ProfT @ProfT@qoto.org

#fahrradalltag #victimblaming #fedibikes

Even people who love their cars, or really need their cars, or both, can still probably admit that the worst thing about the city they live in is that there are too many cars.

I cannot stop looking at this. HT @samim

#Verkehrswende heißt Priorität für den Fuß- und Radverkehr, danach kommt der öffentliche Nahverkehr und ganz am Schluss, falls noch Platz übrig ist, kommt das private Auto. #StädteFürMenschen
@vcoe_mobilitaet_mit_zukunft

The always excellent @ProPublica shows what happens when Trump cultists take over local governments -- focusing here on a Texas county where the population is closely divided but the extremists' rule is borderline fascist.

https://www.propublica.org/article/tarrant-county-judge-tim-ohare-far-right

In summary, we should charge NYC drivers for their use of existing roadway space, not create brand new spaces for them. We've been creating brand new spaces for drivers for over 100 years, and it makes everything worse.

I wouldn't want to be Mr. Mandelbrot's gardener. 😂😂😂

“Hell is other people.” — Jean-Paul Sartre.

“Traffic is other people.” — most drivers.

#YouAREtraffic

> They say they're building the thing that will build the thing that will solve all of our problems, while they destroy the planet and run on data theft and labor exploitation, and they get Nobel prizes.

— Timnit Gebru

🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/21479

Another door opened up in the unofficial @VRubinObs commissioning advent calendar (the main mirror M1/M3 a primary and tertiary mirrors combined) has been installed last week

A Review of `The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet’ by Carlos Moreno. Published by Wiley.

https://www.transportist.net/p/book-review-the-15-minute-city-by

"The other day there was a story about people not being able to get to the airport because they were stuck behind other people waiting to get into the new mall. Do you know the problem? Too many cars. Why were there too many cars? Because there’s almost no other way to get to the airport or the mall. When you don’t give people other ways of getting around, everyone takes a car, and when lots of cars are together, that’s called traffic jam."

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-10-2024/traffic-is-made-of-cars

@ottawasteph [taps the sign]

[courtesy @jd - https://mstdn.ca/@jd/113018044484723311]

Topics in the latest edition of my "Cornerstone of democracy" newsletter -- a compendium of the best of political reporting/commentary (and more) -- include:

-- Fascists hate higher education
-- Dark money buying state laws
-- Voting wrongs in Texas
-- More on right-wing "influencers" scandal
-- NY Times publisher doesn't get it, again

I curate to save you time. Please subscribe (it's free), and let other folks know about it.

Let me know about great work I've missed.

https://cornerstone.ghost.io/essentials-september-5-2024/

15 seconds of Amsterdam traffic.
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, 6 Sept. 2024, 15:21h