The cost of congestion pricing - Marketplace
One study found that in 2018, New York’s notorious gridlock was a $20 billion drag on the region’s economy through wasted time and fuel.
The $1T problem (Jigar Shah): Around the world, cooking-related tasks often fall primarily to women and girls. In homes dependent on polluting fuels (wood, dung, charcoal) for cooking, women and girls are exposed to devastating and avoidable smoke-related health risks. Where women are tasked with collecting firewood, they are often exposed to injury and violence. 1 in 3 lack access to fuel.
#TransitioningFromTheWoodEconomy #UnGlamorousSolutions #RefugeesAreCreatedByForeverWarsEthnicCleansingAndClimateChange
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@DoomsdaysCW Exactly, we know what to do, start with
#UnGlamorousSolutions https://www.thedrive.com/news/narrower-city-streets-could-actually-be-safer-study
#SpeedKills: “Our study of #city #lanewidths found that contrary to the current thinking, wider lanes in urban areas can lead to a higher number of #crashes and ultimately #fatalities,” said Shima Hamidi, Ph.D., Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health and director of the Center for Climate-Smart Transportation at the Bloomberg School.
#20sPlenty #SafetyUnfunded #ParisMisAligned #UnGlamorousSolutions #VisionZero
Narrower City Streets Could Actually Be Safer: Study
According to a new study, narrower city streets with more walking and cycling space can improve both vehicle and pedestrian safety.
#SpeedKills: "Here in Atlanta, our streets are... designed more for speed. Where policy decisions have resulted in more dangerous streets... By making changes to those 10% of streets, we could dramatically improve pedestrian safety in Atlanta," Serna said.
#20sPlenty #SafetyUnfunded #BDS #ParisMisAligned #UnGlamorousSolutions
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-pedestrian-deaths-propelatl-study-black-neighborhoods
More than two-thirds of pedestrian deaths occur in predominately Black neighborhoods, study finds
A new report by the group PropelATL shows that pedestrian deaths on Atlanta streets rose dramatically last year. Most are happening in predominantly Black neighborhoods in the city.
Humanitarian Crisis in Congo Is the Sinister Underbelly of “Green Tech”
The “green tech” industry is reproducing the same colonial and extractive patterns that got us to the climate crisis.
How many wheels should your next EV have?
E-bikes are now preventing (a lot) more emissions than all the Teslas in the world | A Fixing Carbon article from Anthropocene Magazine
Why Democrats and Republicans Alike Keep Expanding Highways — Streetsblog USA
Why is Wes Moore, a Democrat, continuing the road-widening effort of his GOP predecessor? And why does this keep happening?
#UnGlamorousSolutions #cobenefits: Since the first phase, bus
#traveltimes on that segment of Geary went down 18%,
#TransitReliability improved by 37% and excessive
#speeding dropped by 81%, according to the
#SFMTA.
#Lemmings jail #critics: It's something of a catch-22 most countries face, he said. In order to accumulate the finances needed to pay for the #greentransition, the #economy needs to continue #growing and that means energy production must keep up with demand.
https://www.dw.com/en/is-vietnam-backtracking-on-its-environmental-promises/a-65871084
#KeepItInTheGround
#GreenNewDeal
#UnGlamorousSolutions
Is Vietnam backtracking on its environmental promises?
Vietnam's communist government has said it wants to achieve a net-zero economy by 2050. But it's also jailing those clamoring for quicker reforms.
Gladwyn d’Souza