π¨ When you sell a car (even for an EV), your gas car gets re-sold and keeps on polluting and emitting.
π Tires are the worst form of car pollution. They shed microplastics and toxins every day β which kill everything.
The only way to end the problems of cars, is to end cars.
Boost on Twitter too, so people know:
https://twitter.com/sambutlerUS/status/1696560829586461143
#Depave #WarOnCars #CarFree #TacticalUrbanism #Urbanism #Bikes #Transit #Housing #Plastic #Microplastics #Pollution #FuckCars #StrongTowns #Planning #UrbanDesign #Policy #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate
#depave #waroncars #carfree #tacticalurbanism #urbanism #bikes #transit #housing #plastic #microplastics #pollution #fuckcars #strongtowns #planning #urbandesign #policy #ClimateCrisis #climateemergency #climate
#StrongTowns in #Portland #pdx is doing awesome #urbanist #ClimateAction and organizing that on-the-ground #BanCars #TacticalUrbanism #BetterBlock #StuffInTheStreet and they have regular hangouts and game nights you should get in on. (do I want to be on another slack though, where's your mastodon account?)
#strongtowns #portland #pdx #urbanist #climateaction #bancars #tacticalurbanism #betterblock #stuffinthestreet
Story here β feel free to comment on it (or continue it) at the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14oktfLapDz4nZr5Ri3ve6gutnCGk5x_vsaCodVVkxjA/edit?usp=sharing
#Depave #WarOnCars #CarFree #TacticalUrbanism #Urbanism #Bikes #Transit #Housing #Plastic #Microplastics #Pollution #Suburbia #Roads #Writing #ShortStory #Screenplay #Script #Fiction #CreativeWriting #SpeculativeFiction #Solarpunk #FuckCars #StrongTowns #Planning #UrbanDesign #Policy #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate
#depave #waroncars #carfree #tacticalurbanism #urbanism #bikes #transit #housing #plastic #microplastics #pollution #suburbia #roads #writing #shortstory #screenplay #script #fiction #creativewriting #speculativefiction #solarpunk #fuckcars #strongtowns #planning #urbandesign #policy #ClimateCrisis #climateemergency #climate
Re: https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1693069644356030547
When people trade-in their gas cars for EVs, their gas cars are re-sold to other countries and keep on polluting.
(https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/21/africa/west-africa-benin-used-cars-climate-intl/index.html)
Tire pollution (the microplastics and metal pollutants that come off tires as people drive) is 2000x worse than tailpipe emissions, and EVs don't help with this.
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/)
3,000 pound vehicles for personal transportation make these problems inescapable.
The only thing that makes sense is transitioning beyond cars in general.
#FuckCars #Mobility #Bikes #Transit #PublicTransit #CarFree #StrongTowns #EVs #Bicycles #Cycling #Walking #WalkableCommunities #PublicSpaces #SafeStreets #Housing #Density #Urban #Urbanism #TacticalUrbanism #Climate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability #SustainableTransitions
#fuckcars #mobility #bikes #transit #publictransit #carfree #strongtowns #evs #bicycles #cycling #walking #walkablecommunities #PublicSpaces #safestreets #housing #density #urban #urbanism #tacticalurbanism #climate #climateemergency #ClimateCrisis #sustainability #sustainabletransitions
Basically since the moment #PBOT bulldozed the trees and widened 39th (now Cesar Chavez Blvd) to four lanes, residents have stories of how they & other kids were not even allowed to go near that street on their bikes. But the #Portland bureau of "#transportation" remains perplexed about how to solve the problem they created or how to make their budgets work π #Vision60or70Something #carsRuinCities #VMTreduction #BusLanes #RoadDiet #tacticalUrbanism #climateAction #jfdi
#pbot #portland #transportation #vision60or70something #CarsRuinCities #vmtreduction #buslanes #RoadDiet #tacticalurbanism #climateaction #jfdi
tag yourself, I'm "milk cans filled with concrete" #tacticalUrbanism #BanCars
Amazing stuff in this video of Denver's #quickBuild #tacticalUrbanism street designs @activetowns this is what north america's #trafficEngineers need to be doing, like mini-roundabouts for the price of a speed hump π, choke points mid-block on side streets, let's go!!! I particularly love how much they are squeezing these car lanes, if you want to change culture, only give #drivers like 3in of slack and engineers can go "π€· just slow down, it'll fit" π #ClimateAction
#Quickbuild #tacticalurbanism #trafficengineers #drivers #climateaction
So, is the trick of getting PBOT to ignore your #tacticalUrbanism installation, that you must use official-looking materials, or does the design also need to display disdain for poor people?
https://bikeportland.org/2014/12/17/guerrilla-traffic-diverters-installed-removed-se-clinton-119980
π "the project started with planters and the decision to make the street safe" π―
[project= Telegraph Ave in Oakland]
#StuffInTheStreet #TacticalUrbanism let's go #Portland
do #VisionZero or get #Vision60or70Something
#stuffinthestreet #tacticalurbanism #portland #visionzero #vision60or70something
This reinforces my belief that βstreet furnitureβ closer to the edge of the road perceptually changes the designed speed of road.
