I love me some grassy trams (lemmy.world)
Designing Urban Places that Don't Suck (www.youtube.com)
Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town (youtu.be)
Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town (www.youtube.com)
Climate Town & Not Just Bikes collaborating on how parking minimums destroy both the environment and cities
Activist Group Is Protesting Driverless Cars by Disabling Them With Traffic Cones (www.vice.com)
“The group got the idea for the conings by chance. The person claims a few of them walking together one night saw a cone on the hood of an AV, which appeared disabled. They weren’t sure at the time which came first; perhaps someone had placed the cone on the AV’s hood to signify it was disabled rather than the other way...
Why don't people walk anywhere anymore? (lemmy.one)
#fuckcars
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: lemmy.nz/post/4701018
Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study (www.forbes.com)
Some interesting stuff here, including links to more studies showing similar results in different countries....
More than 150 car models too big for regular UK parking spaces (www.theguardian.com)
While this is mostly about parking issues, the part that stood out most to me in this is:...
Pothole mosaics — a somewhat common form of city art, where the artist fills small cracks with colourful tiles. Photo from Marseille (media.kbin.social)
Chicago is spending over $17 million to add miles of new bike lanes — all in hopes of curbing segregation and boosting racial equity (www.yahoo.com)
There obviously more work to be done and I love that Chicago is so far ahead of so many cities when it comes to bicycle infrastructure.
How to make sure drivers will give way (lemmy.ml)
Paris Votes To Triple Parking Charges For SUVs (www.forbes.com)
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...
US Pedestrian deaths rose a troubling 77% between 2010 and 2021. (www.ghsa.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/12581895...
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....
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, everyone 🤦 (lemmy.ml)
We’re all in on the culture war now
Amsterdam to give car traffic less priority as streets and sidewalks fill up (nltimes.nl)
Some interesting points:...
England has lost at least 1,500 bus routes since 2021, figures show (www.theguardian.com)
There's 3000 cars on fire in the North Sea (lemmy.ml)
Source: todon.eu/
Tell USDOT That Deadly Vehicles Shouldn’t Receive 5-Star Safety Ratings | National Association of City Transportation Officials (nacto.org)
The proposals are open for public comment until today July 25th, and your feedback can help ensure NHTSA’s new rules are best designed to keep our streets safe. Submit your comments to the federal register: federalregister.gov/…/new-car-assessment-program
The experience they sell to you vs the experience you get (lemmy.ml)
Hyperloop is the future (i.imgflip.com)
"The US is Ugly. THIS is Why." (hint: it's car-centric development) (youtu.be)
When your city implements confusing cycling infrastructure (lemmy.ml)
Source: twitter.com/urban__bird/…/1678222512637767681
