An unlikely cycling revolution is happening in Edmonton, Alberta. Despite freezing temps, lots of sprawl and an economy built on pulling oil out of the Albertan tar sands, the Canadian city is in the midst of a four-year, $100 million CAD investment in active transportation that will connect the city with a network of high-quality, protected bike lanes.
@TheWarOnCars I loved the end of the radio interview where the one host tried to sneak in his anti bike rhetoric talking about the cost of bike lanes, followed by Doug's fast reflexes redirecting it to the cost of highways.
@TheWarOnCars Too often in the USA the focus in on having a FREEDOM TO do something, while being completely oblivious to a more important freedom, a FREEDOM FROM being a victim of such reckless driving.
This should all be illegal. "freedom" to drive recklessly, racing through streets IS NOT more important than FREEDOM FROM being a victim of such reckless driving.
NHTSA is behind on many areas of regulation!
"When Driving is Not an Option with Anna Zivarts."
One-third of people in the US can’t drive. Those tens of millions of people are often invisible to planners and elected officials, and that’s why Anna Letitia Zivarts, a low-vision nondriver and activist has written a new book, "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency." We talked with Anna about building a system that works for everyone.
We just dropped a special bonus episode for Patreon subscribers! "Dodge’s 'Deeply Weird' Pitch for Electric Muscle Cars." A continuation of last week's Cybertruck discussion with author Ed Niedermeyer. Join and listen! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-dodges-for-102975980
Episode 124: "Tesla Cybertrash with Ed Niedermeyer" just dropped! On the one hand, you don't want to give Elon Musk any more attention. After all, it's the thing he craves most. On the other hand, the world's only podcast dedicated to counter-programming car culture bears a heavy burden. We must try to make sense of the absolute piece of garbage that is the Tesla Cybertruck. This was a fun one. Hope you enjoy! https://thewaroncars.org/2024/04/16/124-tesla-cybertrash-with-ed-niedermeyer/
In her new book, Kimble tells the stories of the communities in the path of TxDOT’s bulldozers and the brave Texans fighting to save their homes, neighborhoods, and cities from a seemingly implacable foe.
"In 2022, cars killed 7,508 pedestrians, the equivalent of 18 fully-loaded Boeing 747s crashing with zero survivors. That means a pedestrian died roughly every 70 minutes, with no breaks in the tide of fatalities for weekends or holidays."
@TheWarOnCars Can we expect, hope that Wes Marshall, author of thus far un-released book, "Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System" will be on your show soon?
Pub date: June 4, 2024. https://www.parkroadbooks.com/book/9781642833300
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a) the max rate was set too low, an artificial number based on nothing but political pressure that it wasn't more reasonable/higher.
b) there should be NO or nearly no exemptions, ESPECIALLY for taxi, uber, lyft & any residents.
c) there should be a buffer zone a layer around the CP zone that's say 1/2 price of the current charge, or perhaps nothing w/ little traffic. If this program is scrapped, it's due to these failures, especially a & b. Too low max$ and too many exemptions.
"Policing experts said traffic stops are deadlier for drivers and passengers than for police officers. From late 2016 to 2021, police killed more than 400 unarmed drivers or passengers across the country during traffic stops, according to the New York Times report. That’s a rate of about 1.5 civilians killed per week."