Toronto’s consultation process is broken: the decision to not pedestrianize Kensington market was justified by 34 objections out of 1615 survey responses.
"When you drive a massive SUV you’re saying three things: I don’t care about the environment. I don’t care that I’m more likely to kill pedestrians in my car. I don’t care that there isn’t room for my car and others to co-habit smoothly on London’s streets."
In his new book, "Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet," independent conservation journalist Ben Goldfarb writes about how roads and cars are wreaking havoc on nature.
He reports back about the people trying to save everything from butterflies to deer to wallabies to salamanders from the destructive power of motordom.
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Driving 8 hours round trip today to pick up one person, and I'll never understand why Americans think this is more convenient than my colleague taking a train.
#PBOT's "traffic calming" projects are such kid-gloves weaksauce that doesn't pretend to control the kinds of drivers who are actually making our streets feel unsafe. Their machines are 5-7000lb lumps of steel being flung around at 30mph with 400hp and Portland has, after a decade of organizing by neighbors and careful work by professional #trafficEngineers, delivered like a dozen rubber bumps and some paint. #tacticalUrbanism is this stuff but overnight, & then iterate
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, vowing to end "the war on motorists," has launched a culture war against policies meant to protect people, the British economy and the planet. The Guardian's Peter Walker joins us to discuss.
#PublicTransit advocates in #Florida are encouraged to complete an interactive survey for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Community Bus 🚎 Plan, which aims to transform #PublicTransportation in the county over the next 10 years.
#FuckCars folks in #Texas needed to provide online public comment on plans to double the number of lanes on US 54 between Stratford and the Oklahoma state line.
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