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I don't like to say it but in Malaysia I felt like I was breathing again. I felt like things were made for Human life.
Here in the States it feels like our environment is never about making our lives easier (and certainly not better).
It's aggressive. It's hostile.

I didn't leave the States for 10 years and now I almost wish I hadn't because I had forgotten what it was like not just being able to walk everywhere in a city but actually enjoying walking in a city.

I don't regret moving to the States.
As a trans non-binary person this is still the best place to be even with all the hatred we face.
But it's also one of the most dehumanizing living environment I've ever seen.

#WalkableCities #environment #Urbanism #Green #city #lifestyle #cars #PublicTransport #USA


This is exactly right:

"The focus on young e-bike riders’ safety can obscure the bigger crisis: People driving cars and trucks are killing more people on our roads."

"If the goal is to understand what makes streets dangerous, we have to look at cars."

#bikes #cars #california #ebikes

https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2023-09-08/theres-a-car-sized-hole-in-e-bike-safety-concerns-essential-california


Good news: Automakers are finally realizing that car touchscreens are a disaster.

Drivers hate them, and they're also dangerously distracting. Buttons and knobs are poised for a comeback.

My new article in Slate:
https://slate.com/business/2023/04/cars-buttons-touchscreens-vw-porsche-nissan-hyundai.html

#cars #safety #technology
The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature


“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even tho he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx in Gizmodo

#cities #Hyperloop #ElonMusk #rail #cars
https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-transportation-failures-tesla-waymo-bir-1849382788


Alright.

Car people.

I have a dream.

I want an electric, 1940s-era truck with hand-cranked windows. I don't want a tablet-dashboard. I want all of the indicators to be analogue, and be 100% electric. A/C optional.

Does this exist, or will I need to make it? Or do a conversion on an older vehicle?

#Cars #Trucks #EVs


It wasn’t an accident. Cities and suburbs that prioritized cars over people, and designed exercise and activity out of daily life, were deliberately planned and built.

The better cities that are the solution will need to be deliberately planned and built too.

#HealthyCities #urbanism #cities #design #cars #transportation #PublicHealth #obesity
Unhealthy design did t just happen to us. We designed it.


“…a new study of early separated lane projects in the U.S. across six cities finds a rise of ridership between 21% and 171% after the lanes were installed.”

The Case For Protected Bike Lanes. In ⁦‪@FastCompany‬⁩
https://www.fastcompany.com/3031392/the-case-for-protected-bike-lanes

#BikeLanes #bikes #cities #urbanism #cars #transportation #bike #city #mobility #streets


Never forget that when #Seoul, Korea removed the #Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream and a 1000 acre park in the city’s centre, not only did it completely transform the city’s public life & economic success, but when combined with public transit improvements, the vehicle traffic congestion actually got better.

The traffic got BETTER!

#cities #urbanism #traffic #cars #transit #congestion #transportation #city


Law Enforcement Is Extracting Tons Of Data From Vehicle Infotainment Systems

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/05/law-enforcement-is-extracting-tons-of-data-from-vehicle-infotainment-systems/

#infotainment #databrokers #siriusxm #hacking #privacy #cars #1