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  Thank you American voters! #bluewave #bikeTooter #America #vote

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  This is Climate Reality Melting asphalt, twisting tracks, cracking concrete. The planet's roads & rails were engineered for a climate that no longer exists. Dear government and business leaders, factor that into your externalities as we support the incessant hunger for fossil fuels. EVs won't save us. But bicycles might. Gift article. #bikeTooter #climateAction https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/world/europe/heat-trains-transportation-roads.html?unlocked_article_cod...

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  Dolly Parton ran the Imagination Library, a foundation that has mailed over 300 million free books to young children since 1995. A life well lived. imaginationlibrary.com #DollyParton #books #children #literacy

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  𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 Moving trees by bike in Leadenhall Market, London. #bikeTooter #London #cargobike #shakespeare

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  RE: https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fou3zkvefvnie4rd2zvov3ue/post/3mxeqbrn3ac2a If you're near #Utrecht Oct 12/13 (Mon-Tues) come see the future of transportation! Jaarbeurs next to Utrecht Central 10-5 both days #CargoBikes transform cities. Prepare to be blown away by test-riding the newest bikes for hauling goods and multiple people. Hear talks by global mobility experts. Come say hi! I'll be at the merch table selling cargo bike art (when I'm not test-...

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  The start of the Dutch Cycle Messenger Championships in Utrecht on 20 September! About 100 contestants on either fixies or human-powered cargo bikes racing to pick up their trip manifests and start the 3-hour race. #Utrecht #bikeTooter #Netherlands

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  Simply removing most cars from central downtown streets in Ghent, Belgium has dramatically transformed and improved this beautiful city. Pro tip: Any city anywhere can decide to do control where cars can go. #bikeTooter #Belgium #cargobike #urbanism

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  Biking builds trust. Great bike streets build friendships. In another city, this cluster of six middle-aged guys might each be driving their own SUV to the pub or the grocery store. On bikes in #Utrecht NL these guys can relax, talk, and get to know each other. #bikeTooter #urbanism #netherlands

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  "When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go a nd lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds." Wendell Berry 1934-2026 #WendellBerry #Death #bikeTooter #poetry

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  Cities aren't loud. Cars are loud. Your city doesn't have too much traffic. Your city has too many cars. #Utrecht rush hour 🚲❤️ Steden maken geen lawaai. Auto's maken lawaai. Er is niet te veel verkeer in jouw stad. Er zijn te veel auto's in jouw stad. #Utrecht spits 🚲❤️ #bikeTooter #cargobike #netherlands #bicycle

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  "The thing that makes a bike lane “equitable” is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car... It turns out the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better... "E-bikes [are] cutting oil demand by a million barrels a day, probably more than EVs." https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/tour-de-planet #billmckibben #bikeTooter #ebikes #climateAction #energy #EV #oil

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  The Dutch have been studying bio-resilient cities for the past decade, protect existing trees in paving projects (often taking car lanes to give #trees more room to grow), and have added 1000s of new trees when improving bike lanes. The result in #Utrecht is a cooler, more beautiful city to bike in. #bikeTooter #netherlands

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  Bill McKibben, a writer and climate activist I've been inspired by for decades, wrote a post about transitioning to bicycles as a powerful climate action. I am honored he used one of my watercolors to frame his post. https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/tour-de-planet ps: You can get my work as postcards AND most of my illustrations are available in larger formats, as greeting cards, and even some originals are still for sale. Just drop me a line and ask. cathy@ cathytuttle.nl #bikeTooter #...

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  I wish #PostNL made bicycle postage stamps. I can print my own for a fee, but it would be nice to see more bike culture represented in everyday #Dutch art. 🚲❤️ cathytuttle.nl Ik zou willen PostNL postzegels met fietsen. Het zou leuk zijn om meer fietscultuur terug te zien in alledaagse Nederlandse kunst. #bikeTooter

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  My 5 takeaways from Velo-City Rimini 2026 I’ve only been to four Velo-City conferences since my first in Vancouver, Canada in 2012. What I’ve seen over the past 14 years has been a major shift: from biking as an advocacy proposition to biking as an industry. 1. Bikes are transportation, not “Alternative Transportation” 2. Bike transportation needs real investments of money and space 3. It’s surprising which cities and countries are on-board ... Read more: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q...

