#transportation
"Can a transit line begin to connect a neighbourhood that sometimes feels a world apart?"
"By the turn of the millennium, not only was Rexdale physically difficult to get to, the recycling of this narrative cemented the neighbourhood’s reputation as a corner of the city most people didn’t want to go in the first place."
#PublicTransit #Transportation #LRT #UrbanPlanning #CityPlanning #Toronto #Rexdale #Ontario #TTC
https://thelocal.to/36-finch-west-bus-rexdale-transit-disconnected/
Introducing GB Traffic Data Explorer: explore #DfT road #traffic statistics - countpoint data, area traffic volumes, and flows on major road links. I refactored a more extensive regional dashboard produced for a research project. I hope to add more data sources in future. https://trg-apps.soton.ac.uk/gbtraffic/ #transportation #roads #opendata
If airlines are #banks, what is jet fuel?
#transportation #SustainableGrowth https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/airlines-banks-mileage-programs/675374/
Wired: California's Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes State Ban on Driverless Trucks https://www.wired.com/story/californias-governor-gavin-newsom-vetoes-state-ban-on-driverless-trucks/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/Transportation #AutonomousVehicles #transportation #autonomous #California #GreenLight #Business #robotics #trucks
Airlines make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes - They’re just like banks now - which can’t be a good thing for consumers in the long run. #AirTravel #Airlines #transportation #aviation https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/airlines-banks-mileage-programs/675374/
Education not citation (whenever appropriate).
Help that happen. Share "Group Social Bike Rides — Instrux for Participants" with youth and adults doing ride-outs / #BikeParties / #BikeRuns / #CriticalMass rides in your community. https://bikemonterey.org/rideout-or-rude-out-make-your-bike-party-safe-legal-and-fun.html
#BikeTooter
#BikeParty #CourteousMass #Rideouts
#YouthBike #BicycleLaws #BikePolite #BikeSafety #RidingSkills #bicycling #bikes #bicycle #cycling #MidnightRidazzOfLA #SanJoseBikeParty #SantaCruzBikeParty #SalinasBikeParty #BicyclingMonterey #BikeCommunity #transportation #infrastructure
Omg...have submitted this application now. Phew. I don't even know if I'll get it but after crafting my application and letting it sit for this long I'm just so excited about making a difference in the #transportation world. I really hope I get an interview.
Vancouver SeaBus [1977]
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#Transportation #Vancouver #boats #boatsofmastodon #advertisement #publictransportation #ferry
Brightline Makes History With Orlando-Miami Rail Service - Aims to Reinvent U.S. Train Travel
The startup's long-awaited passenger rail service between Orlando and Miami marks a significant milestone in American transportation.
#Transportation
https://cleanearth.io/featured/brightline-makes-history-with-orlando-miami-rail-service-aims-to-reinvent-u-s-train-travel/?feed_id=405&_unique_id=650e469754628
How #Finland Put #Traffic #Crashes on Ice
The Nordic nation’s rate of vehicle fatalities is a fraction of the toll in the #US, despite a harsh climate and ice-covered streets. Here’s how the Finns do traffic safety.
by David Zipper
"The 1960s were a boom time for #Helsinki, Finland’s capital and largest city. Rising postwar incomes enabled a growing number of residents to purchase a car; the number of vehicles registered in the city tripled in just seven years. #Gridlock inevitably followed.
"To manage traffic and plot its future, the city of Helsinki commissioned a transportation master plan, co-authored by the US company Wilbur Smith & Associates and the Finnish firm Pentti Polvinen ky. In 1968, the consultants delivered their eye-watering proposal: nearly 200 miles of new highways in the Helsinki region, with much of downtown leveled to create space for high-speed motorways. The city’s existent streetcar system would be scrapped.
"The Finnish response to that vision was an emphatic ei (“no”). According to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the rejected 1968 plan 'has become a kind of dystopia, an extreme example of what car-driven planning can lead to.'
"Instead of committing its future to the automobile, as so many US cities did in that era, Helsinki kept its streetcars and embarked on a massive transit expansion. The city constructed the world’s northernmost subway, which opened in 1982. As of 2016, roughly a quarter of urban trips in Finland occur on foot, over 9% by transit, and 7.5% by bike. (In the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has a population about 1.3 million, those numbers are even higher.) One in seven Finns live in rural areas, roughly equivalent to the US share.
