Transportation data scientist at the University of Toronto, physicist at heart.
I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her.
Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD
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The car free urbanist I am today was not inevitable. I grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore and Atlanta. I was driven and later drove myself everywhere. Then, I was exposed to something different... I learned that you could in fact live life without a car... It was a gradual transition...
Transportation is fun because everyone (including transportation professionals!) has experience- and vibes-based opinions they can easily mistake for facts.
This guy is clearly, demonstrably wrong, but it *feels* right to him, so it must be right. Other common but wrong transportation opinions:
- cars are like water, if you decrease flow in one place the volume will go up somewhere else
- bike lanes are "empty" and therefore not well-used
