OH HELLO: Judge rules that youth have standing to sue Hawaii DOT for future climate impacts of continued investment in highways:
"Transportation emissions are increasing and will increase at the rate we are going," [Judge] Crabtree said. "In other words, the alleged harms are not hypothetical or only in the future." https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/hawaii-dot-must-face-kids-climate-lawsuit-judge-rules-2023-04-07/
UPDATED STORY: Cara Seiderman, the Transportation Program Manager for the City of Cambridge Community Development Department, confirmed that other Bluebikes municipalities are working together to introduce e-bikes into the whole system, not just to Boston:
Since #Nashville #Tennessee has been trending quite a bit lately, I'd like to remind the Fediverse™ that there is a Mastodon instance for Nashville citizens and related accounts, focused on building in-person relationships and making local change: https://nashtodon.com
Full disclosure - I run that instance. And we're having a party when we get to 100 users. And yes, there will be a band.
Buried lede: Bicycling from Dorchester to South Station is a rational way to travel https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/a-ride-on-the-red-line-takes-longer-than-a-bike-ride-can-the-new-general-manager-fix-this/?fbclid=IwAR3vce0SixbI-KMQr3WM1_eEUbWiwd5Iu_iog4UVikOcVEAxjv5vHoysew8&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#lg9vp2fzsv7a3w7fmh8
“Parking prices are especially effective because they have a direct short-run effect on VKT as well as a medium to long-run effect on vehicle ownership. The latter channel appears to be significant and lead to further, significant reductions in VKT.” https://tinyurl.com/58rnzpcn
Urban Arrow Shorty with only 190 miles for $3500 in San Bruno, CA https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/bik/d/san-bruno-urban-arrow-electric-cargo/7608414545.html
Custom Black Sheep longtail cargobike with custom-engraved Rohloff, SON dynohub, built-in front basket, front fork, and rear racks. $5k obo in Boise Idaho. https://www.ebay.com/itm/304639337096?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=rx5F0wksQsy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=WDLHVIwxRZu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
It’s really hard not to be really excited about Culdesac https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2023/04/07/car-free-cities/
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22