"The Finnish transportation system is as impressive for its safety as it is for its multimodality. Only 219 people died on Finnish roads in 2021, or four per 100,000 residents — just one-third the US rate. And Finland’s roadways are growing steadily safer. Fatalities plunged 50% between 2001 and 2019, when Helsinki made international news for going an entire year without a single pedestrian or cyclist fatality. (Last year there were two, down from 22 in 1990.) Like its neighbors #Norway and #Sweden, birthplace of the #VisionZero traffic safety movement, Finland’s roads today are safer than they have been in decades — unlike so many of the US cities that have tried to adopt Vision Zero principles.
"As I’ve written previously in CityLab, the US is an outlier in global #RoadSafety: Americans are now at least twice as likely to die in a vehicle crash as residents of Canada, France and Japan (among many other countries).
"But the safety record of Finland, a country associated with empty, rural roads and cold, dark weather, is particularly impressive. Here are a few reasons why so few people die in crashes in this Nordic nation.
"Set Stricter Limits
"Soon after dumping Helsinki’s car-centric 1968 plan, Finnish authorities embarked on a decades-long campaign to slow motor vehicles. 'In urban environments, there has been a steady decrease in maximum road speed,' said Heikki Liimatainen, a professor of transport and logistics at Tampere University. 'In the 1970s, it was normally 50 kilometers per hour in cities; then in 2000, it went down to 40 km/h. Now, more than half of our urban streets have a 30 km/h limit.'
"In Helsinki, city officials leverage street design to reinforce lower speed limits. 'We deliberately have narrow lanes, so the driver doesn’t feel comfortable,' said Reetta Putkonen, the director of Helsinki’s transportation planning division. 'Three and a half meters is a normal lane width, even 3.2. We also use trees and bushes to push people to go slower.' For comparison, in the US many lanes are 12 feet (3.7 meters) wide."
#Cycling #Transportation #Cities #Safety #SpeedLimits #UrbanRenewal #PublicTransportation
Cruise CEO Says SF 'Should Be Rolling Out the Red Carpet' for Robotaxis, Threatens To Maybe Leave Town - In his first major public interview since the DMV cut their San Francisco fleet in... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/22/160233/cruise-ceo-says-sf-should-be-rolling-out-the-red-carpet-for-robotaxis-threatens-to-maybe-leave-town?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #transportation
Slashdot: Cruise CEO Says SF 'Should Be Rolling Out the Red Carpet' for Robotaxis, Threatens To Maybe Leave Town https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/22/160233/cruise-ceo-says-sf-should-be-rolling-out-the-red-carpet-for-robotaxis-threatens-to-maybe-leave-town?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #transportation
Lisa Xu on Auto Workers Strike
An unprecedented labor action is underway as thousands of Midwest autoworkers working for the Big 3 went on strike at the same time.
@Lazarou F**k subsidies and bribes.
Total mobilization is required to defeat #climatechange including #nationalization of #energy and #transportation and any other industries that don’t get with the program.
#politics #politicaleconomy #uspol #uspolitics #climatecrisis #climate #climateemergency #globalheating #globalwarming
Rail passenger transport services and usage rates vary widely across Europe. Switzerland, Austria, France and Sweden have the highest figures for railway use, according to different metrics.
Who travels the most by train in Europe? Which countries have the highest share of train use when it comes to passenger transport? Which countries have the highest railway line density?
📣 ICYMI📣
MCDOT announced earlier this week that it delivered more than five million rides on its Ride On bus transit system from March 2023 through June 2023, the last quarter of the 2023 Fiscal Year.
Details▶️ https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=44040&Dept=50
#transit #transitTooter #maryland #buses #rideon #ridetheflash #montgomerycountymd #transportation
Active mobility is the future, and data is driving the way. Join our webinar with experts Taylor Reich and Carlosfelipe Pardo to explore the intersection of walking, cycling, and data.
#opendata #opensource #sustainabletransport #transportation #ActiveTransport #ActiveMobility #Cycling #Walking #CommuteByBike #digitaldevelopment #Multimodality #mobility #populartransport #OpenStreetMap #VGI
A noon Friday deadline for expanded strikes by the United Auto Workers union against the Detroit automakers is closing in. The union and General ...
