one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog

“Right off the bat, I'll say that I dubbed Brussels Velo-Shitty. What a crap city to cycle in. Dismal. I've rarely seen a Northern[ish] European city so overrun by cars”

“70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here”

“Countries with the highest levels of active transportation generally had the lowest obesity rates”

“there is nothing unique about the frequency with which cyclists as a class break the law when compared with drivers or pedestrians”

“Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams”

“Get this: the cars are not part of the solution (whether they run on fossil fuels, vodka, used frymax oil, or cow shit). They are at the heart of the problem. And trying to salvage the entire Happy Motoring system by shifting it from gasoline to other fuels will only make things much worse.”

“Cars are the closest thing we have in our society to predators, capable of picking off the weak; they're malevolent steel sharks or pumas, cruising our cities, hogging the head of the food chain.”

“Pull your head out of the last century and make a real choice”