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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett Profile picture
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
@modacitylife
Authors of ‘Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality’ and ‘Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives’.
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Jan 13 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
In ‘Dark PR’, @EnnisGrant outlines nine devious frames the automotive industry uses to obscure millions of injuries and deaths caused by its products; influencing how we process and discuss the issue and ultimately preventing meaningful political action.

They are as follows… 🧵 A hand holds a book in front of a busy road: “Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines our Health and the Environment” by Grant Ennis. 1. Denialism: “The road lobby’s most pervasive denialist framing is speed does not kill, or high speeds can be made safe under the right conditions. Nothing could be further from the truth… a change in average speed on a road network is directly related to the fatal crash rate.”
Dec 18, 2022 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
All over the world, communities are reimagining themselves as places for people not cars. That process starts with stirring the hearts and minds of everyone involved.

Twelve books we read in the past 12 months that changed how we think about cities.

An #UrbanismBookClub Thread. A photo collage of twelve book covers, including 'Autonorama 1. 'Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving' by @PeterNorton12
Dec 9, 2022 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Some suggest it’s impossible, but the imperative act of reducing car supremacy is already happening in cities that stopped making excuses, and started making progress.

Sixteen places we visited in the past 12 months that made recent and radical changes to their streets.

Thread. A collage of street scenes from 16 cities around the world t 1. Ghent, Belgium.
Dec 1, 2022 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Here’s what Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo knew when she took office in 2014:

It wasn’t the hills, weather or culture that was preventing Parisians from cycling; it was a lack of safe infrastructure.

With that revelation—and some immense courage—she has unleashed a revolution in the city. A cyclist rides on a protected bike lane past a digital counThree cyclists ride on a protected bike lane past a floatingAn overhead view of a street in Paris that has a two-way proA row of parked bicycles sits between two car lanes and a bi Here’s why politicians around the world should be watching Paris:

When she first started challenging car dominance, Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo was ridiculed, threatened and sued.

But these measures are working, and proving incredibly popular, as she was comfortably re-elected in 2020. A cyclist rides along a protected bike lane lined with dockeA cyclist rides along a bidirectional protected bike lane liSeveral cyclists ride along a bidirectional protected bike lA cyclist rides along a bidirectional protected bike lane li
Oct 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
On January 1st, 2021, Brussels introduced a 30 km/h (18 mph) citywide speed limit.

Within one year, overall speeds decreased 9%, collisions 22%, fatalities 50%, and traffic noise up to 50% (depending on the surface).

Journey times by car were identical or even slightly shorter. A close-up of a red-and-white 30 km/h speed limit sign in BrA close-up of a red-and-white 30 km/h speed limit sign in BrA red-and-white 30 km/h speed limit sign in Brussels. A cyclA red-and-white 30 km/h speed limit road marking painted on In August 2022, Brussels introduced a circulation plan to filter the unnecessary through traffic that accounts for 42% of motor vehicles.

The city center was divided into eight “meshes” and driving between them restricted, making the streets more pleasant and safer for everyone. A cobbled street in the center of Brussels. Copper planter bA cobbled street in the center of Brussels. Copper planter bA cobbled street in the center of Brussels. Copper planter bAn asphalt street in the center of Brussels. Copper planter