The UAW and General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis are all holding their ground on demands, and it appears likely the union will strike additional plants.#cnbc #Articles #BreakingNews:Business #Autos #Transportation #Business #Laboreconomy #Personnel #FordMotorCo #Detroit #GeneralMotorsCo #StellantisNV #US:News #AutomobilesandComponents #Manufacturing #BusinessNews #LaborUnions #source:tagname:CNBCUSSource
Where key issues stand as UAW closes in on extended strikes against GM, Ford and Stellantis
Good morning from Okinawa. #Sky #Rainbow #Cloud #City #Outdoors #Transportation #Architecture #MultiColored #Okinawa #okinawa_photo_community
UFO or uphill station of a chairlift? #chairlift #cable #metal #iron #built #mechanics #alps #mountain #technology #Outdoors #Sky #LowAngleView #ClearSky #Blue #Travel #Transportation #landscape #snap_landscape #raw_landscape #snap_community #raw_community #D7200nikon #50mm #photography
Here's a refreshing tale of speaking #truth to #GQP power.... although some in that looney cult are just not 'educable'
>> Pete Buttigieg just testified before Congress. It did not go well for Republicans
> Perry: "...you want the government, you want my taxpayers to pay to cut the cost.”
> “If you are of the view that there should be no subsidy to propulsion vehicles, then are you against oil and gas subsidies?” Buttigieg asked.
Amy Cohen, cofounder of Families for Safe Streets (https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org) on #BikeLeague / League of American #Bicyclists webinar Slow Roads Save Lives (https://bikeleague.org/take-action/slow-roads-save-lives/).
Amy's son Sammy was age 12 when killed by preventable epidemic of traffic violence. Later the speed limit there was slowed, and a child age 5 struck on the same street survived.
#SlowSpeeds #SlowSpeedsSaveLives #SlowRoadsSaveLives
Resource Guide, currently available in 3 languages:
Families for #SafeStreets Resource Guide https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/resource-guides
Amy commented: been at this for 10 years and never would have believed change happens so slowly; persist!
#CrashNotAccident #TrafficViolence #TrafficSafety #PublicSafety #BikeTooter #bike #walk #cycling #bicycling #UrbanPlanning #TrafficCalming #transportation #infrastructure #TrafficViolence
Vision Zero for Youth https://www.visionzeroforyouth.org among resources shared by Natalie Draisin,
North American Office Director and UN Representative · FIA Foundation (https://www.fiafoundation.org)on #BikeLeague / League of American #Bicyclists webinar Slow Roads Save Lives (https://bikeleague.org/take-action/slow-roads-save-lives/):
Natalie also spoke about #BikeBus, e.g., Oregon legislation's "schools will be able to apply for reimbursements from the OR Dept of Education for activities like walking school buses, crossing guards, and bike buses. (https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/02/oregon-governor-signs-bike-bus-bill-into-law-377727) - Many are familiar with Sam Balto of OR's work on bicycle buses; on Mastodon, also check @ascentale.
#VisionZero #VisionZeroForYouth #TrafficSafety #PublicSafety #youth #BikeTooter #bike #walk #cycling #bicycling #SlowSpeeds #UrbanPlanning #TrafficCalming #transportation #infrastructure
UAW strike against Detroit 3 ready to expand as new deadline nears: What we know
I agree with Kyle insofar as the SFMTA should continue rolling out more red carpet for Muni buses and streetcars. #transit #publictransit #transportation https://missionlocal.org/2023/09/cruise-ceo/
Quit complaining carbrains and #cycling snobs!
“all the research points to positive results when it comes to #bicycles with an electric boost” #ebikes
“People who ride #bikes should support people who ride #bikes. People who drive cars should #sharetheroad with all users. Communities should want various modes of #transportation, and options that include saving the planet” https://www.bicycling.com/news/a45244769/heres-why-we-all-need-to-support-e-bikes-instead-of-complaining-about-them/ #cycling #infrastructure #safestreets #health #climatechange
UAW strike Day 6: Stellantis sends new proposal to union
#PublicTransit advocates in Wilmington #NC needed to complete a survey on rail, bus, bike, and pedestrian #transportation needs in the area. Responses will help shape the WMPO’s infrastructure plans for the next 25 years.
