I just discovered a brilliant #carfree hack for travelling by #transit to cottage country north of #kingstonon . Avis rent-a-car in Kingston will leave a car at the station and the keys at the front desk for you to pick up. No need to suffer the #401highway!

My local council has announced plans to pedestrianise the high street near me. The high street in question is already closed 3 days a week for about 8h. The proposal is to extend the pedestrianisation to 7 days a 8h a day.

Bear in mind, this is inner #London. There are already 3 different stations on 4 different lines within a 5m walk (and more within 15m) plus multiple bus routes.

Based on the above, how do you expect the local #Green party candidate for parliament is reacting?

Many people would agree that it's absurd that children in the USA wear bulletproof vests to school, and are trained how to behave in an event of a shooting. The same people see nothing absurd in their own children wearing safety vests to school, and being trained how not to murdered by oversized trash cans on wheels.

Yesterday was new bike day! I have a GORGEOUS Brompton. Unfortunately the weather has been absolute garbage and I probably won't get to ride her until next week (I did test ride some Brompton and Terms, so I know what I'm getting into). #bikeDC #brompton #carFree

Making the most of my new environs amidst *gestures at dumpster fire*.
Did some bikepacking in the Oakland hills. Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve.

New blog post: on protests, nearing 3 years car-free, my birthday, and, of course, gardening https://astoneintheriver.net/2025/04/06/energize/ #gardening #protest #resistance #carfree

Would be great to have fewer cars around, wouldn't it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFBn0r53uQ #carsruincities #carfree #carfreeholyroodpark #holyroodpark #edinburgh

Fun but rather windy walk along the Great Highway and Ocean Beach today in San Francisco with the husky. Walked over 4 car free miles up and down the whole stretch. So amazing that the city is making this former stretch of highway a public park, and filling it with art and other fun things for people to enjoy.

The Great Highway, welcome to @TheWarOnCars

#IvanIllich : Énergie et Équité

I think I spotted where the #LNP got the idea to reduce the fuel excise.

It's a One Nation (#ONP) policy, except they're proposing doing it for longer.

> Halve the fuel excise to 26 cents per liter for 3 years with a review after 12 months, with the option to extend further.

https://www.onenation.org.au/reduce-cost-of-living

Seems a reasonable proposal on the surface… BUT:

1. it'll take a while for it to make a difference to those who don't actually pay a fuel excise (e.g. the #carfree community and the #ev community)
2. you risk putting greater demand on fossil fuels, which given the meagre reserves we have and the impact emissions are having on our #climate, seems like a bad choice

Maybe the fuel excise should be going into projects that improve the green space and help offset some of these emissions?

1001 miles (1611km) on the ebike! And most of that is to work or groceries, completely replacing car trips. Here's to another 1k.

Cars ruin cities. Don't take it from me. Take it from Top Gear's James May

HT Lemmy grue@lemmy.world

Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/driving-london-cars-james-may-london-cycling-campaign-top-gear-b1218513.html

#America ’s “First #CarFree Neighborhood” Is Going Pretty Good, Actually? https://www.dwell.com/article/culdesac-tempe-car-free-neighborhood-resident-experience-8a14ebc7

There used to be a Polish comedy series called "Rodzina zastępcza" (roughly, "Foster care"). In one of the episodes, a woman called Alutka suddenly decided to start living a thrifty life. As part of that, she decided to buy everything at sale, if possible — and in order to reach all these sales, she took taxis.

Most people don't have a problem in finding the irony in this. However, they are simultaneously incapable of noticing an irony in their own lifestyle, where on one hand, they go as cheap as possible on groceries and their own health, and on the other run to their cars whenever they'd need to walk 10 minutes.

Addiction to driving simulation games = vaping

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