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everybody in London is breathing toxic levels of PM2.5 particles. And the fact that the largest sources of PM2.5 particles are tires and brake dust suggests that electrification is at best only a partial answer.
We also have to drive a whole lot less.
Fortunately, London appears to be pursuing an all-of-the-above strategy when it comes to greener transportation, including electric buses to a massive investment in cycle infrastructure, the goal really does appear to be easing gridlock and rethinking how we get from one place to another.
London's cycle superhighways have already shown they can deliver 70% increases in cycling, and now Mayor Sadiq Kahn has announced an entirely new, fourth superhighway bringing segregated lanes to Southeast London for the first time.
Instead of car tire and brake dust, Londoners will be able to inhale healthier bike tire and brake dust.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 06 2017, @03:03AM (9 children)
Why do environmentalists tolerate this parody site?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @03:14AM (1 child)
Which one? Soylentnews, as a parody of slashdot?
I really don't know why. I swear every time I visit S/N I'm seeing red.
(Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Friday October 06 2017, @09:14AM
You should get an account, then you can change the colour.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @05:00AM (3 children)
Because this is NOTHING to do with health, environment, practicality, live quality, etc.
Its all about oneupmanship.
These people NEED to feel superior to others, and work hard to outdo each other in their particular flavour of virtue signaling.
Now, in the real world, why the HELL are cyclists not being taxed to pay for the huge infrastructure being thrown at a tiny tiny minority?
After all, drivers pay fuel taxes to support roads, road taxes, registration levies towards medical, etc, etc.
Cyclists once had the excuse that they contributed little to costs, however these days they are taking more and more of the capacity as dedicated lanes, as well as new contruction.
They also contribute significantly to transport related injury costs.
Why are they not paying their share? What happened to user pays here?
Time to register and tax cyclists - after all, they demand to be equal road users!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @06:07AM (1 child)
The car wash charges me extra when a cyclist fouls the grille of my car.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 06 2017, @10:43AM
(Score: 2) by bootsy on Friday October 06 2017, @09:28AM
At least in the UK a lot of cyclists are also car users so they do actually pay for the road infrastructure and cycling causes virtually no wear on roads whatsoever.
A lot of London's problems are due to a road layout occurring before the advent of mass motorised transport. There is no big multi-lane road going through London in any direction. A lot of the layout was "modernised" after the great fire of London and we still have pretty much the same road structure now, especially in central London. A lot of the roads still run along the Roman roads and walls of the City of London from 2000 years ago.
I think that London should actively look at airscrubbing and filtering technologies to help reduce pollution hot spots. When Cross rail ( rebranded the Elizabeth Line) comes on line that will help and they are talking about Crossrail 2 but London already has a hugely unfair amount spent per person by the state on transport infrastructure that no other UK region or city can get anywhere near. The UK dearly needs to get people out of London and living and working elsewhere.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 06 2017, @09:16AM (2 children)
Oh c'mon, it's so over the top how can you not have fun with it? I'm an environmentalist. I've been a member of the Sierra Club since college. I know renewable is the future. Climate change is occurring and we're causing it. I'm even a fan of cycling and think we should do far more of that than we do of driving because the distances most of us travel in a day are manageable and we need to get off our fat behinds anyway.
But buying in bulk is bad? The real reason cars in London are bad is because of "tire and brake dust?" We should all eat insects now because reasons? It's ridiculous.
A bike superhighway in London is an awesome infrastructure improvement. Beijing has them and they work really well and move tons of people and even cargo (cargo bikes). But the goofy language and weird reasons that site comes up with to justify them are too much.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 06 2017, @10:40AM (1 child)
Sorry, it's too late for me. I've been in a burning rage of at least three red dwarf stars since cloth diapers.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 06 2017, @02:49PM
"since cloth diapers."
Well that's your problem right there. A little diaper cream will set you right.
As for the rest, it's good to laugh at goofiness. That's been one good thing about living in Brooklyn: people don't hold back. Where I grew up in the West, where people say they hate PC, they were actually the most PC. Too damn polite to ever speak their minds.
Washington DC delenda est.