A Chicago #Cop Is Accused of Lying Under Oath 44 Times. Now #Prosecutors Are Dropping Cases That Relied on His Testimony.
Former #Chicago officer Jeffrey Kriv faces charges for #perjury and #forgery after getting out of dozens of #traffic violations by claiming his girlfriend had stolen his car.
Now, cases that stem from #arrests Kriv made are in jeopardy.
Hoboken, NJ has gone seven consecutive years without a traffic fatality. They've also seen a significant reduction in injuries, with significant injuries down 62% between 2022 and 2023. This has been achieved largely by lowering speed limits and redesigning streets.
"I asked a group of Helsinki officials what role information technology has played in their success reducing crashes in recent years. 'Zero,' replied Palomaki. 'We simply slowed down the cars.'"
Finland also investigates fatal car crashes similarly to how we investigate plane crashes.
My favorite mobility policy of 2023: Banning right-on-red
Inherently dangerous to pedestrians, ROR was widely adopted in order to conserve gas during the 1970s oil crisis (which, you might notice, ended decades ago).
Ann Arbor ditched ROR this year, and DC is about to. Denver, Chicago, and San Francisco may as well.
Tomorrow #Threads is coming to #Europe, and I'm more than a little bit curious, how it will play out.
That's where we stand @heiseonline regarding #Traffic from #X/Twitter and its main competitors right now. It's more quick and dirty than my other ones.
Keep in mind, that there's a substantial amount of traffic from #Mastodon, that we currently don't see (because of the #preview cutting of the URL): I'm pretty sure, that Mastodon has already overtaken #Twitter. #Bluesky is far, far behind.
This is a short animation test I rendered out just to check the timing... this is probably the last thing I'll be working on with this scene, but the animation is slow going.
The final will rotate the cube as the truck traverses it. 😎
This month, Lisbon will become the latest European city to bar thru-traffic from its city centre. The plan, to be introduced for a 3-month trial period, will see cars barred from driving thru (but not driving to) the heart of #Lisbon’s downtown. Via CityLab.
When people suddenly stayed home during COVID lockdowns, wild animals started traveling more.
A new study of over 2000 mammals from dozens of species (elephants, pumas, reindeer, etc) found that animals traveled substantially longer distances and ventured closer to roads when traffic sharply declined.
The finding, in Science, adds to previous research suggesting that temporary road closures could help wildlife management. #wildlife#traffic#conservation
And the troglodytes win. With help from the media - Guardian INCLUDED. No one ever looks at the very successful roll out in the Scottish Borders (Conservative council). Grumbles maybe, but I know of no one who wants to go back from safer, more pleasant towns and villages. But what can you expect from a Starmerite?
Unvaccinated individuals have 48% increased risk for traffic accidents
A total of 11,270,763 individuals were included [in Ontario]. . .The increased traffic risks among unvaccinated individuals extended to diverse subgroups, and was equal to a 48% increase after adjustment for age, sex, home location, socioeconomic status, and medical diagnoses (95% confidence interval, 40-57; P < 0.001).
From 1978, an example of how Congress is both a) car-brained and b) hostile to DC:
The Senator who pushed the US to adopt right-on-red "as a gasoline-saving measure" bullied DC into it b/c he didn’t want to wait at traffic lights while driving from Bethesda.
Hey #sfba now that the rain has let up a bit, take a minute to check that your car tires have enough tread remaining. I know some of y’all have been putting off replacing your balding tires, because I drove past plenty of wrecks and rear-enders when it was raining. Yeah, those thin treads worked fine when everything was dry, but when the rain came and the surface oil started floating, you were suddenly skating all over the road, weren’t you?
Check your tire treads and make sure you have plenty. Thanks 😘
#CBC mainly remains off #X, citing low #Traffic six months after scaling back presence
Six months after the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Radio-Canada scaled back its use of the social media site X, the #PublicBroadcaster says it will mostly remain off
"The audience and engagement that we get from X is small. Among our #SocialMedia platforms, X is among the smallest sources of traffic," he told The Canadian Press when asked why it hasn't fully returned.