"The priority should not be to replace every car with its electric equivalent but rather to rethink #mobility in general.
"Placing so much focus on the automobile and even now the electric automobile is not the way that we solve our mobility problems, but rather it's time to invest in #transit, in #cycling, in walkable cities, to get people out of #cars altogether," they said."
Future cargo trailer hauling MTB... if I can get it back up to speed. But now it has shiny stickers (but no tires... yet... since the online retailer I purchased the new tires from apparently sends their packages by mule train). #cycling#BikeTooter
We need at leasst 17 more people using the #BikeNite hashtag (on public posts) to have a shot of trending.
Why do I care? Because Mastodon isn't the greatest for discoverability. I think BikeNite is a cool community and I would like to see more cyclists able to find us and participate in this a/synchronous weekly structured chat. @mastobikes@fedibikes@bikenite#Cycling#BikeTooter#fahrrad
Today we went to visit a solar cycle/foot-path in Groningen. Solar road surfaces are of course completely idiotic. Why ? Because solar cells work best when they're not in shade, when they're not covered in thick translucent plastic, when there are no pebbles, sand or cigarette butts on them, and when they are at an angle towards the sun which also allows the rain to wash them.
But anyway, it was an arbitrary local destination for us on today's 70 km round trip. @eevblog #velomobile#regel17#solarroad#solarcyclepath#groningen#cycling#scandalouswasteofresources
How would you park your #bike at a low #BicycleParking rack like the one in the photo? 👇
1️⃣ Front wheel in, no lock
2️⃣ Front wheel in, wheel locked to rack
3️⃣ Rear wheel in, no lock
4️⃣ Rear wheel in, wheel locked to rack
5️⃣ Rear wheel in, wheel and frame locked to rack
In the photo, the bike is parked 1️⃣ front wheel in and not locked at all.
🧵 A phenomenon keeps happening both online & in person that angers, saddens, & devalues me. So I'm attempting to explain why it has this effect & what I'd hope people would do instead.
When I arrived at UC Davis to prepare to start grad school in summer 2019, I found the first of many damaging ableisms - the cycle racks were not accessible to the types of cycles I ride. Yet I'd be cited & my bike impounded if I didn't park there. 1/? #Cycling#UCAccessNow#BikeTooter#Urbanism
Kia ora toot friends. (Hello in Māori language)
Tonight I am bringing some #transport, #bikes, #cycling, #urbanism and #antiCar#memes.
I hope you enjoy them and are radicalised like I am. Once you start seeing how we've been trapped by #carDependency you cannot unsee it again.
Let's fight for space for people, cities that are walkable, accesible, clean, green and safe.
Of course, please contribute your own memes to the thread and also radicalise your family, workmates and friends!
Kona bikes close. Stages power meters close. Rapha laying off US staff. All in one week.
The high end of recreational #cycling has become increasingly unsustainable. Prices are too high for consumers, and companies locked into a system where they cannot reduce costs. A house of cards
Well, at least if you buy a Tesla, you're not supporting big oil companies like Exxon — oh wait...
"Oil major Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) is in talks with Tesla (TSLA.O), Ford Motor (F.N), Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) and other automakers to supply lithium, Bloomberg Law reported on Monday citing people familiar with the matter."
My membership of British Cycling has come around for renewal and I have no hesitation in telling them to get lost. The fact that they took on a major sponsorship deal with Shell (SHELL!) in October and have refused to reverse that decision is appalling. This is classic greenwashing - Shell are continuing to extract all the oil they can. Cycling should not offer shelter to the fossil fuel companies putting profit ahead of the planet.
I was reflecting yesterday on how many cyclists on the UC Davis campus I saw doing the same self-centered, unsafe things I see drivers do.
And I know it's because most are drivers who are self-centered, and reckless.
I reflected on how, if we want more people to leave cars at home, we're going to be dealing with exactly this unless we find a way to educate, carrot & stick safer, more community-minded culture in new cyclists. #BikeTooter#Cycling