Prague urban planning (via Adam Something) (yewtu.be)
I live in Prague and I Approve this Message.
Higher Vehicle Hoods Increase Pedestrian Deaths (arstechnica.com)
I know, you’re shocked right?
What if We Had the Right to Public Transport? (newint.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....
Gen Z is choosing not to drive (www.newsweek.com)
Oxford becomes UK's electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/6709894...
Thank the gods we live in such a car-saturated nation, how horrible it would be if this space was used to house people (media.kbin.social)
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories (www.theguardian.com)
Predictably, it’s the 15-minute-city conspiracy crap.
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)
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...
“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)
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.
US Pedestrian deaths rose a troubling 77% between 2010 and 2021. (www.ghsa.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/12581895...
[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)
Talgo 350 SRO High Speed Train in Saudi Arabia (lemmy.ml)
Why are cars getting bigger? A theory. (theluddite.org)
Electric cars: The equivalent of switching from binge drinking whiskey to binge drinking wine. (lemmy.ml)
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?
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.
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: lemmy.nz/post/4701018
How Cars Turned Into Giant Killers (slate.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....
Some good news from the UK: London cycling numbers go wild | London Cycling Campaign (lcc.org.uk)
Cycling numbers are up in London!...
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
