Birds eating some paint chips off the dividing line (i.imgur.com)
How cities can stem the tide of pedestrian deaths from large cars and SUVs – Ars Technica (lemmy.schuerz.at)
All these children are invisible to the driver…...
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars (www.theguardian.com)
It’s nice to see more car free places, but it’s also hard not to criticise the capitalistic hellscape in which your neighbourhood has a CEO
BDSM (lemmy.ml)
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Atlanta 1950s and now (feddit.de)
A great illustration of how cities can be designed around public transit at scale (www.youtube.com)
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Idea for disrespecting cars
OK so I came up with a slightly crazy idea. Do you know how cars are emblazoned with logos and emblems? Like the brand name (Toyota), the car name (Kluger), engine and other doodads (V6 etc etc). What if we made like jokey versions of these to replace on our cars? Like make a Toyota logo but it looks a bit more like a penis....
Anti-ULEZ extremists blow up a ULEZ camera using an IED (news.met.police.uk)
Car-brains now actually blowing things up in suburban England, with the tacit support of Tory MPs.
Oxford becomes UK's electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/6709894...
“Can We Talk About Cars?” (2011) (ia600206.us.archive.org) Dutch
old but still relevant vlog - opinion - rant on the dangerous reality of cars
ajsadauskas, Spotted on Instagram. Your NSW tax dollars hard at work...
Hoboken, NJ reduces annual traffic deaths to zero (www.bloomberg.com)
The mayor of Hoboken, NJ came in with a vision of reducing traffic deaths to pedestrians and cyclists. He instituted several strategies of traffic calming, increasing pedestrian visibility, reducing city wide street speeds to 20 mph with schools and parks down to 15 mph. Within a few years of road improvements and redesigns...
It's that time of the year again (media.mas.to)
Adam Something | Why Robotaxis are a Terrible Idea (www.youtube.com)
Amazing Cutting-Edge Revolutionary Technological Algorithmic Science Invention (lemmy.world)
I saw a good article on c/upliftingnews about AI improving traffic signal controllers. It’s good and all, I just can’t help but think of the “look at what they need to have a fraction of our power” meme while reading it
Study shows 'Substantial falls in motor traffic within LTN schemes, especially in Inner London' | ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com)
By contrast, little average change in motor traffic on LTN boundary roads...
EPA sides with tribes on petition to regulate toxic tire chemical that kills salmon (www.kuow.org)
In the radio segment, they also mentioned that this chemical might be responsible for many other environmental and human health conditions. This is likely the tip of the iceberg....
What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars (www.politico.eu)
Suburban Cycling Myths Busted: It's Closer Than You Think (yt.artemislena.eu)
Who Owns the Streets? How Cars Took Over Our Shared Spaces (www.youtube.com)
Study Finds Cyclists Are Better People Than Drivers | Jalopnik (jalopnik.com)
I’ve always argued this wasn’t the case and that motoring is a worse transport mode because of the associated externalities, not because of anything inherent to the users....
How Cars Turned Into Giant Killers (slate.com)
Rails and bike in vehicle. Can't get better than this! (feddit.it)
Found this today at a flight museum (with a transit section) close to Milan