mondoman712 @ mondoman712 @lemmy.ml

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Congestion pricing has worked elsewhere, what's different about New York?

The article mentions the program was started in China in 2015, and I'm sure it's been done elsewhere earlier. But I don't think it's a problem to keep talking about, since a lot of people won't have heard about it before.

The fact that it's become so normalised for drivers to impose themselves on city dwellers for free is what's crazy.

I don't think Switzerland meets the definition given by @space@lemmy.dbzer0.com but there is the element of direct democracy, where any citizen can create a petition and if they get enough signatures it will go to a referendum, although ultimately it is up to the politicians to implement the results of the referenda.

Boyhood was shot over 12 years following the same cast.

Grand Nagus Zek has read The Power Broker.

Paperless has taken me from various stacks of important documents strewn around my apartment, to having all of these things nicely organised and searchable.

There's telraam, or you could go a more DIY route.

Or maybe people can tell it's a joke and don't feel the need to address it?

No NSFW art, but nazi comics are still allowed 🤔

I like Travle, which might also help with your geography (or just be difficult for you).

If we expand out to any daily game, I'm a huge fan of Timeguessr.

Switzerland had this up until 2012, when it was abolished because it cost more to administer than it was worth.

For anyone that might be interested in this: it's only for certain ebikes. Standard ebikes that only pedal assist up to 25km/h don't need anything special over a regular bike, which afaik is the standard limit in Europe. You can get ebikes that go up to 45km/h and they are regulated more like mopeds, requiring a number plate, rear view mirror, and that the rider wears a helmet.

Electric cars. We have a solution to the exhaust problem now, but none of the other issues are solved so they are being more heavily emphasised, and with electric cars being touted as an environmental solution it's more important to point out the issues that they don't solve and that we need to go further.

It's not realistic to replace every single car with an electric one. It will take an insane amount of resources that we can't spare. We definitely should only be making electric cars but we need to have a lot less of them.

In the UK, the studies don't really matter to those in power, unless it's a study into how their mates are making money off it. If it's not doing that, we aren't allowed to spend any money (even if it saves money in the long run).

UK seems to be on the lower end of vehicle taxes among European countries.

"Road tax" is a pretty harmful misnomer that implies the tax is paying for the roads (it isn't) and that everyone using the road should pay the tax.

If you care enough to, you can go through day by day and change the activities at each time.

Highest in diesel, but only 8th highest in petrol, and road tax hasn't existed in the UK since the 1920s.

Is that maybe just because there's more people in cities? Rather than a higher concentration of parker users compared to the general population