Survey available in English and Spanish until Nov. 30.
https://foxwilmington.com/local-news/wmpo-looking-for-public-input-on-transportation-plans/
#Charlotte #Fayetteville #Greensboro #DurhamNC #AutofreiNC #NorthCarolina #FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling
Meanwhile in #NYC
“A Department of #Transportation tweak of #cargobike rules that the agency says would make the boom in deliveries ‘safer and more #sustainable’ was assailed on Wednesday, both by industry officials … and by members of the public”
“roadways are simply less safe right now for the most vulnerable road users”
“no speaker addressed the gravest danger on #NewYorkCity roads today: cars and especially trucks” https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/13/wild-west-shackles-or-both-dot-assailed-on-all-sides-over-proposed-cargo-bike-rules #bikelanes #safestreets #infrastructure
UDOT Approves Its Largest Investment in State History https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/udot-approves-its-largest-investment-in-state-history/62500?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #FourCorners #Infrastructure #transportation #Utah
Slashdot: Waymo Begins Testing the Waters For a Robotaxi Service In Los Angeles https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/20/214225/waymo-begins-testing-the-waters-for-a-robotaxi-service-in-los-angeles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #transportation
Waymo Begins Testing the Waters For a Robotaxi Service In Los Angeles - Waymo announced a "tour across Los Angeles" that allows curious residents the oppo... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/20/214225/waymo-begins-testing-the-waters-for-a-robotaxi-service-in-los-angeles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #transportation
California’s 2024 Zero-Emission Rule Fuels Diesel Truck Sales
The industry faces challenges such as high costs, limited availability of electric trucks, and insufficient charging infrastructure.
#Transportation
https://cleanearth.io/news/californias-2024-zero-emission-rule-fuels-diesel-truck-sales/?feed_id=370&_unique_id=650bd674ac1b3
The DDOT Director position went up online recently... want to highlight that this leadership position overseeing 1200+ staff whose work impacts millions of people per day has salary band starting at just $150k.
It sounds like (and is!) a lot of money, but a role like this carries so much responsibility. It should pay better than a Software Engineering job at Amazon.
https://mota.applytojob.com/apply/x0JusVQ2LT/Director-District-Department-Of-Transportation-DDOT
Charlottesville City Council will be discussing switching to zero-emission electric buses, and Community Climate Collaborative (3C) and IMPACT are circulating a petition supporting the change:
https://c3climate.salsalabs.org/c3-zeb-petition/index.html
#Charlottesville #cville #climate #environment #transportation #bus #masstransit #Dems #DemocraticParty
GM and Stellantis just laid off more than 2,000 additional workers because of the UAW's strike
Houston METRO plans extra buses, shuttles and trains for Beyoncé's homecoming concerts this weekend.
GM executive slams UAW over 'flow of misinformation,' rhetoric during strike
"Electrifying just 30 percent of all light- and heavy-duty vehicles in the lower Great Lakes region could save more than 1,000 lives and more than $10 billion in healthcare costs per year, according to a study led by researchers at Northwestern University. And the benefits of the #pollution reductions would be concentrated in disadvantaged communities that are disproportionately burdened by pollutant emissions from #transportation." #ElectricVehicles https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20092023/northwestern-study-great-lakes-electrifying-trucks/
Ford avoids Canadian auto strike with Unifor union deal
Homeowners Face Rising Insurance Rates as #Climate Change Makes Wildfires, Storms More Common https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/20/business/homeowners-face-rising-insurance-rates-climate-change-makes-wildfires-storms-more-common/
Do we want to continue down this road? Because the option stands before us.
On my mind most prominently is the auto workers strike. Instead of trying to get back to making deadly living rooms on wheels, this could be a great time to tell the likes of GM to 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
as we make a just transition back to sustainable #transportation
Halte Royal d'Ardenne in Houyet, Belgium
The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.#railroads #transportation #castles #royalty #abandoned #trainstations #trains #section-Atlas
Halte Royal d'Ardenne
@junesim63 Looks like yet another train setup that isn't really safe for me to use, as a cane& joint brace user of a #Disabled person, so I'd still be holding driving my car as the most #Accessible & safe mode of travel. It also wouldn't be safe for my spouse who's even worse with stairs than I am.
