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ReallyCanadianFly<p>Old news but fun anyway. Instead of forced to use a bicycle, how about given a taste of freedom on a bicycle? The answer to congestion alleviation is so close but people can't quite grab on to it. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bicycle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/trafficcongestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficcongestion</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BikeCommuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeCommuting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yyzbike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyzbike</span></a> </p><p>Race car driver stuck in Toronto traffic rents bicycle, runs to track | Globalnews.ca<br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10631640/toronto-traffic-indy-driver-bike-to-track/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/10631640/to</span><span class="invisible">ronto-traffic-indy-driver-bike-to-track/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2069053/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2069053/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Spain’s Majorca Struggles with Escalating Traffic Chaos as Record Tourism and Surge in Car Ownership Set to Intensify Congestion This Summer <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BalearicIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalearicIslands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarOwnership</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/majorca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>majorca</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Palma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palma</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpainTravelNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpainTravelNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Summer2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Summer2025</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TourismNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TourismNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrafficCongestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficCongestion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TravelNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TravelNews</span></a></p>
deantoir_ceardaiochta<p>I'm just wondering how many Irish <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drivers</span></a> use their <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/satnav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satnav</span></a> even when they know where they are going?<br>Also are drivers aware that using sat nav is a way to reduce <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TrafficCongestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficCongestion</span></a> ? <br>It's just something that came up when a student was surprised that I use mine every day even though I know the way, they'd never considered that it monitors traffic and alters routes accordingly.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mastodaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodaoine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Video + gift article] Plan to extend turnpike through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmland</span></a> gets slammed before first public meeting</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTurnpikeAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineTurnpikeAuthority</span></a> is hosting a public meeting Monday evening on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a>, its plan to build a 5-mile, 4-lane highway spur from the turnpike in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthPortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPortlandMaine</span></a> to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamBypass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamBypass</span></a>.</p><p>by Kelly Bouchard<br>March 25, 2024</p><p>"Speakers at the press conference said the connector would worsen or simply relocate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficCongestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficCongestion</span></a> and exacerbate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> problems.</p><p>"Warren Knight, one of six siblings involved in the farm, questioned whether the authority chose to build the connector through the farm because it was easier to cross and the cheapest alternative for a project expected to cost well over $200 million.</p><p>"'We don’t think that’s right or fair,' Knight said. 'Why should <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSpace</span></a> and farmland be considered expendable?”</p><p>"Tuck O’Brien, a Portland resident and representative of Trout Unlimited, a nonprofit that works to preserve and restore fish habitat, said the connector would jeopardize the clean, cool headwaters of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedBrook</span></a>, a tributary to Clarks Pond in South Portland that is [one of the last] active habitats for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrookTrout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrookTrout</span></a>.</p><p>"Sadie Donnell, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamMaine</span></a> resident, said the region’s traffic challenges present a 'huge opportunity' to expand public transportation and reduce the number of cars on the road, rather than move them from one road to another."</p><p><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2024/03/25/plan-to-extend-turnpike-through-farmland-gets-slammed-before-first-public-meeting/?uuid=8b2a17c3-31d3-4227-bd05-14439d676b71&amp;lid=10425" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2024/03/25/pla</span><span class="invisible">n-to-extend-turnpike-through-farmland-gets-slammed-before-first-public-meeting/?uuid=8b2a17c3-31d3-4227-bd05-14439d676b71&amp;lid=10425</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSmilingHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSmilingHill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamSpur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamSpur</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTurnpikeAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineTurnpikeAuthority</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RapidTransit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LightRail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheFarms</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InducedDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InducedDemand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sprawl</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Severe <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TrafficCongestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficCongestion</span></a> has reduced travel speeds in the central business district to less than 10 kilometers/hour at peak times. </p><p>"<a href="https://noc.social/tags/DavaoCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavaoCity</span></a> is the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a>’ third largest city with a population of 1.78 million. It has no rail transport system and public transport relies on small vehicles like jeepneys, tricycles, motorbikes, and taxis." <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a></p><p>Davao City's shift to modern buses gets $1-billion funding from <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ADB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADB</span></a><br><a href="https://www.rappler.com/business/davao-city-public-transport-modernization-project-asian-development-bank-loan-june-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rappler.com/business/davao-cit</span><span class="invisible">y-public-transport-modernization-project-asian-development-bank-loan-june-2023/</span></a></p>