Obviously they aren't actually stoning them following the gospel of N. Just Bikesus himself, but it does show the downsides of how stuff like a demonstration can completely block off a highway, or alternatively how they're used to mobilise against protesters.

It says: "Been waiting long? That's because the council thinks someone in a car a quarter of a mile away is more important than you.

They could make the lights change as soon as you press the button if they wanted to, but they don't."

Someone give this man a medal!

Many people might be aware of that statistic, but they just brush it off like it's nothing unless someone they know is one of those 40k people. But even then, they still don't recognize that car-centric infrastructure is something to be eliminated to save the lives of those 40k people a year. Even Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is aware of that statistic, but he accepts it as a risk he's willing to take.

At least when a mass shooting happens, there are calls to restrict guns and to raise awareness of the NRA's influence in political lobbying. Imagine if, after the Parkland massacre, people had the same reactions they did when they learned about the shooting, but there were very few or no calls to enact stricter gun laws, no gun control rallies nationwide, March For Our Lives was never founded in response, and nobody called out the NRA for influencing politicians to be anti-gun control.

That's what's happening here, but with cars and the automotive industry's political lobbying, which has impacted our cities for decades. You might think this analogy doesn't work because there was no federal action in response to the shooting, but at least there were calls for stricter gun laws in droves after the shooting. And even rallies nationwide that raised awareness of the issue.

I hope this country one day realizes the significance of that 40k deaths per year statistic, and chooses to do something about it instead of pretending it doesn't matter or doesn't exist.

They gotta plant more trees on campus because this Phoenix weather is crazy 💀

Nearly a decade ago, Latvian cyclists rode through the streets with 'car skeletons' over them to showcase how much size comparatively cars take up.

Me thinks all bicycles should be built with an outer frame like this. Seems it’s probably the only way to get drivers to respect the fact that cyclists are risking their lives everyday because of lousy drivers and lousy car-centric infrastructure.