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Anne Hidalgo: "Cars Will Not Return To the Eiffel Tower" after the Olympic Games.

"The Trocadéro will be greened and the Pont d'Iéna pedestrianized, up to the Champ de Mars, which will be reforested. The whole thing will form a large park in the heart of Paris."

#Paris #olympics #cars #cities

https://www.bfmtv.com/paris/paris-anne-hidalgo-promet-que-les-voitures-ne-reviendront-pas-devant-la-tour-eiffel-apres-les-jo_AN-202402050864.html


Detroit touts first wireless-charging public road for electric vehicles in US: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2023/11/29/detroit-wireless-charging-road-project-electric-vehicles/71728454007/ #detroit #cars #ev #roads


Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."

This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s, via @fietsprofessor.

The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today.

Better choices instead of excuses.

#Dutch #cities #cars #bikes #streets


“Fun fact: SIM City was forced to pretend that all parking lots were underground because the game would be really boring if it was proportional in terms of parking lots.”

Really boring like too many real cities and suburbs?

#parking #cars #cities #ThePowerOfParking
https://devonzuegel.com/post/we-should-be-building-cities-for-people-not-cars


What does it take to move 1000 people?

Smarter mobility infrastructure.

Graphic via @SeattleSubway based on a Sydney graphic from years ago.

#cities #urbanism #PublicTransit #cars #buses


7 years ago, while trying to get approval to operate in cities all over the world, #Uber insisted that it would actually reduce traffic. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber & Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic, & now admit they actually increase congestion.

So much for “making cities better.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ride-hail-utopia-that-got-stuck-in-traffic-11581742802

#Cities #transportation #urbanism #cars #ridehailing #ridesharing #traffic


This actually isn’t surprising at all, but it still needs to said over & over — the biggest barrier to more urban biking in cities is the fear of cars.

“A study confirms that if we are serious about getting people on bikes, they need a safe place to ride.”

Via @lloydalter #TreeHugger #bikes #cities #urbanism #cars #BikeLanes
https://www.treehugger.com/fear-of-cars-biggest-biking-barrier-study-6979522


When we see streets primarily as space to move cars, we miss out on the wonderful places for people that streets can be. And our cities are less successful for it. Actually, it’s not even good for moving cars! Rotenturmstraße’s before-&-after transformation in #Vienna via former Deputy Mayor Birgit Hebein.

#StreetsForPeople #cities #urbanism #streets #transportation #cars #Austria #cars #people


Remember this? A simple, creative way to make the really important point about the need for child-safe, all-ages & abilities PROTECTED bike-paths. Paint isn’t safe infrastructure, any more than stuffed animals are — if you wouldn’t let your kids ride in it, it isn’t safe, Period. #Berlin via @umwerfer.

#LetKidsBike #Urbanism #BikeLanes #Cities #transportation #bikes #cars #city #kids #car


Mercedes Puts Faster Acceleration Behind A Subscription Paywall https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/28/mercedes-puts-faster-acceleration-behind-a-subscription-paywall/ #news #subscriptionservice #righttorepair #electriccars #heatedseats #automotive #ownership #mercedes #hardware #warranty #cars #ftc #1


Once you start seeing how much space we sacrifice for #cars, you can't unsee it. They have taken over our cities completely.
And they feel entitled and justified to every single space available. Given a chance, anything becomes a parking spot.
And if you dare speak up about it or oppose it, #motorists respond immediately with aggression, violent threats, racism and sometimes actual violence.
Don't dare advocate for a cycle lane, some space in the footpath for a wheelchair user, or a stroller.


#CarBrain is what happens when we let our #cars become our identities. When we prioritise cars over the lives of the people who surround us, of our own children.
Car Brain is the reason why #jaywalking even exists as a concept. Car Brain is a group project that the automobile industry has been working on for decades, and they have successfully installed it in most of us.


Probably my personal favourite one is this extremely text heavy Simpsons #meme.
I love it because it suddenly questions our assumptions of how normal it is to move about our cities, and it also highlights how wasteful and inefficient #cars are.
Our cities can be very quiet and clean if we move in our feet, or bikes or scooters.
Cars are noisy dangerous and dirty. We should make cities where we need to use them as little as possible.


Pomalu, ale jistě.. Ještě tomu pár vrstev chybí :)

#auta #proton #putra