Speed camera cut down for second time in Cornwall (www.bbc.com)
It’s insane the lengths that some people will go to save a few seconds on their commute, while also endangering others.
Gen Z is choosing not to drive (www.newsweek.com)
NYC MTA sets Manhattan congestion price at $15 for most vehicles, just one MTA vote left before the first congestion pricing in North America (www.planetizen.com)
New York City’s congestion pricing program is moving forward with a $15 fee on passenger vehicles, reports Stephen Nessen in Gothamist, after the MTA board voted to approve it. The program now enters a 60-day public comment period before a final vote....
Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians (www.iihs.org)
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....
Parents Of Baby In Carjacked Vehicle Are Suing VW For Refusing To Assist Police (jalopnik.com)
Volkswagen representatives demanded a $150 fee before using GPS to locate the vehicle and child....
Go ahead. (slrpnk.net)
The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)
US Pedestrian deaths rose a troubling 77% between 2010 and 2021. (www.ghsa.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/12581895...
Europe’s politicians are dEsPeRaTe to tackle e-scooters, why aren’t they bothered by monster SUVs? (www.transportenvironment.org)
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric cars. E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world. (arstechnica.com)
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: lemmy.nz/post/4701018
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.
Why are cars getting bigger? A theory. (theluddite.org)
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak diverts £8.3 Billion from high speed rail to... fixing potholes (www.bbc.com)
It’s almost like car infrastructure has dogshit durability and longevity and is a massive money sink compared to more efficient transportation infrastructures!
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.
Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)
What if We Had the Right to Public Transport? (newint.org)
Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car (www.forbes.com.au)
8 lanes in one direction (beehaw.org)
This is in a city of 175,000 people. And in a “liberal”, West Coast, US city. You really can’t get away from this stuff in North America.
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories (www.theguardian.com)
Predictably, it’s the 15-minute-city conspiracy crap.
CGI Uber ad with 200 seats (v.redd.it)
DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion [article] (www.cnbc.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6820708...
Higher Vehicle Hoods Increase Pedestrian Deaths (arstechnica.com)
I know, you’re shocked right?
