I find the motor vehicle noise all the time and everywhere harder and harder to tolerate, and there's no way to escape. I can't believe that this goes largely unnoticed.
Cycling Research is in Fact Pro Car! - my "Hot Take" now turns into a presentation at a global climate network. So in case you don't have anything better to do on a Sunday: actionnetwork.org/events/futur...
Tack Cykelfrämjandet att jag fick skriva en krönika om hur cykelforskningen i många fall egentligen tjänar bilsamhället - för att vi inte vet, kan eller får göra bättre. Den finns på s26 i det aktuella numret: cykelframjandet.se/wp-content/u...
The noise from just one snowmobile destroying the silence and peace in the fjäll is a stark reminder of how quiet and peaceful the world could be without cars.
Why would I feel humiliated when a) having to press a beg button, b) having to wait maybe 1 m away from cars zooming past me way above speed limit (which is too high to begin with) and c) getting showered by their tyres spraying dirty water from the recent rain all over me?
The Swedish Road Administration seems to assume that crossing a 2+1-road (100 km/h) becomes safer when people also have to fumble with a gate. How exactly? I might have kids with me, too.
How can it not be their responsibility to limit the speed instead? But hey, we can't disturb the drivers!
Tack, @kristerisaksson.bsky.social för äran att få gästblogga hos dig om att ändra tankesättet från "minimiavstånd" till "så liten påverkan som möjligt" vid omkörning av cyklande.