Travel. Culture. History. Politics. Mostly just crumbs for the kids to remember.
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Five policies to cut reliance from Russian fuel-imports that help save the climate 🤝
1 Encourage telecommuting 🏡
2 Reduce speed limits 🏎
3 Ban cars from inner cities 🌆
4 Adapt streets for safe cycling 🚴♀️
5 Replace short-haul flights with teleconferencing or train travel ☎️🚂
A set of changes could cut European reliance on fossil-fuel imports from Russia by 20–60% within one year, argues @efesce go.nature.com/3twV2zA
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@viewpoint_plaza shares details of a big climate and infrastructure policy intersection to come out of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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RAISE Proposals Are in; What Will it Mean for Climate Change? dlvr.it/SPpcyP
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Brief: U.S. DOT Rural EV Toolkit Is Good but No Panacea dlvr.it/SJyxWH
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Mock the metaverse at your own peril—urban planners especially—writes Robert Fischer (@viewpoint_plaza). planetizen.com/blogs/115344-…
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It's Time to Get Serious About the Metaverse dlvr.it/SHTcbM
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I had a super-fun chat with @esaagar and @makosloff at @RealignmentPod on batteries, China, and why the U.S. is so incredibly behind everyone getting its supply chain act together. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Imagine of all these mostly new bike-riders in Paris were still driving cars, but had switched to electric cars instead of bikes. The same car gridlock that Paris had before, more pollution, & a worse city for people by every measure. HT @AdamTranter video
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The Bill is Signed; What’s Next? dlvr.it/SD3l14
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Wow, that was quick. At COP26, GM, Volvo and Ford execs openly demanded more subsidies for electric cars and building of taxpayer-funded “infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.” Audio/transcripts at the-spokesmen.com/COP26 – at Byker, England
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What's your local area like to walk in?
🔎 Learn more about the future of cities: ow.ly/UCJs50GOX1l
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Copenhagen was broke before they started installing bike lanes. Cycling saved the city from insolvency.
“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford this in Copenhagen🇩🇰?’
I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it?’ 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure..bicycling.”~ @mortenkabell
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Our new piece from @GermanEnvAgency looks at where #Germany’s active mobility strategies stand from the national level down to the local, and what needs to happen to boost walking & cycling across the country: ow.ly/z5xe50GMyC8 🚶♀️🚲🛴
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BREAKING: Yet ANOTHER city has announced a new “car-free zone” across their city centre. Glasgow, Scotland will restrict motor vehicles except public transport over 5 years as part of a strategy to "give public spaces back to the people.”
So who’s next? heraldscotland.com/news/1970…
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Glasgow becomes the latest European city to ban private cars from its downtown core.
heraldscotland.com/news/1970…
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Will think of this picture every time I hear complaints about climate activists blocking traffic #COP26
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Top takeaways from the World Leaders Summit at #COP26:
🎯Emissions targets unveiled
🌊Wave of net-zero pledges
🌲Pledges to protect forests
🏭Commitments to slash methane
💰Leaders commit to close funding gap
Read more from @WorldResources: ow.ly/pQ0550GHl2Z
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You mean airlines try to compete with the Shinkansen🚄😂
"The Shinkansen is the Robin Williams of trains. Just as Robin Williams didn’t compete with other comedians, the Shinkansen doesn’t compete with other trains. It competes with the airlines."
Credit: @Eric_Weiner in “The Socrates Express"
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.@SecretaryPete: It’s time to make it easier for American families to buy EVs. ⬇️