David Zipper November 26, 2021
More than 20,000 people died on American roadways from January to June, the highest total for the first half of any year since 2006. U.S. road fatalities have risen by more than 10 percent over the past decade, even as they have fallen across most of the developed world. In the European Union, whose population is one-third larger than America’s, traffic deaths dropped by 36 percent between 2010 and 2020, to 18,800. That downward trend is no accident: European regulators have pushed carmakers to build vehicles that are safer for pedestrians and cyclists, and governments regularly adjust road designs after a crash to reduce the likelihood of recurrence.
COP a load of this nonsense – Jonathon Pie
General Motors streetcar conspiracy – en.m.wikipedia.org
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The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to convictions of General Motors (GM) and other companies that were involved in monopolizing the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and its subsidiaries, and to allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The suit created lingering suspicions that the defendants had in fact plotted to dismantle streetcar systems in many cities in the United States as an attempt to monopolise surface transportation.
How to Stop the Climate Crisis in Six months | 4 September 2021 | Roger Hallam – YouTube
There’s No Time for Gradualism – jacobinmag.com
Alyssa Battistoni
There’s a strange circularity to writing about climate change. Every few months or so, a new report comes out from an esteemed scientific body; each time, the conclusions are grim: the planet continues to warm steadily; each time, there are more severe observed effects at lower levels of warming than scientists had previously predicted. Every time one of the well-meaning scientists who wrote the report says something like “the final tick box is political will.” Another says something like “it’s a line in the sand and what it says to our species is that this is the moment and we must act now.”
The case for giving every American a free e msnbc.com
Chris Hayes and opinion writer Jay Caspian Kang discuss how electric bikes could help save the planet—and why cities should be giving them away for free.
Return to the saddle is revelation for Hounslow’s Hanif Khan – Transport Xtra
Hounslow Councils’ cabinet member for transport told delegates at the Local Transport Summit how re-discovering the joys of cycling has improved his health and the quality of his life.
“In my childhood I liked cycling around – it gave me a bit of freedom. But then I stopped and didn’t touch my cycle for 30 years,” said Cllr Hanif Khan.
He said he saw using his car as more convenient, even for short journeys, and got into the habit of eating in his car.
Presenter of a popular web show mainly about electric vehicles, goes to Utrecht and is wowed by the infrastructure – APPGCW
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Presenter of a popular web show mainly about electric vehicles, goes to Utrecht and is wowed by the infrastructure. Well worth watching https://youtu.be/7sGy4kS9T2w
Fully Charged Show
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Electric Cars Not As Eco As Policymakers Claim, Says Executive Who Developed Nissan LEAF – Forbes
Carlton Reid Nov 19, 2021
Zero tailpipe emissions and net-zero are not the same things, says Andy Palmer, the veteran automotive executive responsible for launching Nissan LEAF, the world’s first mass-market electric car.
“Policymakers haven’t grasped this [fact] yet,” he said at a COP26 fringe event in Glasgow.
“I see the terminology of zero emissions being misunderstood over and over again,” he told the event, co-sponsored by Autotrader magazine.
“If you buy an electric vehicle, you’re not buying a zero-emission vehicle,” he stressed.
“It takes about 70% more carbon to build an electric vehicle than it does an internal combustion vehicle.”
Reclaim the kerb: The future of parking and kerbside management in London – Centre for London
With increasing demand on our roads, and serious challenges including climate change, poor air quality, and road danger, the Mayor of London and London boroughs are committed to reducing reliance on private cars and to promoting public transport and active travel.
But while Londoners are increasingly concerned about climate change and local air quality, there are still some significant barriers to a less car-reliant city. Car ownership has hardly moved in London in recent years and the proportion of trips made by public transport, walking or cycling hasn’t changed for the last three years.Yet Londoners want trees and green space, clutter-free pavements and children’s play spaces prioritised on their streets over on-street residential parking.