Moving Car-Free as a Parent

TransformTO Tracking — Travel Modes by Ward

Track Toronto transportation mode share by ward, trip distance and year from the Transportation Tomorrow Survey, and progress toward the TransformTO 2030 goal of 75% of work and school trips by walking, cycling or transit.

497 days car-free in the South Bay | Offprint

Reflections on car-free living in the South Bay and why I finally gave in,

Exploring the social life of urban spaces through AI

We analyze changes in pedestrian behavior over a 30-y period in four urban public spaces located in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Building on William Whyte’s observational work, which involved manual video analysis of pedestrian behaviors, we employ computer vision and deep learning techniques to examine video footage from 1979–80 and 2008–10. Our analysis measures changes in walking speed, lingering behavior, group sizes, and group formation. We find that the average walking speed has increased by 15%, while the time spent lingering in these spaces has halved across all locations. Although the percentage of pedestrians walking alone remained relatively stable (from 67% to 68%), the frequency of group encounters declined, indicating fewer interactions in public spaces. This shift suggests that urban residents are using streets as thoroughfares rather than as social spaces, which has important implications for the role of public spaces in fostering social engagement.

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The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives.

Reducing car dependence: benefits, strategies, unintended consequences, and future directions of post-car urban transitions

This paper presents the state of the art of post-car urban transitions. It begins with an overview of the impact of automobility on planetary and human well-being. The benefits of post-car cities a...

I didn't know how bad things are getting globally before finding /r/privacy

253 votes, 20 comments. The media has not informed us about the Flock cameras, age verification acts etc. that are happening in North America. There…

KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents: Polling Insights on the MAHA Movement | KFF

These findings from the KFF/Washington Post Survey of Parents shed light on parents who support the Make America Healthy Again movement, including the issues they see as top concerns for their children's wellbeing and their attitudes when it comes to vaccines and government regulations on food.

Switter: My six week rollercoaster ride

How Switter came about from my perspective

A Catalog of an Entire House/Life

In a period of four years, Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins took a photo of every single thing in her house, “from my daughters torn sock to my sons

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Taking imagery of bike lanes at risk and using it to help fix bike parking

We took street-level imagery on Bloor St, Yonge St, University Ave, Queen’s Park Cres, and Avenue Rd to create a digital record of bike lanes at risk from Ontario Bill 212 and to help analyze…

A Year, Car-free, with a Brompton Bicycle | Offprint

Reflecting on a year of car-free living in the San Francisco Peninsula with a Brompton Bicycle

‘No plate? No problem’: High-tech cameras capture more than license plates

Flock Safety’s high-tech cameras capture many identifying details about cars and other vehicles.

How to parent more predictably

(As with anything else I write about parenting, this is mostly just my observations with my own two kids and may not generalize as well as I think it does.) A few weeks ago I wrote about why I think it's valuable for parents to be predictable. I was mostly describing an end state, though, and reasons why it's a good place to be, but what should you do if you're interested in being more consistent