The evolution from roads designed for cars, to streets designed for people. It’s never been about whether or not there’s “enough room” — It’s ALWAYS been about our priorities. Nice graphic via @bikeyface.bsky.social. #multimodal
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Petition to have all buses and coaches in Ireland fitted with these backers to carry bikes!
Great article by @juliametraux.bsky.social in @motherjones.com - read beyond the headline! "Maddy Ruvolo, a disabled transportation planner... concerned to see #accessibility used as a political football.” 
#pwd #MultiModal
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“…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 in @motherjones.com #Accessibility #MultiModal
Do car-free zones hurt disable...
Bluesky SocialA. Zivarts (@nondriver.bsky.social)Author, When Driving Isn't An Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press, 2024). Disabled mom with #nystagmus. Launched #WeekWithoutDriving annazivarts.com
Want an economically competitive city? A fiscally smart city? A healthy city? A sustainable, climate-responsible & resilient city? An equitable & accessible city? A livable city? A city with more choices? A successful city today, that’s positioned for a successful future? Build a #multimodal city.
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The stadtnavi system, built on Trufi’s open-source platform, shows how cities can democratize mobility. Real-time updates, CO₂ comparisons, and weather alerts aren’t exclusive to Herrenberg—they’re open for any city to implement. The project’s success lies in its adaptability: a white-label solution that lets cities rebrand and expand it freely.
Trufi AssociationTrufi’s Tour-de-Force of Multimodal Possibilities: stadtnaviActive transport, motorized transport, public toilets and more – they're in the stadtnavi app: bus, train, bike, car, rideshare, taxi...
Herrenberg is boasting about about their multimodal system for sustainable transport: stadtnavi. Hey, other cities, don't be jealous: Just adopt the solution, developed by Trufi.
OpenAI’s new AI image generator is potent and bound to provoke - The arrival of OpenAI's DALL-E 2 in the spring of 2022 marked a turning po... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/openais-new-ai-image-generator-is-potent-and-bound-to-provoke/ #autoregressiveimagegenerator #multimodalimagegeneration #4oimagegeneration #aiimagegenerator #machinelearning #autoregressive #imagesynthesis #multimodalai #multimodal #chatgpt #chatgtp #dall-e3 #biz #dall-e #gpt-4o #openai #ai
Ars Technica · OpenAI’s new AI image generator is potent and bound to provoke
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"The traffic model is the slave, not the master." Models are frequently full of faulty assumptions, and rarely understand actual human behaviour in the context of change and choices. Never let a traffic model tell you what to do. Decide what you WANT to happen, & design how to get there. #multimodal
Want an economically competitive city? A fiscally smart city? A healthy city? A sustainable, climate-responsible & resilient city? An equitable & accessible city? A livable city? A city with more choices? A successful city today, that’s positioned for a successful future? Build a #multimodal city.
It's not always very helpful to look at AI models in isolation, essential is the way that they are implemented, how weak aspects are mitigated through the use of other models or algorithms. In that respect i think Gemini 2.0 looks like a good building block and step forward in many ways. The true multimodal character and text/image/sound input and output, offers exciting possibilites.
https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/#ai-game-agents
#AI #GoogleGemini #Multimodal
Google · Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era
Whether you live in a 15-minute neighborhood or 15-minute city is a personal calculation. Here's mine: How Many Minutes (by Bike) Is Your Neighborhood? https://bikestylelife.com/2024/12/07/how-many-minutes-by-bike-is-your-neighborhood/
Bike Style Life · How Many Minutes (by Bike) Is Your Neighborhood?I don’t live in a 15-minute neighborhood or a 15-minute city, one in which I can meet the majority of everyday needs in a 15-minute walk. I find that an imprecise and unimodal measure, though…
I tried running a picture of our dogs through two multimodal models to compare the results. I asked both models what kind of dogs they were and what it thought their names might be.
The model on the right got the breed right and understood the assignment.
The one on the left got the breed wrong and kind of whiffed the name part. But I appreciate its observations at the bottom.
#ai #multimodal #NorwichTerriersOfMastodon #norwichterriers
#dogsofmastodon
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Karen Vancluysen Secretary-General of POLIS Network, opened the International Cargo Bike Festival #ICBF2024 on personal mobility and urban logistics.
#logistics #parking #airquality #congestion #sprawl #resilience #safety #efficiency #multimodal #smartcity #cars #data #urbanism #BikeTooter
Cheap AI “video scraping” can now extract data from any screen recording - Recently, AI researcher Simon Willison wanted to add up his charges from u... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/cheap-ai-video-scraping-can-now-extract-data-from-any-screen-recording/ #aivideoscraping #machinelearning #simonwillison #videoscraping #multimodalai #multimodal #biz #ai
Ars Technica · Cheap AI “video scraping” can now extract data from any screen recording
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@wolfgangcramer That is the true beauty of #multimodal transportation that includes the #bicycle. Short and medium distances are easily bridged: The car-sharing 
is a little too far? Going to the station? Close the loop after a one-way trip? Take the bike!
Probé un viaje #multimodal que está resultando un éxito. Subí mi bici al auto, manejé hasta la terminal de autobuses. Estacioné el auto, subí mi #bici al maletero del camión. Viajé a la #CDMX, bajé mi bicla en la terminal y pedalee hasta mi destino, hice más diligencias, está funcionando rebien. Al rato lo mismo pero de regreso, seguiremos reportando.
Object recognition has mainly been studied using unimodal stimuli. This study shows that #neurons in #PerirhinalCortex use uni- & multimodal sensory info for flexible unimodal recognition of a #multimodal object & for episodic experience of it #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4eyT4nY
Boosted this earlier but it's worth emphasizing: Hochul's stated justification for suddenly canceling NYC's congestion pricing is bullshit. She said it's because business owners fear reduced sales if people have to pay (more) to drive into the city. Guess what, the petit bourgeoisie are full of shit! Shocking, I know. Business owners consistently underestimate how many of their customers reach their shop via walking, biking, or public transport. Evidence shows that increasing options for non-drivers usually boosts sales in businesses that are affected. (Also, one of the business owners Hochul claims to have spoken with denies ever talking about congestion pricing with her.)
#NYpol #MultimodalTransport #Multimodal #PublicTransport #WarOnCars #CongestionPricing
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/354672/hochul-congestion-pricing-manhattan-diners-cars-transit
Vox · Business owners are buying into a bogus myth about driving
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