" Between 1970 and 1990, the federal government devoted roughly $20 billion per year for roads and highways in inflation-adjusted dollars while allocating just about $3 million annually to bicycle and pedestrian projects, roughly 10,000 times less." #BikeTooter#infrastructure#BikeBus#climateemergency
To all #selfhost people in the #federation / #federated space. Due to a lack of #funds (on my online side of things) and the upkeep of an #instance growing by the month, AND the renewal of my domain (25-35$). I am considering closing down the enshittification.social instance to save the money for other #projects that I work on, and mostly my own #infrastructure.
What are your #experiences? What do you guys think is the best path for me to take?
We have got to get off using potable water to flush toilets. I'd say we need to get off using water toilets altogether, but I don't think some folks are ready for that conversation.
Fresh clean water has already gotten scarcer. Treating water only to use it to flush shit down is a really warped thing our society does.
"Massive modern port projects across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean in the twenty-first century are where anxieties about the global economy, state sovereignty, and climate change converge."
Special issue of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East on #ports in #SouthAsia
The UK has not invested enough in public infrastructure, but attempts towards rectifying this lack in investment look likely to confront skilled labour shortages in construction.
Not only did Brexit reduce the number of migrant workers entering the sector, a lack of investment (interest) in skills training (i.e. via FE colleges) compounded by health-related retirements of older workers means there are too few UK-national with skills to fill the gap(s).
Do you know something racism and plutocracy took away from us in the US that will really need as plutocrats continue to push us toward climate disaster?
“The water is coming up, up and up. ... You can see the little fish in my yard. It was like a river.”
From the archives, 2019: An Observer investigation found that unregulated dams across #Texas are increasingly failing—putting people and property in jeopardy. https://www.texasobserver.org/dammed-to-fail/
Selkirk Trestle Bridge. Shot from waters below.
It's a well used bicycle & pedestrian bridge that spans across the #GorgeWaterway - from #VicWest to #BurnsideGorge.
"Most of the funding, $621 million, will go toward 36 projects aimed at bolstering the resilience of existing infrastructure through things like improving draining, moving roadways, and lifting up bridges.
An additional $119 million will go toward protecting, strengthening, or removing at-risk coastal infrastructure like highways."
GOP: still fighting against the 21st century. It’s an embarrassment that the US has less #hsr than Morocco or Turkey. Yes, you read that right — we’re behind even Morocco and Turkey in moving people efficiently and the #GOP wants to keep it that way
Appui japonais à l’entretien des #ponts en Tunisie
Ce projet fera bénéficier le côté tunisien de la #technologie et du savoir-faire japonais, à travers le renforcement des capacités pour la mise en place d’une base de données et d’un système performant de suivi et d’aide à la prise de décision.
Ce système sera utilisé pour la programmation et l’exécution des opérations d’entretien et de réparation des ponts