The traffic planners of today have forgotten the lessons of the past, and it will cost people their lives. In the 1980s there was a push to put in more crosswalks at intersections, and the result was deadly: Pedestrian deaths from automobiles went up. Removing the crosswalks reversed this trend. As the article states: “The …
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In 2022, Porsche, in partnership with the Chilean Government, opened a plant that produces gasoline from water and C02. The plants uses wind turbines to generate the electricity to power the plant, and is carbon neutral. A link describing the opening of the plant is here And a lighthearted youtube video describing the process is …
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This 2020 study from World Transit Research shows what we all knew: Bus Rapid Transit systems, or BRT, is a failure.It failed in the 1960’s when attempted in Los Angeles, and it’s failing again. Why? Because people HATE riding busses and other forms of public transportation. They do it if they have to, but no …
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