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'Eine Suche nach Lösungen, die uns alle eine lebenswertere Stadt ermöglichen. Eine Anleitung zum offeneren Denken das Mut macht.' 'Gesellschaft in Bewegung' jetzt bestellen bei Ihrer lokalen Buchhandlung: tinyurl.com/geniallokal oder Amazon: amzn.eu/d/0cL2JBe1

Paris is going green — fast. In 15 years, air pollution's been cut in half, parking spots replaced with trees and parks, and streets turned into bike- and pedestrian-friendly spaces. If cars go, urban forests can grow. 🌿 More via Scape: uitgeverijblauwdruk.nl/tijdschriften/…

🎲 GAME FOR YOUR HOLIDAY ☕️ Walk into a busy Starbucks to get a coffee. When asked for your name say: "Adding Roads Does Not Reduce Travel Time, But Increases Travel Distance" 🗣️Let the Barista call you three times. All traffic engineers and politicians will leave in tears.

Optimising road capacity might seem a complex challenge. But it turns out that the basic math is remarkably simple! (📸 by @FrauKrone)

'Those Darn Road users' (🖼️ by Victor van der Have)

Traffic engineering is the not-so-neutral political strategy of divide and conquer. (Adapted version of 'Justicia Urbana' by @FabianTodorovic)

Residents of Parkbuurt (Dutch beach town of #Zandvoort🇳🇱), banding together to digitally “close” their streets on navigation apps during busy weekends—reporting fake roadblocks🚧 to steer day-trippers🚗 away. Guerrilla‑tactics or justified defense?

New research finding: 'Seeing a dinosaur cycling by, makes everybody at least 17% happier' —@LucasReinds, 🦖+🚲=😁

Good-quality cycling infrastructure makes cycling attractive in all weather conditions. The Dutch🇳🇱 aren't made of sugar! (🎞️ by Carl Sveen—winner of the Most Dutch Picture 2025 of the Summer School Planning the Cycling City)

Want to challenge the madness of car-centric streets? Start today with crossing the road like this and reveal the key design flaw of the iron cage.

Your weekly dose of #WhatTheDutch🇳🇱. If you want a brick road without losing the comfort of smooth asphalt, use a #RoadPrinter. 🤯

'If an architect designed your house like this, you'd fire them. Why, then, do we allow professionals to design our cities like this?' —Lior Steinberg of @humankindcity Image: @Saab Blueprint Ad