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This is just glorious. It's @notjustbikes utterly, comprehensively destroying John Forrester's arguments for vehicular cycling.

It included reading through Forrester's books, going to the 1970s studies Forrester cited, and finding he fraudulently claimed the studies said the opposite to what they actually did.

(For the unfamiliar, John opposed bike lanes and protected bike infrastructure in the US because he wanted to promote a macho masculine MAMIL cycling culture where cyclists ride like cars in mixed traffic on busy main roads. Then he whined that few people wanted to cycle, and that cycling was a niche activity few people engaged with.)

Apparently Forrester also claimed to be a cycling expert yet never actually visited The Netherlands.

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

#cycling #Bicycle #bike #Urbanism #vehicularcycling #bicycling #UrbanPlanning

AJ Sadauskas

@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au · 3 months ago

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Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟‍♂️

@waeiski@vis.social · 3 months ago

Come work with me as a project planner! You get to coordinate cutting-edge #research and #stakeholder interactions on using #VirtualReality in #UrbanPlanning focusing specifically on #mobility and #cycling.

So if you are based in #Helsinki, #Espoo, #Vantaa or anywhere nearby the Finnish capital region and looking for a #job #work #työpaikka, please apply!

https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Project-planner-to-The-Digital-Geography-Lab/1330862557/?feedId=350602

#VR #Research #Tiede #Tutkimus

Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟‍♂️

@waeiski@vis.social · 3 months ago

So if you are based in #Helsinki, #Espoo, #Vantaa or anywhere nearby the Finnish capital region and looking for a #job #work #työpaikka, please apply!

https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Project-planner-to-The-Digital-Geography-Lab/1330862557/?feedId=350602

#VR #Research #Tiede #Tutkimus

internetarchive

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 3 months ago

🧵 UC Berkeley’s California Local Government Documents Collection, hosted by the Internet Archive, makes local planning treasures accessible. The 1990 Loyola Corners Neighborhood Commercial Center Specific Plan (Los Altos) shows how specific plans help cities tailor design, circulation & development standards to local needs while balancing growth & community character.

Explore more California city & county specific plans here:
https://archive.org/details/igscalocalgovdocs

#UCBerkeley #UrbanPlanning #DigitalArchives

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Cover of the “Specific Plan: Loyola Corners Neighborhood Commercial Center,” prepared for the City of Los Altos. Features black icons representing cars, shops, dining, and people. Stamped “Institute of Environmental Studies Library, University of California, April 30, 1983."

Architectural drawing showing the proposed elevation of a small commercial building along Fremont Avenue, with two-story structures featuring awnings, trees in front, planters, and a parked car on the street. The storefronts include signage for various shops, illustrating a pedestrian-oriented design concept.

Diagram labeled “Existing View at Fremont and ‘A’ St.” showing a cross-section of a street with cars, pedestrians, poles, and signage. Below are listed problems such as overhead wires, uneven pavement, and visual clutter. Prepared by Donald A. Wolle & Associates and Hartley Associates Landscape Architects.

Cover page of the General Plan for Albany, California, including the Albany Hill Area Specific Plan. The design shows a black-and-white illustration of hills and a bridge. Text at the top reads “Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, June 1, 1987.” Published by Duncan & Jones.

Nithin Coca నితిన్

@ncoca@social.coop · 3 months ago

#KualaLumpur is a frustratingly annoying city from a #transit and #walkability perspective.

Perfectly nice, clean, on-schedule trains, lovely stations, surrounded by horrible connectivity and terrible pedestrian access. It's a system designed to fail, and there's no reason it should be this bad.

#Malaysia

Kalvin Carefour Johnny

@kalvin0x58c@kupi.my replied · 3 months ago

@ncoca Welcome to the pavements/sidewalks of Malaysia! Malaysia's development overly focuses on roads, to the extent that they forget pedestrians have legs and lives too, and need to walk. Maybe the politicians are enjoying their wealthy life in moneyland while we are all in poverty, and we are blamed for our poverty.

#malaysia #infrastructure #urbanplanning #pedestrians #sidewalks #poverty #injustice #governance #sabah #advocacy #roadsafety #development #walkability