[image] Riyadh (population 7.6 million) is finally getting a metro. Initially scheduled for 2018, after successive delays it will open early this year (lemmy.ml)
A ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical induces acute mortality in coho salmon (sopuli.xyz)
In U.S. Pacific Northwest coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), stormwater exposure annually causes unexplained acute mortality when adult salmon migrate to urban creeks to reproduce. By investigating this phenomenon, we identified a highly toxic quinone transformation product of...
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories (www.theguardian.com)
Predictably, it’s the 15-minute-city conspiracy crap.
Yes... pirated cars will definitely fix the problem (slrpnk.net)
A pirated car would just be a more free way to access the $10k/yr pay wall you live your life behind. Car-dominant infrastructure is vendor lock in....
Prague urban planning (via Adam Something) (yewtu.be)
I live in Prague and I Approve this Message.
same bed length (feddit.de)
Higher Vehicle Hoods Increase Pedestrian Deaths (arstechnica.com)
I know, you’re shocked right?
title (files.catbox.moe)
link to toot
What if We Had the Right to Public Transport? (newint.org)
Gen Z is choosing not to drive (www.newsweek.com)
Dubai Metro Blue Line is part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, which aims to create a '20-minute city’ (www.khaleejtimes.com)
Dubai Metro is getting a third line in 2029. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Dubai_Metro)
Go ahead. (slrpnk.net)
85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport (www.forbes.com)
Oxford becomes UK's electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/6709894...
Electric cars: The equivalent of switching from binge drinking whiskey to binge drinking wine. (lemmy.ml)
US Pedestrian deaths rose a troubling 77% between 2010 and 2021. (www.ghsa.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/12581895...
“Can We Talk About Cars?” (2011) (ia600206.us.archive.org) Dutch
old but still relevant vlog - opinion - rant on the dangerous reality of cars
Can Cleveland go from urban decay to transit Haven? (urbanists.video)
insane infrastructure needed (feddit.de)
Parkable cities (startrek.website)
They probably assumed this is like a theme park or something and not an actual city that people actually live in year round. Cities having nice, people friendly places away from cars? Who’s ever heard of that?
Why are cars getting bigger? A theory. (theluddite.org)
I laugh at the Ford every time I see it. Today i got at chance to park next to it and the the size difference is comically large. (feddit.dk)
One of these has definitely hauled more than the other, and i guarantee you it’s not the ford.
Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts (www.vox.com)
TL;DR: Norway subsidised electric cars a lot, that money went to the rich more than the poor, and left them with less money to spend on transit which delivers better outcomes for cities.
Suburban Cycling Myths Busted: It's Closer Than You Think (yt.artemislena.eu)
