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!fuck_cars
@lemmy.mlWashington State Department of Transportation is starting to realize that we cannot afford to maintain the sheer volume of roads we build. The maintenance debt that we have built up is bankrupting our governments and it's only going to get worse year by year.
Civilization itself cannot afford to have so many car oriented roads long term.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_e69a80be-75f1-11ef-8b50-3babe18f06e9.html
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2012/10/electric-velomobiles-as-fast-and-comfortable-as-automobiles-but-80-times-more-efficient/
About a quarter of the existent wind turbines would suffice to power as many electric velomobiles as there are people.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241047/nhtsa-rule-pedestrian-safety-fmvss-suv-truck-design
The government is taking aim at big SUVs and trucks.
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/videos/the-power-of-free-public-transit
Eliminating transit fares can transform lives, connect people to jobs, healthcare, and essential services in more equitable ways.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cars-slam-storefronts-7-eleven-alarming-frequency/
Over a 15-year period, 6,253 cars crashed into 7-Eleven storefronts in the U.S. – an average of 1.14 per day.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CfXP6KOVBOY
Mikael gives a crash course in Arrogance of Space - a phrase he coined to describe the shocking imbalance in space allocation in cities. An arrogant amount of space is allocated to motorists - at the expense of everyone else. It is not urban democracy - it's a transportation dictatorship. Try the free Arrogance of Space Mapping Tool: https://cyklokoalicia.sk/arrogance/ Mikael's article about The Arrogance of Space: https://medium.com/@colville_andersen/the-arrogance-of-space-93a7419b0278 Mikael's book "Copenhagenize - the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism": Wherever you buy your books or here's the amazon US link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610919386/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=copenhageni05-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1610919386&linkId=f6c8283346fb030a1aabcb8ff14c9336 0:00 Intro and Paris 3:45 Arrogance of Space in Calgary, Canada 5:28 Barcelona 5:53 Sao Paolo 6:05 Cape Town 6:52 Sneckdowns 7:47 Moscow 8:29 Tokyo - a good example 8:54 Copenhagen - a good example 9:23 Copenhagen - a bad example 11:10 Fixing Barcelona 12:16 Fixing Paris 13:02 Do it yourself! Map the Arrogance of Space in your city!