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Martyn Schmoll
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Martyn Schmoll
@martynschmoll
Toronto. Vancouver. Design. Systems. Complexity. Simplicity. Head. Heart. Next-generation cities and mobility. [email protected]
City pays organization to expand bicycle infrastructure, it's called propaganda. City pays organization to expand car infrastructure, it's called public service. Language is powerful.- “Cyclists think they’re the centre of the universe…”
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1… Cyclists think they’re the centre of the universe, says Patricia Hodge Actress accuses those on two wheels of being rude and egocentric, having been nearly mown down by a bike in London 
00:21Notice anything about the distribution of space?
Replying to @CitizenUddinHe's not parked, he's delivering, a temporary obstruction. You don't then pass until it is safe to do so. Simple. A child could understand it.- I always love this take. $50,000 vehicles are the Everyman’s simple workhorse and $1,000 bicycles are instruments of the privileged elite. These people, man.Replying to @SueAnnLevythere's a smug and elitist assumption that everyone can ride a bike or just take transit. Talk about privilege.
- “[People on bikes] think the world should revolve around them.”
Big bicycle not happy just slowing you down in traffic the old way, now wants to ban turning on red lights. They think the world should revolve around them, they’re the trans of traffic. 
Where do we start? 🤦 No license. No insurance. Carrying a a passenger(‼️) whilst doing the school run(‼️‼️). Female rider reported. Suitable safety advice provided in Skerry Street, #Glasgow by #GlasgowRP #NiceSunrise- It’s so satisfying to watch these clowns cry about finally, finally, having to pay a price for bringing their congestion, pollution, public health and safety risks, etc. into Manhattan. Hopefully this’ll open the door for similar schemes in other North American cities.
- I don’t think we’re talking enough about cyclists rolling stop signs.
- One of these machines is speed-limited by software. For safety.
- Another quick reminder, this time for the visually inclined:
00:10Hospital Row. Bike lane madness, Toronto takes out 2 lanes in the busiest hospital cluster in 🇨🇦. Sick Kids, Mt. Sinai, Princess Margaret, Toronto General. Then they set up curbs with islands to seemingly secure it so … ambulances can wait for that cyclist to … wait, what?
