@paxsonwoelber @BirdingByBike Welcome to @TheWarOnCars Expanding parking = induced demand. Any additional parking spaces will fill up just as soon as the striping paint dries. Then the whole thing starts all over again. The solution is to think outside of the 🚗🚙🚗🚙
“When you have a lot of traffic on a roadway & you just add a lane or 2, all you get is more traffic…
When are you in a situation where you can’t pave your way out of the problem & the real answer is better transit or more alternatives.” @PeteButtigieg
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1/ We've all seen it or heard it over and over:
"Demand for trails is just going to increase and we need to accommodate people. Our trailheads need more parking"
My question is: how do people think this scenario plays out to its final conclusion?
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🇺🇸 may have light-touch regulation on digital platforms, but 🇪🇺 says the Wild West days are over.
Here the EU Single market commissioner reminds Musk that he has to face the world’s regulatory superpower.
Is a battle about to commence?
NEWS: Seattle Judge Douglass North has just ordered Meta to pay $24,660,000 to the State of Washington for 822 violations of the state's unusually strong law mandating transparency in online political ads.
@RepAdamSchiff May I present to you, Alaska's Quitter, Sarah Palin at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention this past week, wearing the Iron Cross.
The greatest PR and marketing scam in history is car companies convincing Americans to spend a disproportionate amount of their income on a car that sits parked 95% of the time and the other 5% is used for many trips that are easy bike rides. (50% of car trips are <3 miles)