Urix Turing
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Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks -- with massive benefits
"Cargo bike delivery can ship goods in cities faster than vans, removing tonnes of greenhouse gas and easing congestion at the same time, according to a new study by climate charity Possible and the University of Westminster’s Active Travel Academy."
https://momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-can-deliver-faster-than-vans-while-providing-massive-benefits/
#cargobike #cargobikes #biketooter #cycling #climate #climatechange #climatesolutions #urbanism #airpollution #environment
Dave V. ND9JR
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“California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country, allowing repeat drunk and drugged drivers to stay on the road with little punishment. Here, drivers generally can’t be charged with a felony until their fourth DUI within 10 years, unless they injure someone. In some states, a second DUI can be a felony.
California too often fails to differentiate between drunk drivers who made a dangerous mistake but learn from it and those who refuse to stop endangering lives.
California also gives repeat drunk drivers their licenses back faster than other states. Here, you typically lose your license for three years after your third DUI, compared to eight years in New Jersey, 15 years in Nebraska and a permanent revocation in Connecticut. We found drivers with as many as six DUIs who were able to get a license in California.
Many drivers stay on the road for years even when the state does take their license — racking up tickets and even additional DUIs — with few consequences until they eventually kill.
When the worst does happen, there’s often little punishment. Drunk vehicular manslaughter isn’t considered a “violent felony.” But in a twist of state law, a DUI that causes “great bodily injury” is — meaning that a drunk driver who breaks someone’s leg can face more time behind bars than if they’d killed them, prosecutors said.”
https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/10/california-dui-failure/
“California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country, allowing repeat drunk and drugged drivers to stay on the road with little punishment. Here, drivers generally can’t be charged with a felony until their fourth DUI within 10 years, unless they injure someone. In some states, a second DUI can be a felony.
California too often fails to differentiate between drunk drivers who made a dangerous mistake but learn from it and those who refuse to stop endangering lives.
California also gives repeat drunk drivers their licenses back faster than other states. Here, you typically lose your license for three years after your third DUI, compared to eight years in New Jersey, 15 years in Nebraska and a permanent revocation in Connecticut. We found drivers with as many as six DUIs who were able to get a license in California.
Many drivers stay on the road for years even when the state does take their license — racking up tickets and even additional DUIs — with few consequences until they eventually kill.
When the worst does happen, there’s often little punishment. Drunk vehicular manslaughter isn’t considered a “violent felony.” But in a twist of state law, a DUI that causes “great bodily injury” is — meaning that a drunk driver who breaks someone’s leg can face more time behind bars than if they’d killed them, prosecutors said.”
https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/10/california-dui-failure/
théorie :verified:
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Images shared by Anne Hidalgo on Linkedin
#Urbanism #Regeneration #Paris #ClimateAction #OWGF
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Images shared by Anne Hidalgo on Linkedin
#Urbanism #Regeneration #Paris #ClimateAction #OWGF
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Jess Mahler
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“Just one more lane bro“ folks try to solve the problem of congestion inflow into the city by increasing the capacity of the motor roads into the city (while expansion of motor roads inside of the city can’t keep the same pace, and neither it should), rather than diversifying and optimizing for more means of transportation.
Pierre Boudes
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“Just one more lane bro“ folks try to solve the problem of congestion inflow into the city by increasing the capacity of the motor roads into the city (while expansion of motor roads inside of the city can’t keep the same pace, and neither it should), rather than diversifying and optimizing for more means of transportation.
Trending Bot
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1000 PEOPLE FROM A TO B.
#traffic #verkehrswende #trains #bahn #schiene #nahverkehr #urbanism #opnv
1000 PEOPLE FROM A TO B.
#traffic #verkehrswende #trains #bahn #schiene #nahverkehr #urbanism #opnv
Should Alberta/Canada adopt EN81, the worldwide standard for elevators?
#elevators #urbanism #ableg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1_qVdekYM
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Holds Press Conference in Harlem to Make an Announcement
Public bathroom availability.
