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Here's a LinkedIn post on transforming urban mobility with a focus on walking and cycling: Transforming Urban Mobility: The Case for Walking and Cycling 🚶♀️🚴♂️ As cities grow, so do our transportation challenges. But what if the solution was right under our feet? I've been diving deep into sustainable urban mobility, and I'm convinced that prioritizing walking and cycling could revolutionize our cities. Here's why: 1. Health benefits: Active transportation improves physical and mental well-being 2. Environmental impact: Zero emissions, reduced air pollution 3. Cost-effective: Lower infrastructure costs compared to car-centric planning 4. Community building: Increased social interactions and safer neighborhoods 5. Economic boost: Pedestrian-friendly areas often see increased local business activity The data is clear: cities that invest in walkability and cycling infrastructure see remarkable improvements in quality of life. What's holding us back? It's time for policymakers, urban planners, and citizens to embrace this shift. Have you seen positive changes in your city's approach to walking and cycling? Share your experiences below! #UrbanMobility #SustainableTransport #WalkableCities #CyclingInfrastructure #SmartCities

This read makes me a) Sing 🎵 I want to ride my bicycle, and b) actually wanting to ride it now! 🚴♀️ The latest article from #McKinsey Center for Future Mobility details the decisive efforts it will take for cities to achieve #micromobility benefits of more green space, cleaner air, and less congested roads. Efforts such as building mobility hubs and creating charging spots for e-kickscooters. Regulations, including congestion charges and no-driving zones, could also help promote the use of micromobility. However, safety must also be a top priority, as road fatalities could double if traditional and electric bicycle usage increases. The potential benefits of micromobility justify these measures and provide urban leaders with an incentive to help residents make the shift. Check out this insightful article for more information!

The latest article from #McKinsey Center for Future Mobility details the decisive efforts it will take for cities to achieve #micromobility benefits of more green space, cleaner air, and less congested roads. Efforts such as building mobility hubs and creating charging spots for e-kickscooters. Regulations, including congestion charges and no-driving zones, could also help promote the use of micromobility. However, safety must also be a top priority, as road fatalities could double if traditional and electric bicycle usage increases. The potential benefits of micromobility justify these measures and provide urban leaders with an incentive to help residents make the shift. Check out this insightful article for more information!

The latest article from #McKinsey Center for Future Mobility details the decisive efforts it will take for cities to achieve #micromobility benefits of more green space, cleaner air, and less congested roads. Efforts such as building mobility hubs and creating charging spots for e-kickscooters. Regulations, including congestion charges and no-driving zones, could also help promote the use of micromobility. However, safety must also be a top priority, as road fatalities could double if traditional and electric bicycle usage increases. The potential benefits of micromobility justify these measures and provide urban leaders with an incentive to help residents make the shift. Check out this insightful article for more information!

The latest article from #McKinsey Center for Future Mobility details the decisive efforts it will take for cities to achieve #micromobility benefits of more green space, cleaner air, and less congested roads. Efforts such as building mobility hubs and creating charging spots for e-kickscooters. Regulations, including congestion charges and no-driving zones, could also help promote the use of micromobility. However, safety must also be a top priority, as road fatalities could double if traditional and electric bicycle usage increases. The potential benefits of micromobility justify these measures and provide urban leaders with an incentive to help residents make the shift. Check out this insightful article for more information!

The latest article from #McKinsey Center for Future Mobility details the decisive efforts it will take for cities to achieve #micromobility benefits of more green space, cleaner air, and less congested roads. Efforts such as building mobility hubs and creating charging spots for e-kickscooters. Regulations, including congestion charges and no-driving zones, could also help promote the use of micromobility. However, safety must also be a top priority, as road fatalities could double if traditional and electric bicycle usage increases. The potential benefits of micromobility justify these measures and provide urban leaders with an incentive to help residents make the shift. Check out this insightful article for more information!

How walkable is your town? If you live in the United States and answered "very," you're in a lucky minority. In a recent global study, North American cities ranked at the bottom in terms of "active mobility" modes such as walking and cycling. The problem with our over reliance on cars goes beyond the fact that road transport, a primary source of carbon emissions, is a climate hazard. Electric cars can help with that part, as well as the air pollution. But there are lots of places where life looks different, with pedestrian and cycling paths, urban green spaces, mixed-use development, and other approaches that have cut down on cars. https://hubs.ly/Q02CFVGM0

➡️𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. Our latest report is out today - here is the gist: 🚘Decades of car-centric development mean the risks for unprotected people that motor vehicles create are often simply accepted - even if they would never be in other contexts. 🚸Many cities have begun to question this approach and invest in infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. 🚵But just building new cycling lanes and pedestrianising streets is not enough. 🔭👨👩👧👦 Planners need a vision of how a city looks like where citizens   will safely enjoy walking and cycling. 🎯📉Only a clear vision of the future will help to overcome an engrained bias for cars in much of urban planning. 🔧It's a work in progress, but many cities around the world show this shift is possible. 📔 Our new report aims to inspire more - download it here, it's free: https://lnkd.in/eN_6euRA

In this episode I'm joined by Dr. Natalia Barbour to discuss building and redesigning cities to be bikeable, walkable, and skateable. Dr. Barbour specializes in transportation and travel technologies and we talk about methods for restructuring and the positive effects of transitioning to bikeable and walkable cities. She explains why cities have evolved to be so dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians and some of the obstacles for greener cities such as lobbying by the fossil fuel and automotive industries. We point out some of the cities and countries that are currently well designed for bikeabilty and how the culture shift toward cycling in the United States will help create positive design changes in American cities. https://lnkd.in/geai64P8

So many arguments of what can bikes do for your city? I can’t ride my bike to K/W or Mississauga or Vaughan. And that’s probably true for vast majority of commuters that are forced into a car centric bubbles. But within the boarders of Toronto, (within the extended downtown core) why can’t we find the political will to prioritize both #VisionZero and #TransformTO metrics. Why aren’t there more options to give to individuals and families to opt out of car dependency? What set of councillors in Toronto step up to support a bike friendly mayor just do the easy thing that so many say is to hard? “The institute’s transportation report was published on April 4. It found that the way Parisians are now traveling from the suburbs to the city center, especially during peak periods, has undergone a revolution thanks in part to the building of many miles of cycleways. Those cyclists now on the streets and roads of central Paris are not Spandex-clad professionals as seen on the Tour de France but everyday transportation cyclists.” - Carlton Reid