😀🚲<p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FietsProfessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FietsProfessor</span></a> says the past 100yrs of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficEngineering</span></a> seems like it was set in stone. The language we use shapes the way people think, "traffic jam / clog" is the language of sewage. And "closing streets" to cars creates <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/openStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openStreets</span></a> for children. Also most people find <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> boring but <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/freeRangeKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeRangeKids</span></a>, <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/SchoolStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolStreets</span></a>, <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BikeBus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeBus</span></a> capture more attention. Make <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficEngineers</span></a> argue against the idea of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AutonomousChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomousChildren</span></a> not <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyclists</span></a>. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheWarOnCars</span></a></span></p>