Milan has 51 cars for 100 inhabitants, which is the double of other big cities in Europe, like Madrid (291,3) o Paris (225,2). One of the consequences is that traffic is terrible, and Milan is, for example, one of the worst cities on TomTom traffic index...
I don’t know… I have been there twice in the last 4 years, and I went in many places (touristy and not, I was there for work, Just as examples: Truderinger Str. or Marsstraße are not so central) and never saw anything like that. For sure I didn’t see cars parked on the bus stop or on the zebra crossings.
But anyway, with a similar car density (but people density is almost double in Milan) I am not be surprised that the situation is comparable in both places.
So, well, you should organize and count them too! I think that such a status is unacceptable independently of where it happens 🙂
I was genuinely surprised, because what you wrote was really different from what I experienced. But my experience i Munich is objectively limited. I somehow hoped that Germany, and Munich (along with other European cities) could be used as a model of how to do things right.
What drives me mad here is the absolute inaction
Exactly, and all this stuff about counting the cars is to try to move something. I have not much hope honestly, but excluding violence and vandalism, I think this is as much as someone can do
The city even responds to requests with the risk of damage to cars (!!) instead of considering humans.
This is completely crazy. In Milan they justify bad parking by saying things like “it has always been like this” or “yeah, but you can go around it” etc. FFS, do your job!!
The decision to build freeways instead of rail in the post-war years, along with the low-rise single-zoned suburbs it promoted, has been an absolute planning disaster.
But the mistake can be fixed, and freeways can be removed.
City Beautiful's Dave Amos @citybeautiful has an interesting look at some of America's endangered freeways, and how communities can get them removed:
Project Drawdown has characterized a set of 93 technologies and practices that together can reduce concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It’s a gigantic project with a lot of data and analyses....
Edit : So people are buying plug-in hybrids and just not charging it- why ?
Why is the open point. Maybe the range is not enough for the majority of owners, maybe they are too lazy or maybe gas prices are too low to justify the charge?
I really hope there will be a follow-up study trying to answer this point
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...
My garmin bike computer + garmin varia radar can do this.
Interesting! what data does it collect? Like: number of cars, their speed and distance from your bike? Does it give you aggregated statistics or data over time? Can you export it?
Build the greatest car parks ever in the Car Park Capital! (www.gamingonlinux.com)
I think the developers of this satirical game could be subscribed to this community:...
Milan, Italy, is littered with illegally parked cars. Fed-up people counted them: 64000 were found, 30 cars/km of road. (feddit.it)
Milan has 51 cars for 100 inhabitants, which is the double of other big cities in Europe, like Madrid (291,3) o Paris (225,2). One of the consequences is that traffic is terrible, and Milan is, for example, one of the worst cities on TomTom traffic index...
Scotland launches campaign "give cycle space", reminding that those riding bike are real persons (www.youtube.com)
The campaign aims to promote the highway code rule that requires drivers to give at leadt 1.5 m space to cyclists when overtaking....
Italian party "Lega" will defend "cars" in the European parliment (mastodon.uno)
Lega is far a far right populist Italian party....
Bike lane in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (video) (social.notjustbikes.com)
Citroen DS3 and DS4 hybrid pictures show cars parked and moving in a park (mastodon.uno)
Of all the places, where would you like not to see a car the least?...
Italy’s new road law will make street less safe and slow down sustainable mobility (www.euronews.com)
Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right Lega party and transport minister has proposed a reform of the traffic road code....
The most cost effective measure to beat climate change is building bike infrastructure (www.youtube.com)
Project Drawdown has characterized a set of 93 technologies and practices that together can reduce concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It’s a gigantic project with a lot of data and analyses....
How to make streets safer with just a brick - video version (www.youtube.com)
The April’s fool of the brick to cross the street has also an hilarious associated video....
How to make sure drivers will give way (lemmy.ml)
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...
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....