mondoman712

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[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

In two years presumably. It's been two years away since 2015.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

So we can build things to a somewhat lower capacity sure. That helps, but what exactly does it solve?

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Even if we assume everyone can work from home, people still need to go places for other reasons.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

What's the difference?

Anti car doesn't mean completely banning cars. Nobody is saying to replace ambulances with bus trips. There's obviously a need and cars would be much more effective for those things if the roads weren't clogged with people who don't have a need.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Fast & frequent public transport, safe cycling infrastructure, footpaths, just putting things closer together to reduce the need for transport

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The only solution to car traffic is building viable alternatives to driving. Alternatives also bring many environmental and societal benefits.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21083492

tl;dw they made some sensible cost cutting measures to create a nice tram system cheaply in a small city.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago

It's Shanghai, Yan'an Road West. You can see the front of Jing'an Temple and the adjacent mall in the distance. There's definitely some editing weirdness going on on the road in the foreground though.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Should it not be double foldable? It has two folds

 

tldw Hamburg wanted to build an urban highway network, but it wasn't complete and they built some nice things in the space left over.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Traffic flows best at 20mph. Here's a scientific study that proves it (pdf warning)

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Lower speeds have a huge impact on the pedestrian you hit. There's a big difference between the fatality rates at 30mph Vs 20mph

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Different places have different laws

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8079352

Instead of putting in more drainage pipes, building flood walls and channeling rivers between concrete embankments, which is the usual approach to managing water, Mr. Yu wants to dissipate the destructive force of floodwaters by slowing them and giving them room to spread out.

Mr. Yu calls the concept “sponge city” and says it’s like “doing tai chi with water,” a reference to the Chinese martial art in which an opponent’s energy and moves are redirected, not resisted.

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/6569904

It's not a typo: plug-in hybrids are used, in real word cases, with ICE much more than anticipated.

In the EU, fuel consumption monitoring devices are required on new cars. They studied over 10% of all cars sold in 2021 and turns out they use way more fuel, and generate way more CO2, than anybody thought.

The gap means that CO2 emissions reduction objectives from transport will be more difficult to reach.

Thruth is, we need less cars, not "better" cars.

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There's also a follow up: How a Car-Free Manhattan would work

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