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A hand holds a book, "Reclaiming the Road: Mobility Justice Beyond Complete Streets" by David Prytherch. A man sitting on a bench on a lush green street can be seen out-of-focus in the background.

"It's galling that the benefits of our roadway system accrue so disproportionately to higher-income, able-bodied, nonminority adult drivers, while the risks and harms fall especially on nondriving children, older people, those with disabilities, and lower-income communities." @uminnpress.bsky.social

08.09.2025 20:24 — 👍 47    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 0

Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it. Bigger cars, distracted drivers and worried parents mean fewer kids are roaming freely.

The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.

13.08.2025 16:38 — 👍 3089    🔁 723    💬 145    📌 72

Americans accept tens of thousands of deaths and *millions* of injuries every year of disproportionately young, healthy people as the reasonable cost of riding around cities in motorized easy chairs and if you say that’s an unacceptable and insane price to pay you sound like a crazy person.

21.05.2025 04:48 — 👍 83    🔁 16    💬 4    📌 1

It’s also a testament to how unhinged you have to be that we can’t discern between reality and parody.

21.05.2025 05:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We need to get you a scooter or bicycle! They'll work well for you even after the strike ends.

23.03.2025 05:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

40,000+ deaths per year in the US from vehicle violence. Not to mention the thousands of people who will suffer non-fatal injuries that could impact them their entire lives. More than 100 people will die at the hands of vehicle violence today.

19.03.2025 14:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wednesday’s ‘Rat Saw God’ is a fantastic album.

I’ve also had Medium Build’s ‘Country’ on repeat all winter.

Fingers crossed more Built to Spill in 2025!

08.01.2025 02:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our next governor right under our nose. Nobody has the courage to just ban it.

27.12.2024 05:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Some precious sparkling water cargo here.

25.11.2024 21:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.

"By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees."

19.11.2024 16:55 — 👍 1155    🔁 280    💬 14    📌 40