And yes, I caught the almost bait & switch between commuter & leisure trip trains, as some trains in the USA have at least similar cars & amenities as these Finnish leisure trains do, so my main issue takes the lead here.
Cycling varies widely among European countries, with the Netherlands and the Nordics leading the way. The number of people who never cycle is surprisingly high.
How often do Europeans cycle? Which countries cycle the most and least in Europe? Which cities are the most bicycle-friendly?
This is why Canada needs a High Speed Rail Network. This is it, this is what will turn the tide! Can't do this on your AIr Canada flight! (I very strongly suggest you watch the ridiculous video!!)
#Transportation #Rail #CanPoli #BCPoli #Airplanes #Wrestling #Japan #BulletTrain #AirTravel
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-66856413
Ford barrels toward new Canadian strike that could affect F-Series pickup production
My team at WSDOT is excited to announce that we’re seeking our first ever Active Transportation Communication Lead! Senior-level position will join my management team.
Apply by Sept. 28, 2023.
ATD is a fabulous team doing award-winning work. Join us!
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4209632/active-transportation-communications-lead-cc5
#transportation #TransportationJobs #ActiveTransportation #EnvironmentalJustice #CompleteStreets #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #walking #cycling #accessibility #Communications #CommunicationsJobs #RoadSafety #WSDOTActive
Slashdot: European Governments Shrinking Railways in Favour of Road-Building, Report Finds https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/19/1458233/european-governments-shrinking-railways-in-favour-of-road-building-report-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #transportation
European Governments Shrinking Railways in Favour of Road-Building, Report Finds - European governments have "systematically" shrunk their railways and starved them ... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/19/1458233/european-governments-shrinking-railways-in-favour-of-road-building-report-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #transportation
⚡️ Summary: A collision occurred between a light commercial vehicle driven by Metin K. and a trap in Lutü Arslan administration at the junction of Bandirma-Bursa road to Ömerli neighborhood. The incident resulted in 9 injuries, who were promptly taken to nearby hospitals. Temporary transportation closure was implemented, but the road resumed normal operations after the vehicles were cleared. #accident #transportation #injuries https://www.riskmap.com/incidents/1852787/articles/183580191/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
How the shift to electric vehicles is fueling the UAW strike
A little closer crop and a bit of brightening on the plane photo I posted previously.
(09/01/23)
#planes #airplane #AirplaneMode #flight #airports #infrastructure #transportation #MastoArt #photography #AltText
The approach to a small municipal airport stretches across a friend's neighborhood. When I'm walking through his neighborhood I occasionally find myself with a small jet flying slow at low altitude right above my head. It's kinda cool to be that close to a plane in flight as well as good birding practice 😉.
Can any jet-setters ID the plane type for a novice like me?
(09/01/23)
#planes #airplane #AirplaneMode #flight #airports #infrastructure #transportation #MastoArt #photography #AltText
Hey local folks, check out this event in Raleigh to discuss transportation justice in NC!
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7108843524241965056/
#NCpol #transit #transportation #transportationJustice #TEEMNC
![TEEM NC presents
ACTIVATE NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION CONVENING
[photo of a a bus with UNDERGROUND painted on it in graffiti style]
• Do you work in the transportation field?
• Are you an environmental justice advocate?
• Are you frustrated with the limited transportation options where you live?
FREE to attend. Travel schoalrships available.
Saturday Sept 30 10:30am - 4:30pm
Raleigh location will be shared once you RSVP
RSVP/questions: dani@ncjustice.org or text 919.533.9203](https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/cache/media_attachments/files/111/092/106/865/636/058/small/46c51be7fe146048.jpg)
"Cars, once America’s most important industrial commodity, are now, for so many, a vehicle of debt-driven extraction. They are also the setting of the most common interaction between citizens and police—one that plays out on streets and highways more than 20 million times annually, often as a humiliating ritual of domination and submission."
https://newrepublic.com/article/175505/car-culture-funnels-drivers-debt-jail-danger
#PublicTransit advocates in #MyrtleBeach are encouraged to attend four public information meetings on the future of the area's multimodal #transportation options. The meetings will be Sept. 20 and 21.
