"Shiny animation won't take you to work. Actual working efficient transit systems will. And gadgetbahns just aren't that."
Wow, the NYT is getting spicy. I love it!
Elon Musk Can't Fix Your Commute
https://youtu.be/5eHWVjUAukU
Here’s the thing — If you HAVE to drive, or even just WANT to drive, it’s in your best interest for public transit, walking & biking to be as attractive as possible to EVERYONE else. It means everyone else can take up a lot less space to move.
If everybody drives, nobody moves.
#cities #mobility #cars #bikes #transit #urbanism #transportation #cityplanning
Never forget, when you’re being pressured to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across fundamentally unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging, crocodile-filled river.
#urbanism #cities #streets #streetsforpeople #urbanplanning #transportation #bikes #walking
Next year London's ultra-low emission zone will expand across the entire city. Owners of polluting cars will pay £12.50/day to drive in the zone.
To prepare, London is adding bus service and offering a " £110m scrappage scheme" to dump older cars.
If you want to see the presentation and warnings that me and my colleagues at Smart Growth America have been giving for the last 2 decades, check out today's NYT.
"This has made it more difficult for older Americans to downsize, as a large, aging house can often command less than what a single adult needs to establish a new, smaller home and pay for their living and health care expenses in retirement."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/27/us/living-alone-aging.html
“We are not the only country with alcohol,” said Beth Osborne, director of the advocacy group Transportation for America. “We’re not the only country with smartphones and distraction. We were not the only country impacted by the worldwide pandemic.”
Rather, she said, other countries have designed transportation systems where human emotion and error are less likely to produce deadly results on roadways.
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