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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 23, 2026

Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 22, 2026

In 2014, New York City lowering the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph. In just the 1st year: Traffic fatalities fell by more than 22% Pedestrian fatalities fell by more than 25% The most dangerous drivers, those driving over 35 mph, slowed down the most. Via @transalt.org@bsky.brid.gy Speed is always a factor. Too Fast, Too Furious: New Yor...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 18, 2026

NEW: We’re very pleased to announce the addition of Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy as an ongoing collaborator with the Urban Truth Collective, author of “When Driving Is Not An Option.” Read her bio and watch for our first collaboration shortly! #UrbanTruth www.urbantruthcollective.com/about-1

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 13, 2026

IMPORTANT: “For decades, fossil fuel companies have hidden behind a simple defence: we only produce the product. The driver filling a tank…they are the ones burning it, not us. The Paris court has now dismantled that argument. The consumer alibi, the industry’s most lucrative fiction, is over.” As Europe swelters, Paris judg...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 26, 2026

Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy momentummag.com/paris-proves...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 26, 2026

“In 2025 — yes, after the games — Parisians approved another referendum to pedestrianize and plant 500 additional streets, removing another 10% of Paris's on-street parking; about more 10K spots…no one calls these car-free streets, rather, they're rues-jardin— literally, garden streets.” #UrbanTruth Cool streets

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 13, 2026

Remember, if we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth #HousingFirst

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 12, 2026

Remember, speed is ALWAYS a factor. #UrbanTruth #VisionZero #SpeedKills

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h44ku6emydm4vwjuzxahiaz4/post/3mlohakaghk2m

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 11, 2026

Better cars are like better cigarettes. We stay dependent, they sell more. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 11, 2026

Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 & 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide & fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to health — have been slashed by 50% & 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy Bike-lanes make better cities. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 10, 2026

"AVs almost by definition lower the friction and costs associated with driving ... And we already know, from the last century-plus of experience in the US, what happens when we make driving easier: We will get more of it. And more concrete and asphalt infrastructure to accommodate it." #UrbanTruth

The biggest drawback of driver...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 08, 2026

Remember, car dependency can’t be freedom. True mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 08, 2026

Remember this quote EVERY time you’re asked to “prove” the need for safe street conditions. Via our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 07, 2026

Now THIS is GREAT! Our #UrbanTruth work is inspiring some of you to create your OWN new content. Check these out by @owgf.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy on Mastodon building on our 1-Hour City Campaign. “Where would you rather live? “Which looks like freedom to you?” And which like dependency? #1HourCityConspiracy

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 07, 2026

STUDY: “Reframing obesity as the result of government policy (& lack thereof) shaped by industry influence will logically meet great resistance because it reorients policymakers to address unhealthy food environments lobbied for by multinational food companies…” co-written by @grantennis.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Harms of Framing Obesity as a ...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 06, 2026

Madrid closed its central business district to cars for the first time during the 2018 Christmas period. The result was a 9.5% increase in retail spending on Madrid’s main shopping street, the Gran Vía. Plus there was a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com@bsky.brid.gy in @forbes.com@bsky.brid.gy. #UrbanTruth

Closing Central Madrid To Cars...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 05, 2026

STUDY: “Nearly 1/3rd of eligible US residents don’t have a driver's license. An even larger share of the population likely lives without driving for various reasons, including disability, aging, financial constraints, or anxiety related to driving.“ Hat tip to @nondriver.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. #UrbanTruth

Unpacking living without drivi...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 01, 2026

ICYMI: “The ramifications of the #1HourCityConspiracy are real: more crashes, more injuries and deaths, more noise, more air pollution and climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, more social isolation, more political extremism, and less space for everything good our streets should be giving us.”

Urban Truth Collective: The On...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 30, 2026

So MANY examples… #UrbanTruth #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4rsdzazq3svvf3zeyv23sprs/post/3mkpix4cfns2v

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 30, 2026

The 1-Hour City is really profitable for the Road Lobby, but it means more bad things for all of us. #1HourCityConspiracy And it’s just a lot more time stuck in car traffic we’re forced to be a part of. Sound like freedom? #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 29, 2026

“When you’re unable to drive, the flaws in our public transit system become obvious. Sidewalks that end suddenly, street crossings that feel like a sprint for your life, and bus routes perfectly timed to miss the train. When transit is your only option, these things aren’t minor inconveniences.”

I’m 15 and can’t drive. Here’s...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 27, 2026

Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy momentummag.com/paris-proves...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 26, 2026

“They [bikes] turn humans into this hyperefficient terrestrial locomotor because they make being on land more like swimming.” The most efficient traveller is you on a bike. #UrbanTruth A classic worth repeating, via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. #UrbanScience

The Most Efficient Traveler Is...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 23, 2026

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”

Do car-free zones hurt disable...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 23, 2026

“Disinformation has become an industry. An outrage economy, organized around a division dividend, which allows people to profit from division, and poison.” — London Mayor @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. Every credible mayor & urban leader needs to be talking about this and taking action. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 20, 2026

How come they keep spelling “open” wrong? Does that street look closed to you? Only if you’re a car… and presumably that’s the real problem. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 18, 2026

When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. (Did we mention that repetition works?) #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 17, 2026

Want to help our work sharing a more persuasive truth about better cities, while calling out the lies & disinformation? 1. Scroll through our ad posters HERE: www.urbantruthcollective.com/content 2. Pick your favourite & share it in a post with a message, attaching our @ and #UrbanTruth. Thanks!

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 16, 2026

Some very wealthy corporations and people want you to think the idea of “15-Minute Cities” is a scary conspiracy. But it’s really just common sense. More things nearby without always needing a car. But have you heard of the “1-Hour City Conspiracy?” Stay tuned. #1HourCityConspiracy #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 13, 2026

“Amsterdam is set to ban climate-damaging advertising [fossil fuel & meat adverts] in public spaces, following a trend spreading across Dutch cities. France has also enacted legislation outlawing adverts from non-renewable energy companies, & one Italian city has plans to do the same.” #UrbanTruth

The European city banning all ...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 11, 2026

They want us to be. THAT’S the conspiracy. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Mar 28, 2026

Remember, car dependency is never freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Mar 23, 2026

If you think about it, why WOULD it be the responsibility of cities to provide free parking for everyone’s cars? #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Mar 20, 2026

How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? But the store owner LOVES parking in that spot right outside… Bike-lanes mean business. #UrbanTruth