Reader of all sorts of fiction, and non-fiction mostly about urbanism, technology, or anything else that piques my curiosity.
For non-book related tooting, you can find me at @[email protected]. And I sometimes write on my personal blog at amble.blog
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47% complete! Christof has read 17 of 36 books.
Why resisting climate change means combatting the fossil fuel industry
The science on climate change has been clear for a …
Wie konnte es sein, dass ich mich an einem Ort so wohl fühlte, der nicht mein Zuhause war?
— Kalt genug für Schnee by Jessica Au (Page 18)
@[email protected] that list looks great! Finally need to find Emergent Tokyo somewhere
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach …
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical …
The status quo is not a given. Nor is it a value-neutral solution. It's a choice.
— Movement by Thalia Verkade (Page 243)
Jetzt hütet Noa also Schafe. Um ihren Angstattacken in der Großstadt zu entfliehen und aus Sehnsucht nach dem einfachen Leben …
@[email protected] Würde sich daraus schlussfolgern, dass der Wechsel zwischen 50km/h und 30km/h eher dazu führt dass sich 30km/h so richtig langsam anfühlen und deswegen so oft zu schnell gefahren wird? Also ein gutes Argument für flächendeckendes 30km/h anstatt nur vor Schulen, Kitas, etc.
@[email protected] I'd love for all the newly found "law & order" types to apply law & order to traffic violations too!
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical …
We speak of vulnerable road users, but they’ve only been vulnerable since the advent of fast traffic with big, heavy vehicles. Why don’t we call those fast, heavy vehicles dangerous road users?
— Movement by Thalia Verkade (Page 203)
Roland Kager, a multimodal transport researcher
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical …
But it feels important to share this lesson from the Netherlands: while bicycle lanes can make life in cities better, they can also easily reinforce the idea that streets are designed for fast-moving traffic. If there is no debate on what public space is for, they may simply become part of conventional car logic.
— Movement by Thalia Verkade (Page 202)
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical …
The idea of a 30km/h limit came to us from Germany. Put a 30km/h sign on a German road and the locals will stick to it. It’s not the same here.
— Movement by Thalia Verkade (Page 188)
According to André Pettinga. But let me assure you, almost nobody actually only drives 30km/h here in Germany, at least not nowadays. Traffic rules are more and more a mere suggestion to German drivers.
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical …
Victims of road violence come by car to an event commemorating victims of road violence, and no one sees how crazy that is. It's just a case of 'there's no alternative'. We can send rockets to Mars, we can clone animals, and we can electrify the whole world. But transforming traffic is beyond us.
— Movement by Thalia Verkade (Page 131)
