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"Kitten Rescued by Firefighters After Getting its Head Stuck in a Spare Tire" - KOLO TV 8 (August 1st, 2024)
Reporter Confesses having tremendous anxiety due to having/driving her car; "I can tell you, I had plans before to meet
some people {Little Italy}, but because I couldn't find parking, I've just gone home."
In San Diego, ancillary solar and wind-making energy not enough to combat motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. WIDENING
SIDEWALKS & STREETCARS ARE ANSWERS FOR SAN DIEGO: "San Diego has made enormous strides toward getting more of its electricity
from renewable sources such as wind and solar in recent years. But according to the city's latest inventory of greenhouse
gas emissions, that progress is being canceled out by the city's biggest source of pollution: cars and trucks.
The findings were buried in the appendix of a climate-monitoring report uploaded to the city's website in March. They underscore
the need to decarbonize San Diego's transportation system and build dense, walkable neighborhoods (like Grantville) where
more residents can get around without a car. The climate report found that emissions from the generation of electricity
fell by an impressive 27% from 2020 through 2021. This was attributed to an increase in renewable energy purchases by both
SDG&E and San Diego Community Power, a government-run nonprofit that began purchasing energy on behalf of homes and businesses
in 2021.
After 5 years, Congestion Pricing suddenly pulled by Governor Hochul. "Given that New York City has the most extensive
public-transportation system in the country, Manhattan is also the place where driving is the least necessary."
"Traffic outside the golf course had been stopped after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus around 5 a.m. ET.
Scheffler faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving,
and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. The assault charge is a felony; the others are misdemeanors."
"Turning Grass into Gasoline: Green Fuel Revolution" - Curiosity Stream (2021)
Ammonia: "Does Toyota Know Something That We Don't?" - Reactions (2024)
Animated film short regarding automobile death
The driver on the bus says, "Move on back"
"Move on back"
"Move on back"
The driver on the bus says, "Move on back"
All through the town
The people on the bus go up and down
Up and down
Up and down
The people on the bus go up and down
All through the town
"Bus Stop" - The Hollies
"Riding in the bus down the boulevard ~ And the place was pretty packed (Yeah!)
Couldn't find a seat so I had to stand ~ With the perverts in the back
It was smelling like a locker room ~ There was junk all over the floor
We're already packed in like sardines ~ But we're stopping to pick up more, look out!....
There's a suitcase poking me in the ribs ~ There's an elbow in my ear
There's a smelly old bum standing next to me ~ Hasn't showered in a year
I think I'm missing a contact lens ~ I think my wallet's gone
And I think this bus is stopping again ~ To let a couple more freaks get on - look out!....
Well I should've got off a couple miles ago
But I couldn't get to the door
There isn't any room for me to breathe
And now we're gonna pick up more - yeaaah"
"The Beep Beep Song" - The Playmates [Animated]
"Women Drivers" - The Playmates
"A Great New Star" (1953) "See the USA" - at 10:15
"Car Names" - Rex Havens
Seek, "Automobile" for more songs and admirations
"Bus Driver Training" - Bob Newhart
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Green Vehicle Guide - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
"Green Guide": Choosing a Fuel for Vehicles - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
"Bike vs. Bus vs. Car in Portland! How Biking is Faster, Cheaper, Healthier and Better for the Planet" - City Nerd
"True Cost: Why Turning America's Yellow Buses Electric Costs So Much - Business Insider
"The All-In Cost of Car Dependency 2022: How Driving Wrecks Your Finances (Without You Noticing)" - City Nerd
"You Don't Need to Own a Car (If You Don't Drive to Work)" - Not Just Bikes
"Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2020" - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
"B-U-S" Stop in Baltimore
TIRES TYRES EVERYWHERE
I-695 Construction Zone Crash & Reports - Approximately 12:40 P.M. Wednesday March 22nd, 2023 [And other crashes]
AUTOMOBILE HEADACHES
THE COMMONS
The Vehicle Race: "The Stig, Hammond, May, and Clarkson Cross-London Race" - Top Gear
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| SCHOOL BUS HYDROPLANES IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY |
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| JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL OVERTURNS - I-64 21 STUDENTS WENT TO 3 HOSPITALS -WDRB |
Tired Vehicles have Roll-Resistance (air tires increases energy needed due to decompress and compress motion - over and over)
and Hydro Plane (no traction usually due to water/ice). Is it time to retire some of those tired tired vehicles? They are
obviously - tired.
"Blue Sky Thinking: 5 Things to Know About Air Pollution" - United Nations News (2021)
"Dangers Behind Worn Tires on Wet or Snowy Roads" - ABC News (2020)
Heat, Neglect, and Age (6 years or older) "Bad tires can have deadly consequences on the road" - TV 3 Arizona (2019)
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| IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT IT IS FUELS WITH |
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| IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT IT IS FUELS WITH - SAME TRAFFIC CONGESTION |
| "B-U-S" Stop |
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| "B-U-S" STOP IN BALTIMORE THAT OFFERS SOME SHADE AND DRYNESS |
"I read an article recently that quoted a historian's lament of of {N.Y.C.} Penn Station's demolition: 'One entered the
city like a god. One scuttles in now like a rat.' Apply that line of thinking (scaled down appropriately, of course) to Louisville's
transportation. Build something of lasting civic use and pride. Build something that appeals (and serves) rich and poor alike
that brings someone who could otherwise afford a Lexus down to regular everyday level without offense to sensibilities while
simultaneously dignifying those who have little other transport choice much more than a bus. I wish city movers and shakers
could think more in the Big Four Bridge-significance mold (look: it was so good, it is still in use today & and by all
sorts) and less in the short term."