#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #SC #AutofreiSC
#Charleston #CharlestonSC #Spartanburg #ColumbiaSC #Summerville #southcarolina
“Olmsted, who created the park, was totally against having cars in it,” Ms. Plante told me, referring to Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who also designed Central Park in New York and who died before automobiles came to dominance. “The city used to belong to cars only, and now we’re just kind of rebalancing the whole thing.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/world/canada/montreal-valerie-plante-cycling.html
METRO installed floating bus stops along 11th Street and Heights Boulevard as part of a road diet to protect cyclists. After Houston's worst drivers wouldn't stop hitting them, the agency agreed to remove them less than a year after installation.
🚋 "The interurban railways made Dallas a commuter town – the only one in Texas. It was so easy to catch the interurban, ride a few minutes into Dallas to work, then hurry to the terminal and ride home to Grand Prairie, Lancaster, Ennis, or Vickery for supper at night."
https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1977/june/when-dallas-had-mass-transit/
#InterUrbans #MassTransit #Transportation #Rail #RegionalTrains #DMagazine #Dallas #Texas
Flying under the radar: Night Owl (7p - 7a) Amtrak trains for as low as $20 are now available between Boston and NYC!
#Boston #NewYork #transportation #news
https://media.amtrak.com/2023/09/night-owl-expansion/
"When I was dropped in the middle of Westchester County, New York at the beginning of the second half of my life, I was astonished to find myself in a 'developed' country where I could not take a bus or train to work, where nearly every resident was expected to have a car."
Munich Students Smashed the World Record For EV Distance On a Single Charge - At 103 miles/kWh (or 0.6 kWh/100 km), the new "muc22" car built by students from t... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/17/0023248/munich-students-smashed-the-world-record-for-ev-distance-on-a-single-charge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #transportation
I was just now, literally minutes ago, talking to a friend about rethinking #mobility & lamenting how "mobility" tends to be mis-interpreted as "cars & their infrastructure as we know it".
I'm not saying Pontevedra is the holy grail or any such thing - but every one of these five takeaways contradict a sticky belief about changing literally anything about our current #car-centered mobility model.
Why have we basically made it #illegal to be a kid in #public?
#Kids cannot be outside without their parents constantly watching them, they cannot play on the #street (because we made them too dangerous) or even sidewalks in some #cities, and even loitering (existing in public) is illegal in many places. We've made kid-friendly #transportation such as bicycles, skateboards, and rollerblades illegal in many places. It's no wonder why kids are rarely found #outside anymore.
@inliuofjoan great question. From above it just looks like a half-mile stretch with zero stops but I live on the other side of Boston so I forgot about Tobin. Still, I wonder if there is a way to install a bus stop off the bridge. A ramp and/or elevator should provide access.
#bospoli #Boston #history #mapoli #transportation
Dear @TheWarOnCars ,
Your podcast is wonderful! Please consider adding #transportation to your future Mastodon posts. It will increase your findability.
Sincerely, a #transportation librarian and fan 😀
Give input on #CompleteStreets needs for 1 or more of California's 58 counties where you bike, walk, use public transit, or drive.
Survey deadline is Oct 6. California Bicycle Coalition needs your input to determine needs and shape future legislation.
https://bikemonterey.org/complete-streets-in-california-survey-on-state-controlled-roads.html
#CalBike
#Caltrans
#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #Monterey #Salinas #SanLucas #Soledad
#California #Bike #Walk #PublicSafety #transportation #ActiveTransportation
A Seattle police watchdog agency is investigating rank-and-file union leaders over body-camera audio in which they laugh, joke about and downplay the death of a young woman struck by a police cruiser, suggesting her life had “limited value” and that the city should “just write a check.”
It's always worth bearing in mind that industries always put their own spin on anything related to mitigating #ClimateChange
The #Climate Denier's Playbook podcast asks will Electric Cars Will Save Us?
Spoiler alert at the end of this post.
Episode webpage: https://art19.com/shows/the-climate-deniers-playbook
#climate #ev #transportation #technology
Will EVs mitigate climate change? Yes! If we don't have too many of them.
