Fuck Cars
As we have seen a rise of toxic behavior we have decided that it would be time for some rules. We would love other ideas too and feel free to discuss it here. Also we are thinking about, to put in an Automoderation tool that could help us a lot. Because its currently not easy for us to scan every new comments and reports are rare currently. We want your opinons on that too, because its important to us that this community is based on the people here. The shortlist that we have currently as idea for the Rules: - Be Kind to each other - No Hate speech - Dont harass people - No Racism, sexism and any other discrimination - Dont attack other people just because they have differnt opinions (Stay on Topic) - Do not double post
In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let's try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags: - [meta] for discussions/suggestions about this community itself - [article] for news articles - [blog] for any blog-style content - [video] for video resources - [academic] for academic studies and sources - [discussion] for text post questions, rants, and/or discussions - [meme] for memes - [image] for any non-meme images - [misc] for anything that doesn't fall cleanly into any of the other categories I have copied that idea from another community. I forgot which one so sorry! Feel free to discuss that here, I would like that change because it makes it a lot easier
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21043632 > Printed 110 years ago today in The Day Book. Image cleaned up, [see the original](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/iune/batch_iune_golf_ver01/data/sn83045487/00280761291/1914101901/1313.pdf). > > Found on [the Library of Congress site](https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&date2=1963&language=&sequence=&lccn=&state=&rows=50&ortext=&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=57&sort=date).
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31244231 > >Ian Brossat, a former Paris councillor and now a senator representing the French Communist party, called for SUVs to be banned in Paris. “This is not the first incident of its kind, and the dangerous nature of SUVs has already been pointed out on several occasions. We owe it to this young man to realise the scale of the problem and draw all the consequences,” Brossat told the Nouvel Obs.
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> A driver who ran over a cyclist following an altercation in central Paris has been charged with murder in a case that shocked the capital. > The 52-year-old driver of the SUV is accused of having deliberately targeted the cyclist, who was named as Paul Varry, 27. > According to witnesses, the driver, trying to make progress on the congested road, steered his car onto the adjacent cycling path for about 200 metres (650 feet), where he drove over the cyclist's foot, prosecutors said. > Varry, the cyclist, banged his fist on the bonnet of the car to alert the driver, who backed up at first. Varry then stood in front of the car expressing his anger at the driver, **who started driving towards him**. -_-... > An autopsy showed that Varry's lethal injuries had been caused by the car. No joke ! > **CCTV footage showed the vehicle rising once when the left front tyre rolled over the body, and then again when the back tyre went over**. > *A test for alcohol and drugs came back negative*. > The man's lawyer, Franck Cohen, told AFP that his client "**has no explanation for what happened**". lol, good defense. Hey now look at that 👇 > **A judge will now rule whether he should be held in custody ahead of trial**. -_- ### You wanna commit murder ?! Forget about gun, just by a big shitty car. *Society will forgive you faster.* Fuck cars forever
So I often come here, even though I oppose the idea of saying "fuck cars". And yes, I do know it's not completely literal. However, I understand the logic. With that being said, many people are using cars to be delivery contractors. It's not a necessary utility, but it is useful and is used by the vast majority of (I'll assume) 1st world countries. If vehicle use is reduced, what do you think would be a good strategy to keep this industry going? Yes, bicycles can still be used, but it would take more time, which would raise prices (capitalism). And another obvious solution would be to just do away with it and just go to restaurants. Do you have any opinions beyond those two that solutions I've already presented?
City councillor says the project is a low-cost effort to add some greenery. Others say it takes away already limited parking space in the Plateau. The general public seems to be missing the point of the curb extensions as a traffic calming initiative with the added benefits of greenery. Instead focusing on the removal of parking spaces, and not on the increased visibility and lower vehicle speeds these types of installation promote.
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cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/7340948 > >Hoo said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving. Note: most road around school has a mandatory 30kmph speed limit
"It's not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!" If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.
Can't think of a better community to ask.
> Disponible jusqu'au 31/12/2024 > Des voitures autonomes arrivent sur les routes d'Amérique du Nord et d'Europe. Une révolution qui génère de nombreuses questions éthiques. À qui appartiennent les données collectées ? Que choisira l'IA en cas de collision inévitable ? Qui est responsable ? Les scientifiques estiment urgent d'organiser un débat citoyen et ont mis en place pour cela une plateforme, la « Moral Machine ».
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20824402 > Automaker's latest subscription model takes nickel-and-diming to new heights
via https://www.instagram.com/p/DA88IlZOwnj
>Transport Minister Eric Abetz says there had been an "overwhelmingly negative" reaction from businesses on the street and shoppers who use existing parking spaces which would have been affected by the trial. Good on the local goverment for going ahead anyway, and this bit >Every time they do an improvement or make it safer there is more and more people riding," she said.
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/17900996
https://cloudisland.nz/@KingSara/113274362118467797
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30563342 > This store just opened up a few months back, and they had zero bike parking. > > I emailed their head office, saying that I was planning to shop there, but not until they added a bike rack. > > Went to check last night, and boom! Bike rack!
[original thread](https://new.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1fynux6/hurricane_milton/)
>America is too big for planes, too. If your transportation solution is flying, now everyone has to get around via endless highways or big, complicated regional airports, and you can only have so many of those. There's a reason why rural areas in North America have completely different politics from urban areas, and why so much of it is driven by a sense of isolation and abandonment. Trains promise to help here because they are able to stop in small places that will never, ever have practical airports. > > A good rail network provides a reliable, consistent, repeatable, and straightforward three hour connection from Nowheresberg to the nearest city. Slow, but good enough to feel like they exist in the same planet. Unfortunately, that promise is subtle, and it plays out over decades, so the reward system we've created for ourselves is incapable of supporting it. And thus, we have Amtrak and confederate flags https://cosocial.ca/@dylanmccall/113233671160717813
Yesterday in Milan there was the MilleMilaBici (could be translated with "thousand and thousand bikes") event. It was a beautiful show. For once the streets were for people, silent, no pollution, no fight for space. crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113264498677362428
www.theguardian.com
>Ismail Mohammad pushes a buggy down the centre of a narrow road in east Bristol. His two sons stay close as vehicles could come from either direction at any moment. “There are cars [parked] on the pavement. We have to go on the road,” says Mohammad as he hurries to the boys’ primary school in Easton. “It’s dangerous because cars sometimes come fast through here.” What in tarnation ? What a sorry state of affairs. Good luck to the council ! >Bryher has little sympathy for drivers who claim they must park on pavements on narrow roads. “You need to park somewhere else instead … there are enough [spaces] for everyone to park in the city,” he says. “It’s just that you might have to park further away and you might have to consider whether you need a car. Indeed
Just saw this video by a stand up comedian about the experience of driving in LA.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20474047 > Found a Minimum Speed Limit sign in the middle of my town.
So, what's the take away here ? make it so expensive to live people choose cycling and we get better cities ?
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30050658 > > “They are not safe. They are anything but for safety,” said a woman **who added vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards.** > > Oh, so drivers behind of the wheel of an automobile are the danger. Why remove the bike lanes rather than the car lanes? > > I heard that Etobicoke's NIMBYs are insane, but this is a new level of stupidity from Richmond Hill.
["The absolute state of US public transit and micromobility infrastructure." -- @TheTechnician27](https://lemmy.world/comment/12607726)
