Dr. Lesley Barron, MD, MPhil, FRACS

Current discussion about 5 weeks annual leave (up from 4) in Australia. While that would be nice, a four day work week would be life changing and an acknowledgment that we don’t live in the 1950s anymore.

Cycling in Dublin for commuting rises 50% as most residents back more bike lanes Residents of Ireland’s five main cities want more space for cyclists, even at the expense of cars

WE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS!

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

Quantifying the Cost of Sprawl In infrastructure, service delivery and tax receipts.

ICYMI: Suburban development costs 38% more in upfront public costs & 10% more in ongoing costs than compact development, PLUS has only 1/10th the tax revenue per acre, confirms report summarizing 17 studies. Via @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social

The blunt truth? Sprawl is heavily subsidized by ALL of us.

Making driving work better for all those who have to drive, or don’t want to stop driving and aren’t deterred by the Congestion Charge (which by the way, is legally required to be reinvested into public transit).

Congestion Charge systems make mobility work better for everyone, including drivers.

That’s my argument for term limits. At least you get one term of elected ppl having more motivation to think long term and do the right thing. Far too many rusted on folks.

This could be any council all over the world unfortunately.

Not sure why that is surprising information to anyone except that the media is really terrible at their jobs.

An truly terrible politician was elected in Canada almost exclusively on the promise to get rid of speed cameras. Not sure how many lives that cost, but he also privatised aged care so did other horrible things to make us forget about the ppl dying on the highways. ☹️

Hate traffic fines? Opt out with this one weird trick.

Image of busy urban Street with shops and people walking. Text says “Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?“ via Urban Truth Collective.

“Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?”*

*best response ever to the manufactured conspiracy theories about “15-Minute Cities” and the simple idea of having more things we need nearby. #UrbanTruth

There are folks who sadly are legislated to fund their own oppression all over the world…..

Shades of WMD! Déjà vu anyone?

Reminds me of this-

“It’s free to drive safely.” Definitely using that one. 😂

It's kind of wild how driving the speed limit feels like an act of resistance against car culture

An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

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Australian media is utterly clueless when it comes to transport issues.

A pic of a train carriage with the doors open. In the door, walking out are a man and a woman (the premier of WA and someone else, I assume). He wears the usual 'I'm not in Parliament' clothes of chinos, white, open-neck shirt and a dark jacket. She has a red knee length dress. There is another woman in the background with a pink (?) top and black pants. The headline reads" Transport: As the last station opens, one question remains - was Metronet worth the cost?"

The Australian media: we must scrutinise every public transport project
Also the Australian media: every road project is justified. nothing to see here

Public transport costs money and every penny must be accounted for and recouped yesterday; motorways simply appear naturally and should never be questioned

Aussie urged to claim $475 million payout with deadline days away Hundreds of thousands of Aussies will lose out on compensation of between $1,000 and $50,000 if they miss this deadline.

Australians impacted by Robodebt have until 4pm on Friday, March 6, to register for a new class action settlement with payouts between $1,000 and $50,000 au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...

“And as I watched him on the stage my hands were clenched in fists of rage”

The NYT style guide

Yellow background. Pink logo that says "Clean Air Crowd". The text says "Day 3. Place some Mums for Lungs flyers and/or posters locally".

It's Day 3 of our #AirPollution challenge, and our #CleanAirCrowd are putting up Mums for Lungs flyers & posters locally.

We've sent out thousands of flyers across the UK over the years, sparking real change.

If you're taking part, please share a pic with us of the flyers/posters you place! 💚

Two panel cartoon. Panel 1: Scientist in white coat is saying authoritatively "Pauline Hanson hasn't got a racist bone in her body!" Panel 2- Scientist standing next to picture of PH using pointer to point out bits of her body "...Everyone knows racism is found in the brain, heart and bile duct"

Given Pauline's performance today, might be time to reup this evergreen...

For every mile driven in those cars, far too much money is being taken out of the pockets of everybody else. It's the most heavily subsidized form of transportation there is.

Cartoon of a street jammed with cars surrounded by never-ending low density suburban houses. It illustrates car dependency where you need a car for virtually everything. And the streets are constantly stuck in traffic jams and congestion.

The most insidious thing about car dependency is what it does to us. The more dependent on cars they make us, the more WE’LL fight to defend that dependency from ANY change that would allow other CHOICES in how to get around, because we’re so dependent that we can’t picture ANYONE choosing them.

I’ve been taking the bus mostly for free in Newy for over a year (bc of labour action by the drivers) so can’t complain.

Most of them are ok. I think buses should have a 30 km/hour speed limit in urban areas which I think would make their jobs easier. As would drivers yielding to buses (as the law requires!)

Bicycle parking takes parking space away from one vehicle.

Vehicle parking takes living space from hundreds of people.

One is more controversial than the other.