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Sarah 🍓
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- Every time I see a picture of a Tokyo street scene I think “goddamn why does this look so inviting?!” and then I realise it’s because there’s no on street parking
- What’s your favourite eye-opening depiction of how we let cars dominate our streets? Here’s mine:
- The first thing anyone should have to do when they become a local councillor is make three local journeys: one by bike, one in a wheelchair, and one with a buggy.
- The real headline here is that it would take every single person in the UK to change how they wash their clothes to compensate for the environmental damage drivers are doing in just one mid-size London borough.
- Active travel like walking and cycling is a gendered issue. Don't believe me? I'll prove it to you.
- I was today years old when I learned that bikes are feminist. Don’t understand how that can be the case? Here’s a thread explaining why.
- This is why cafe seating, electric car chargers and all other street clutter belongs in parking spaces and not in pavements
00:00 - Just a year ago I was someone who resented cyclists in London. I never imagined that I could ever be one of them. Now, city cycling is one of the best parts of my life. Here’s what helped me change my mind:
- On the left is Olivia de Havilland cycling at the age of 20. On the right is Olivia de Havilland cycling at the age of 103. Older bodies are capable of more than we give them credit for. All we need to do is provide the infrastructure.
- Hi, I'm Sarah 👋 I'm 28, I live in London, and I've just learnt how to ride a bike. It's terrifying and exhilerating and I'm learning loads all the time -- so I decided to start writing about it. Here's Diary of a New Cyclist:
- Replying to @SarahJ_BerryJust look at how beautiful our streets can be when we don’t use them to store a bunch of cars
