Darío Hidalgo Guerrero🇨🇴

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Share the Road signs are intentionally dumb.

It's time to stop using SHARE THE ROAD signs. They're deliberately vague and often misinterpreted. The real point of the signs: to remind drivers that bike riders have a right to use the full lane and that they need to be attentive and safe around riders. They don't connote both sides bullshit.

This publication just hit its 100th citation (Googke Scholar) 🤓
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Firstly our good traffic safety record is not an accident (pun intended). It is the result of decades of strategic work. In the 1980s Helsinki's track record was horrible. E.g. 18 pedestrians and 6 cyclists died in Helsinki's traffic in 1983. And the population was 200k lower! (~490k)

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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND

Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths.

This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻

A little background 🧵 1/

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NEW: “Canadian urbanist @brenttoderian.bsky.social teamed up with the city of Paris and, in particular, its mayor, @annehidalgo.bsky.social on a new exhibition that shines a light on cities and global climate action.”

Thanks very much @momentummag.bsky.social for the great questions! #Paris

Active mobility, equity and inclusion The expansion of urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been marked by spatial fragmentation, unequal infrastructure provision, and …

Active mobility, equity and inclusion
Ana Margarita Larrañaga
Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Daniel Oviedo
Alejandro Ruiz-Padillo
Latin American Transport Studies
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A research agenda

Further, steeper, greener: Implications from an electric bicycle mode choice model Electric bicycles are transforming the active mobility landscape, potentially increasing active mode uptake and delivering environmental and health benefits. This study examines electric bicycle mo...

Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace:

"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"

"I am also a ferry," says the Tram.
"I am also a bus," says the Ferry.
"I am also a train," says the Bus.
"I am also a tram," says the Train.
#Switzerland's way of showing a national or regional transit pass buys access to all of the above.

It's not the mode—it's the mobility.

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The frequency, shelters, and low cancelation rate are the most
critical aspects of the Buses of High Level of Setvice BHLS to gain ridership🚌
Case study in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Dekker (2025) #TUDelft #EBS
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PARIS CITY HALL EXHIBITION TO OPEN JUNE 21st! I’m proud to join Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, iconic artist Shepard Fairey @obeygiant.bsky.social & local leaders next week to open this conversation-changing EXHIBITION on city leadership in climate action! www.paris.fr/evenements/d...

SPATIAL ACCESSIBILITY TO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INTEGRATED MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF SANTIAGO DE CALI: EQUITY ANALYSIS Urban planning should focus on providing inclusion and access to opportunities for marginalized groups. The literature shows the need for more case st…

Accessibility assessment for equity analysis
Public transport system in Cali🇨🇴

Oribio Quiñones et al. (2015)

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Bonitos, feos, útiles o polémicos: la lucha por el espacio público se libra en los bancos Estos asientos son mucho más que elementos sobre los que descansar: estructuran la experiencia del espacio público, marcan ritmos, generan encuentros y son testigos del día a día de la calle

"El banco urbano dice mucho de cómo una ciudad concibe su espacio público. No es solo un asiento, es una invitación a quedarse y a formar parte del paisaje -sin más pretensión que estar- y una herramienta democrática para disfrutar de la calle más allá del consumo" elpais.com/icon-design/...

Understanding efforts to (de)legitimize Bus Rapid Transit implementation A media analysis of the protests in Örebro, Sweden Protests against various transition projects, including both infrastructure and policy changes, are not uncommon and have been observed in diverse con…

Understanding efforts to (de)legitimize Bus Rapid Transit implementation
A media analysis of the protests in Örebro, Sweden
Jakob Allansson
Urban Transitions
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
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"Missing Mobilities: The Popular Transport Gap in Climate Adaptation"
TH Tun, JM Klopp, HI Kharodawala, B Welle
#Prism @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @wrirosscities.bsky.social

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An activist thinks my concern about free bus fares is evidence that I’m trapped in a “consultant’s mindset.” Busy day for me, so for now I’ll just leave this here in case anyone wants to either defend or pile on.

