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If cities put half as much effort into restricting cars as they do into criminalizing people who rely on sustainable transit, we might actually have safe, livable streets.
Instead, fare evasion is treated like a crisis while car dependency gets a free pass.
Instead, fare evasion is treated like a crisis while car dependency gets a free pass.
February 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If cities put half as much effort into restricting cars as they do into criminalizing people who rely on sustainable transit, we might actually have safe, livable streets.
Instead, fare evasion is treated like a crisis while car dependency gets a free pass.
Instead, fare evasion is treated like a crisis while car dependency gets a free pass.
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Heavier vehicles —> more particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles
"The most abundant nanoplastic was tyre particles (41%), then polystyrene (28%) and polyethylene (12%). Each tyre on the world’s 1.6bn vehicles can lose 4kg during its lifetimes and may be the largest source of tiny plastic pollution."
Vehicle tyres found to be biggest source of nanoplastics in the high Alps
Mountaineers now scaling more peaks for first global study of nanoplastics, which can enter lungs and bloodstream
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Heavier vehicles —> more particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles
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Burning tobacco on school campus is not socially acceptable but burning fossil fuel is. #Motonormativity #CarBrain #WindshieldBias
January 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Burning tobacco on school campus is not socially acceptable but burning fossil fuel is. #Motonormativity #CarBrain #WindshieldBias