So I often come here, even though I oppose the idea of saying "fuck cars". And yes, I do know it's not completely literal. However, I understand the logic.

With that being said, many people are using cars to be delivery contractors. It's not a necessary utility, but it is useful and is used by the vast majority of (I'll assume) 1st world countries. If vehicle use is reduced, what do you think would be a good strategy to keep this industry going? Yes, bicycles can still be used, but it would take more time, which would raise prices (capitalism). And another obvious solution would be to just do away with it and just go to restaurants. Do you have any opinions beyond those two that solutions I've already presented?

cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/7340948

Hoo said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.

Note: most road around school has a mandatory 30kmph speed limit

"It's not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!"

If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.

via https://www.instagram.com/p/DA88IlZOwnj

Can't think of a better community to ask.

Disponible jusqu'au 31/12/2024

Des voitures autonomes arrivent sur les routes d'Amérique du Nord et d'Europe. Une révolution qui génère de nombreuses questions éthiques. À qui appartiennent les données collectées ? Que choisira l'IA en cas de collision inévitable ? Qui est responsable ? Les scientifiques estiment urgent d'organiser un débat citoyen et ont mis en place pour cela une plateforme, la « Moral Machine ».

Transport Minister Eric Abetz says there had been an "overwhelmingly negative" reaction from businesses on the street and shoppers who use existing parking spaces which would have been affected by the trial.

Good on the local goverment for going ahead anyway, and this bit

Every time they do an improvement or make it safer there is more and more people riding," she said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20824402

Automaker's latest subscription model takes nickel-and-diming to new heights

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/17900996

https://cloudisland.nz/@KingSara/113274362118467797

Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30563342

This store just opened up a few months back, and they had zero bike parking.

I emailed their head office, saying that I was planning to shop there, but not until they added a bike rack.

Went to check last night, and boom! Bike rack!

original thread

America is too big for planes, too. If your transportation solution is flying, now everyone has to get around via endless highways or big, complicated regional airports, and you can only have so many of those. There's a reason why rural areas in North America have completely different politics from urban areas, and why so much of it is driven by a sense of isolation and abandonment. Trains promise to help here because they are able to stop in small places that will never, ever have practical airports.

A good rail network provides a reliable, consistent, repeatable, and straightforward three hour connection from Nowheresberg to the nearest city. Slow, but good enough to feel like they exist in the same planet. Unfortunately, that promise is subtle, and it plays out over decades, so the reward system we've created for ourselves is incapable of supporting it. And thus, we have Amtrak and confederate flags

https://cosocial.ca/@dylanmccall/113233671160717813

Yesterday in Milan there was the MilleMilaBici (could be translated with "thousand and thousand bikes") event. It was a beautiful show.

For once the streets were for people, silent, no pollution, no fight for space.

crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113264498677362428

Ismail Mohammad pushes a buggy down the centre of a narrow road in east Bristol. His two sons stay close as vehicles could come from either direction at any moment. “There are cars [parked] on the pavement. We have to go on the road,” says Mohammad as he hurries to the boys’ primary school in Easton. “It’s dangerous because cars sometimes come fast through here.”

What in tarnation ? What a sorry state of affairs. Good luck to the council !

Bryher has little sympathy for drivers who claim they must park on pavements on narrow roads. “You need to park somewhere else instead … there are enough [spaces] for every­one to park in the city,” he says. “It’s just that you might have to park further away and you might have to consider whether you need a car.

Indeed

Just saw this video by a stand up comedian about the experience of driving in LA.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20474047

Found a Minimum Speed Limit sign in the middle of my town.