BanCars for life

[Danielle Ivory @danielle_ivory]

@mhkeller @Eli_Mur @cabrerosic @JulieATate @alexlemonides @davidenrich @gabrieldance @kirstendanis @iamrumz @virginiahughes I hope you'll read the reporting. Here is a gift link. You do not need a subscription to access it. https://t.co/t7sFzmNcY0

[urbanist slop hq @SlopHq]

a bike lane is literally just paint on the ground. green paint. that's the technology. and it does more to reduce american dependence on the strait of hormuz per dollar spent than any weapons system in the pentagon's budget. the paint. the green paint. we won't even do the paint

[BanCars for life @BanCars4Life]

https://t.co/jcygoLqKF7

[∿ @somewheresy]

@AlstomUSA @Amtrak We should nationalize car dealerships, imprison their owners and use the proceeds to build actual high speed rail.

The Suburbs must be destroyed.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

If news publications were honest:

[Kyle Russell @kylebrussell]

Round them up and make them watch their cars be crushed into small cubes and then take their licenses

[Brian Dunphy @dunphybrianA]

Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland looking great after pedestrianizing its main street. #ireland #christmas

[Eamon Ryan @EamonRyan]

‘Driving within Paris city limits has fallen by about 45% since the early 1990s, while public transport use has risen by 30% and cycle use by about 1,000%.’

[TIME CO2 @co2]

How Cities Are Clamping Down on Traffic to Help Fight Emissions
https://t.co/yGbQNOR3R2

[London Cycling Campaign @London_Cycling]

"I avoid using the car in town. I do 80% of my London journeys by bicycle. Hammersmith Bridge is only for pedestrians and bicycles, which is fantastic." @MrJamesMay shares his London https://t.co/zJNcbthZ6z

[Dublin Commuters @DublinCommuters]

We’re watching the RSA in the Public Accounts Committee

A statement that stands out

Marc Ó Carhasaigh: “Are you telling me that the Road Safety Authority doesn’t have Road Safety Engineers on staff”

RSA: “Yes”

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

This new book is full of bangers: “In most years, road safety saps more productive years of life than any other disease, including cancer and heart disease combined.”

This is mostly because motordom, including traffic engineering, specializes in killing young, healthy people.

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

“We built cities all over America that are designed for automobiles and not designed for people... Our housing costs are high, in part because of the way that we've designed our cities."

- @GovDougBurgum North Dakota comments during the @NatlGovsAssoc winter meetings

[road.cc @roadcc]

Government tried to bury report which found that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are effective and popular

The official report said the schemes are “effective in reducing traffic volumes while adverse impacts on boundary roads appear to be limited”
https://t.co/5ZwJT84vdb #cycling

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

New study on "car harm":

"Since their invention, cars ... have killed 60–80 million people and injured at least 2 billion."

"Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by [cars]."

https://t.co/Fql8drkehn

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Dublin's playbook for taming traffic in the downtown core follows a wave of similar efforts to ban driving in other EU cities https://t.co/sMRxYxYcB5

[Adfree Cities @adfreecities]

BREAKING NEWS: in a landmark case, ads for a #Toyota #Hilux SUV have been BANNED by the ad watchdog as environmentally irresponsible. 🎉🎊

We’re calling for a ban on all SUV ads #BanSUVAds

https://t.co/LBgVDk8Dp0

[Alice Ferguson @aliceplayingout]

@BrentToderian The main ingredient of a child-friendly public space is just an absence of traffic danger. Anything additional is a bonus.