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MTA gives final approval for congestion pricing in NYC (gothamist.com)

New York Takes Crucial Step Toward Making Congestion Pricing a Reality (www.nytimes.com)

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing (www.nytimes.com)

Why Cities Should Farm (www.youtube.com)

Trains are impractical and the tracks take up so much space (i.redd.it)

San Francisco population: 815,201...

Europe’s Soviet Remains - Microdistricts (libranet.de)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKoUX1YxkQ0...

Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stopping (momentummag.com)

Real-world CO2 emissions of cars are 20% higher than indicated. For plug-in hybrids they are 250% higher. (climate.ec.europa.eu)

EDIT clarifications:...

Ferrari's first electric car will literally roar, CEO promises (www.clubalfa.it)

After the dodge charger electric fake V8 engine noise, Ferrari is following...

Tools for collecting traffic data on my street?

I’m working with my neighbors to petition the city to add traffic calming measures (e.g. speed bumps, one way roads) to my street. I’m also hoping to turn it into a bit of a research project. Does anyone know of any tools to monitor or even automate data collection of the speeds of cars, number of cars going by, how many...

Tesla Cybertruck: A Tragedy On Four Wheels [Adam Something] (www.youtube.com)

Piped link / Invidious link...

Survey reveals depth of abuse women experience while biking (bikeportland.org)

'Modern-day redlining': Research investigates Wall Street-backed rental market - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis (source.wustl.edu)

Americans baffled by lack of parking lots at Taylor Swift's Aussie shows (celebrity.nine.com.au)

One of my favorites, just remembered it, and this article is from the AU’s perspective....

Is Automated Enforcement Making U.S. Cities Safer or Just Raising Revenue? — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)

Guerilla Urbanism asks forgiveness, not permission (www.cnu.org)

Highway Construction: The Great American Ponzi Scheme (www.youtube.com)

Every new school being built in England is in unsafe air pollution area, study says (www.theguardian.com)

People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One (www.wired.com)

From Hackney to Acton, meet the Londoners giving their neighourhoods a DIY makeover (www.standard.co.uk)

These local heroes are making a mark in their communities — through bringing green spaces back to life, creating a cultural hub in the shape of a cinema and turning a home into an artwork

"Private insurance companies are effectively labelling areas as uninsurable," (hexbear.net)

bbc.com/…/20240318-climate-change-is-fuelling-the…

Opinion on modular vehicles with standardized parts?

I’ve started to hate SUV, MUV and MPV. I’ve been thinking about how buses may be an ideal transportation, but in reality, it will probably not be feasible to have an entire transport system running on buses, right? Maybe a bit of rickshaws and mini-taxis too? And also compact private vehicles?...

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