New publication
Elorduy, J. L., & Gento, A. M. (2025). Accessibility of public transport for people with disabilities: a systematic literature review. Transport, 40(1), 74–93.
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public transport, transport policy, disability, accessibility

Analysis of BRT systems and its implications on physical activity using a hurdle model statistical approach Past research has explored the relationship between physical activity and public transit availability. Evidence suggests an increase in physical activ…

Analysis of BRT systems and its implications on physical activity using a hurdle model statistical approach
Perez Villasenor, Lopez Castro,Welle, Miranda-Moreno
Case Studies on Transportation Policy
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
Data 🇲🇽🇧🇷
Positive impact found

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Pic of Pontevedra from the air

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

New Publication 🚨🚨
Multidimensional Evaluation Model for Sustainable and Smart Urban Mobility in Global South Cities: A Citizen-Centred Comprehensive Framework
Angarita-Lozano
+Hidalgo, Díaz-Márquez, Morales-Puentes, Mendoza-Moreno
Sustainability, 2025
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New Publication 🚨🚨
Multidimensional Evaluation Model for Sustainable and Smart Urban Mobility in Global South Cities: A Citizen-Centred Comprehensive Framework
Angarita-Lozano
+Hidalgo, Díaz-Márquez, Morales-Puentes, Mendoza-Moreno
Sustainability, 2025
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...

Happy mother's cycling day

Some applications, like Bogotá BRT, have been able to carry extreme ridership at a very low relative cost
Calling it a failed planning concept is not precise
@taras-grescoe.com @humantransit.bsky.social

Innovative interventions for transforming road capacity, safety and emissions on the England's strategic road network Traffic demand has been forecasted to increase between 24 % to 72 % by 2040 on the England's Strategic Road Network (SRN), exacerbating existing probl…

Intercity BRT with Park & Ride represents the most comprehensive and implementable option, offering strong performance across all criteria and feasibility for short-term execution
Analysis of England's strategic road network
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Feng et. al (2025)

Hola soy Mobility Behaviour y me gustaría hacerme conocer en Bluesky, te agradezco la difusión.

Publico cosas relacionadas con movilidad sostenible, bienestar urbano y derecho a la ciudad.

Shawn Micallef: Vehicles have become weapons by design — and public space is in their crosshairs A culture like ours weaponizes vehicles — from the way they are designed to the way the roads they run on are designed.

“drivers in cars, SUVs and trucks threaten the safety of our public spaces everyday but we treat the damage they do like the weather: something inevitable that just happens.”

An excellent opinion piece on car-dominance & car-violence in Canada by @shawnmicallef.bsky.social (no paywall).

"No hay datos para llamar, no hay internet. Esto es lo que hay: el apocalipsis. Y bueno, sí, ante el apocalipsis, está pasando lo de siempre". El relato del guionista Eduard Sola, atrapado el lunes en un tren detenido en medio de la nada por el apagón dozz.es/smqog3

Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit Introduction on Local Economy in a Developing City: A Case Study in Brasília - Masanori Sagawa, Daniel del Barrio Alvarez, Lucas Alves, Hironori Kato, 2025 This study investigated the economic impacts of bus rapid transit (BRT) on local economies in Brasília, Brazil, using a difference-in-differences method by matc...

BRT introduction in Brasilia had a significantly positive impact around its stations. Stratified analyses also revealed that it had a significantly positive impact on local economies, notably in lower-income areas
Sagawa et al. (2025)
#ExpressoDF
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Does formal public transport serve the city well? The importance of semiformal transport for the accessibility in Medellín, Colombia Accessibility to public transport is a fundamental component of connecting individuals to urban services. Guided by the UN Habitat Sustainable Development Goal 11.2, which aims to ensure accessible, s...

New publication

Stiller D, Wurm M, Sapena M, Nieland S, Dech S, Taubenböck H (2025) Does formal public transport serve the city well? The importance of semiformal transport for the accessibility in Medellín, Colombia🇨🇴. PLoS ONE 20(4): e0321691
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Some applications, like Bogotá BRT, have been able to carry extreme ridership at a very low relative cost
Calling it a failed planning concept is not precise
@taras-grescoe.com @humantransit.bsky.social