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It’s amazing how much energy our political system has to waste simply to make drivers stop killing people. First, in New York, a majority of members of the City Council want to ban parking near intersections, a street safety design called “daylighting.” It’s a no-brainer, but month after month, supporters have to rally and beg the mayor to approve the change — and he resists. Well, now at least, a courageous Republican lawmaker has joined the fight.
Meanwhile, around the country, states are taking up bills to require speed-limiting technology to be installed inside the cars of the worst drivers. All it would do is make sure those drivers can’t exceed the speed limit — no biggie, right? Wrong: These measures take valuable political capital to pass (when they even do).
Hate to be pessimistic as the weekend comes, but there you are.
Click-bait media outlets would have you think we should drop everything and do something about the scary threat of battery-powered bicycles and battery-powered motorcycles. But are either the biggest threat that road users face?
Move over, Jerry Seinfeld.
Just putting a bike in someone’s hands is the best way to get them to ride one.
Click-bait media outlets would have you think we should drop everything and do something about the scary threat of battery-powered bicycles and battery-powered motorcycles. But are either the biggest threat that road users face?
Decisions about our public space are not being made at City Hall, but in car showrooms around the world.
The company says it plans to comply, but true equality is years away.
