Natalia Barbour
@nataliabarbour
Transportation | Cycling | Cities | former academic | past TU Delft & MIT | 🇵🇱 IG: natalia_barbour_phd www.nataliabarbour.com
Freedom in mobility is a freedom to choose how you want to travel regardless of the weather conditions, your abilities, age, and upbringing.
Come walk with me around LYNX Central Station in Orlando, Florida 🌴
Theory versus practice: bike edition. Video on IG: natalia_barbour_phd
Only one of them will be considered more acceptable to be in a parking spot. The other one is a bike.
The only downside of a well designed city is that you can’t blame your lateness on traffic.
Livable communities prevent loneliness by creating easy access to activities and people. How? ⬇️ 📍Lake Nona, Orlando
🛴Latest research on e-scooter safety. Let's go! 🧵🧵🧵 - While normalization of traffic violations was found to increase speeding risk, prevention-oriented strategies outperform enforcement-only policies (Sheykhfard and Ferenchak, 2026)
Who would not want to travel like this? Built in AC and powered by cookies and sun. ☀️ 🚲
One person in one car = no online rage One person on a one bike = the world is ending Source: Facebook
If you are in Orlando and interested in mobility, innovation and transportation, join us at Plug and Play Orlando. May 7th at 4pm. Register: luma.com/nrxdwkut
People online: arguing about e-bikes, scooters and bike lanes. Meanwhile in IRL:
An average vehicle is parked 95% of the time. An average e-bike? This is where it gets complicated (in a good way)🚲 — In 2015, people who purchased e-bikes increased cycling trips increased from 0.9 to 1.4 per day, distance from 4.8 km to 10.3 km and (…)
Per capita CO2 emissions from transport (excluding shipping and aviation).
They say a picture is a thousand words. This one is a whole book. 📷: Reddit: Blueraccoonboy
$4 will either get you a gallon of gas or four donuts. Pick your fuel wisely.
US Safe Streets Index by Streetlight analyzed top 100 metropolitan areas to reveal how different factors impact road risks. The results:
Pedestrian and cycling safety explained. (credit: TikTok at syedshuey)
Children: when crossing the street, make sure you make an eye contact with the driver. Meantime: *spotted in the wild in FL
Whether traffic is bad ultimately depends on the mode causing it.