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Non YT link https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-AWqpstcraA

Article about it instead of video: https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/utrecht-start-construction-largest-car-free-neighborhood-country-next-week

More details on the project here, in dutch: https://www.utrecht.nl/wonen-en-leven/bouwprojecten-en-stedelijke-ontwikkeling/bouwprojecten/bouwprojecten-in-zuidwest/merwedekanaalzone/projecten-in-de-merwedekanaalzone/merwede

The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes, a housing mix of 30% social rent, 25% middle rent and affordable buy, 45% free sector rent and purchase.

There is also going to be lots of greenery, offering space for many different plants and animals, water collection, and it will combat heat stress caused by concrete/stones.

Besides, it will also have a large underground heat-cold storage system to heat and cool the buildings. Roofs will have solar panels, green roofs, or water storage.

« The Welsh capital is following in the footsteps of Paris, which last year tripled parking charges for SUV-style vehicles, leading to a two-thirds reduction in the number of SUVs using surface parking. »

TIL Paris also had this premium charge, hopefully this becomes a new trend everywhere

For those unaware: [...] SUVs were “much larger than your average car, they produce far more wear and tear on our roads, but fundamentally if you hit a child while driving a heavy SUV the chances of that child dying are grossly inflated".

Which other cities do you know that have also introduced higher parking charges on larger vehicles?

The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is an area in London, England, where an emissions standard based charge is applied to non-compliant road vehicles

10 million people are now breathing cleaner air, fewer children are growing up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55494477

Non YT link: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2cE5JEwRSpU

For 21 years, these trains had enjoyed traffic signal priority, but now Houston busiest light rail line stops at red lights through downtown.

Non YT link: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2cE5JEwRSpU

For 21 years, these trains had enjoyed traffic signal priority, but now Houston busiest light rail line stops at red lights through downtown.

If anyone knows when this ad was made by Västtrafik, let me know. I just saw Urban Cycling Institute sharing it recently

Source: https://infosec.exchange/@fietsprofessor@bird.makeup/115269583465066206

cross-posted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/115138740752337653

Comic translation:
Mother says: Levin, your snack!
Below: When SUVs go out of fashion

Cool thoughts from OP (@rivoluzioneurbanamobilita@poliversity.it) on the original post too, so I'll translate them as well below:

Schools are reopening, ready for daily chaos at the entrance?

Why do so few children go to school on their own? Because the streets are not safe, there are too many cars. And they are all double-parked in front of schools. Huge SUVs with poor visibility move awkwardly while children pass by everywhere. It's a paradoxical and dangerous situation.

Yet giving children independence has many advantages, both for parents and children. I recommend reading this article (thanks to @mrjive for pointing it out). Italy is one of the countries where children have the least independence. On the other hand, if cars can go anywhere, the space for vulnerable users shrinks.

So we need to change the paradigm: schoolStreets, 30kmcities, spaces for people, not cars. A city of people, where anyone can move around without needing heavy metal armor to stay safe.

Linked version gives a deeper context and evidence for all the findings highlighted in the summary thread below taken from:

https://xcancel.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1958236017204330654

Exclusive Report: Shipments of engines, cylinders, pistons, and electronics are pouring from China into Alabuga, fueling Russia’s Shahed production. Frontelligence Insight analyzed export data, closed reports, and open sources, revealing the scale of support. 🧵Thread:

2/ Russia has sharply ramped up its use of Shahed (Geran), Garpia, and Gerbera UAVs, from dozens of launches in 2022 to tens of thousands per month by 2025. While Iran played a key role early on, it became clear that the only country that could scale the production was China.

3/ One of the biggest production bottlenecks was engines and electronics, without which large-scale Shahed production would be impossible. To address this, Russia set up multiple LLCs and intermediaries to streamline industrial-scale purchases and deliveries from China

4/ In 2024-2025, Alabuga Machinery LLC imported from China a production line for manufacturing UAV hulls, along with equipment for producing the Iranian Nasir navigation system, modules of which were later recovered from intercepted Shaheds.

