FireRetardant @ FireRetardant @lemmy.world

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Even disiel electric is much better than private automobiles we should start by building electric but any transit is better than none. We need to prioritize laying tram and train tracks. Once those are laid we can easily upgrade to electric.

I'm not defending the cuts, i said i wasn't thrilled about it. If cuts are happening, at least the cbc decides what is cut.

He is writing a new book that is titled like an autobiography but actually horror fiction about the reality we are in. This is just part of the marketing for said book.

people see to vote squarely against their own best interests<

So much of this it is unbelievable. I have a buddy who has been unemployed his whole life, lives with his mom, who both rely extensively on physical and mental health services while both collecting disability pay. He is also bisexual. He is a trump supporter and votes conservstive in every level of election. I literally cannot comprehend it.

In our current timeline they would, and they'll avoid the ticket and get the cyclist charged with "assault on a motor vehicle". Then the cop will break the reflectors on the bike and find any relevant laws to try to ticket the cyclists, even issuing a hand written note that says they are suspended from cycling for 90 days.

I feel like smith is less about electoral reform and more about "Alberta has the right to extract as much oil as it wants, in whatever method it wants and is exempt from any and all regulations"

I'm not exactly anti EV. If a car must exist it might as well be electric, but just converting every car into an EV is not enough. Plus there are other massive benefits to transit like increasing density and diversity in zoning, which could increase housing supply and make small businesses more versatile and resilent.

Transit is also much cheaper than car ownership which lifts low income people up by reducing their transportation costs. Its also more fair, a 14 year old, a blind person, or someone with a suspended lisence could all take transit when none of them should be driving.

EVs are a halfway solution anyway. We need to be investing in mass transit. If every car turned into an EV, we would still have politicians like Doug Ford trying to tunnel under a highway to end gridlock, we would still have motorists claiming bikes cause congestion, we would still be creating tonnes of tire waste and microplastics pollution, people will continue to die on roads while accidents could get worse due to extra weight, and our roads will wear down faster and cost more to maintain due to the extra weight.

In the grand scheme of things, EVs solve almost none of the major problems presented by cars.

Ill take getting hit by the deforming guardrail and being pushed away over being pinned between the car and the guardrail. They could also design a guardrail that is more rigid. We protect drivers enough already, we shouldn't comepletely throw away pedestrian safey because some driver cant keep their car on the pavement.

I've also seen many bent guardrails from traffic accident and unless hitting it at one of the ends, the deformation is 2-3 feet max for most cars unless going excessive speeds. There would still be room for a pedestrian to be safe if we provided that space between the guard and the sidewalk.

They could just send a crew out with a regular mower. Im also nearly certain ive seen a mower on a tractor reaching over guardrails on a highway before.

That guard rail is there because the book told the designers to put it there and thinkkng outside the book hasn't been allowed for decades in road planning, its all cut and paste.

I'm just trying to look on the bright side and glad the cbc still exists, albeit with less funding. I've grown numb to politicians, liberals included, not following through with promises. We never got electoral reform and how many times have liberals ran on that promise?

The conservatives wanted to fully defund the CBC and unfortnately most of Canada has fallen into the two party trap. I'm not thrilled about the cuts but hopefully letting the corp decide what has to be cut is less harmful than it could be otherwise.

North american traffic engineers don't give a shit about how many deaths their design causes so long as the road is up to spec according to outdated books that prioritize speed and throughput.

If that barrier was more for peolle falling down the hill it would be taller in size. If I crashed my bike into that barrier i would just end tumbling over the barrier and down the hill.

Even a sober driver obeying the limit could collide with a pedestrian on the sidewalk. The driver could have a medical emergency and lose control, the vehicle could break down and lose control.

They could definitely design a mower that is able to reach over the guard rail. We could also just send a different mower to do the gaurd rail sections.

Agreed, and with the design of some of our roads, maybe its a good thing to discourage certain pedestrian crossings. It isn't fair pedestrians may have to walk a significant extra distance to cross, but there are also some sections of road like curves and merge lanes that are more dangerous to cross illegally.

Only in the short term. In our current timeline we destroy our cities to pave new highways. By rebuilding our cities we can reduce sprawl, increase density and make the whole city more effecient while reducing the new land that gets developed.

Some smaller gasoline cars actually beat out the total impact (production, use, disposal) of oversized electric trucks or SUVs

Honestly it should first and we should be trying to maximize and prioritize active transport trips.

Do you have any proof that the cameras are communicating with cell phones? Do you have any proof that Canada is using these cameras to track plates?

Toronto can't seem to catch any of the vandals that are cutting down the cameras and i doubt the suspects leave their phones at home as photos of their destruction often make it onto social media.