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“15-Minute City” Conspiracies Have It Backwards (yt.artemislena.eu)

Europe’s politicians are dEsPeRaTe to tackle e-scooters, why aren’t they bothered by monster SUVs? (www.transportenvironment.org)

Idea for disrespecting cars

OK so I came up with a slightly crazy idea. Do you know how cars are emblazoned with logos and emblems? Like the brand name (Toyota), the car name (Kluger), engine and other doodads (V6 etc etc). What if we made like jokey versions of these to replace on our cars? Like make a Toyota logo but it looks a bit more like a penis....

Birds eating some paint chips off the dividing line (i.imgur.com)

insane infrastructure needed (feddit.de)

What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars (www.politico.eu)

Britain's addiction to cars is built on a financial house of cards (www.theguardian.com)

How Commute Culture Made American Cities Lifeless -- Yet There's Hope (www.youtube.com)

This video outlines some of the relationships between US commuting culture and the perspectives that it’s engendered about the role of the city. The, when compared and contrasted to other nations’ approach to city design and perspectives shows that it’s possible to have a city core that’s more than just a workplace....

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Hoboken, NJ reduces annual traffic deaths to zero (www.bloomberg.com)

The mayor of Hoboken, NJ came in with a vision of reducing traffic deaths to pedestrians and cyclists. He instituted several strategies of traffic calming, increasing pedestrian visibility, reducing city wide street speeds to 20 mph with schools and parks down to 15 mph. Within a few years of road improvements and redesigns...

Cars Are A Disaster For Society -- Here Are the Numbers (www.youtube.com)

Adam Something | Why Robotaxis are a Terrible Idea (www.youtube.com)

Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car (www.forbes.com.au)

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)

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...

What modes of transport do you really like?

For me personally, trams are right up there. Aside from the main issue of sharing the roads instead of having a dedicated line, they really make it easy to get from one part of a city to another, especially for wheelchair users. They’re usually as frequent as buses, but much faster. The stations are much more attractive...