Ever see a bus lane and thought it looked empty? Think again! Each bus lane can move more people per minute faster than a typical lane for cars.
💡 Learn more at translink.ca/buspriority
Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most intriguing cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, has translated their Street Design Manual into English and put it on-line. Worth digging into. #Oslooslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/…
Very important line here from @LouHaigh on road safety:
"We treat road safety in a way as if it is somehow a natural accident. If the number of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads, were being killed in any other way, we'd be treating it as a pandemic."
The new Paris limited traffic zone will restrict transiting vehicle traffic in the city center (with key exceptions) with expectations of decreasing traffic volumes & noise and improving air quality. lemonde.fr/en/environment/ar…
"Among other sectors, the scientific community must move beyond its comfort zone of writing papers and preaching to its own choirs. It must engage with the public and policymakers to turn knowledge into action. Will we have yet another opportunity?"
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
For all those concerned with low natality rate in #Finland...
"road traffic noise was associated with a higher risk of an infertility diagnosis in women older than 35 years, and potentially in men older than 37 years"
#liikenne#Transportationbmj.com/content/386/bmj-2024…
Differentiated (capabilities opportunities motivations)
-- > Behavior
Public transport price is a small piece of behavioral change.
The most important transport policy is fair car use pricing and land use (built environment) policy.
hs.fi/helsinki/art-200001079…