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  Glad midsommar! #sweden #sverige #midsommar #solstice

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  I've only been in Rimini a few hours but color me impressed with its bike infrastructure! I look forward to learning more at #Velocity2026 #Rimini about how local leaders came to embrace a robust transportation network for people outside of cars. What's that you say? Of course small flat seaside towns w narrow streets are naturally suited for bikes & scooters! But #velocitizens, how many tourist towns do you know that teem w cars? Clearly Rimini takes micromobility seriously! #...

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  Along with so many people, I came to #Portland motivated by the dream, that by "2030, #biking would be more popular than #driving for trips of three miles or less. Portland’s victory over #car-dependence would be complete." Brilliant @sightlineinstitute writer @andersem documented Portland’s bike history way back in 2014 - the moment the "bike wave crested. The day that Portland started to fall out of love with its story." Is the dream coming back? Hope so!...

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  Thinking about getting around without a car? More importantly, do you vote for people who fund transit & biking in cities? What our streets prioritize is up to us, not car lobbyists. According to AAA annual cost to own and maintain a car is $11,577 (calculated before fuel prices started to skyrocket). #bikeTooter #transit #urbanism

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  Mark @BicycleDutch@mastodon.social has a new blog post up about rush hour in #Utrecht along with this delightful 5-minute video near the Centraal train station. As a person who often bikes in this scrum, I find it exhilarating, to be one with humanity, like murmuration of starlings, in a dance on our bikes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEpjPRs4Iio #bikeTooter #netherlands

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  It's beginning to look a lot like #Koningsdag #bikeTooter #netherlands

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  Just an ordinary Saturday afternoon, waiting in line at the Utrecht Transfer Station. #CarryShitOlympics #bikeTooter #netherlands

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  Last year #Utrecht widened ~1 mile (1.2 km) of bike lanes on either side of a major retail, freight, transit street so that people on bikes could safely pass ➕ ride side-by-side. The project also added tons of bike parking, parklets, trees, safer street crossings. Lost ~50 car parking spaces. Good choice for your city? @BicycleDutch has a good write up on this street redo. https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/reinventing-utrechts-amsterdamsestraatweg-from-imperial-route-to-liveable-s...

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  @cykeltutten@radikal.social Check out https://defietsmeesters.nl -- they have an excellent system!

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  I volunteer with a Utrecht non-profit De Fietsmeesters to help teach adults how to bike. Students are almost always women, and mostly new immigrants. There are 16 new riders in this class, and 4 of us volunteers. By the end of 10 weeks almost everyone is successfully biking on the road — it's so empowering! #utrecht #bikeTooter

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  Dutch transportation planners are experts in "Induced Demand", in this case, induced demand for bike-share bikes. Every train station in the Netherlands rents bikes to train pass holders for €4.65 (about $5US) for 24 hours. These OV-fiets in #Utrecht are all gone by 10AM. A clear indication of induced demand for bikes (as well as Induced Demand for good transit + bike lanes). #BikeTooter

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  @Stoori You can rent if you have a transit pass. There is such a huge demand (remember most of those 800 bikes are gone by 10AM) that providing extra bikes for visitors would take too much space. There are plenty of bike rental places near most stations.

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  Right-sized city vehicles: tiny trucks, big buses. Utrecht, NL Stadsvoertuigen met de juiste afmetingen: kleine vrachtwagens, grote bussen.

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  Imagine stumbling upon this well-maintained route, just traveling home. I appreciate beautiful unexpected bikepaths throughout the Netherlands. Stel je voor dat je op deze goed onderhouden route struikelt, gewoon op weg naar huis. Ik waardeer de onverwachte, prachtige fietspaden door heel Nederland. #BikeTooter #Netherlands #Utrecht #Fiets #Nederland

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  Just what we need in the Netherlands. Introducing, this April 1, the self-driving bicycle. Precies wat we in Nederland nodig hebben. Vanaf 1 april introduceren we de zelfrijdende fiets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZPNwZex9s&t=1s