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!
The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)
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...
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....
Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)
Paris mayor says her city has too many SUVs, so she’s asking voters to decide on a parking fee hike (www.independent.co.uk)
Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians (www.iihs.org)
Això és una prova (putaespanya.com) Catalan
Això és una prova per veure si puc posar un string random al camp URL.
Traffic trauma: are cars holding Birmingham back? (www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk)
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....
The Conspiracy of…Cities? (w/Doug Gordon) — Conspirituality (www.conspirituality.net)
‘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
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.
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....
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.
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
Suburban Cycling Myths Busted: It's Closer Than You Think (yt.artemislena.eu)
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....
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....