Patrick Rérat @PatrickRerat@sciences.re Profile picture
Professor in Geography of Mobilities & Urban Planning, Co-head of the Observatory for Cycling and Active Mobilities, University of Lausanne
Aug 1, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
First map of Switzerland🇨🇭! Designed in 1480 by Albrecht von Bonstetten, dean of the monastery of Einsiedeln. This map was long considered as clumsy. Yet it is very revealing. Let’s have a look! 1/5 4 cardinal points. North (Septentrio) at the bottom

A mountain with 3 peaks: Rigi (queen of mountains)

A strip of land with the 8 cantons that made up the Confederation (Uri, Schwyz, Unterwald, Lucerne, Glarus, Zurich, Zug, Bern)

A blue sea with stars (not the EU!)
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Feb 2, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
New paper! "Beyond the car. Car-free housing as a laboratory to overcome the system of automobility” with Daniel Baehler in Applied Mobilities 50 free eprints bit.ly/3oFsWN8 Main results ⤵️1/4 We studied 9 car-free housing projects in Germany 🇩🇪and Switzerland . Residents commit to living without a private car ➡️ They give insights on how to decrease motorization in cities and to implement a post-car system and a #15minutecity 2/4
Aug 20, 2020 13 tweets 6 min read
L’obligation du #casque pour les usagers de #velo à assistance électrique 25 km/h est en consultation. Le débat devient vite émotionnel lorsque des doutes sont émis. Retour sur cette controverse et sur les bonnes questions à se poser! 1/ Précision: oui, le casque peut être utile (j’en porte un le + souvent). Mais non, le casque n’est pas la réponse adéquate aux questions de sécurité. Pire, le débat actuel est à mon sens contreproductif… Voici pourquoi 2/