I just love how many people have independently suggested Gertrude St in Fitzroy should be car free like Swanston St.
A safe east-west walk/bike/tram corridor with great dining, drinking, shopping. 🚲 🚃 🥂
Make a submission, Melbs!
https://engage.vic.gov.au/project/route-86-planning/survey/4364
Can Victoria do the right thing and fight dangerous, over-sized trucks?
#roaddangerreduction
ABC X-its Twitter, citing musky odours
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/abc-australia-leaves-twitter-x-elon-musk
One of my oldest friends, and someone I trust greatly, told me straight up today I ought to be back on Twitter for my effort to get selected for the EP list for the Grüne
In terms of audience reach he is right
But in terms of ethics he is not - I want nothing to do with the Musk-run place
It is *our responsibility* to make alternatives work, and to line up our ethics with our actions. So this campaign will not be tweeted, and I will make the very best of Mastodon (and Peertube, Bluesky) I can
Oh really? Car manufacturer lying about fuel efficiency? And then fighting it. Wait till we start suing for the wilfully dangerous designs.
Car maker Mitsubishi will take to the High Court in Canberra today to fight a finding it engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct over a label stuck to the windscreen detailing a ute's fuel efficiency.
Food delivery riders in Australia are being killed by motor violence. The government’s solution? Hi-viz vests. The union claims working too much or something?
Would a class action against the government, or hey, *motor vehicle manufacturers* be enough to change things?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-02/nsw-delivery-rider-death-akshay-doultani/102675044
Police and Safework NSW are investigating the death of Akshay Doultani, an 22-year-old international student who was killed while working as an Uber Eats delivery rider in Sydney's north-west two weeks ago.
Brent Toderian
Jon Worth