Pathologically Polymathic (Blog)
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climate change and insurance in the US - a looming disaster
Volts
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
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"
Children see streets differently
IPPR"children and young people are often most at risk from car dominance, as they are especially vulnerable to road violence, pollution and the erosion of public space, and this is all the more true for children in marginalised and disadvantaged communities"
a 1.6% hit to GDP from the impacts of road traffic on local communities in Britain
Transportation Research Part A"the negative effects of motorised road traffic on the travel and walking behaviour of local residents in Great Britain and the cost of the wider negative impacts on local economic activity, external effects of motorised transport, social exclusion, neighbourhood social capital, self-rated health, and subjective wellbeing"
a horrifying study of a US school shooting in which ten-year-olds and their teachers turned out to be better trained, more disciplined and braver than the police
ProPublica
open letter about the AMOC from climate scientists to the Nordic Council of Ministers
Icelandic Met Office [PDF]
self-driving cars are coming, and will destroy our cities
Not Just Bikes [video]
a vehicle massacre in Zhuhai highlights China's broader problems
Moly"every time you see a major incident in China, whether it's a truck driving into a train or wildfires or terroristic attacks like these, there’s a good chance there is precisely 35 people dead"
controversy over turning off some Oxfordshire streetlights overnight
Oxford Clarion
100,000 Chinese students join "critical mass" ride for dumplings
Guardian
How Cars Destroy Nature and What We Can Do About It
Traffication [my review]"ecologist Paul Donald looks at noise, air and light pollution among other harms, and at the effects on populations and species and ecosystems, not just on individual animals"
a trillion dollar rescue package for China's local governments
Guardian
there are two Aldis, which have divided up Germany and the world
Brilliant Maps
food delivery companies pushing workers onto illegal unregistered electric motorbikes is a problem - not cycling
Guardian
the complexities of gender in European archaeology and paleogenetics
Defector
gondolas are coming to New Zealand's Queenstown
Time
the boom in Japanese and Korean literature in English translation
Booker Prizeslumping the two together seems odd to me, as they seem quite different to me - at least as different as French and English literature
China's backing for Myanmar's junta is a mistake
RFA
Dutch cities plan Zero Emission Zones to clean up urban freight
Dutch Cycling
which modes of travel pose the greatest risks to other people?
Injury Prevention"policy-makers should also seek to reduce disproportionate risks posed by the more dangerous vehicles, for instance, by discouraging motorcycling"
Stephen King, America's poet-laureate of car-based mayhem?
Adrian Dub
to make a walkable city, start with babies
Treehugger
Western Desert dot painting has displaced other forms of Aboriginal art
ABC
huge increases in cargo cycle use in London
Bloomberg
if people aren't reading Moby Dick or Crime and Punishment, it doesn't mean they aren't reading novels
CMSThomas
the reduction in road deaths was one of the great successes of New Labour, but from 2010 the Conservatives crippled road danger reduction measures
City Monitor
the UK government has completely lost the plot on the climate crisis
Guardian
Norway has implemented a weight purchase tax on all vehicles - about 90p per kg over 500kg
Bluesky
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