A million cars have disappeared: What NYC is like after one month of congestion pricing Congestion pricing began on January 5. One month in, traffic is down, public buses are faster, and transit ridership is up.

A million cars have disappeared!

“Congestion pricing [in New York City] began on January 5. One month in, traffic is down, public buses are faster, and transit ridership is up.” Via @fastcompany

No surprise for those of us championing decongestion pricing for a long time. We know it works.

Before and after of central Paris street, cars have been replaced with people.

Think about all the things that can fit when we just stop surrendering most of our urban space to cars.

Urban life can fit.

Before & after street pedestrianization of Rue Rambuteau in Paris. HT to @emmanuelspv.bsky.social

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”

Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

Cartoon by singer sarcastically showing that people wrongly perceive car dependent infrastructure as “public investment” (it isn’t) and investment in public transit as a “wasteful subsidy” (it isn’t, it has an excellent return on investment and actually saves public money).

"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the perception problem, NOT telling the truth. Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.

People tend to focus most on the first part of this message, and not enough on the second part of this message. #CarDependency

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.

”The benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the $ people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused 95% of the time. I haven’t had to think about the many costs of car ownership for many years, which is incredibly liberating.” dailyhive.com/vancouver/bi...

Title page of study

IMPORTANT STUDY: “On average, the implementation of 30 km/h speed limits in European cities demonstrated a 23%, 37% & 38% reduction in road crashes, fatalities & injuries respectively. Lower speed limits also yielded environmental benefits.”
www.nrso.ntua.gr/review-of-ci...

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Why 2023 was the year of the e-bike and not the self-driving car E-bikes and self-driving cars both entered the year with momentum. Only one maintained it.

“Compared to self-driving cars, and just about any other mobility mode, e-bikes have flourished…If 2023’s trendline continues, the humble e-bike, not the flashy self-driving car, will be poised to reconfigure American transportation.” — @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...

2234 for Brazil
1542 - 1888 --> 2234

“Not until 2111 will we have had more years of freedom than of slavery in this country. “

A reminder to Americans.
In none of our lifetimes.

URGENTE! Galera, votem “SIM" para que militares envolvidos em atos golpistas PERCAM A APOSENTADORIA!

O não está vencendo! Bora reverter esse placar.

Link para votar 👉🏽 www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/v...

Maior desmatador do Pantanal forneceu aos principais frigoríficos do país, diz relatório Estudo da organização Mighty Earth revela que unidades da JBS, Marfrig e Minerva foram abastecidas por Claudecy Oliveira Lemes, identificado como responsável pelo maior dano ambiental já registrado no...

Olha só:
O LATIFUNDIÁRIO que desmatou 81,2 mil hectares do pantanal usando AGROTÓXICO vendeu gado pra JBS, Marfrig e Minerva.

A carne do desmatamento foi parar no Carrefour, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Grupo Mateus e Sendas (Assaí Atacadista)

Churrasco sabor pantanal
reporterbrasil.org.br/2024/09/maio...