Private automobiles are not the future of anything, and it is a gross mis-allocation of funds to waste money on expanding roads.
The communities that were crushed and divided by highways can be repaired, though they will never have the same vibrancy as before, nor will the original displaced inhabitants benefit in any way.
But it's a start.
"...Decades ago, people decided to create the freeways. Now, we must decide if we will continue this path or reverse the damage to repair our communities..."
One of my favorite road signs in all of Missouri, seen heading west on Interstate 70 in St. Charles County.
I very seldom drive there, but when I do, I love to startle the rest of my family by saying "Look everyone, we're coming up to Bryan ..." then screaming "ROAD!" at the top of my lungs.
I'm not sure why they decided to make "ROAD" uppercase, but I am forever grateful.
Capitalism is some kind of corrosive erosion on public resources. The state selling space beneath highways has allowed dangerous materials to be stored under public transportation conduits. The recent LA freeway disaster anticipates other places, other foolish uses.
When visiting Daegu 10 years ago, there were vegetable gardens, fruits and perennials growing under highways. In the 1970's-80s artist Bonnie Sherk built "The Farm" under SF highways. #gardens#highway#fire https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=3a28a265-07d0-428f-b692-1aced6520cc8&share=true
I don't even drive the #7 from Dartmouth, the traffic is less and the route is closer via the Airport, to get to the end of Rural #Halifax. But I am interested in the new #Highway Development down the road.
When I lived on the #EasternShore, it was a full 2 hour commute. The newer 100 series highway was 100 km speed, no towns or villages, and faster and shorter than the # 7 highway in the same area. We're about 90 minutes drive time since 1980.
My city's looking to get rid of an ordinance that prevents sign content from changing faster than a minute (or thereabouts), to allow signs to flash & change at any speed.
This is the sort of thing I would've put out on twitter back in the day... Mastodon, watcha got for me?😃
I’m riding on an #Amtrak#train that parallels and #highway and noticed that the side of the highway is lined with litter but people can’t throw their trash out of a train window so the train tracks are litter-free. Yet another way that car dependency destroys our environment but people just accept it because you don’t see the damage from a car window.
"According to the #TxDOT draft document, a chunk of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act money will be transferred to a #highway program, and the agency says #HighwayExpansions could be eligible for the funds because they will reduce congestion, thereby reducing #emissions from idling cars.
To reduce emissions, “we want people on bikes, walking, and taking public transit instead of driving,” Humphreys said. “And nowhere does TxDOT say that’s the goal.”"
This is what you find on a #German#Highway, or #Autobahn, serviced toilet that you pay 1€ (about $1 US) to use. Not sure why people don't flush or if something was wrong with the toilet plumbing.
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"Around midnight, the Coastguard Center received a report from the Fremantle Highway vessel that there was a fire on board. The vessel has 2857 cars on board, 25 of which are electric cars. The 23 crew members are currently being evacuated. Several KNRM lifeboats and a Noordgat salvage vessel are on site. " (google translated) #Fremantle#Highway#FremantleHighway#ship#accident#Netherlands
In these extreme heat events, Roads are going to fail. Asphalt starts to melt at 120F becoming common in these extreme heat temperatures. Tires are going to fail, taking on melted asphalt.
All those highways will be useless in the future, and all those cars useless. Unless we do something NOW.
The earth may cure itself by making our current lifestyle impossible.
"Rescue workers have recovered five bodies from a bus trapped in an underground tunnel in the central town of Osong, officials said Sunday, as they battled to reach submerged cars.... Officials have confirmed through surveillance footage that there are 15 vehicles on the flooded road, including the bus, and said 11 people have been reported missing in the flooded underpass." #ExtremeWeather#rainfall#death#flooding#SouthKorea#Osong#bushttps://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230716000500325
"the 685-meter-long underground roadway was flooded in Osong, North Chungcheong Province, when a nearby river overflowed after a river embankment was brought down by rising water levels due to heavy rain." #disaster#bus#highway#flooding#SouthKorea#Osong#climate#weather