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BellingenNSW<p>Massive SUVs/utes and pedestrian safety regulation</p><p>"The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries."</p><p>"The rule would cover all passenger vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less, but it’s is aimed largely at big SUVs and pickups, which have grown in size and hood height over the years, causing blind spots for drivers."</p><p>"NHTSA said pedestrian deaths increased 57% from 2013 to 2022, from 4,779 to 7,522. The agency says the rule would save 67 lives per year. Data show that nearly half of all pedestrian deaths when hit by the front of a vehicle are most common for SUVs and trucks."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-pedestrian-safety-rule-suvs-pickup-trucks-8ab66c3416dcb91484ec502d6e114ad1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/us-pedestri</span><span class="invisible">an-safety-rule-suvs-pickup-trucks-8ab66c3416dcb91484ec502d6e114ad1</span></a></p><p>Utes and SUVs make up entire top 10 in record year of new car sales in Australia<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/04/australia-2023-new-car-sales-record-list-top-utes-suvs-ford-ranger-toyota-hilux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2024/jan/04/australia-2023-new-car-sales-record-list-top-utes-suvs-ford-ranger-toyota-hilux</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUVs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedestrians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a></p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>A pleasant first Wednesday of the month walk on Canyon Road- the last of the season.<br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Summer</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/ArtGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtGallery</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>One man’s pilgrimage navigating on foot along the Brisbane River <br>Everything is Water by Simon Cleary </p><p>"The shadow a city can cast upon its river before it is no longer a river”.</p><p>"He asks whether our urges to categorise and organise might be “unhelpful” and “prevent us from other ways of seeing”."</p><p>"It’s something deeper; a bodily recognition and lament at how swiftly white settlement has desecrated and altered a landscape which Indigenous people have cared for so intimately. One of Cleary’s refrains is that what used to be “kangaroo and emu country” is now considered “cattle country”."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/06/everything-is-water-by-simon-cleary-review-one-mans-pilgrimage-along-brisbane-river" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/jun/06/everything-is-water-by-simon-cleary-review-one-mans-pilgrimage-along-brisbane-river</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/walking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brisbane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellinger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/platypus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platypus</span></a></p>
JdeB<p>166 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a></p><p>This is quite a 'feel good' story, and once in a while I like that too.<br>But the feeling is about a 'trend'. It needs to set in, followed up.<br>Otherwise it will be like:<br>'Give them something to play with...as long as we can go on to sell cars'</p><p>"Streets where people triumph over traffic"<br>By Abdul Matin Sarfraz for Canada's National Observer</p><p><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/21/news/streets-where-people-triumph-over-traffic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalobserver.com/2023/12/2</span><span class="invisible">1/news/streets-where-people-triumph-over-traffic</span></a>? </p><p>Quotes:<br>"Car-free roads where residents and tourists are free to roam, shop, sip on outdoor patios and easily avoid traffic are steadily gaining popularity across Canada."</p><p>"Experts note there are environmental benefits as well. Pedestrian streets help combat summer heat islands, promote walking and bicycle use, and reduce reliance on cars, thereby cutting planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions."</p><p>"“What surprised me the most was how quiet it was,” said Bonsma-Fisher. The street was full of hundreds of people, with a backdrop of conversation, laughter, birds, and music coming from inside restaurants, she noted. “It really brought home for me that cities aren’t necessarily loud. Cars are loud.”</p><p>"However, a survey commissioned in 2021 found not everyone benefited equally. Of 723 merchants who responded, 29 per cent experienced an increase in sales, while 26 per cent reported a decrease. The remainder stayed relatively even.<br>Restaurants and bars profited, clothing stores remained stable and other retail businesses offering food, furniture and household goods experienced a drop in business."</p><p>"In the end, car-free streets really are a matter of political will, Bonsma-Fisher said. Montreal and other cities decided to act and make them happen. People elsewhere should consider demanding the same from their leaders, she said.<br>“Anything we can do to reduce the amount of driving in our cities will benefit us by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality, reducing noise and reducing collisions.”</p>
BellingenNSW<p>Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years</p><p>"New cars have become so big that half of them are too wide to fit in parking spaces designed to the minimum on-street standards, in many countries."</p><p>"SUVs drive trend for new cars to grow 1cm wider in UK and EU every two years, says report.Bigger cars more likely to kill people, release more toxic gas and are outgrowing design of cities."</p><p>"They argue that the trend towards bigger cars has reduced the space for other road users and increased the danger."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/22/cars-growing-wider-europe-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">jan/22/cars-growing-wider-europe-report</span></a></p><p>The effect of front-end vehicle height on pedestrian death risk&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S2212012224000017</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TrafficFatalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficFatalities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUVs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MEGASUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEGASUVs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BIG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/externalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>externalities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedestrians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deaths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyclists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SpatialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpatialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Manly Blog<p>Pedestrians are waiting an average of 90 seconds at the beg buttons in Sydney. Do fossil fuel motorists ever have beg buttons?<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-25/pedestrian-light-wait-times-in-sydney-research/102890326" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2023-09-25/ped</span><span class="invisible">estrian-light-wait-times-in-sydney-research/102890326</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedestrians</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrafficLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficLights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/idling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idling</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrafficDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficDesign</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Bellingen - Roads to nowhere, Pt.1/2</p><p>Scenic Bellingen has been in a road widening frenzy to accommodate industrial logging and clear felling operations to 'get the stuff out of here'. For nearly a year heavy fossil fuel machinery has been making the roads (Roses Road, Gleniffer Road, North Bank Road) fit for an extractivist industry, ignoring residents and biodiverse habitats along the cemented arteries. </p><p>In town gigantic haulage trucks (2 B-double trucks) shoot through the bottleneck of the main cafe and shopping district ruining the ambience.</p><p>The government, road building and timber extraction nexus robs residents of their homes, eradicates biodiversity habitats and pumps up emissions for all.</p><p>Wildlife, residents and tourists are now confronted with a dangerous network of roads where they risk their lives and endure permanent pollution.</p><p>To prioritise damaging industries and provide pathways only for them is putting the community at risk. </p><p>People want a sustainable environment, they would like to move about in safety without carbon emissions. </p><p>Where is the infrastructure for the future?