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Another trip to a bike shop. Another time I wished there was a repair shop in Cape Town where I felt welcome....as a woman in her 50s just wanting to ride her bike slowly. Recommendations anyone? #womenonbikes

Under today's #MUTCD, someone crossing a street is less important than the fast-flowing movement of cars. Here's how we fix it: nacto.org/program/modern… And here's what *you* can do to press for change: t4america.org/2021/03/23/mon…

If NACTO can rework #MUTCD, can South Africa rework the Traffic Signs Manual? Injustice on roads is repeated thanks to the buried politics in Design Manuals. nacto.org/program/modern…

Ten Ways to Embrace #OpenStreets in Your City: pps.org/article/ten-wa… This Lisa Kane article that is more relevant now as many #cities looks to plan, keep, and improve on, their open streets. Open Streets Africa ( localsouth.bsky.social) Open Streets Project Mike Lydon (mikelydon.bsky.social) #COVID19Streets #StreetsAsPlaces

How to Help UCT details in here Luc Sels Rik Van de Walle Fire affecting the Rondebosch campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT) news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-…

This mundane, barely known US manual birthed the tropes which dominate South African traffic engineering. Now...for the first time it is being challenged. Let's watch and learn Open Streets Africa ( localsouth.bsky.social) @MarianneCT1 Marcela Guerrero Casas Rory Williams x.com/NACTO/status/1…

Yup. Vaccine hoarding is all the more disturbing as a Covid disaster unfolds in India | Gaby Hinsliff theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

So US freeways are racist in effect...even if not in intent. Sounds familiar. How to educate engineers about the social and political effects of their actions when engineers believe themselves to be heroes and politicians the villains? politifact.com/factchecks/202…

Neat, punchy summary by Guardian news and a challenge to ANC Parliament. Who matters most? The ANC or the country? What sparked the mass violence in South Africa – video explainer theguardian.com/world/video/20…

SA science...on the ball. Kudos. Eyewitness News Daily Maverick theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…

If UK transport models are 'crude'....US and South African models are....? Profane? Obscene? Blasphemous? ‘Computer says road’: call for change to ‘crude’ planning models. theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

The US goes for zero road death goal, and commits to reform MUCTD, the obscure federal regulation which is a major obstacle to safer roads. We have a similar regulations blocking safer streets. Can we do the same Geordin Hill-Lewis? Premier Alan Winde? SAICE? nacto.org/2022/01/27/nat…

Fabulous episode with Tom Standage outlining the path dependency of oil-fueled cars and why #ElectricVehicles failed to scale in the 1890s. His book 'A Brief History of Motion' looks worth a read. freakonomics.com/podcast/in-the…

YU TALKS What should the modern South Africa CBD look like looking at City of Cape Town? Facilitated by Jodi Allemeier 🌇, the panel will be joined by Lorenzo Davids, Kirsten Wilkins from Open Streets Africa ( localsouth.bsky.social), Lisa Kane, AriadneBaskin & Rhuben Jacobs looking into this. >> shorturl.at/ruSU0

'Remove benches, block cycle paths.' Secure by Design - UK style. According to this policy, the most secure city is one with no-one in it. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We loved the creative promise in yesterdays digital session with Young Urbanists South Africa Lisa Kane Jodi Allemeier 🌇 Lorenzo Davids City of Cape Town taking about #streetsforpeople and transformation of the city. (Central People District?) If you missed it, you can watch it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=seQ2Mx…

Brillant. "How car culture colonised our thinking – and our language" theguardian.com/environment/bi…

And Mandela moral leadership clearly lives on... What Charles can learn from the bond between the Queen and my grandfather | Ndileka Mandela theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

And the $1m prize goes...to the cyclists who can press pause on competition and pursue the common good... theguardian.com/cities/2022/oc… Bicycle Mayor of Cape Town Cycling South Africa @PPAStayWideroftheRider Rory Williams Gordon Laing

"Every act of rebellion, however spectacular or humble, is a reclamation of the self and a love letter to a stranger. Across the darkness, another searching gaze catches the flicker, and a sacred bond is cast: I see you.I feel you. We are still here". theguardian.com/commentisfree/…