katjakircher.bsky.social
Research Leader at VTI, Sweden. Sustainable transport, active travel. Cycling long and short distances. eng/swe/ger
👤 Joined on 20 November 2023
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@katjakircher.bsky.socialIn Sweden, they don't even bother to turn the blue lights on. And every random security contractor does it too. They have permits from the city conditional on "need" to carry out duties. But that's never policed and interpreted generously. Parking in bike lanes or on pavements is standard.
Show PostWorse still, they are watching everyone else too, whether they chose to engage or not.
Show PostModern cars’ smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned
Show PostHere is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
Show PostFor those saying how the bike commute lifts their mood... This is the actual reality after a few years (or earlier). Witnessing injustice/violence at such rate, explicitness, and normalization is traumatizing in the long run. It adds to sexism, racism, environmental abuse, etc etc.
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