Someone in Boston is lending out eBikes. Pretty cool.
https://camberville.ebikelibrary.org/
#Boston #bike #transportation
Love this chapter about transitions to #sustainable #transportation in #Edmonton
It shows the importance social resources, values, and infrastructure, using social practices theory (and tests it with qual and quant data!)
Riffing on this: No big surprise that when you build a car city, people feel unable to choose anything other than cars, even when they know that it’s ecologically unsustainable.
I don’t think most people know how socially unsustainable car cities are. They reproduce individualism and make it super difficult to weave the kind of social fabric we need if we’re going to adapt and get through the polycrisis.
Chatting with family in Edmonton about this, they mentioned how public transport is in crisis, partly due to a number of violent incidents.
Which makes me think that car culture is the mobility manifestation of gated communities.
https://www.elgaronline.com/display/edcoll/9781781001257/9781781001257.00023.xml
So kudos to all the organizations that make living in Vancouver without a car possible. 🎉
If it wasn't for HUB Cycling, Modo, and Translink, Vancouver would be just another car-centric North American city.
In 2021, I calculated that our family has saved over $100,000 living car-free in Vancouver for 15 years.
https://canadianveggie.com/2021/10/20/a-car-free-family-in-vancouver/
#carfree #vancouver #transportation #carsharing #Modo #cycling #bikeTooter
Translink is celebrating the 75th anniversary of electric trolley buses in Vancouver.
I'm so grateful that Vancouver has kept and maintained the clean buses all these years.
https://buzzer.translink.ca/2023/08/vancouver-trolley-bus-75-anniversary/
#carfree #vancouver #transportation #transit #Translink #trolley
Modo is celebrating its 1,000th car-sharing vehicle (a new Hyundai Ionic EV) and 30,000th member.
I've been a member of Modo since 2006 and it's the reason I've never owned a personal car.
I've used Modo vehicles to haul furniture, access campgrounds around BC, and take road trips across Canada.
Hub Cycling is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The progress they've championed is really amazing.
Just compare the 1999 Vancouver cycling map with today. It now covers most of the city and also includes separated AAA routes.
A huge thanks to HUB's staff, volunteers, and 100,000 members for 25 years of progress.
And not just for infrastructure improvements, but also for education and advocacy.
https://bikehub.ca/about-us/news/celebrating-25-years-of-cycling-wins
#carfree #vancouver #transportation #BikeTooter #bikeYVR #HUBCycling
Air pollution kills 3,200 Australians a year.
"Air pollution is the world’s single greatest environmental cause of preventable disease and premature death. In Australia, it’s linked to more than 3,200 deaths a year at an estimated cost of A$6.2 billion."
"Decarbonising transport will improve air quality as well as reducing emissions."
End
Killer mobility (Bushmaster like combustion tanks: SUVs)
Treating the Earth's air/atmosphere as a tip
Slash and burn 'plantation' forestry
'Burning everything down before it might burn' culture
https://theconversation.com/3-200-deaths-a-year-1-of-many-reasons-air-pollution-in-australia-demands-urgent-national-action-212973
#FossilFuel #transportation #cars #trucks #traffic #HeavyMachinery #roads #bushfires #smoke #NativeForests #NSWlogging #BellingLogging #burning #HazardReductionBurns #smoke #pollution #air ##climate #OneHealth
Highways and roads inflict devastating damage on wildlife – and roadkill is just the tip of the iceberg.
In Bloomberg CityLab, I spoke with Ben Goldfarb about his new book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping Our Planet.
Your car is probably #spying on you. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. #Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re fastening your seatbelt and how hard you hit the brakes.
#privacy #transportation #car #BMW #Ford #Toyota #Tesla #Subaru
C’mon #Boston ! This is incredibly dangerous - and predictable if we fail to build better. Mass Ave
@CityOfBoston are you going to enforce the bikeway?
Because so far both my trips have featured this same motorist activity, which forces people on bike to enter the fray of traffic. Drivers are using the cycleway as a right turn lane AND parking in it.