Moving People Versus Vehicles "5 modes of transport with 200 people" - PTV Group
"What Happened When They Banned Cars" - City Beautiful
"Producing electric vehicles leads to significantly more emissions than producing petrol cars ... which is mostly from
the battery production."
- Florian Knobloch Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance
"On Aug. 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, whose climate investments include a muscular effort to convince
more Americans to purchase an electric vehicle. .... A day later the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced
that American road deaths soared once again in the first quarter of 2022, rising 7 percent to 9,560 fatalities - the
highest quarterly toll since 2002. The two news items may seem unrelated, but they are not. If the U.S. auto
industry maintains its current habits, the incipient transition to electric cars could further worsen the deadly
carnage on America’s roads.
The United States is already a global outlier in traffic deaths. Unlike virtually all other developed countries,
where such fatalities declined during the last decade, the U.S. has seen an increase of over 30 percent.
Today, an American is more than twice as likely as a citizen of France or Canada to die in a crash. ....
National exceptionalism. Americans drive a lot, relatively speaking, and they take comparatively few transit
trips (which are much safer). The U.S. installs fewer automatic traffic cameras, which can save lives, while building
many more high-speed urban arterials where road deaths tend to concentrate.
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The weight of these behemoths endangers other road users in a crash, and their height leads them to strike a person’s
torso instead of their legs (it can also make it difficult to see those standing in front of the vehicle). American
deaths among those on foot or a bicycle rose more than 40 percent during the last decade; one study found that the shift
to SUVs over the last twenty years led to more than 1,000 additional pedestrian fatalities. ....
The Ford F-150 Lightning, for instance, weighs around 6,500 pounds, about a third more than its gas-powered model. The Hummer
EV is even more gigantic, tipping the scales at over 9,000 pounds, with a battery that alone is heavier than an
entire Honda Civic. .... Even with heavy batteries, these vehicles’ electric powertrains allow them to accelerate
unusually quickly."
"Safety studies have underscored that bigger and heavier tends to mean safer—for those inside the vehicle. Looking entirely
to those outside the vehicle, the numbers are less conclusive.
Overweight vehicles can lead to other problems beyond safety. They result in more wear and tear on roads and bridges, and
controversial study from the UK also points to an excess of tire emissions from the extra weight of EVs."
Seek, "Tires Tyres Everywhere." Looking to ban tires, at least regulate, <U>is</U> controversial.
The facts are not. Tires create more Carbon Emissions.
"If it is going to have to be just additional or more frequent infrastructure maintenance or reconstruction, then that
may be the price that we, as a society decide that we're willing to factor into future budgets to get these benefits."
AUTOS "Electric Vehicle Euphoria is Dead. Automakers are Scaling Back or Delaying Their Electric Vehicle Plans" - CNBC (March
13, 2024)
| WOOD AUTOMOBILE YOU CAN DRIVE |
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| NANO CELLULOSE VEHICLE (2019) [Click to Watch Wood Go!] |
"Japan Just Built a Supercar Out of Wood: The Wood-Based Fibers Used to Construct the Car Weigh a Fifth as Much as Steel But
are Five Times as Strong." - Robb Report (2019)
THE FUTURE IN TRANSPORTATION: PASSENGER AND FREIGHT IS RUN ON RAILS
"Should Public Transport be Free?" - "Inside Story" - Al Jazzeera
"Tire Rubber-Derived 6-PPD Quinone: Testing for Newly Discovered Environmental Contaminant - Eurofins, SCIEX, and Phenomenex
Collaboration
"The Tire Wear Compounds 6PPD-Quinone and 1,3-Diphenylguanidine in an Urban Watershed" - Archives of Environmental Contamination
and Toxicology - National Institute of Health (NIH) (August 4th, 2021)
Roads Do Not "Pay for Themselves"
• No transportation system usually pays for itself
• No transit system in the US pays for itself
• Yet we often use "farebox recovery" as fiscal test
• Broader economic benefits of transit
• Not generally attributed to transit investment
• Rarely factored into cost-benefit analysis
• Rarely “captured” to help finance transit system
Bus Fleet - Maryland Transit Administration
SINGAPORE: "Your Public Transport Fare, Explained" -Public Transport Council
"Getting Around Singapore - Types of Transportation" - Living Like Lionel
GERMANY: Mega Future Trains - Megastructures [MAGLEV]
"TOP-10 Traffic Solutions. Future Of Transportation" - Top Box
"Lawyers for the UK government have been in the High Court of Justice in London defending its flagship plan for reaching
net-zero emissions by 2050. Three non-profit organisations, ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth and the Good Law Project, argued
that the Net Zero Strategy was in breach of the 2008 Climate Change Act over its failure to set out how much individual policies
will cut emissions."
Under a mile car trips add up to about 10 billion miles per year - 2009 U.S. National Household Transportation Survey (NHTS)
That is the entire population of Chicago driving to Las Vegas and back!
* $900 million in fuel/driving costs
* 2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions = 400,000 cars off road each year.
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"How Potholes Can Damage Your Car" - GEICO Living
"How to Drive on Black Ice" - United States Department of Agriculture USDA
"Stop Signs Suck and We Should Get Rid of Them" - Not Just Bikes
"The Truth About Hydrogen" - DW Planet A
"Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future?" - The Economist
"How Much Does It Cost to Buy a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle?" - Motor Biscuit
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