Meital Miselevich;Fri 20 Aug 2021. We are in an emergency. Wildfires are raging across the world as scorching temperatures and dry conditions fuel the blazes that have cost lives and destroyed livelihoods.The combination of extreme heat, changes in our ecosystem and prolonged drought have in many regions led to the worst fires in almost a decade, and come after the IPCC handed down a damning landmark report on the climate crisis.But technically, there are fewer wildfires than in the past – the problem now is that they are worse than ever and we are running out of time to act, as the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts explains.
100+ Bike Statistics & Facts of 2021 [E-Bikes Included) – bicycle-guider.com
Well, it’s time to publish the bike statistics that we have been gathering for some time. We tried to find the freshest data possible and present it to you. There is lots of information from the 2000s, but not much from 2020. Nonetheless, we’ve managed to get a pretty nice selection of numbers, so enjoy below.
How Many Bikes Are There in the World?
Nobody knows exactly how many bikes exist in the world, but it is estimated that there are somewhere around 1 billion. It’s a huge number. For comparison, there are around 1.5 billion cars in the world.
Belgian city puts brakes on deafening drivers by enforcing noise limits | Belgium | The Guardian
Ghent authorities threaten to impound noisy vehicles, as residents protest about engines and exhausts
Jennifer Rankin
Drivers who play booming music, slam on the gas or screech around town have been put on notice by the Belgian city of Ghent: their vehicles could be confiscated for breaching noise limits.
The Flemish city introduced a new regulation last month allowing police to impound vehicles whose drivers were causing excessive noise, either by playing loud music – dubbed boom cars – aggressive driving, or tampering with engines and exhaust pipes to make their vehicles noisier.
Letters: to halt global heating, we must change our society (1) | Climate change | The Guardian
:excerptstartRobin McKie writes of a “society-wide vision” covering policies in transport, power generation, home heating and farming to cut climate emissions (“It’s now… or never”, Focus). Of course we need all of those policies. But what’s missing is the understanding that we can’t have “business as usual with different technology”. We need social innovations, such as a… [Read More]
Letters: to halt global heating, we must change our society (2) | Climate change | The Guardian
David Murray
Wallington, Surrey
2011) 1 Car = 10 Bicycles | TheCityFix
Itir SonuparlakJuly 20, 2011
A version of this post was originally published by Mariana Gil in Portuegese on TheCityFix Brasil on July 13, 2011.
How many bikes can you fit in the space occupied by a single car? Never thought about it? The creators of Car Bike Rack, CycleHoop, did and they developed a car-shaped bike rack to prove the point.
Originally commissioned by the London Festival of Architecture, the bright-colored bike racks raise awareness and encourage the use of non-motorized transport by converting car parking spaces into parking docks for 10 bicycles. Besides the functional purpose they serve cyclists, the car-shaped racks convey a serious message in a humorous way, explained the British company.
The Observer view on regenerating Britain’s high streets | Observer editorial
”We’re facing the greatest crisis humanity has ever faced…” – The Hard Shoulder Highlights | Podcast on Spotify
By Newstalk
Wildfires continue to rage across the US and Southern Europe – all while new reports seem to be coming out every day about where the climate crisis is at. We had the IPCC Report from the UN on Monday, and today we see there is an EPA Report looking at how Ireland is getting warmer and wetter. Kieran was joined by long-time environmental activist, columnist and author George Monbiot…
“Keen Cyclist” – Adam Bronkhorst (Twitter)
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Made a submission to @urbandictionary
Travel app data suggests public transport is bouncing back,
Travel app data suggests public transport is bouncing back, but there’s still some way to go
John Siraut’s analysis of travel app usage sheds lights on public transport habits as cities around the world came out of lockdown after the Covid-19 pandemic