Lior Steinberg
Planning cities that make people smile;
Co-founder @ humankind
Author of The Car That Wanted to be a Bike: humankind.city/car
📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- The future of transportation isn't flying cars but cycling children. 📍 Eindhoven, the Netherlands 📸 @dutchcycling.nl
- There’s only one green way to deliver presents to all the children in the city 🚲 Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
- Is it Amsterdam? Copenhagen? No, it's Paris! In the last few years, the French capital has done so much to make cycling a great and efficient way to move around the city. And now they have one of the best problems a city can have: bicycle congestion.
- We build parking lots for machines, and then wonder why we feel disconnected. Let's build parks for people. A great example from Melbourne. The project 'A Park Close to Home' aims to create and improve access to open space in areas of Merri-bek, in areas without parks within walking distance.
- Give people dignified alternatives to driving, and they'll surprise you. 📍 Utrecht, the Netherlands 📸 Great image by @filmendefietser.bsky.social
- A new study reveals the impact of cycling on urban spatial structure and welfare. Using a quantitative spatial model, the researchers Tijl Hendrich & Nicole Loumeau explored how the Netherlands would look if cycling was no longer an option. The findings are striking: / 1
- A smart city plants parks where children play, not parking where cars can lay
- Justin Timberlake joined the #BikeBus movement in Portland! We need more role models promoting active mobility! What is a bike bus? It is a group of people who cycle together, mostly to school, with designated stops along the way. Video via @coachbalto.bsky.social 🎶 I can't stop the feeling! 🎶
- Want to see the power of mass transit? Watch this one! Look at the efficiency of Bus Rapid Transit next to the waste of personal vehicles. 🇨🇴 The TransMilenio in Bogotá has 2.4 million daily riders 🇮🇩 The TransJakarta in Jakarta has 1 million riders Just imagine if all of them decided to buy a car!
- It's possible to bring the city back to people. Look at Washington Square Park in New York City.
- This is cool. Modifying AI-generated images in real-time using a MIDI controller. Video by Johannes Stelzer on X
- How many people cycle to work per city? Source: is European Cyclists’ Federation Via Constantin Vermoere
- Interesting invention! A solar-powered electric cargo scooter. It has two large solar panels that can extend its range by 3 miles (~5 km) for every hour it’s left in the sun. Under the panels, there’s storage for cargo. By Otherlab.
- Same space, different impacts. This satellite view of the area near Eindhoven's main train station illustrates a stark reality. The bicycle lot accommodates hundreds of people, while the car park, of approximately the same size, serves only 50 cars.
- A city that moves at the pace of its people, rather than its cars, is a city that truly understands progress.
- Utrecht has transformed its bus stops into bee stops with green roofs. But does it actually work? 🚏🌼🐝 According to a study from the university, the number of bees visiting the green-roofed bus shelters varied across the city. Video by BrightVibes
- When it comes to bicycle paths, it doesn't get much better than this. Protected with a wide green strip and trees that will provide shade in a few years, this bike path creates a sense of safety and comfort for those traveling down the street. 📍The Hague, the Netherlands
- 25 seconds from Zwolle, NL. Population 129,000. It’s so quiet. We’ve forgotten how loud cars make our cities. Wonderful to hear the sound of bicycles, people chatting & laughing 🎶
- There is only one green way to deliver presents to all the children in the city. 🚲 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
- A great example of how smart* bicycle infrastructure can save lives. * Smart is not about new technologies. It's just common sense and friendly urban design. By @nacto.bsky.social's Don't Give Up at the Intersection guide.
- Bus terminals can be green. 🍃 Look at this station in Heerlen, the Netherlands. Imagine how nice it is to wait for the bus there. Beautifully captured by Peter Thurman: www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-...
- Better street = better local economy! In 2010, Lancaster, a city in California, invested $11.5 million to revamp its unattractive five-lane street into a greener, more inviting main thoroughfare. This transformation gave a substantial lift to the local economy, boosting it by $280 million!
- When a city street stops being hostile to humans and the environment, you get a place where communities bond, businesses flourish, and culture thrives. This visual WATG and Wimberly Interiors is one of my favorite street transformation proposals.
- A fun game to play while riding the Amsterdam tram. No AI, no applications, just a low-tech "augmented reality" game. Designed by Daniel Disselkoen for GVB: danieldisselkoen.nl/man-eater
- One of the greatest achievements of the car industry is convincing business owners that parking spaces lead to more revenue. Visual by Urbis
- Love this online street game! 😍 You tap cars to clear space, then get to reimagine the street's design. It's eye-opening to see the sheer amount of space dedicated to car storage. Play here: 12m2.org/utapia/ Project by @katjadiehl.bsky.social , Jan Kamensky, Fynn Feistauer & Ana Amil.
