A war on walking.

A war on biking.

A war on public transit.

A war on better cities.

But a war on cars? Hardly.

The #UrbanTruth is that #CarDependency is still the norm in far too many cities, and the #RoadLobby will do everything they can to keep it going.

Don’t buy the lie.

#WarOnWalking

His infamous bother, the “crack smoking Toronto Mayor” Rob Ford, first popularized the lie about a #WarOnCars to divide urban/suburban voters and rage-farm.

Now his brother Doug ramps up the real #WarOnWalking, biking and transit, weakening the city and costing everyone money and lives. #UrbanTruth

When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works.

Repetition works.

Repetition works.

Repetition works.

So WE need to be repeating the TRUTH a lot more than we do.

(Did we mention that repetition works?)

#UrbanTruth

LISTEN: How To Fight Back Against The Lies Hurting Cities! This was our viral #UrbanTruth podcast, @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social joining top YouTuber @notjustbikes.com! We talked about changing cities thru better communication and messaging, and REPETITION!

One of the biggest debates in cities is whether tall buildings are a good idea or a bad idea. Our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social obliterates that debate, while changing the perspective of one of the most vocal tall building opponents.

Listen to some badly needed #UrbanTruth about tall buildings.

Important new video telling the #UrbanTruth about city streets we should never have accepted as “normal,” by our UTC collaborator @reenamahajan.bsky.social in Paris.

Please watch and share. We don’t have to keep these streets.

Never forget, when it comes to whether or not a collision happens, and whether or not someone is killed or injured, speed is ALWAYS a factor. #UrbanTruth #SpeedKills

From our collaborator @nondriver.bsky.social. Important perspective. #WeekWithoutDriving #UrbanTruth

This was our very first poster release, 6 months ago or so.

Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by.

They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is.

Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth

For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share.

Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING.

#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

This one seems worth repeating.

It’s nothing to cheer about though, as the proceeds of ridiculous gas prices fuelled by irrational wars and rampant car dependency go to oil companies instead of to the public as useful carbon taxes. #UrbanTruth

Have you got a photo or image that really illustrates the #WarOnWalking, at any scale and in any context? Send it to us and we might turn it into another poster in this series. Thanks! #UrbanTruth

More bike & roll lanes should have trees on both sides! This will be so nice in five years. #urbantruth #yyj

Everyone should watch/rewatch Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and not just because of how it very effectively portrays the kinds of conspiracies that have led to rampant car dependency in North America. #UrbanTruth

To be clear, the #WARonWALKING is a big tent that includes the war on safe and efficient urban biking, on workable and well connected public transit, on all ages and abilities accessibility, and more.

It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth

Will we FINALLY stop the #WarOnWalking and build better cities for EVERYONE? #UrbanTruth

Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

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Cycling Manifesto

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Data sources: BloombergNEF (1, 2) and Protocol.

The Golden Age of Disinformation?

“I’m not optimistic about us clawing back from this unless there’s serious rethinking of our systems, and frankly, regulation of these social media platforms that are making us such passive and uncurious consumers of information." — @ninajankowicz.com #UrbanTruth

Who wants to breathe, in our city?

☎️Call your Mayor— to Copy what the mayor of Paris did

Make way for more of these 3 —

🌳🪑Parks

🚶🏽‍♂️🚶🏽‍♀️🚶🏽People-streets

🔌🚴‍♂️🔌🚴🏼‍♀️ Protected bike lanes

@brenttoderian.bsky.social explains more
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how quickly this transforms health & well-being
#UrbanTruth