“We are deep into the catastrophe; the hour is late. We don’t know what exactly will work. The one thing we can be certain of is this: we are in a death spiral, we have to break out of it, and we must try something more.”
@jasonhickel 147.8K Followers
As a lot of folks know, I’m a car guy – POTUS – Twitter
As a lot of folks know, I’m a car guy. I’ve gotten a chance to drive some pretty incredible vehicles over the years, but I never could have imagined ones like the electric vehicle I took for a spin today. The future is electric – and it will be made right here in America.
Gender on the Agenda: the gap between planners, public transport, public space and the needs and experiences of women
Natalie Draisin, Chair and moderator for the third Gender on the Agenda session, is Director, North American Office and United Nations Representative for the FIA Foundation. Along with expert UK-based speakers, this next session will explore practical approaches to making public spaces and transport systems welcoming to all…
Juliana O’Rourke
16 November 2021
“Listen to the science” says @Herbert_Diess of @VW . We have…we need to say goodbye to the era of the private car – Extinction Rebellion – Twitter
Extinction Rebellion @ExtinctionR
“Listen to the science” says @Herbert_Diess of @VW .
We have – the science says there’s no carbon budget left,
so we need to say goodbye to the era of the private car.
so we need to say goodbye to the era of the private car.
Listen to THIS science please – Extinction Rebellion
@ExtinctionR
Listen to THIS science please @Herbert_Diess
sciencedirect.com
The political economy of car dependence: A systems of provision approach
Research on car dependence exposes the difficulty of moving away from a car-dominated, high-carbon transport system, but neglects the political-econom…
The moral case for destroying fossil fuel infrastructure | Andreas Malm | The Guardian
The climate struggle has entered a new phase. It is marked by a search for different tactics: something that cannot be so easily ignored, a mode of action that disrupts business-as-usual for real, some way to pull the emergency brake. This search has only just begun, but the signs are there.
In Berlin, half a dozen young climate activists calling themselves ‘The Last Generation’ recently went on a hunger strike, eventually refusing liquids and becoming quite frail before calling the action off. But there are other things than our own bodies that can be shut down. In conjunction with this summer’s Ende Gelände camp against fossil gas, a group calling itself ‘Fridays for sabotage’ claimed responsibility for rupturing a piece of gas infrastructure and urged the movement to embrace this tactic: ‘There are many places of destruction, but just as many places of possible resistance.’ This followed the development of a veritable archipelago of forest occupations in Germany, some of which have damaged equipment for coal extraction.
1.1˚C Mindblowing extreme weather, everywhere – Dr Charlie Gardner Twitter
1.1˚C Mindblowing extreme weather, everywhere 😬
1.5˚C ‘Safe’ level of heating 🤣
2˚C Target level of heating 🤔
2.4˚C Government ‘pledges’ >3.6C? 🤯
Where we’re likely headed 💀
Dr Charlie Gardner @CharlieJGardner
12.3K Followers
12.3K Followers
Damn babies. Riding in the middle of the road, holding up the traffic. – Sam Easterby-Smith – Twitter
@samsterby
Damn babies. Riding in the middle of the road, holding up the traffic.
They should stay on the pavement where they belong.
it is a COMPLETELY uncontested fact that cars are the root cause of all evil – Dan Snow – Twitter
Dan Snow on Twitter
“One of the more frustrating things about the world is why when it is a COMPLETELY uncontested fact that cars are the root cause of all evil and carfree city centres are glorious, prosperous and healthy without them– why do not more places get rid of them?”
twitter.com 348.9k followers
Please take the Bloomsbury2030 SuperBlock survey – London’s first pedestrian priority SuperBlock? — London Car Free Day
We were thrilled to start 2021 by collaborating with the Great Ormond Street Hospital and Bloomsbury Air on a new project to reimagine the future of Bloomsbury as London’s first pedestrian-priority neighbourhood that places young people, environmental and social resilience, and active mobility at the heart of urban design. The project brings together young patients at GOSH, artists, architects, planners and other community stakeholders to re-imagine what Bloomsbury could look like if pedestrians, shared public realm & an ambitious landscaping strategy were prioritised this year.
On 29 April 2021 we ran an online roundtable to discuss how Bloomsbury could build on international examples including Barcelona’s SuperBlock concept, Milan’s conversion of road space into public plazas, and the traffic-free city centre ambitions of Paris, Oslo, and Edinburgh. What would it take to turn Bloomsbury into London’s first pedestrian-priority, landscaped neighbourhood?
Please take the Bloomsbury2030 SuperBlock survey below. We will launch the survey results and an update on the project at this year’s World Car Free Day Summit SuperBlock session on 21 September. In the meantime, please stay tuned for more updates and do share your ideas with us on social media #Bloomsbury2030.
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