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#public_transport #sustainability #uber #urbanism | Accounting tricks and tech gimmickry don't matter when the coffers are empty.

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Opinion | I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing - The New York Times

#cars #cycling #public_transport #town_planning #urban_planning

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dabreegster/abstreet: A traffic simulation game exploring how small changes to roads affect cyclists, transit users, pedestrians, and drivers.

#a/b_testing #cycling #planning #public_transport #simulation | <blockquote>A traffic simulation game exploring how small changes to roads affect cyclists, transit users, pedestrians, and drivers. - dabreegster/abstreet</blockquote>

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“Birmingham isn’t a big city at peak times”: How poor public transport explains the UK’s productivity puzzle | CityMetric

#birmingham #cities #economics #planning #public_transport

6 years ago | View Shared by victor

La gratuité, un projet de société (Le Monde diplomatique, octobre 2012)

#cost #free #journalism #lang:fr #public_transport #society #urbanism | <blockquote>D'Aubagne à Hasselt, de plus en plus nombreuses sont les communes européennes qui pratiquent la gratuité des transports publics. Peu connues, ces initiatives ont souvent rencontré l'hostilité, non seulement des milieux patronaux, mais également d'une partie de la population, pourtant sensibilisée aux idées progressistes. Sur le terrain, l'expérience est riche d'enseignements et incite à réfléchir au type de société que nous voulons construire.</blockquote>

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Marchetti's constant

#commute #life #public_transport #travel #urban_planning | <blockquote>Marchetti's constant is a term for the average amount of time spent commuting each day, which is approximately one hour. Developed by Venetian physicist Cesare Marchetti, it posits that although forms of urban planning and transport may change, and although some live in villages and others in cities, people gradually adjust their lives to their conditions such that the average travel time stays approximately constant.[1][2] Even since Neolithic times, people have kept the time at whi...

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