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capntransit, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Edit to note that this is apparently 78% of microplastics from specific sources, including textiles and personal care products, which is only 11% of total microplastics.

So about 8% of total microplastics is directly from car tires.

RT @jme_pew Turns out “microplastics” isn’t descriptive enough. We should be panicking about tire dust.

“Seventy-eight percent of ocean microplastics are synthetic tire rubber, according to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust.”

https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemicals

capntransit, 5 months ago to random

RT @mateosfo: In the United States you can get a $7500 tax credit to buy a $55,000 electric car but you can’t get a $7500 tax credit to rent a condo in a walkable neighborhood where you don’t need a car.

And they call it “climate policy.”

capntransit, 5 months ago to random

RT @kevin_degood With the demise of Hyperloop, let’s never forget the time in 1965 that LA County seriously considered picking up special buses with jet-powered, heavy-lift helicopters to carry them to LAX instead of just building a rail connection.

capntransit, 2 months ago to random

RT @mateosfo: Driver violence is so normalized and politically acceptable that it took six different violent assaults over seven months for the cops to even realize, oh shit, we might have a serial killer on our hands.

What are license plates even for.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/03/25/salt-lake-city-man-intentionally/

capntransit, 4 months ago to random

Periodic reminder: the way libertarians talk so much about birth rates is creepy, and you don't have to participate. It has no place in urbanism or environmentalism.

Birth rates only matter if you're a nationalist competing with other nationalists to be the most powerful nation, or a racist competing to be the most powerful race. Both of those are creepy, and antithetical to efficiency and social justice.

Obsession with birth rates is also a prime motivation for homophobia and transphobia.

capntransit, 3 months ago to random

RT @kenmcld How I feel every time I see a terrible "FAQ" by a member of AASHTO that dismisses lowering speed limits without engaging with the agency's choices that undermine slower speeds https://iowadot.gov/traffic/manuals/pdf/speedlimitbrochure.pdf

capntransit, 2 months ago to random

RT @walthickey lmao https://old.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/1bp82tw/mta_gives_final_approval_for_congestion_pricing/kwuddnb/

capntransit, 8 months ago to random

RT @nerd4cities Not a fan of the term “virtue signaling,” but if anything is virtue signaling it’s spending $80k on a vehicle that’s essentially an SUV with a little bit of space in the back to signal what a no-nonsense, salt of the earth, hardworking dude you are

capntransit, 6 months ago to random

RT @transitcenter “As the temporary closure of the I-10 showed us, our leadership can choose at any moment to opt out of car dependency as status quo and opt into robust public transportation. We clearly see what can be accomplished if the political will is there.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-22/la-reopened-the-i-10-freeway-but-it-should-have-boosted-transit

capntransit, 6 months ago to random

"A recent analysis by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has uncovered a glaring gap in the climate action plans of nations worldwide. The report, focused on Public Transport and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), indicates that one in three countries have yet to incorporate public transport strategies into their commitments to combat climate change."

https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/151425/one-third-nations-neglect-public-transport-climate-action-plans-uitp-report/

capntransit, 4 months ago to random

RT @samjmintz Since the Alaska Airlines incident, it's likely that more than 300 people have died in motor vehicle crashes in the United States, based on NHTSA averages from last few years.

National media priorities remain grossly out of whack when it comes to transportation safety

capntransit, 4 months ago to random

RT @jamieclimate The media always talks about climate wins as a "victory for environmentalists" as if no one else lives on Planet Earth.

capntransit, 16 days ago to random

In Paris, the transit authority reconfigured its train shops and built apartments on the land freed up. It's now renting them out to its bus drivers, a 936 square foot apartment with a balcony for about $900 a month.

