Goshen By Bike

Saw a sweet cargo bicycle yesterday. #Chicago

"9 a.m. I get on the subway and immediately get murdered. Fortunately, there are fourteen cops in the car, so they’re able to revive me—something only cops can do." buff.ly/puREmHa

This story buries the lede, but if you pull out a calculator and do the math, AAA found that the average American spends $15,031 a year for a single car! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...

bike party in minneapolis! new inventions and freak bikes everywhere. this one’s front wheel is just a barrel and they are taking it over jumps

If commercial flights or trains killed 7,000 bystanders a year, the entire industry would be halted immediately. Because it's cars, the government just shrugs and lets them build the hoods higher.

Which would you prefer?

A UK study found that telling potential SUV buyers that those vehicles directly result in higher fatalities for pedestrians, cyclists and children had zero effect on their decision to buy them. What does work? Financial penalties: Increased fees, taxes, parking. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Living without a car in much of America sucks. Given that, there are two options: 1. Give everyone a car (which will increase traffic and emissions) 2. Make it suck less to get around without a car (which will decrease traffic and emissions) I don't know about you, but #2 seems better.

We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...

Happy caturday

Just a reminder of how we should think about safety on our streets and just in general for the public

You know what's much better for the environment? Designing places and transportation systems so people don't need a car at all.

Transportation shouldn't default to being stressful. Highways are one thing, but our cities can be different. Urban areas should be designed like our homes: nurturing, protective, and comfortable for everyone inside them. Designing for cars will never achieve that goal.

"But what about (straw-man concern)..." There's a mobility device for every age and every level of ability. What our cities need is the infrastructure to enable this freedom of independent mobility. Full stop.

Medieval city centres are nice and all, but they don’t feel relatable to lots of people in North America. I want to see more stories and examples from European suburbs like this.

Many people are safe streets advocates, not because they had a fantastic trip to Europe, but because our car culture has had life-altering consequences for them here at home. ​Remember that.

“So much of urban planning is organised around a guy getting to work as quickly as possible. That's the worldview. The only time I care about the city is when I'm in my car and need to get to work as fast as possible. Looking through that lens is so incredibly toxic.” LISTEN: youtu.be/hUR3rmr845s

Stop neighborhood speeders with this one simple trick. Chicanes! You can't drive fast if the design doesn't allow you to.

"We don't have room for those things!" You always do. Just look under the cars.

Note Dame just passed a blanket ban on all ebike use on their campus, including the streets. This is what ignorant policy looks like and I hope it doesn't spread

New Zealand taking The War on Cars quite literally.

All car parking should be like this.

Today's ignorant naysayers claim "that'd never work here!" when in fact it once did before it was intentionally dismantled for the benefit of the auto industry.

The South shore line opened its southern extension today! All hail the south shore line!

As we discussed with researchers at ASU in a recent episode, there's a hidden desire among many Americans to live car-free or car-lite and a lot of it has to do with previous experience with and exposure to car-free living. thewaroncars.org/2026/03/10/e...

It's so funny. "The USPS losses money" So does the federal highway commission. But we all understand that if we didn't invest money in this you couldn't drive anywhere. But for some reason we've let shithead delivery companies convince you otherwise.

If anyone here likes stopping INDOT from going rogue, then please tell them to ditch their stupid plan for US 33 expansion in Goshen. Thanks

Ultimately, children’s cycling independence is not just a matter of skills or parental trust, but a collective design choice about what – and who – our cities are for. open.substack.com/pub/urbancyc...

"But we have winter" proven to be a straw man excuse once again!

It’s wild that infrastructure is assumed to mean massive accommodations for 4-ton vehicles that damage roads, while parking for a cargo bike is treated as a niche request. We are effectively subsidizing the thing that costs the city the most money, while squeezing out the tool that actually scales.

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Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the roadway drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians. Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!

“Two billion autonomous cars would continue to sprawl around us, drain our wallets, pollute our cities and limit our freedoms. They distract from meaningful progress, making cities walkable, livable and improving transit. In foregrounding them we continue our bondage to the car-industrial complex.”

So...the US is a hellhole now. I wonder if this is the the beginning of the end of empire or just a dark downturn that extends its life?

Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like: “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”

I generally don't like to post screenshots of text, but someone posted this in our local Strong Towns group and it was too good not to share here.

Can't wait for @modacitylife.com to be in Goshen, Indiana. I'm counting down the days!

Happy Christmas to all and to all a good bike!

More people will ride in winter weather when they know their commute will be efficient. Sure, the protected bike lanes enable a lot of people, but the friction caused by dealing with cars at every intersection keeps many from utilizing the bicycle in winter. Fix the chaos of cars and induce demand.

We have the tools. The only thing missing is the political will to prioritize it. If we can clear a roadway, we can clear a bike path.

I will never not be fascinated by snow management in Montreal and many other parts of Quebec. In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year. It makes a massive difference.

"These ebikes are out of control and we need to regulate them now!"

I wish every single article on gerrymandering would include this disclaimer: “This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”