Danny Yee

Pathologically Polymathic (Blog)

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Vienna goes big on heat pumps and a heating network Bloomberg
Stoke-on-Trent's schools have been wrecked by 25 years of Private Finance Initiative BBC
a great obituary for Donald Shoup, scourge of free parking Works in Progress
"The way we manage parking is of profound importance to nearly every aspect of our lives. It's also something local planners have a lot of control over."
76% of Munich trips are now by sustainable transport, with car modal share down from 34% to 24% Vision Mobility
Arizona's car-free 'Culdesac" neighbourhood has been a success dwell
how the Dutch use real-time detection to prioritise cycling at signal junctions Mobycon
69% of Britons support better enforcement against excessively noisy vehicles ITS
synergies between push and pull measures to change transport behaviours: some evidence from Sydney University of Sydney
"Each policy by itself generally has a lower relative elasticity compared to when it is combined with another policy."
a quarter of London's main cycleways have "socially unsafe" sections Standard
UK cities are increasing GDP while reducing traffic John Siraut
why northern England is poor Tom Forth
"the concrete action of establishing the UK’s first AI Growth Zone in Oxfordshire (the South) [trumps] the promise of such growth zones benefitting post-industrial towns (the North) and coastal Scotland"
it was Swiss women who stopped the highway expansion project Urban Cycling Institute
"61% of women opposed the expansion, compared to only 44% of men"
Scottish study suggests a £15/day congestion charge (discounted to £7.50 for those on low incomes) would be needed for Oxford to achieve the county's 2030 car reduction target transport.gov.scot
electric cars now last as long as petrol and diesel cars - and their reliability is improving more rapidly New Scientist
infrastructure costs: how Britain compares with peers BCG
fifty years ago: the first red cycling path in the Netherlands Karen Romme
Claes Tingvall and Sweden's shift to Vision Zero BBC
"officials were no longer allowed to design roads for idealised drivers who never became distracted or exceeded the speed limit. They had to make roads for real people who made mistakes."
Utrecht is making all roads without separate cycling infrastructure 30km/hr (18mph) Utrecht
an update on what's happening in the Russia-Ukraine war Stefan Korshak
elementary explanations of a hundred mathematical results Theorems of the 21st Century [my review]
the use of oracles in understanding computational complexity Quanta
can't find good evidence for rape on 7 October, so execute Palestinians for stealing avocados instead? Electronic Intifada
the Dutch are using zero-emission zones to shift urban freight ZAG
using Machine Learning in climate modelling Real Climate
"can we distinguish between real advances and vaporware?"
high-quality social housing from Spain Dwell
how a local government reorgnisation might affect Oxfordshire Oxford Clarion
the problems with US healthcare are broader than insurance BIG
short stories about gay students from Batak Christian backgrounds, and their mothers Happy Stories, Mostly [my review]
62% of Copenhagen residents now cycle to work or school LA Times
climate change and insurance in the US - a looming disaster Volts
from political divergence to possible futures Korea: A New History of South and North [my review]
one-upping the 15-minute city: Denmark's 5-minute city Guardian
Zionism's injustice encapsulated in one Bedouin village 972 Magazine
if Iceland were to join the EU, Norway might follow RUV
should older drivers have to retake tests? different Australian rules ABC
yokochō alleyways, zakkyo buildings, undertrack infills, ankyo streets + dense low-rise neighbourhoods Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City [my review]
the possibilities of Trump's tariffs ExplainTrade
"The world of trade is about to become significantly less predictable because the world's largest economy has just elected a man who fundamentally does not believe in the desirability of rules that constrain him to ensure that predictability."
the UK's environmental movement needs to focus on transport - again Guardian
the Kidlington roundabout: an active travel success story Oxford Blog
how much does bus franchising costs? FreeWheeling
"our obsession with public v private is a distraction from the more important work of making services better"

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