One of the best things about Dutch cycling infrastructure is that it's often lined up by lots of greenery. Not just grass, but plants, flowers and trees. Green medians not only separate fast and slow traffic, they also strengthen biodiversity and make cycling networks attractive and climate-proof!
July 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🙌 Great news in New Scientist. An experimental study shows that air filters in classrooms:
Reduced absence by:
👩🏫 12.5% or 1.3 days per pupil
Reduced PM2.5 by:
🚸 32%
Air filtration is a simple way to improve life for everyone. So what's stopping the government?!
Reduced absence by:
👩🏫 12.5% or 1.3 days per pupil
Reduced PM2.5 by:
🚸 32%
Air filtration is a simple way to improve life for everyone. So what's stopping the government?!
April 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
More about the solar vs ethanol study (this is not a typo):
“…if farmers took a bold leap and covered 46% of land currently used to farm ethanol with solar panels, that would then generate enough energy to reach the 2050 decarbonization goal for the US.”
“…if farmers took a bold leap and covered 46% of land currently used to farm ethanol with solar panels, that would then generate enough energy to reach the 2050 decarbonization goal for the US.”
April 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Worcester is continuing its fare-free bus system as well!
Now do MBTA! Fares are only 15.8% of the MBTA's budget.
If you're spending a lot of tax money on the fixed costs of a transit system, don't disincentivize its use with fares - wasting the 80% of the budget you've spent from tax dollars.
Now do MBTA! Fares are only 15.8% of the MBTA's budget.
If you're spending a lot of tax money on the fixed costs of a transit system, don't disincentivize its use with fares - wasting the 80% of the budget you've spent from tax dollars.
April 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New Mexico made child care free for most families. Believe it or not, the good thing is good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line
The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
IMPORTANT: Paris has been implementing a 5-Year Pedestrian Plan:
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of pedestrian space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors
Leadership.
Does your city have one?
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of pedestrian space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors
Leadership.
Does your city have one?
April 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#ThingsCouldBeBetter (US)
We will make national parks and historic sites free for all Canadians this upcoming summer.
April 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#ThingsCouldBeBetter (US)
BREAKING NEWS - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol REMOVED from office by the court's unanimous decision www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
South Korean court removes president from office, says he violated duties
The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a decision expected to exacerbate political divisions.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
March 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
So here’s what else is happening in the world today…
March 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Just give people what they need. It's cheaper. It works." is such a simple concept. And yet American culture is obsessed with figuring out who "deserves" this and punishing those who we believe don't; regardless of cost.
Successful health program pilot should awaken elected leaders to a simple and powerful truth ncnewsline.com/2025/03/20/s... (audio commentary)
March 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Putting kids in a free pre-K program "raises parents’ average earnings by $5,461 per year, or 21.7 percent, during the one- or two-year period when the child is of pre-kindergarten age. ... Parents’ earnings remain higher for at least the next six years."
Universal Pre-K Access and Parental Earnings
www.nber.org
March 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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