In New York the MTA provides parking for employees who drive in from the suburbs.

https://www.leparisien.fr/immobilier/un-appartement-de-87m2-avec-terrasse-pour-833-euros-a-paris-la-ratp-loge-ses-salaries-a-des-prix-imbattables-23-05-2024-LHMP6Q4XCJFMPCZMZYVI4F6MDM.php

capntransit, 30 days ago to random

Via Carter Rubin on Twitter: Some guy hacked a Prius with trolley poles to run off the Muni overhead wires in San Francisco. Here's a writeup from 2014:

https://thebolditalic.com/hacked-prius-running-on-muni-power-lines-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-80cdbe55d68e

capntransit, 10 months ago to random

RT @bellachu10 A transportation system that requires cars to get around is economic albatross around the necks of ordinary, hard working people. It is the mandatory purchase of a polluting, time-sucking, dangerous, depreciating asset.

RT @guydealership
This isn't a shitcoin.
This isn't a meme stock.
This is the average monthly payment on a new car.

capntransit, 4 months ago to random

RT @thecharlier When we spend money on highways it’s “funding.” When we spend money on transit it’s “subsidy.”

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/02/05/study-subsidizing-transit-actually-makes-it-more-efficient

capntransit, 4 months ago to random

Recent inspection reports from the Department of Buildings reveal that 20% of Manhattan parking garages inspected following a fatal collapse in April exhibit unsafe conditions, including cracking, corroding, and separating concrete.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/january-19-2024-morning-headlines

capntransit, 14 days ago to random

RT @streetfilms Wow! Just got a nice note from an urban planner who was very angry more people haven't watched our Paris School Streets Streetfilms! She called it "the most important educational tool made for urbanists in the last 5 years."

Thanks. I agree. So watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPzocuqKPc

capntransit, 2 months ago to random

RT @idothethinking Minneapolis Federal Reserve did a study on the city's flat & decling rents, finding that for every 100 market rate apartments built, 70 existing apartments were freed up in low income neighborhoods.

What lessons on gentrification can be extracted here.

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024/how-new-apartments-create-opportunities-for-all

capntransit, 3 months ago to random

RT @2024dion: The biggest irony in transportation policy in this country is most cities requiring that bars provide enough parking for all their patrons to drive.

Photo is of a bar/grill in Jacksonville, which requires 3 spaces/1ksqft of gross floor area for each and every bar, beer hall, brewery, tasting room, or any other place where you go to get a drink. Insane policy, esp with hailing a cheap ride home easier than ever.

capntransit, 2 months ago to random

RT @danielstrtowns When we measure crashes/fatalities per mile instead of per capita, it systematically makes very spread-out places look better and compact ones look worse.

It obscures the fact that the "miles" is part of the problem!

Similar issue arises when talking about, e.g., transit costs per passenger mile. Or even the speed of a bus/train in mph as a key performance metric.

Almost none of us travel miles for the sake of miles; our goal is to get somewhere.

capntransit, 2 months ago to random

RT @sp6runderrated Rent control does nothing for renters who need to move because they:

1. had a baby.
2. got divorced.
3. got married.
4. got a new job and need to be closer to work.
5. old & can't walk up stairs anymore

RC is not an affordability policy. It is a stability policy for incumbents.

capntransit, 4 months ago to random

RT @bellachu10 Cities, even NYC, where most people DO NOT DRIVE, clear roads for 3-ton cars at huge public expense, but maintaining sidewalks, which are used by every resident depends on good will and strong backs. This is one of the most gobsmacking disparities in our transportation system.

Several have noted it is the property owner’s responsibility. Exactly. Why are sidewalks a private responsibility in a city where almost everyone walks and clearing roads are a city responsibility?

capntransit, 1 month ago to random

RT @justinbrannan Gray seal pup sez what up? New York harbor is the cleanest it’s been in over 100 years. This knucklehead is living his best life.

capntransit, 17 days ago to random

RT @streetsblognyc The NYPD is still writing 92 percent of its tickets for "jaywalking" to Blacks and Latinos.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/22/on-the-bias-nypds-walking-while-black-ticketing-continues