This is also why drivers go too fast in suburban neighborhoods with massive setbacks dedicated to lawns.
More street furniture please: trees, lampposts, bike racks, gardensβanything that protects sidewalks and people.
#trafficcalming #urbandesign #tacticalurbanism
From: @davidho
https://mastodon.world/@davidho/110686083771387919
#tacticalurbanism #urbandesign #trafficcalming
Or use rockets if it's rocket science, LFG. #tacticalUrbanism https://urbanists.social/@enobacon/110460357525100341
What do you call this pointy lane-narrowing paint job? #BikeTooter #transportation #tacticalUrbanism (spotted in Hawaii) I like it. #PaintIsNotProtection, so it might as well be threatening to #drivers π€· .
#BikeTooter #transportation #tacticalurbanism #paintisnotprotection #drivers
"channeling online curiosity and anger about car-centric policy can include advocating for new solutions in front of one's city council, protesting deadly intersections, joining a traffic-related commission, participating in public city planning meetings, or exploring the legality of carrying out DIY [#tacticalUrbanism] safety measures like painting a crosswalk when the city refuses to provide one. #TrafficSafety groups exist in major cities across the U.S." #BanCars
#tacticalurbanism #trafficsafety #bancars
@silvernailsea @rachael @owen
Exactly. It's not just the process but also the designs are by and for #carSupremacy. New concrete bikeways aren't wide enough to meet demand, let alone #ClimateAction goals. They need to be operating a working prototype NETWORK, #tacticalUrbanism, not designing a permanent monument. Then ask people who are actually using it, or even just observe, and adjust. Maybe they can change, but I've said all this for a decade, and now I'm at #DefundDOTs until I see it.
#carsupremacy #climateaction #tacticalurbanism #defunddots
Crosswalk request: "This is an intersection right across from a busy school β¦ I never feel safe (and hate seeing moms having to run with/hurry their children even when they have the right of way)."
Two crosswalks marked at Council and Westmoreland in Koreatown.
#LosAngeles #TacticalUrbanism #diy #diyUrbanism #transit #cars #urbanplanning
#losangeles #tacticalurbanism #diy #diyurbanism #transit #cars #urbanplanning
"#Portland in the Streets" program from PBOT is talking about "art encroachments" and I'm hearing #tacticalUrbanism #pdxBikes #StuffInTheStreet planters and traffic calming?
#portland #tacticalurbanism #pdxbikes #stuffinthestreet
A person on a bicycle crashed into this fire hydrant yesterday and had to be evacuated by helicopter to a hospital. Since the hydrant isnβt going anywhere, how would you fix this to make it safer? #CrappyBikeLanes #BikeLanes #BikeTooter #planning #TacticalUrbanism #UrbanDesign #Bicycle #cycling #SafeStreets
#crappybikelanes #bikelanes #BikeTooter #Planning #tacticalurbanism #urbandesign #bicycle #cycling #safestreets
This #StrongTowns organizing is top-notch #urbanism, getting people engaged on their zoning code, @parkingreform, understanding #InducedDemand, #TacticalUrbanism making #stroads into a #BetterBlock, #VisionZero #20isPlenty #ClimateAction #15minuteNeighborhood #bikes and #transit, shout out to @bikegridnow #BikeWayNetwork
#strongtowns #urbanism #induceddemand #tacticalurbanism #stroads #betterblock #visionzero #20isplenty #climateaction #15minuteneighborhood #bikes #transit #bikewaynetwork
#BikeWayNetwork #JFDI #TacticalUrbanism #ClimateAction #BikeTooter
"For the first time in ten years, emergency response times for firefighters in #Paris have fallen to below seven minutes.
A key reason? Because the French capital's network of new cycle lanes are also wide enough for use by emergency services."
https://bird.makeup/users/adamtranter/statuses/1641362901071015936
#bikewaynetwork #jfdi #tacticalurbanism #climateaction #BikeTooter #paris