"You will never change anyone’s mind out there on the road. Once you’ve arrived safely you can go ahead and fight the evils of motordom all day long." Pragmatic advice from Eben Weiss in Outside Magazine.
The German (speaking) cycling community has been mourning #Natenom since we received the dreadful news this morning. This site shows the locations of some of us who logged into the app "Critical Map" tonight in honour and memory of Natenom.🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ https://www.criticalmaps.net/map#6/51.124/11.667
When you fight for bike lanes in your town and read about fights in other towns, you quickly find that the same arguments come up again and again. Some of them are silly, some serious. I think this is the best and most substantive article I've read about the three most common political arguments against bike lanes (ignoring the "but they run stop signs" one). Well worth your time. https://www.tvo.org/article/debunking-three-big-myths-about-bike-lanes#BikeTooter#RoadSafety
Seen on NextDoor (so you don’t have to - who laughs at this?):
Bellevue flooded road closures. Drivers are warned to turn around and use a different route if they encounter water over the street. Take it easy out there and please turn on your headlights!!!
'No Mow May' causes some concern over safety. We explain what it SHOULD be about. More councils need to read beyond the headline. My local one hasn't so is ballsing up the verges. Really wish people would actually read detail. Hey ho. Anyway, enough of my moaning, the show is packed with good stuff this week, do please go listen.
The Robotruck Industry Is Lobbying Against Road Safety
On Friday, California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have banned self-driving trucks from being on the road without a safety operator aboard. This move followed a six-figure lobbying effort from the autonomous vehicle industry.
I suppose in a city that has imported US automobility values, it's not surprising that the #Galway Advertiser would print a US cartoonist rather than commissioning someone locally, and one that reinforces #motonormativity and the victim blaming that is such a feature of Ireland's #RoadSafety approach. #GalwayCityOfCars