A fascinating article about the US and the untruths (dare I say lies?) being bandied about transportation agencies claiming that wider motorways are good for the climate.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/363013/wide-highways-climate-environment-pollution
#climatechange #climatecommunication #fakefacts #transportation #davidzipper
"If 2023’s trendline continues, the humble e-bike, not the flashy self-driving car, will be poised to reconfigure American transportation."
"E-bikes, on the other hand, provide an unprecedented mobility cocktail of affordability, healthfulness, convenience, and fun. "
#EBikes #EBikesRule #transportation #DavidZipper #AV #BicyclesChangeLives #SelfDriving #AutonomousVehicles #BikeTooter #cycling
Bloomberg: Olive Way crosswalk showed ‘how needlessly difficult it is to build safer streets’
There you go SDOT, something more in line with your policy pic.twitter.com/PBZibVAofZ — Hamza (@hummusqueso) November 20, 2022 The crosswalk at Harvard and Olive Way is gone, but it left an impression on more than just the roadway itself. The […]
#bloomberg #david-zipper #dongho-chang #guerrilla-crosswalks
The crosswalk at Harvard and Olive Way is gone, but it left an impression on more than just the roadway itself. The social media storm following SDOT’s decision to remove it (and their clumsy…
Via David Zipper on twttr.
This NYTimes headline is absurd. How effective have ad campaigns ever been on driver behaviors? Very, very little. What is actually effective? Speed cameras, like David Zipper said. Also:
* Speed tables and raised crosswalks
* Continuous sidewalks
* Protected bike lanes
* Pedestrian medians and bump-outs
* Leading indicators
I'd rather see cities improve a few streets at a time with the same money it takes to run an ad campaign.
#DavidZipper #speedkills
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