The Transit Guy

New Zealand has just become the first country in the world to weaken the climate action targets that it had set in law. They’ve done this to allow the intensive livestock industry to pollute the climate even more without having to pay for the damage they’re doing to the planet.⁣
#Dairy #NewZealand

Vraiment formidable! Paris offers more than just a success story—it’s a blueprint. The lesson is clear: change is possible when policy, infrastructure, AND public space all point in the same direction. Cities [can] design environments where cycling's the fastest, safest, most enjoyable travel mode.

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

The head of transport at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit: “Not only will this result in more CO2 being emitted in the midst of a climate crisis, it will hit the UK’s drivers in their wallets.”
"A number of studies have found that PHEV drivers do not reliably charge their vehicles."

Explains why you see various accounts online pushing PHEVs as a "better" option than BEVs.

Why have green spaces and room for pedestrians when you can have asphalt and deadly weapons moving at 80 MPH?

We're now deporting babies, U.S. citizens, and disappearing people into foreign torture centers without due process. Oh, and I just heard on The Daily that deportations are DOWN under Trump compared to Biden.

This is what you get when you vote for today's Republican party.

“If we lose the federal funding to build it, it will never be built and everyone will be stuck in traffic or walking. And Charleston, the area has 100,000 homes approved and a quarter million people are expected to move here."

I hope Charleston does the right thing. www.msn.com/en-us/urban-...

Solar overtakes coal in the EU, and gas declines for 5th year running Solar generated 11% of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by think tank Ember.

Solar generated 11% of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to @ember-energy.org EU gas generation declined for the fifth year in a row, and total fossil generation fell to a historic low.
#Upshift!
electrek.co/2025/01/22/s... 🔌💡

He wants to "drill baby drill" when we need to be doing precisely the opposite.

Pretty sad. He says he wants the U.S. to succeed and then does the opposite of what success requires.

Pretty of excellent non-Tesla EVs available today, even in the U.S., which continues to keep affordable Chinese EVs off the market.

Trying to eliminate EVs is a rather strange move from a president who supposedly wants to bring back manufacturing jobs.

EVs are the future and other countries know that, so that's what they'll demand. Without EVs, the U.S. auto industry will have very few exports in the near future.

Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement (again). A shameful day for transit advocates and the world more broadly.

Nope, but that's crazy

Unfortunately no. I saw that account but actually created this account before I saw it.

A real gut punch.

This is an unnatural disaster.

The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles like this have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist

As the climate crisis escalates, the interdependent atmospheric, oceanic & ecological systems that constrain human civilization will lead to compounding & regime-shifting changes that are difficult to predict in advance.

The LA fires are a heartbreaking example.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

My deepest sympathies to those affected by the wildfires.

I'm hoping *this* the time for a climate reckoning. Pretty, pretty please?

The Lasting Mental Health Toll of the California Wildfires Survivors of wildfires like those burning across Los Angeles can experience mental health issues long after a blaze is out.

“It’s not just the loss of life or property that people mourn. Survivors of wildfires can suffer a collective sense of loss from damage to the natural environment […].”

The railways really does take cars off the roads.

Solitude in the city ♥️ #photography #urbanlife #train #red

This is so cool! How far can you go in 1-8 hours by train from anywhere in Europe! (Powered by #OSM)

www.chronotrains.com/en/station/5...

#train #travel #rail #transit

My previous apartment had a metro stop about a five minute walk away.

The problem? I only lived there for about a year, and it was being rebuilt the whole time. I really wish I had been there for the reopening. 😕

A Melbourne Metro train (658M) waiting for passengers

this commute takes 22 minutes…
#photography
#658M
#melbourne
#publictransit

I love public transit.

Saw this on Threads, but I couldn't agree more.

Hanging out downtown today. While I don't have a metro stop very close to me, I greatly appreciate having it as an option to get around. Makes life so much easier.