EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying (www.theguardian.com)
Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs? [The Observer] (www.theguardian.com)
It’s midnight on the edge of Clapham Common in early September. The streets are eerily quiet as a shadowy figure in black shirt, shorts and baseball cap emerges from the common. He is wearing a red face mask, his features, except for some blond locks, hidden from view.
me_irl (a.mindlycdn.com)
alt texttweet by amtrak ben: i think we should build high speed rail next to freeways only because it would make drivers feel like complete losers all the time...
CGI Uber ad with 200 seats (v.redd.it)
Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use (theconversation.com)
London air quality improved by Ulez and Lez - report | BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
The researchers said the introduction of the Lez helped to reduce particulate matter (PM10) in Greater London by 13% between 2008 and 2013, compared to between 2003 and 2007....
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
Atlanta 1950s and now (feddit.de)
Las Vegas police make arrest in bicyclist’s death after crash videos surface (www.8newsnow.com)
Cruise Didn't Tell Anyone That A Woman Was Dragged 20 Feet After Being Pushed Into Robotaxi (jalopnik.com)
The company left out some key details regarding the incident involving one of its robotaxis and a pedestrian....
Two Cyclists Killed By Truck's Lumber Load In California (jalopnik.com)
Two cyclists died near Napa, California, Tuesday by a lumber truck when its load suddenly shifted of the picturesque roadway....
How it feels to be an urbanist sometimes (programming.dev)
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
Just Buy Everyone a Car (www.youtube.com)
TL;DW: The “just buy everyone a car” instead of subsidising transit argument doesn’t work. Even on the least cost efficient bus routes it doesn’t make sense. Also “demand responsive transit” is worse than fixed routes.
Edinburgh City Council consider ban on 'gas-guzzling' SUVs (www.bbc.com)
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DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion [article] (www.cnbc.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6820708...
Calvin Calming (media.kbin.social)
They have played us for absolute fools (lemmy.ml)
Higher point of impact makes SUV crashes more dangerous for cyclists (www.iihs.org)
Ground-impact injuries — a frequent cause of head injuries — were more than twice as common in SUV crashes than those involving cars, the study showed. The findings follow earlier IIHS research that showed SUVs are more lethal than cars to pedestrians despite design changes that have made them less dangerous to other...
When a parking space is "magnificent"... nothing is. (lemmy.world)
Menlo park, CA (upload.wikimedia.org)
Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds (www.thedrive.com)
Richmond Night Market in Richmond, BC, Canada. Where the main parking lot is twice the area of the actual event space, despite being within walking distance of a major transit interchange. (www.google.com)
OpenStreetMap link: www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/49.19400/-123.13250
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, everyone 🤦 (lemmy.ml)
We’re all in on the culture war now
Was cyberpunk 2077 ruined by carbrain?
The phantom liberty expansion is out now, and something to note is just how many roads and cars are in the game considering… well… how are they still burning fossil fuels in 2077?...