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benphl Dec 28, 2022

The War on Cars Dec 28, 2022

"Actually, studies have shown that riders using pedal-assists—a type of e-bike that amplifies your pedal power but does not take over entirely—get more exercise than those on regular bikes, because they cycle longer and more frequently.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/02/hell-on-two-wheels-until-the-e-bikes-battery-runs-out

#bikes #ebikes #ebike

Hell on Two Wheels, Until the E-Bike’s Battery Runs Out

In 2020, Americans bought more than twice as many electric bikes as electric cars. Patricia Marx test-drove a fleet of them, including a Vado SL and a Gocycle G4i.

The New Yorker

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benphl Dec 22, 2022

@catto is there ANYTHING innovative with it? It sounds exactly like gondola I rode 25 years ago

benphl Dec 19, 2022

David Zipper Dec 19, 2022

New NBER paper from Ed Glaeser & co finds that 12% of the median US city resident's daily trips are within a 15-min walk.

Policy implication: "Less restrictive zoning rules, such as permitting more mixed-use development, would lead to shorter travel times."

https://www.nber.org/papers/w30752?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6

#cities #walkability #urbanism

The 15-Minute City Quantified Using Mobility Data

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

NBER

@anthony This makes me think that the reason El*n keeps touting the mDAU metric is bc while more people are "using" Twitter when reading about it in the news, the average time spent on it and number of tweets read is down sharply.

Trying to stem the flow of people leaving and saying where they can be found.

benphl Dec 18, 2022

Geraldine Dec 18, 2022

If only there was some sort of seasonally appropriate story about the ills of one man having too much money and being awful to everyone.

benphl Dec 17, 2022

Radley Balko Dec 17, 2022

Judge blocks release of video depicting police dog attack because it’s too graphic and disturbing.

Don’t really get the logic here. All the more reason it *should* be seen.

https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/judge-blocks-release-of-video-of-deadly-police-dog-attack-in-alabama-says-cannot-be-unseen.html

Judge blocks release of video of deadly police dog attack in Alabama, says ‘cannot be unseen’

Joseph Pettaway died more than four years ago after a police dog bit him inside a house in Montgomery.

benphl Dec 17, 2022

Odinshorror Dec 17, 2022

#twittermigration #humor

benphl Dec 14, 2022

Elon Musk's Jet Dec 14, 2022

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benphl Dec 14, 2022

Augie Ray Dec 14, 2022

I'm not saying there are a lot of viral infections going around right now, but when the NY Times feels the need to publish a list of symptoms so you can figure out which of four illnesses you have, that might be saying something.
The rate of COVID positive testing is at its highest point in three months in the US. The US rate of flu hospitalization is up 50 to 100% in the past two weeks across all age groups. Masks on to protect yourself and your family this holiday season!