5/ In 2024 alone, Drake LLC, a Russian intermediary company purchased by Alabuga Machinery, imported aircraft engine components from China valued at $972,144. The main suppliers were Jinhua Hairun Power Technology Co. Ltd. and Shandong Xinyilu International Trade Co.

6/ In 2024-2025, another Russian intermediary, Morgan LLC, imported goods from China for drone production, totalling $4.83 million into the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. The largest suppliers were Suzhou ECOD Precision Manufacturing and Suzhou Shunxinge Import and Export Trade

7/ Between 2022 and 2025, Alabuga-Volokno LLC, part of Rosatom, imported roughly 3,000 tonnes of carbon fiber yarn from China. The shipments, sourced from Jilin Tangu Carbon Fiber Co. and Jilin Chemical Fiber Friend Textile Co., were valued at $21,387,850.

8/ Based on insider data, we also found that Beijing Micropilot UAV Control System is not the actual manufacturer of the MD550 and MDR208 engines, serving only as a seller, while the engines are produced by Limbach Aircraft Engine Co. These engines are used in Geran-2 UAV's.

9/ Limbach Aircraft is a key supplier of engines, parts, and technologies for Russian and Iranian UAVs, even as Russia gradually shifts to local production. The company is owned by China’s Fujian Delong Aviation Technology, which also controls Germany’s Limbach Flugmotoren GmbH.

10/ China’s Redlepus TSK Vektor and Russia’s TSK Vektor LLC supplied Harpy UAV components totaling $32.8 million. From 2022 to 2024, Juhang Aviation Technology and TSK Vektor LLC imported $58.4 million in products, with engines like the L550e occupying roughly 40% of deliveries.

11/ Chinese engine maker Mile Hao Xiang Technology Co., whose products are used the Gerbera UAV, shipped over $1.5 million in goods to Russia in 2022-2023, directly or via intermediaries. The main importers were Russian companies Sequoia JSC and Unikom LLC.

12/ Shandong Xinyilu International Trade Co., Ltd, a Chinese trading company based in Shandong province, exported $6.4 million in industrial products to Russia between April 2024 and January 2025, including carbon fiber, engine parts, batteries, and electronic components.

13/ In August 2024, Shandong Xinyilu International shipped carburetors made by Fujian Jingke Technology to Drake LLC, valued at $85,452. The shipment weighed 1,050 kilograms, which, if taken into consideration average weight of carburetor, could equip up to 1,000 UAV engines

14/ This is far from a complete list, but the volumes speak for themselves: whether entire engines or the parts to build them, Russia’s Shahed program depends almost entirely on China. What Moscow calls 100% local production is, in practice, just an assembly of Chinese parts.

15/ Chinese exporters appear fully aware of the end use. In some customs records, they explicitly listed the purpose as “Special Military Operation." For example, this happened with lithium-polymer batteries shipment by Shandong Xinyilu International Trade.

16/ When it comes to sanctions, the picture is murky. Many of these firms are sanctions, but rarely in unison. Some are sanctioned by the U.S. but not the EU, others by Ukraine and the EU but not Washington. The gaps leave plenty of room for business to operate

17/ China, while not a direct participant in the war, plays a critical role by supplying Russia’s military industry with components essential to sustaining this model of warfare. Over time, such cooperation will carry growing risks for both regional security and the West.

18/ We have just released the full version of this article, with more details, sources, references, direct links, and extensive data.

Does anyone know if it is possible to recover the pinned shortcuts that I used to have on new tabs?

I updated to the last version, my pins were wiped and I have fewer shortcuts columns as well :/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51038205

What are your thoughts? Any counter-counter points to the author's response to most concerns regarding open source?

What are your thoughts? Any counter-counter points to the author's response to most concerns regarding open source?