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stadt.welt<p>Since 2022 people from <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Freiburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freiburg</span></a> are regularly demonstrating against <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/cartraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartraffic</span></a> in the Rempartstraße and request that the street becomes <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/carfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carfree</span></a>. The street lies in the middle of the central <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> campus connecting several institutes, libraries and the central canteen.</p><p>Large <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/crowds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crowds</span></a> of people move through the street by foot or by <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bicycle</span></a>, especially during lunch time. Unfortunately the Rempartstraße also provides access to two parking garages so there is a lot of car traffic and a high <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> risk for <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedestrians</span></a>.</p><p>During a <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> experiment in 2022 the situation improved, despite the fact that car access was only limited in one direction and many cars disregarded the rules. However due to increasing <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congestion</span></a> at the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/parking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parking</span></a> garages the experiment was cancelled early and ever since car traffic is back to normal.</p><p>Making the Rempartstraße completely car free is an important step for Freiburg in becoming a more <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a>, safer and more livable <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a>. Rather than seeing the parking garages as a prohibiting factor for the pedestrian friendly <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> the protestors suggest a conversion into <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/bikeparking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikeparking</span></a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/apartments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartments</span></a> or <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicameneties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicameneties</span></a>. Poeple, not cars should have priority here!</p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/trafficengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trafficengineering</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://freiburg.social/@vcdsuedbaden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vcdsuedbaden</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@VCDeV" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VCDeV</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ADFC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ADFC</span></a></span></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://hackers.town/@lmorchard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lmorchard</span></a></span> I think removing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BikingInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikingInfrastructure</span></a> is just an asshole move and inexcuseable since these people will then be sacrificed at most to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> if not contribute to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congestion</span></a> with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CarTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarTraffic</span></a> if they were to use cars...</p><p>It just sounds absurd for me as a German and I'm shure <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.notjustbikes.com/@notjustbikes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>notjustbikes</span></a></span> loves to see people in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> appreciate that people don't accept the ongoing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stroads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stroads</span></a>...</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>NASA Maps Reveal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emissions</span></a> Over Major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Cities</p><p>by Adam Kovac, August 24, 2023</p><p>"NASA’s new space-based air pollution monitoring system has sent back its first maps, showing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarTraffic</span></a> brings down air quality in several <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MajorCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MajorCities</span></a>. </p><p>"The six maps were made from data from the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEMPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEMPO</span></a>), which launched in April. In scans taken over a six-hour period on August 2, high concentrations of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NitrogenDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NitrogenDioxide</span></a>, a toxic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> tied to car and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/smokestack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokestack</span></a> emissions, can be seen hovering over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LasVegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LasVegas</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a>.</p><p>"While the location of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> shown in the maps isn’t surprising, the data is only the tip of the iceberg for TEMPO, the first space-based instrument designed to continuously monitor air quality over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a>. TEMPO principal investigator Kelly Chance said there are currently 50 scientific studies under way that will make use of data generated by the program. The program will truly get underway in October when the instrument will begin transmitting hourly daytime scans."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/nasa-maps-reveal-toxic-emissions-over-major-us-cities/ar-AA1fJw0N?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=f894eb50594546ae9f00a7401608cf2c&amp;ei=5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/travel/news/nasa</span><span class="invisible">-maps-reveal-toxic-emissions-over-major-us-cities/ar-AA1fJw0N?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=f894eb50594546ae9f00a7401608cf2c&amp;ei=5</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicEmissions</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>&quot;..now, the country’s climate-friendliest mode of transportation besides walking is at risk, as national lawmakers slash the budget for bike lanes – and Filipino <a href="https://noc.social/tags/cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cyclists</span></a> are organizing to ensure that the silver lining in the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pandemic</span></a> leads to lasting improvements in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BicycleInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BicycleInfrastructure</span></a>.&quot; <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a> </p><p>Can <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MetroManila" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MetroManila</span></a>’s <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CyclingBoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CyclingBoom</span></a> survive a return to <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CarTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CarTraffic</span></a>?<br /><a href="https://www.rappler.com/environment/can-metro-manila-cycling-boom-survive-return-car-traffic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rappler.com/environment/can-me</span><span class="invisible">tro-manila-cycling-boom-survive-return-car-traffic/</span></a></p>
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