fuck_cars

Every city should be doing this, each weekend, until we can walk and cycle safely without the risk of multi-ton bullets killing us.

This is a really interesting proposal. In summary, the suggestion is that as we shift away from car-centric infrastructure, we can free up space and build on what are currently roads. At its most ambitious and optimistic, it’s a plan to fix the housing crisis and develop healthier, greener towns and cities at the same time!

The news organizations will reveal explosive emails detailing how trucking industry officials pressured Department of Transportation regulators to alter a report that recommended a nationwide mandate for guards specifically designed to protect pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists. The guards are already used around the...

Some interesting stuff here, including links to more studies showing similar results in different countries....

cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/7658487...

New law in Texas will make drunk drivers who murdered parent or guardian to pay child support until the child is 18 years old.

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/1997731...

On Aug. 14, two stalled Cruise vehicles delayed an ambulance from leaving the scene of a crash in which a driver had hit a pedestrian with their car, according to reports from the San Francisco Fire Department. The pedestrian later died of their injuries, which first responders linked to the delay in getting them to the...

While this is mostly about parking issues, the part that stood out most to me in this is:...

Todd Litman from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (Canada) discusses some methods for creating shaded pathways to protect pedestrians from excess heat.

Reactionaries have used rising car thefts to justify ineffective tough on crime policies despite widespread knowledge that the increases are largely a result of negligence from Kia and Hyundai and the inability to hold corporations accountable.

There will be a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, July 25 at 2 p.m....

This report published on August 30 by Vias (Belgium) studies the relationship between the car’s characteristics (such as size, weight and power) with injury severity in case of collision. It’s available in French and Dutch only, but it includes an English summary....

RRFBs. HAWK signals. Do any of these devices actually do what they’re supposed to do, and how do traffic engineers decide when and where to install them?...

An image that speaks for itself....

WTF? A suspended sentence for killing someone with a car while on drugs?...

McSweeney’s bringing some hard truths with this one. We could all be doing better....