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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @07:45AM
If the road is marked at speed X, you should be able to go over the speed bumb at speed X, not X/3. The way the speed bumbs are build almost everywhere i've seen is to make them so big, that you need to slow down a lot to get over the bumb without breaking the car. That does not calm the traffic.
Also each and every bumb should be marked with a road sign right at the spot where the bumb is. Sometimes it's hard to see them (weather and other conditions) and you can't even drive over them at the given speed. That's just pure FU to all drivers.