The @losangelestimes let me pen a few words arguing that people’s health and mobility should take precedence over goods movement in the quest for cleaner air in #California:
There is not a #scarcity of funds for #transportation in the US. We spend tens of billions every year on #road construction and maintenance. That's a policy choice.
We could choose instead to pay for other things, like robust #PublicTransit & comprehensive supports for #walking and #bicycling.
Don't let anyone tell you there's not enough $. We have gobs of $. We just spend it to subsidize the least economically rational form of transportation.
I try to avoid German news for my sanity. but I just learned that the 49 EUR ticket that took more than a year to introduce and just started could soon rise in price again. Germany is a clown country.
Hopefully not.
That would be extremely unfair.
Instead, subsidies for public transport should rise and all taxes on #FfossilFuels should be earmarked for #transportation infrastructure investments, #renewable-energy infrastructure getting twice as much from the taxes.
I kind of doubt anyone at NY's MTA follows me, but if anyone is interested, I have just put up my own NY MTA bot, which is putting out all MTA service alerts (well... hopefully... just wrote the software last night/this morning, LOL) It's at @nymta_bot#NYC#NYMTA#NY#transportation#transit
#ClassicCar lovers the #HenryFordMuseum puts on two fantastic #CarShows every year. The Motor Muster on Father's Day Weekend for #cars from 1930-1970 and the Old Car Festival on the 1st weekend after Labor Day features cars from 1890-1932.