Colby Brown @colby@transportation.social

The US Government needs an independent apolitical agency overseeing our climate change response (including/especially the transpo elements) in the same manner as the NTSB does for transpo safety.

The best part of Tesla (IMO) will be available to Ford EVs

“Ford to Add Support for Tesla Superchargers” https://512pixels.net/2023/05/ford-tesla-superchargers/

Something surprising for me: French TV showing sustainable transport messages below car ads! No idea if this actually does anything, but certainly a different government mindset, can’t imagine it in Australia.

Also they only appear for 3 seconds so they’re hard to photograph, sorry for the blur. Unlike the equivalent food ones (in reply) which appear for the duration of the ad.

Translation: For short journeys, privilege walking or cycling. #GetAroundPollutingLess

Inflexible routes planned from the top-down can't do this.

#informaltransport

Emissions are no longer following the worst case scenario

Link: https://theclimatebrink.substack.com/p/emissions-are-no-longer-following
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36079311

Provincetown plans to carve up a mile-long segment of its weird four-lane freeway to convert two highway lanes into a new trail connection between the town and the trail network of the Cape Cod National Seashore:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/05/25/provincetown-plans-to-carve-up-its-freeway-for-a-new-bike-path/

What do People want to do instead of Commuting to Work? https://findingspress.org/article/75441-what-do-people-want-to-do-instead-of-commuting-to-work

'Because of reduced daily commuting, many cities are working to expand midday and evening service in order to capture more ridership and provide service that is useful for a different mix of trips' https://www.curbed.com/2023/05/public-transit-fiscal-cliff-off-peak-mta.html #PublicTransport

“Connecticut is a safe harbor for gender-affirming care. It is so welcoming to me and other families to come here. A lot of families are moving to #Connecticut so they can take care of their children.”
https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/ansonia-high-school-students-organize-first-valley-pride-conference/ #lgbtq #gender #k12 #schools #education

Hi Mastodon! I’m a brand new #PeerTube instance dedicated to #urbanism. I don't have much content right now; you can help! Let’s share videos to build more walkable, livable places. https://urbanists.video

#Cycling #Walking #PublicTransport #TrafficViolence #BanCars #ActiveTransport #BikeTooter

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Most of the time I feel mournful sadness for the world we are losing, burning rage for the inaction and denial around, incredulity at the powerlessness we find ourselves in despite knowing what needs to be done; at the same time I'm hopeful that solutions exist and we just need to embrace them and leave this corrupt husk of a greedy system behind, and I also have unending love for those destined to fight on regardless.

Oh you didn't REALLY want to hear how I'm doing?

I'm fine, thanks. And you?