So while I am suspicious that these stories about the increased damage to roads by electric vehicles may be part of a campaign strategy to detract from electric vehicles - some interesting questions are raised. Currently in Australia a tax on fuel contributes towards the cost of road repairs. There is obviously a need to develop policies to ensure that electric vehicle users also contribute to road repair. https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/06/27/evs-cause-twice-the-road-damage-of-petrol-vehicles-study-reveals/
Given we charge electric vehicles from the power grid perhaps the power companies should make contributions to road repair.
#sustainability #electricvehicles
#roadrepair #infrastucture #policy

Our national #USpol press doesn’t report much on policy successes, and rarely does so with presidential administrations (problems/ failings get most attention, a conceit of #news and #journalism).

Much of what I’m reading on Biden policy achievements (#infrastucture bill, e.g.) is from independent but progressive-minded #journalists and #historians. It’s well documented, but raises need and opportunity for broader examination now at 2 years in to inform evaluation of what comes next.

MidCoast Council receives over a million dollars to repair potholes. Trucks will bring a lot of bitumen (#petroleum) at high speed and it will be smeared on the #soil. All vehicles will be able to speed again on the #roads and make nice big potholes. #Bellingen motorists are united in calling: #FixtheRoads. They are not calling for 30km/h, #footpaths and #bikepaths
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2022/12/07/midcoast-council-recieves-over-a-million-dollars-to-repair-potholes/ #fossilfuel Car #dependency #infrastucture #pedestrians #climate #pollution

Love to see new cycling/pedestrian infrastructure moving forward in #Burnaby. It's a desert of good cycling infrastructure at the moment and this is positive.
https://burnaby.civilspace.io/en/projects/pedestrian-overpass-over-highway-1

#cities #infrastucture

The #infrastucture folks gonna love how #terraforming gets dropped describing an ancient pyramid.

Fascinating! (h/t @ind1e__monk3y)

https://github.com/rprinz08/hBPF

#ebpf #linux #infrastucture

Article with photos showing the kind of infrastructure on the US East Coast that will be lost due to rising sea levels.

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Infrastucture #USA #Images

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/what-the-seas-will-swallow/

City infrastructure can determine the behaviour of its inhabitants. Here's an article about Jakarta's unfriendly pedestrian pavements, which makes many people opt to use vehicles instead, increasing road congestion.

#Jakarta #Indonesia #Infrastucture #Culture #Society #Pedestrians #Vehicles #Cities

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/jakarta-pedestrians-jostle-space-unsafe-pavements-traffic-jam-11752826