</p><p>"Two-thirds of people want more transport funding to go into walking, cycling and public transport....</p><p>Bellingen - roads to nowhere pt.2/2<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110986658766673505" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1109866</span><span class="invisible">58766673505</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Walking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/walkability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walkability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RosesRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosesRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenifferRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlenifferRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NorthBankRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthBankRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BellingenLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellingenLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Bellingen - Roads to nowhere pt.2</p><p>"Two-thirds of people want more transport funding to go into walking, cycling and public transport. </p><p>Most of our transport funding goes into building wider and longer roads, embedding car dependency. However, making it easier to drive leads to more driving and ultimately more congestion, an effect known as induced demand. </p><p>For people to walk and cycle, we need to provide so-called healthy streets: not too noisy, easy to cross, with clean air and where people feel safe. </p><p>Default 30km/h speed limits in built-up areas are an immediate low-cost way to increase road safety.</p><p>By prioritising walking and cycling for short trips, Australia can reduce the national combined cost of $67 billion a year of traffic injuries and deaths, traffic congestion, air pollution and physical inactivity. "</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/fewer-of-us-are-cycling-heres-how-we-can-reverse-the-decline-212260" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/fewer-of-u</span><span class="invisible">s-are-cycling-heres-how-we-can-reverse-the-decline-212260</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.betterstreets.org.au/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">betterstreets.org.au/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Better Streets, a community-led coalition, People-friendly streets and Climate-friendly streets.</p><p>Bellingen - roads to nowhere, Pt.1<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110986666356192102" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1109866</span><span class="invisible">66356192102</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Walking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/walkability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walkability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LowFootprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowFootprint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RosesRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosesRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenifferRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlenifferRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NorthBankRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthBankRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BellingenLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellingenLogging</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Just when <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> expands the 50s infrastructure road widening program without <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/footpaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>footpaths</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bikepaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikepaths</span></a> the news hits:</p><p>Private vehicle usage must be halved to cut emissions, Climate Council says</p><p>"Australia should aim to reduce transport emissions by 75 per cent by 2030<br>Public and active transport needs to triple to meet that goal<br>Eighty-one&nbsp;per cent of trips are made in&nbsp;private vehicles across Australia,&nbsp;but the report says that&nbsp;would need to drop&nbsp;to&nbsp;36 per cent by the end of the decade.<br>That would mean 49 per cent of trips would have to occur on public transport and 15 per cent through active transit.<br>At the moment the average Australian household has two petrol cars in the garage.<br>One of the easier solutions would be to increase reliable <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ElectricBusServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricBusServices</span></a> rather than working on larger infrastructure projects." Excerpt</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/climate-council-transport-report-more-public-active-transport/102374038" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate-council-transport-report-more-public-active-transport/102374038</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ElectricBuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricBuses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ESharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESharing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PrivateVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BellingenShireCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellingenShireCouncil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HighwayToEmissionsHell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighwayToEmissionsHell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ActiveTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveTransport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Not just <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a>, but elsewhere too:<br>"Nobody wants heavy vehicles rumbling up the middle of the main street..”</p><p>"The <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MainStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainStreet</span></a> is a designated heavy transport corridor, has the most foot traffic and is a tourist icon. Many large trucks travelling through the main street...The trucks have got much bigger and much more numerous, but in addition to the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/trucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trucks</span></a> there are a lot of commuters now from the new <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/developments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developments</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-21/independent-report-into-hahndorf-traffic-plan/102371360" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2023-05-21/ind</span><span class="invisible">ependent-report-into-hahndorf-traffic-plan/102371360</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Traffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ObstructionOfPublicSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObstructionOfPublicSpaces</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NorthBankRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthBankRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TourismTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TourismTown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Logjams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logjams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HydeStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydeStreet</span></a></p>
Dr. Pattie<p>A layer of snow reveals an astonishing and amusing amount of rabbit traffic in our yard! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WildRabbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildRabbits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Footprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Footprints</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnimalTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalTracks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RabbitTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RabbitTracks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuburbanWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuburbanWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rabbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rabbits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snow</span></a></p>
CNN RSS<p>Italy implements one-way foot traffic in 'dangerously' overtouristed street</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Overtourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overtourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FootTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootTraffic</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/naples-san-gregorio-armeno-one-way/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/travel/article/naples-</span><span class="invisible">san-gregorio-armeno-one-way/index.html</span></a></p>