#bollardsForBoston #bospoli #mapoli #transportation
Primary School starts this morning in Toronto. I was out for a walk last night, and on a street with a 40 kph speed limit, cars were routinely doing 60 kph. I wonder how many kids will be injured or god-forbid killed this school year on their way to/from school by drivers who feel the rules of the road don’t really apply to them? In this auto-erotic city, sadly I’m sure the number won’t be zero. #toronto #transportation
How am I one of only TWO people following @worldbollard ? For a moment I thought it was a visibility thing—like Toot only shows me followers in my network or something—but even then the low number is shocking considering all the #transportation people here.
The Titan Submersible Disaster Was Years In the Making, New Details Reveal - Vanity Fair revisits the many warning signs about OceanGate's Titan submersible pr... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/02/1853216/the-titan-submersible-disaster-was-years-in-the-making-new-details-reveal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #transportation
Railways around the world are rapidly going electric – except in North America. Yay for the rest of the world and booooo for North America.
This article by Michael Barnard in The Future is Electric seems to offer a good overview of the global electrification of rail and why North America is lagging behind. (Spoiler: the article blames private ownership. Are railway tycoons STILL screwing us over? 🙄)
Someone in a meeting yesterday asked for this memorable image that illustrates space-efficient transportation. Sharing it so you can bookmark it. https://www.designboom.com/design/latvia-cyclists-car-skeletons-vehicle-size-10-10-2014/
#WhyWeRide #BicyclesChangeLives #transportation #mobility #infrastructure #CarCulture #BikeEverywhere #cycling #BikeLove #BikeTooter #road #street #StreetsAreForPeople #bicycle
New USGS National Map Data Reveals The Potomac River’s Submerged Topography
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/technical-announcement/new-usgs-national-map-data-reveals-potomac-rivers-submerged-topography <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #opendata #HarpersFerry #westvirginia #virginia #USA #potomac #river #water #hydrology #hydrospatial #TheNationalMap #USGS #ICPRB #bathymetry #topobathy #elevation #3dep #3dntm #inflationreductionact #riverflow #appliedscience #model #modeling #inlandbathymetry
#fateandtransport #waterquality #waterresources #waterresourcemanagement #engineering #infrastructure #transportation #usecase #ecosystems #environment
@usgs
NY Governor #Hochul is likely to kill a bill (by simply refusing to sign it, no explanation given) that'd allow a car share nonprofit to continue to operate.
So a #Transportation service that people relied on will be destroyed by the whim our our highly-lobbied governor.
Could it be the car or insurance lobby? Who knows, but the governor's inaction will force more people to rely on individually-owned vehicles & will negatively impact lower-income residents.
I'm going to mark my calendar for next year's Sea to Sound as soon as they tell us the dates! Day Three was beautiful and I want to do this again. What a feeling of freedom to ride for 70 miles the past 3 days, almost every last foot of it on a separated trail.
http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/27/wheeling-sea-to-sound-day-three/
#SeaToSound2023 #SeaToSound #trails #RailTrails #accessibility #transportation #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #cycling #BikeEvents #WheelsMoveMe #wheelchair
IMO drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians all break the "rules" about the same given that they are all more or less human.
The thing that's frustrating is the cycling "rule" breaking is the only one used to argue against cycling infrastructure.
We would never argue against car lanes if drivers speed or against sidewalks if pedestrians cross against the light.
Norway has one of the lowest crash death rates in the world, with fatalities dropping ~50% in the last decade. I asked a senior Norwegian transportation official what role car technology has played enhancing safety.
“None,” she replied. “We focus on road design and enforcement."
#norway #safety #transportation #autonomousvehicles #selfdriving #cars
You heard it here first:
Yesterday, I got my offical letter that I will be a visiting fellow at LSE this autumn. In case you are in/around London, please reach out!
Thanks to LSE (esp. Liam Beiser-McGrath) and two apperciated grants from @unibern and the ub research foundation. And thanks to all who supported me so far.
Just tagging the things I do so the right people have a chance to see this ;)
METRO's metal bus shelters can often turn into ovens. Transit officials will install prototype solar-powered fans in order to keep riders more comfortable while waiting for their bus.
Emissions aren't the only consideration for #transportation. This nice graphic from Surrey, BC's Climate Change Action Strategy compares the operating emissions AND the public space footprint of transportation options. #ActiveTravel wins at both! (And SUVs are really bad)