I hope to god they ensure they are accessible, BEYOND ADA minimums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SOMfPWwkE #NYC #USpol #Urbanism
Village One Cooperative
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I co-own a software studio, @tooinconsistent together with @siwek and others. We build custom software and our own apps.
Right now we’re building an end-to-end encrypted app for democratic organizations. Think decision-making infrastructure that doesn’t force groups to choose between chaos and hierarchy. (Currently in alpha testing, measuring twice before we launch to avoid data loss. Come say hi if you’re into #encryption and want to help. We plan to make it #opensource, and I will post a bit about our journey.)
I’m also a mother. Motherhood clarified my beliefs and increased my confidence in myself given *gestures wildly around* the world we live in.
I care about #climate , #TechEthics (unfortunately my industry), and urbanism. I’ve come to hate cars. #FuckCars. Too many, too loud, destroying everything good about places. I choose what’s in my power: electric bike, trains, solar, walking, no car for as long as I can avoid it. Not perfect, just trying to do the least harm with what I know.
I’m renovating a 19th century house and thinking a lot about craft, longevity, and respecting what came before while adding new things. I’m trying to let that sensibility permeate into the kind of software we build, to make things that last, for a world still worth inhabiting another 100+ years from now. I’m interested in #SmallWeb, #RightToRepair and similar initiatives.
I’ve lived in five countries by accident, rather than design, and now speak just as many languages, some badly. Bună, hi, bonjour, hoi, dzień dobry.
I garden, read (mostly nonfiction, sometimes #scifi ), write when motherhood allows it, look for beauty in the chaos, am partial to green tea, dark chocolate and have a weakness for #sękacz / #Baumkuchen, and joke that we build software for a world on fire, the antithesis to whatever the tech bros are doing.
Would love to connect with parent-builders, #solarpunk dreamers, #urbanism folks, #IndieWeb people, journalists, creators, critical thinkers. People trying to change the status quo, or at least not make it worse.
Do say hello! 👋
I co-own a software studio, @tooinconsistent together with @siwek and others. We build custom software and our own apps.
Right now we’re building an end-to-end encrypted app for democratic organizations. Think decision-making infrastructure that doesn’t force groups to choose between chaos and hierarchy. (Currently in alpha testing, measuring twice before we launch to avoid data loss. Come say hi if you’re into #encryption and want to help. We plan to make it #opensource, and I will post a bit about our journey.)
I’m also a mother. Motherhood clarified my beliefs and increased my confidence in myself given *gestures wildly around* the world we live in.
I care about #climate , #TechEthics (unfortunately my industry), and urbanism. I’ve come to hate cars. #FuckCars. Too many, too loud, destroying everything good about places. I choose what’s in my power: electric bike, trains, solar, walking, no car for as long as I can avoid it. Not perfect, just trying to do the least harm with what I know.
I’m renovating a 19th century house and thinking a lot about craft, longevity, and respecting what came before while adding new things. I’m trying to let that sensibility permeate into the kind of software we build, to make things that last, for a world still worth inhabiting another 100+ years from now. I’m interested in #SmallWeb, #RightToRepair and similar initiatives.
I’ve lived in five countries by accident, rather than design, and now speak just as many languages, some badly. Bună, hi, bonjour, hoi, dzień dobry.
I garden, read (mostly nonfiction, sometimes #scifi ), write when motherhood allows it, look for beauty in the chaos, am partial to green tea, dark chocolate and have a weakness for #sękacz / #Baumkuchen, and joke that we build software for a world on fire, the antithesis to whatever the tech bros are doing.
Would love to connect with parent-builders, #solarpunk dreamers, #urbanism folks, #IndieWeb people, journalists, creators, critical thinkers. People trying to change the status quo, or at least not make it worse.
Do say hello! 👋
RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/115810523139425356
Have you seen the EFF 35 year anniversary cityscape design?
It's got tons of trees, it's got rail, it's got solar panels and a windmill, it's got a rooftop greenhouse and a fountain. It's got a flying bicycle!
What's it not got? Any cars!
It's amazing!
And you can get it on a T-shirt now, if you support EFF's important work against the fascist takeover.
I just wish @eff would add some info on how their clothing is produced.
