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@derek@sunbeam.city This is fascinating! In my city of Calgary, Alberta, cycle paths were a divisive topics which was very hard to wrap my head around without rendering opponents to 'short term thinkers'. This did a disservice to discussions and understanding the why. This video helps to comprehend the climate that needs to take place during expansion of bikes as a cultural norm. Thanks for this :)

@joesabin@neurodifferent.me Good on you for fighting on behalf of that need.

@almodozo@mastodon.online @forpeterssake@mastodon.xyz Thank you so much for sharing this Joost! I’m going to process and then reply :)

@forpeterssake@mastodon.xyz @almodozo@mastodon.online You’ve got me thinking in a perspective now and I’m fascinated. Optimism as a problematic approach. An all or nothing focus that steals an important piece of ourselves, green space, compassion… I’m sure it’s been discussed but I’m curious what this is called? And how many times we’ve done it as a society. Thanks for this Pete ☺️🙌

@almodozo@mastodon.online @forpeterssake@mastodon.xyz Indon’t think I’v ever read a more succinct and salient explanation of ‘why’. Usually, it’s covered solely with negativity but your addition of our optimism for new technologies is something we, as humans, have suffered multiple times ie. social media. As someone in marketing, our role when creating markets exchanges a positive for a negative ie. diamonds and social pressure, vehicles and the negative appeal for alternatives 1/

@almodozo@mastodon.online I used Google Translate for the song, is this close? 🎶 Choose the bicycle, for safety Throw all your powers into battle Don't let yourself get carried away By car maniacs.. 🎶

@IngridKerr@union.place @modacitylife@mastodon.world And followed! Thanks Ingrid :)

@Dave42W@amastodon.uk Cheers for the suggestion Dave :)

@kaveh1000@mastodon.social Just saw @CyclingMikey@ohai.social's YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/CyclingMikey Thanks for this :)

@goodblue@mstdn.social @TheConversationUS@newsie.social Well hot damn! Thank you ☺️

@goodblue@mstdn.social I am FAWNING over the @TheConversationUS@newsie.social right now and want to thank you for sharing them ❤️ Do you know of a Canadian variation with yhe same focus on free to read, creative commons, and experts? #news #Canada

@almodozo@mastodon.online @forpeterssake@mastodon.xyz Do you remember what the arguments against it were? I wonder where those who opposed it are today? And especially, what they think of it now?

@KeaW@mastodon.social Oh, interesting! I didn’t know about this. So the public are excluded from 92% of the land in England according to the article: https://www.muchbetteradventures.com/magazine/nick-hayes-trespass-right-to-roam/ I’d love to hear more from your perspective Klaske :)

@yuroon@mastodon.social I did not. Do you know if they’re on Mastodon at all?

@diederickraven@mastodon.world Why were there lots of bikes already?

@diederickraven@mastodon.world Do you reckon post WW and cost factored in?

@haastnooit@mastodon.world I had not! Thanks for sharing. It’s been the same story for so long. Car-centric neighbourhood designs, congestion, and pollution are not new issues.

@tsumami@mastodon.world hahah! As am I!

@pavi@social.masto.host 🙌

@interplanetarisch@swiss-talk.net I did add some alt-text however, it may not have been as descriptive as it could have been. I will do better moving forward. It seems I can’t edit it once posted. Here’s an addition to the current alt-text: A black & white photo where hundreds of cyclists & their bikes are lying down on a road in a Dutch city. They lie down in protest for safer roads for cyclists. This moment is considered one of many that helped the Netherlands become so bike friendly.

@interplanetarisch@swiss-talk.net @mhaenggi@activism.openworlds.info It’s from a National demonstration on the Museumplein against traffic safety, 1977 (see picture of Museumplein today) My original description of a road was incorrect, as the Museumplein in Amsterdam is a large public space. I found more information on the history of dutch cycle culture here: https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/achtergrond/strijd-tussen-auto-fiets/