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(sees how impressed everyone is, takes it one step further)In fact cars were a mistake. Roads are the real problem.https://t.co/JCL5nD8YZV https://t.co/SJLZkx8S4K
Remember when roads were being co-opted by cyclists who "paved the way for roads"?https://t.co/VsahQ3tNVm
I wonder how the modern bike courier fits into the equation.https://t.co/ZInZvljczu
Seriously though, are bikes > cars?https://t.co/NBQH37m0jY
#vanlife? I'm all about that #bikelife.https://t.co/cZw2jPLIh7
Who's going to build the roads?https://t.co/bPACqm5xSt
Where we're going, we don't need roads?https://t.co/LVPciRIhZp
Understanding California's tech boom, but in terms of mountain bikes and hobby radio.https://t.co/r6rtnNGPtp
Bikes had wearables before it was cool. In fact it was in 1895.https://t.co/FC5ISalmZl
But it took nearly 100 years before a medical engineer put a computer on it.https://t.co/gzshb3WuF9
Learn you some bike history:https://t.co/ymnTs5krGQ
"Eventually, cycling came to be seen as a proletariat activity, something you did if you couldn't afford a car..."https://t.co/JoI2szwiHA
"They called it "the devil wagon," and said its mission was to destroy the world." Ep. 4 of @PessimistsArc podcast:https://t.co/yuOHF0VuwU
Another interesting tangentBikes -> Roads -> CarsYarn -> Air Conditioning -> Indoor Movie Theaters -> Carshttps://t.co/kTF2Y0kUvF
Anyone have an updated @pmarca's bookshelf? https://t.co/dHv1zxiuai (2014)with new (2016) data? https://t.co/q01L8JVjrc https://t.co/jnAoohlC8m
Why do trains cost so much?“Look: travel demand is changing dramatically. Let’s do absolutely nothing about it.”https://t.co/GvBxilegKv
I don't know about you, but i'm expecting more travel not less.https://t.co/DIKSiEttzB
It's unintuitive to think how the rise of internet enabled smart cars may lead to more travel, not less. And yet...https://t.co/FGuJoYw0In
"Nobody (who's anybody) goes there anymore. It’s too crowded (with the nobodies)?" (h/t dredmorbius)https://t.co/hk5uNxnHen
"the end of the fossil fuels era will soon force a return to smaller-scale, agrarian communities"https://t.co/f29n720zsZ
Did you know that during WWII the British Paratroopers had collapsible bicycles? I've never seen this talked about.https://t.co/gT0aNko2wT
Found some history blogs on the folding bike design:https://t.co/S0intuafn9and the non-folding variety:https://t.co/RH384r7pzu amazing.
"The city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians."https://t.co/bXROKLTJBg https://t.co/qPakoyBuAm
But won't removing roads increase congestion?https://t.co/vARaI8IJut
No, seriously! Roads were a car manufacturing lobby fueled government funded heaping pile of urban dogshit.https://t.co/2BUevYcDem
The tech to enable bike sharing seems to be coming to a head.https://t.co/IZroqfOozT
With the right cultural environment and city format, bike shares sound like a great idea.https://t.co/D8b72pL9I2
But I'm hesitant to say they are a panacea. Jumping on the hype train can lead to silliness: https://t.co/nfQ6VQhDEU
The endless battle between bikes and cars.Less cars on the road is good, but don't take my parking spaces!https://t.co/kgTY91EGEf https://t.co/r91VYkn4K4
What a strangely difficult problem space for something you'd think would be so simple.https://t.co/KBpCNhSGbK https://t.co/ZU2xUqOhd3
I'm getting google surveys asking if I have an electric car & wondering if I'd use an electric motorcycle. Related?: https://t.co/k6fa6x0qSG
Cycle roads made of excess poop waste.There's a metaphor for politics here, but I can't stick my finger on it.https://t.co/WvDQExbfEb
It boggles my mind how silly early US's road development was: https://t.co/6Jjx9ILk8n