The War on Cars“You don’t have to be on a bike to appreciate a bike-friendly city. Streets teeming with bicycles are much, much quieter than streets crammed with cars.”
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CelloMom On CarsEngineers will tell you: where there's noise, there's wear.
Car noise is mostly tire noise.
Car tires wear into .... microplastics.
Cars are one of the largest sources of ocean microplastics, and since humans are part of the web of life, we also ingest those microplastic particles.
https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/111914703836626460
(Yes, bicycle tires wear too. A lot less though: they're skinny, and carry a lot less weight).
Dan Neuman 🇨🇦
Tobias DenkingerAnd trams!
Not that long ago, the US was full of tram lines. They moved a LOT of people, kept congestion down, and I suspect people found friendship and even love on those trams.
In today's context: they could save a LOT of lithium for car batteries, keep us healthier, and who knows, help us find friendship and even love.