Rob McIntosh @rob_telraam@transportation.social

“The researchers concluded that predictions of unbearable traffic as a result of reallocating space away from private vehicles were, in most cases, alarmist. People adjusted their behavior in ways that traffic models did not accurately predict.”

Traffic Evaporation: What Really Happens When Road Space is Reallocated from Cars?
https://thecityfix.com/blog/traffic-evaporation-what-really-happens-when-road-space-is-reallocated-from-cars/

#urbanism #cities #transportation #traffic
#InducedDemand

Hi, all. I recently moved here to #projectmushroom #spore. Looking forward to connecting.

#introductions:

I am not in the climate fight
to prolong bad habits
that got us into this mess:
competition,
greed,
indifference to the natural world
& to those outside our tribes.

I am in this climate fight to help build something better:
eco over ego &
fellowship of life / humanity.

Remember the sound of an old slide projector? A chewing gum machine? A coffee mill?

#ConserveTheSound puts together a virtual audio #museum of (almost) lost everyday #sound:

https://www.conservethesound.de/category/sound

Important article for anyone wanting the UK to decarbonise its transport: 'UK government blocks release of CO2 figures behind transport plan', by
@Horton_official

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/19/co2-emission-figures-road-transport-uk-government-blocks-release

This box of oyster crackers warns me that the crackers may be smaller than pictured, but has nothing to say about the tiny people boating and sunbathing in the tomato soup except to imply that they are a “serving suggestion.”

@rob_telraam @slowlakestreet COVID saw the rise of these all over the world, with so many names! Slow Streets, Shared Streets, Active Streets, Healthy Streets, Neighborhood Streets, Neighborhood Greenways, Neighborways, People Streets, Bike Boulevards, Low Traffic Streets, Low Stress Streets, and LTNs. Many names, but all trying to achieve similar goals.
You can see examples at http://pedbikeinfo.org/shiftingstreets

This would be pretty amazing if it happens: NYC's Mayor is looking to turn Fifth Avenue into a pedestrian priority area, with bus lanes and cycle tracks https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/917-22/mayor-adams-moves-reimagine-fifth-avenue-bryant-park-central-park

Do you work for a city or town and are looking for a finely tuned and inexpensive way to count multimodal 🚲 🚗 🚶‍♀️ 🚚 traffic?
We have a quality open data solution for you: Telraam.
Check our website 👉 http://www.telraam.net
#Telraam #CitizenScience #OpenData #TrafficCounting

We are just waiting on our Utility to turn on our #SolarPanels... They are suggesting we sell our energy credits through Knollwood, we'd receive 92% the first two years and 95% the rest.

Is this good? Should we be looking at someone else? Help me #energy #sustainability Mastodon.

Since I didn’t have many followers when I first introduced myself, I thought I should do another.

I am a professor of #urbanstudies at Georgia State University in #Atlanta. I do work on #affordablehousing, #housing, #housingpolicy, #gentrification, #segregation, #realestate #finance, #urban, #urbanpolicy

I advocate for policy change.

My most recent book is #RedHotCity from UC Press (2022) more at https://www.danimmergluck.com

Please boost if you’re so inclined! Thanks!

“residents spent a total of $181 million at curbside patios within 13 weeks of summer in 2021. If those spaces had remained dedicated to parking, only $3.7 million would have been reaped during the same time period.”

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/11/22/torontos-curbside-patios-made-49-times-more-money-than-the-parking-they-replaced
#parking #urbanism #economicdevelopment #zoning #urbanplanning #publicfinance #cities #toronto #tor #urbandesign c @TheWarOnCars

Fun fact: the MP3 file format is as old today as 8-track tapes were when MP3 was invented

Over at the Fully Charged Show, whenever we talk about an electrified world with more heat pumps, EVs, and electric micromobility, we often get the same pushback: “but can the grid cope? “. We’ve just visited our third National Grid site - their transmission control room - to investigate that question. Our episode on the UK grid, how it works, how it’s changing, and what the future looks like, will be out in a couple of weeks.

It occurs to me that a "hashtag synonym" feature might be usefully added somewhere. #BuiltEnvironment #UrbanPlanning #UrbanDesign #CityPlanning #CityDesign

Design streets for pedestrians, not just for the convenience of drivers. (via Transport for London) #urbanism #london #urbanplanning #walkability #publichealth #desirelines