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Michael Bloomberg wrote an opinion piece that collecrs a lot of reason why congestion pricing is good for NYC

Mainly:

• improves commute times
• less congestion
• more peiole using mass transit
• more revenue for the city

Interesting piece

An indipendent weekly podcast that's about europen news, written with passion, irony and fun.

It's a nice way to keep up with main news and opinions about what's going on in our old continent, and it's entrateining.

They have a mastodon account too!

Feed link: https://feed.podbean.com/helloqg/feed.xml

Cross-post da: https://feddit.it/post/15483734

The world’s best-selling vehicle model is a Chinese bike

@shifter created a nice video where it tells how the story of that bike model crosses the history of the country, while looking for an exemplar to try personally.

Even China, after moving away from the bike, is getting closer, even if the vehicle has changed a lot, and between bikes and mopeds, there is a whole spectrum of undefined vehicles.

crosspostated from da: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/114057475253743972

What would a TV ad promoting alternatives to driving look like? What if people who love cycling and progressive transportation reclaimed ideas like freedom, independence and even patriotism? We decided to give it a shot. Check out our new video, "America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike."

Found on war on cars mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars/114026724784302292

What if we handle road safety as general safety?

The hierarchy hazard controls is a de facto standard for determining which measures to take in the presence of risks. The principles can be (and I would argue that they should be) applied to road safety.

From the most effective to the least effective measure, we have:

• Elimination: Avoid road trips. Of course it is rarely possible.

• Substitution: Replace dangerous vehicles with non-hazardous vehicles. That is, cars should be limited

• Engineering controls: people are isolated from risks: cycle paths, sidewalks everywhere, speed bumps, raised crossings, narrowing of the roads

• Administrative controls: speed limits, 30 km/h cities, speed cameras, training courses.

And last and most definitely least:

• personal protective equipment: they are the least effective, to be used only if there is no possibility of applying other measures: helmets.

Those who push for certain measures do not understand anything about safety, and thus would start from the bottom of the hierarchy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_hazard_controls

crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113978193983638459

Wapo journalist verifies that robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 7 out of 10 times. Waymo admitted that it follows "social norms" rather than laws.

The reason is likely to compete with Uber, 🤦

Wapo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/30/waymo-pedestrians-robotaxi-crosswalks/

Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113746178244368036

Oto Ozols created this aniamtion and other like the one at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvxCqSIf1c

If it will ever snow again where I live, I will pay attention to this!

crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113661109749394759

Based on curated lists from BookBub, Crime Reads, Book Riot and more, suggestions from readers on Goodreads, Quora and Reddit, and recommendations from authors like Jasper Fforde, Sharon Shinn and David Brin, here is a roundup of the 81 best sci-fi crime novels ever written.

Italy is a car infested country. I would love to know impressions of fellow users from other countries that visit Italy: do you see this?

We rank in the low part for public transport and rails (except high-speed trains). Which is not surprsing

Moreover, automotive industry is sinking in Italy, so there is not even the justification of helping "economy", for pushing on cars so much.

Finally, there are many more cars than car licenses in Italy. Which, IMHO, is completely absurd

Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/@rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/113632796547131119

People on bikes may be rude and may not follow the rules, but can't be aggressive.

When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.

Original stripe from the Onion: https://www.theonion.com/bum-rush-hour-1846606314

Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113615912203015089

Shifter is a youtube/peertube channel with lot of great insights on cycling.

Every year he collects stuff to gift to bike commuters and I there are some good suggestion in it.

Edit: to clarify: the message in the ad is actually ironic/satirical, mocking the advice for cyclists to wear high-viz at night.

It uses the same logic but inverts the parts and responsabilities, by suggesting to motorists (not cyclists) to apply bright paint on their cars.

So this ad is not pro or against high-viz, it's against victim blaming

Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113544508246569296