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15 Minute Cities: A DISASTER waiting to happen (www.youtube.com)

Seriously fuckcars you need to hear this. Have we been fighting for the wrong side the whole time/???

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

Has anyone calculated the administrative costs associated with traffic safety research? (crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov)

Just had the fleeting thought that maybe there is a substantial cost to review and create enormous traffic safety research systems and the subsequent training required of law enforcement personnel and administrative staff....

All the Ways Car Dependency Is Wrecking Us (www.youtube.com)

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

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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...

Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving (www.theverge.com)

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

Piped link / Invidious link...

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....

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

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

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

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The Disturbing Death Disparity on North American Roads (youtu.be)

The United States seems to always have disproportionately high rates of things that kill people compared to other developed nations. 🤔

More of America's Lost Metro Systems (www.youtube.com)

Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

EVs Can’t Fix a Global Epidemic of ‘Car Harm,’ Study Finds (www.bloomberg.com)

No Smoking >:( (sopuli.xyz)

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I created a 30 second clip about counterintuitive traffic principles in 30 seconds. (www.youtube.com)

I think it’s coincise and clear explanation of the principle we always talk about....

The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year | Fortnine [8:20] (www.youtube.com)

Study Finds More Americans Commuting To Work Splattered On Grill Of F-150 (www.theonion.com)

How to argue for making a new plant public transit friendly

My employer is planning a new manufacturing plant. I work with some of the people designing it. They currently don’t have any plans to hook up to public transit, though there’s a commuter train station 3 miles away. It takes 20min to bike between them or 40min currently to take a bus. The area it’s in is extremely car...

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