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I care about e-bike safety 0.2% of the time
Click-bait media outlets would have you think we should drop everything and do something about the scary threat of battery-powered bicycles (and yes…
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These 13 books aren’t about urbanism, but they’ll lead to better urbanism
An unconventional reading list for the agents of culture change.
Aug 27
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Don’t let the Jaws Effect kill your bike advocacy
When it comes to culture change, the joyriders might be outperforming the advocates.
Aug 23
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Why people oppose the safer option
What I got wrong about persuasion.
Aug 3
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Stop Making Everything a Show Pony
Paint and flex posts are a good strategy, not a consolation prize.
Jul 6
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Here's why the status quo keeps winning
This applies to housing policy, traffic analysis methodology, land use regulations, and any other topic that requires persuasion.
Jun 21
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Your car is lying to you
People behave differently based on how dangerous their environment feels, not how dangerous it actually is.
Jun 15
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The costs they don't count
Transportation experts rarely factor the human and economic toll into decisions that pave over safer alternatives.
Jun 8
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Gridlock is a choice
One major decongestion experiment is surprising the haters.
Jun 1
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Generational change now vs. Waiting generations for change
Or, why a good thing is better than no thing.
May 22
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Red Bull NIMBYs
Exclusion got repackaged as neighborhood character.
Apr 15
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The feedback loop we keep turning off
The YIMBY coalition is broad and growing, but bad economics will undermine even the best land use reforms.
Apr 7
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