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I have copied that idea from another community. I forgot which one so sorry!
Feel free to discuss that here, I would like that change because it makes it a lot easier
Malaysia to acquire trains via $3.18b leasing deal with China | The Straits Times
The government aims to acquire 62 new passenger train sets. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Waymo cars honk at each other throughout the night, disturbing SF neighbors
San Francisco resident Randol White says he heard the noises for the first time about two weeks ago -- he was woken up around 4 a.m. to the Waymos honking at each other.
Japan is inventing trains
The Japanese government is planning to connect major cities with automated zero-emissions logistics links that can quietly and efficiently shift millions of tons of cargo, while getting tens of thousands of trucks off the road.
How traffic noise hurts children's brains | BBC News
As awareness grows of the toll noise has on children's health and learning, some cities show the way to quieter roads and classrooms.
Montreal becomes largest North American city to eliminate mandatory minimum parking spots
Montreal is the latest city to eliminate mandatory parking minimums, and the largest North American city to have done so.
Build the greatest car parks ever in the Car Park Capital!
I feel like I just need to play Car Park Capital after discovering it today. Styled much like a late 90s retro tycoon game, it looks like it's from a different time and I love it.
I think the developers of this satirical game could be subscribed to this community:
> The car industry has identified a few places on earth that do not know THE FREEDOM OF CAR DEPENDENCY.
> So they hired you to increase car sales and oil consumption.
> How? By building the greatest car parks ever!
> Turn neighborhoods into car parks, create the need for car commuting and parking. Use propaganda to inform people on why they need it.
> Learn to become a real tycoon.. Asphalt means freedom, right?
Cross-post da: https://feddit.it/post/8640086
In France, the Future Is Arriving on a Barge
The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into the new highways.
>The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into the new highways.
New data shows which states were more deadly for pedestrians in 2023
Preliminary road-safety data for the first half of 2023 has been published.
Owning a car in Montreal costs an average of $1,310 per month
A study by personal finance service Hardbacon estimates the current average cost of owning a car in Montreal at $1,310 per month. Hardbacon’s compilation includes purchase price, maintenance, gas, parking and insurance. In 2024, the average cost of owning a vehicle in Quebec is $15,720 per year. A c...
Nearly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or prediabetes—and many have no clue. Are you among them? | Fortune
All told, roughly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or its predecessor—and it's turning us into a nation burdened with illness, experts say.
Wonder if this shift corresponds to the age of automobiles
Why car insurance in America is actually too cheap.
Prices are rising, but most drivers still have paltry coverage
Dubai Metro Blue Line is part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, which aims to create a '20-minute city'
The 30km Blue Line Dubai Metro extension that was officially announced on Friday will not only cut travel time and connect key neighbourhoods with growth a..
Dubai Metro is getting a third line in 2029. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Dubai_Metro)
Dubai Metro Blue Line extension
All the information on the proposed new Dubai Metro Line...
Looks like they plan to have the blue line extension ready to go in 2029 mentioned in the embedded video not the article.
The plan is to have 55% of the population within 800 meters of public transportation stations by 2040.
A little bit old, but I always like to watch the video linked below: Youtube - Dubai Progress by MetroCucumber
If I’m at a crosswalk, do drivers have to stop even if the lights aren’t flashing?
Section 91 states that a pedestrian ‘shall not proceed onto a roadway … into the path of any vehicle that is so close that it is impracticable for the driver of the vehicle to yield the right of way’
Link with no paywall:
https://www.removepaywall.com/https:/www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/mobility/article-if-im-at-a-crosswalk-do-drivers-have-to-stop-even-if-the-lights-arent
Officer tickets TTC streetcar operator for blocking intersection
Toronto finally cracking down on cars blocking the box and causing dangerous situations for everyone especially pedestrians
Maybe Don’t Drive Into Manhattan | The Atlantic
> Next year, congestion pricing is coming to New York City. And maybe, just maybe, the toll for motor vehicles entering the lower half of Manhattan should be set at $100.
> That number comes from Charles Komanoff, an environmental activist, a transit analyst, and a local political fixture. It represents neither the amount that would maximize revenue nor the amount that would minimize traffic. Rather, it is an estimate of how much it really costs for a single vehicle to take a trip into the congestion zone—in economists’ terminology, the unpriced externality associated with driving into one of the most financially productive and eternally gridlocked places on Earth.
This number comes just from calculating the monetary value of the average delay incurred by each car's contribution to traffic, not even accounting for all the other negative externalities -- e.g., air pollution, sound pollution, injuries, deaths, etc. -- meaning this is probably a sever underestimate.
Non-paywall link: https://archive.ph/LSpi5
Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts | Vox
Electric cars are crucial, but not enough to solve climate change. We can’t let them crowd out car-free transit options.
> Electric cars are crucial, but not enough to solve climate change. We can’t let them crowd out car-free transit options.
DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion
Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle's emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.
Speed limit proposed for active transportation routes
A Winnipeg councillor’s bid to create a speed limit for bicycles, electric bikes and scooters on active-transportation pathways is raising questions of whether such a restriction would be adequately e...
A proposal to keep pedestrian and cycling pathways from turing into "raceways" by city councilor, though local roads that once were public walkways are okay as raceways?