Energy crisis.

[straphanger@urbanists.social]

Energy crisis. Oil price shock.

We've seen this movie before. In 1973. And 1979. And in 2022, when #Russia invaded #Ukraine.

Some places got smart, and began to work on ways to free themselves from dependence on dictator-controlled fossil fuels by investing in sustainable transport.

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[straphanger@urbanists.social]

And some places—well, people end up paying the price. Again and again.

[straphanger@urbanists.social]

Oil price shocks aren't going away. In some places, like #Paris, they've figured this out. I connect the dots in this week's High Speed dispatch:

Paris's Bicycle Mayor and the Hormuz Shock

Why Sustainable Transport is an Enduring Antidote to the Demented Chaos of Dictators

High Speed (www.highspeed.blog)