streets

...like taking away parking, or closing an existing street, the answer is almost always: "it's too complicated."

I explore the gap between stated ideals and on-the-street reality in my latest #Straphanger dispatch:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/we-love-car-free-school-streets

But when it comes to taking away parking, or closing an existing street, the answer is often: "it's too complicated."

I explore the gap between stated ideals and on-the-street reality in my latest #Straphanger dispatch:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/we-love-car-free-school-streets

In my latest #Straphanger dispatch, I look at other examples of how cities are using transit networks—often combining cargobikes and trams—to deliver packages in cities.

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/death-to-the-sledgehammer-flyswatter

You can read more in my latest #Straphanger dispatch ( #icymi ) :

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/death-to-the-sledgehammer-flyswatter

Many cities have imagined ways to use transit networks (and cargo-bikes) to solve the last-mile delivery problem.

You can read more in my latest #Straphanger dispatch ( #icymi )

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/death-to-the-sledgehammer-flyswatter

…in my latest #Straphanger dispatch, this one on #Quebec’s P’tit Train du Nord

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/the-ptit-train-du-nord-revisited

How did things get so crazy?

I dig deeper into what some experts call "Motonormativity" in my weekly #Straphanger dispatches. You can sign up for more here:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/motonormativity

The English-language original is online at my #Straphanger page, here:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

The English-language original is online at my #Straphanger page, here:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

I dig deeper into how to get from where we are, to where we need to go, in my weekly #Straphanger dispatches on Substack.

You can sign up for them here:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/welcome-to-straphanger-from-taras

...in the 2nd of my #Straphanger dispatches on the REM.

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

You can find the English-language original here, in my weekly #Straphanger dispatch:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/a-ride-on-the-rem

For more off-the-wall, out-of-the-wall, and under-the-river solutions for thriving in a post-automobile world, you can sign up for my weekly #Straphanger dispatches here:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-bizarro-world-of-transit

..in my latest #Straphanger dispatch.

You can read more here:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/a-ride-on-the-rem

In my latest #Straphanger dispatch, I connect the dots between our global transportation choices—I'm talking about those 1.4 billion cars—and global heating (and why I'll keep on riding transit, and bikes).

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/the-chickens-are-coming-home-to-roast

You can find more off-the-wall transit solutions in my latest #Straphanger dispatch:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-bizarro-world-of-transit

...in my latest #Straphanger dispatch (below, the Wuppertal "Dangle-Bahn," built in 1901)...

You can find more examples of off-the-wall (and even out-of-the-wall) transit solutions in my latest #Straphanger dispatch:

https://straphanger.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-bizarro-world-of-transit

I'm mapping out another car-free voyage around the world.
(Working title— #Straphanger II: No Transfers.) I'm thinking of riding all the weird and wonderful forms of transport I missed the first time around.

This one will definitely be on the list... 🚇🧵