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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @01:59AM
The USA does not actually track who legally owns property.
The USA instead tracks two other things, normally via country government. We track who is paying the property taxes, and we track all of the more recent property transfers.
If I buy from Joe, who bought from Kevin, who bought from George, who was not actually the owner... then I am not now the owner. The owner was actually Mary. Mary, or somebody who inherited Mary's stuff, actually owns the property. If I used that property as collateral to get a loan, there would be a huge problem for the bank if they had to foreclose on me. The bank therefore demands insurance.
For thousands of dollars, I can buy title insurance. The company looks over the records of property transactions as much as they wish, then sells me the insurance. If Mary comes along to get her property, the title insurance company pays for the loss. Perhaps they then sue Kevin, Joe, or George. Some of them may have bought title insurance, so that may pay the other title insurance company, and so on. Lots of lawsuits probably happen, and somebody is left with the loss.
Title to property must be traced all the way back to some sort of sovereign nation-state thing. That could be a war with the natives losing, a claim made in the name of a king, or similar. Sometimes rights can be partly respected even when territory changes country due to war. This is the case with Spanish land grants in California and with Hawaiian native land ownership.
It's a mess.