Debra Efroymson

What can we learn from the American disaster? First, that democracy isn’t easy.

It is time to greatly restrict the use of private motorised vehicles and make our cities more liveable.

If we have learnt nothing else in the last several months, it is not to underestimate the power of young people.

The belief shared by corporate and government leaders that bigger is always better is founded on the false assumption

Play is not a unique human construction: baby animals engage in play, using it to learn a variety of important skills

How comfortable is it to not have clean air to breathe?

Children flourish when given the opportunity to explore their environment and calculate risks.

People assign varying weights to their experiences, and so some of us focus on the positive.

I wish we lived in a world where the perpetrator, not the survivor, was blamed for their actions.

Let’s get over the prejudice that expressways are for cars.

Attitudes that insist on finding differences rather than commonalities are troubling.

What happens to be a great solution for decarbonising transport is enabling and promoting walking, cycling, and pedal-powered rickshaws.

In many cities around the world, elderly people literally cannot cross the road because the timing on crossing signals is too brief. At least we don’t have that problem in Dhaka, if only due to the absence of functional traffic lights.

The importance of government policy, not just individual motivation, for health becomes evident when we consider the behaviours needed for a person to stay healthy.

Let’s shape the future in partnership with, rather than in destruction of, our local economy and local communities.

Cycling infrastructure is far less expensive to build than roads, flyovers, elevated expressways, and parking garages for cars.

We complain endlessly about problems, but are adamant in our belief that nothing better is possible.

I would love to believe that I’m just having a severe reaction to dust, or that it’s all normal seasonal illness, but the evidence suggests otherwise.

Why is it possible to manufacture and advertise a car that goes faster than the maximum allowable speed?

The devastation is already here and now; the longer we wait, the greater and sooner the future damage