#transportation staff like to say that their agency (be it city or state) is like a big boat that's hard to turn, but it's on course to vastly overshoot our #carbon budget of a livable planet, and all viable turns don't change that. #ClimateAction requires us to dismantle or drastically alter that boat, not just turn the rudder.
Maybe someone well-intentioned once thought we could make Portland into a biking town if we just hyped cycling enough and put some paint on the street. The problem is that the people making #transportation decisions were always people who had no plans to do anything but drive everywhere and park for free, they just wanted other people to ride bikes but didn't know how to achieve that, for lack of empathy, and skill probably, though maybe it was all malice. #pdxBikes
South Pasadena, California's "Transit Division is undergoing a division assessment to evaluate the current Dial-A-Ride program, staffing and operations, as well as assessing the possibility of additional transit services for the community. Mobility Advancement Group, Evan Brooks Associates and the City of South Pasadena will be hosting two community meetings on Tuesday, November 14, 2023"
"On a personal level, America’s dependence on automobiles means hefty bills, the risk of dangerous crashes and stress... Personal vehicles often become workers’ largest expense, on a par with housing, child care and food."
The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
AWAITING DESTRUCTION--Old Pacific Electric cars are piled up at a junkyard on Terminal Island, in CA 1956. Parts Terminal Island w/in LA Port and Long Beach Port--used now for parking containers.
In the interwar years and mid-20th C. many US cities made fateful decisions for our climate in abandoning electric street railways for freeways & autos, none more than Los Angeles.