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@SarahJ_Berry

7 Feb

Just a year ago I was someone who resented cyclists in London. I never imagined that I could ever be one of them.

Now, city cycling is one of the best parts of my life.

Here’s what helped me change my mind:

Seeing people like me cycle joyfully made a huge difference.

That included young women, anxious women, women on upright bikes, women with fruit and veg, or even better — a new houseplant — in their basket, people wearing skirts or dresses.

Representation matters.

But it wasn’t just seeing people like me. It was also seeing people who I thought were even less likely to cycle than me.

Pregnant women, elderly people, small children.

“If cycling was really as dangerous as I think it is, they wouldn’t be doing it” is what I thought.

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@SarahJ_Berry

25 Jan

This weekend, I got together with a bunch of other Twitter friends and had a brainstorm on how pedestrians can work together to end car culture.

Together, we generated over 130 ideas.

I've narrowed these down to 19 campaign angles that have the potential to chip away at car culture -- and which we're now looking to develop into fully fledged campaigns.

But first -- we need to connect with the folks already working on these issues.

Below, I've listed the 19 campaign angles we're considering. If you know an individual, organisation or other group already doing good work on this -- can you reply and let me know about them?

That way we can make sure we're not reinventing the wheel.

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@SarahJ_Berry

12 Jan

To all of those who say “the research isn’t in” on the effectiveness of low traffic neighbourhoods…

I present, a thread:

(DM me anything I miss!)

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods reduce road traffic injuries: findingspress.org/article/18330-…

New walking and cycling infrastructure (like LTNs) increases number of pedestrians and cyclists AND increase in physical activity sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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@SarahJ_Berry

12 Jan

🌟🌟 Celebrities riding bikes: a thread 🌟🌟

Justin Theroux

Sarah Jessica Parker (bonus points for a hire bike!)

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@SarahJ_Berry

10 Jan

What if I told you these waterways used to be motorways?

It’s true.

On the left is the Catarijnesingel in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Historically, this had always been a waterway. But in the 1950s the Netherlands, like lots of the world, got obsessed with building roads.

So they turned their canal into this

In 2002, a referendum was held in which residents voted to have the waterway restored and the road removed.

Work began, and last year the old canal was opened once again.

“In Utrecht, we choose water and greenery over a highway for cars.”

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@SarahJ_Berry

16 Dec 20

Here's the simple truth that most folk don't believe: traffic isn't inevitable.

We're not stuck with a set number of cars on our roads. We can control more than simply which streets cars can and cannot travel on and who has to suffer congestion.

We can give people the option to leave their car at home for one, some or all of their journeys.

We can build neighbourhoods that allow people to get rid of their cars altogether.

We can free ourselves from the car trap.

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