#city transport

[mwagneto]

sorry idk but the way the world is so fast and the people in it still want it to be faster is sooo annoying to me. people groaning while standing in line for 3 minutes people being mad the train ride is gonna take 2 hours people complaining that the bus is a few minutes late people being angry that construction work is taking months even though it used to take decades. don't you see the world is already so so so fast in every single aspect can't you understand that being mad will do nothing and just make your mood worse. enjoy the moments of stillness you're given. just stand in line and look at the people around you. sit on the train and watch the scenery. you'll get there.

#it's literally one of my main pet peeves not even sorry actually!!!!! esp ppl loudly complaining while standing in line or #when the train's like 2 minutes late coz it has to stop and ppl start yelling #hell even if it stops for 2 hours. who cares who cares who cares unless you're late for like a weeding or smtg who cares !!!! #literally just relax slow down. look at your phone idk #this one should be it's own post but like when people complain about budapest public transport it makes me so mad.... #bruhhh shit's on time 99% of the time and it's like. outstandingly good compared to any other city #hungarian infrastructure in general like are the trains the best NO but they get you pretty much anywhere for like 30 cents #calm down !!!!!!!!!! #barking #humans

[todays-xkcd]

If they're going to make people ride bikes and scooters in traffic, then it should at LEAST be legal to do the Snow Crash thing where you use a hook-shot-style harpoon to catch free rides from cars.

Urban Planning Opinion Progression [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

Typical urban planning opinion progression [Each panel is connected to a point on a timeline]

Cueball: I wish there wasn't so much traffic to get into the city. They should put in more lanes. Megan: And more parking. Megan: Parking is so bad here.

Knit Cap: I have to go to Amsterdam for work next week. I hear they all ride bikes there. Ponytail: Bikes are fine but people shouldn't ride them in the street! I worry I'm going to hit someone!

Cueball: It would be nice if we had better transit options! Cueball: I tried a scooter. It was fun but I wish there were more bike paths.

Megan: It's funny how widening roads to speed up traffic makes them more dangerous to walk near, making driving more necessary and creating more traffic. Megan: Really makes you think.

Knit Cap: Visiting the Netherlands was cool! Knit Cap: Amsterdam is really neat.

Cueball: We've ceded so much of our land to storing and moving cars, with the rest of us tiptoeing around the edges and making drivers mad for trespassing on "their" space. Cueball: Even though we're the ones in danger from them!

Megan: Those giant trucks with front blind spots that keep hitting kids should be illegal.

Knit Cap: We should be more like the Netherlands. Knit Cap: They design their street to prioritize...

Cueball: The problem is car culture. It's systemic. Cueball: I don't know if we can fix it.

Megan: People approach road planning decisions from the point of view of drivers because that's how we're used to interacting with the city, so we make choices that make it more car-friendly. Megan: It's a vicious cycle.

Knit Cap: Netherlands! Netherlands! Netherlands! Netherlands!

Cueball: Anything that makes a city a worse place to drive in makes it a better place to live, short of scattering random tire spikes on the road.

Megan: Honestly, I think the city council should consider the tire spikes thing.

#xkcd #xkcd 2832 #urban planning opinion progression #webcomics #urban planning #transport #car transport #walkable cities #bikeable cities #cars

[puppyeared]

littlest furth shop

@laikascomet

#i think i had a little too much fun with this lol #i also wanted to draw road boy and other characters but maybe when they actually get introduced #i do have a sketch of him with a lil chainsaw.. im not gonna be normal when he gets introduced man he looks so sillygoofy #if you squint laika's eye marking is a clover yue's is a crescent moon and mars' is a star ^_^ #i wanted to give laika an accessory too but i couldnt think of anything.. maybe a stack of pancakes?? #im curious to see the apocalypse side of the story too.. like so far we have an idea of the comet fucking everything up #and im assuming that lead to a ripple effect causing the apocalypse but exactly how bad?? i cant wait to find out #rn im kinda piecing stuff together.. larkspur delivers mail in a beat up van so that might mean all transportation is grounded #the buildings we've seen so far are intact like the observatory and turnip's house but idk if thats the same for big cities #laikas playlist only includes songs downloaded on yue's computer and there hasnt been internet in 20 years.. but radio signals might #still work.. if yue grows his own food we can assume that mass production and distribution also isnt a thing anymore #sorry im a sucker for worldbuilding.. and the furth puns are fun to me. i like to think toronto would be clawronto.. and vancouver wld #be nyancouver.. barktic circle.. mewfoundland and labrador.. canyada.... #christ i have so many drawing ideas. willow if youre reading this im so sorry youre probably gonna expect to see a lot of drawings frm me #like. i wanna draw laika in the akira bike pose so sosososo bad. IT WOULD BE SO AWESOMECOOL. ill teach myself to draw bikes if i have to #i also wanted to animate laika leekspin.. man #my art #myart #fanart #laika's comet #laikas comet #laika #mars #yue #furry art #fur #littlest pet shop #lps

[jensorensen]

Height of Folly

According to Consumer Reports, 526 people died in "frontover" accidents in 2020, many of them children. Often these deadly events occur in driveways or parking lots. You can watch an NBC News report on the issue here (below the petition) that shows kids lined up in front of various trucks and SUVs. Or if that link expires, you can watch it here.

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#cars #trucks #pedestrians #cities #safety #children #comic #cartoon #transportation

[bumblebeeappletree]

Electric buses and electric trains electric buses and electric train’s electric buses and electric trains eleCTRIC BUSES AND ELECTRIC TRAINS ELECTRIC BUSES AND ELECTRIC TRAINS ELECTRIC BUSES AND ELECTRIC TRAINS ELECTRIC BUSES AND ELECTRIC TRAINS

ELECTRIC BUSES AND ELECTRIC TRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#solarpunk #public transportation #bus #train #electric buses #electric train #electric vehicles #AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY ELECTRIC BUSES AND ELECTRIC TRAINS #BUT THEY ARE CHARGED THROUGH ELECTRICITY GAINED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY #BUT SERIOUSLY COME ON WE NEED MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION #THAT IS NOT RUN ON FOSSIL FULES #YOU! #YEAH YOU! #GO SEE WHO YOU NEED TO TALK TO IN ORDER TO GET SOME OF THAT IN YOUR CITY #MAYBE CITY HALL

[flowercrowncrip]

Not all disabled people can take public transport!

Access to a car is absolutely necessary for some people. One of the reasons (out of many) for this is how much extra stuff some disabled people have to carry when travelling.

I’m one of those people and this is how much I have to bring for just 3 nights away (not including my carer’s stuff):

(ID: A photo of a pile of bags and equipment in front of a hotel door including a large tall box for a hoist, a tilt in space commode/shower chair and a pillow lifter. In total the pile is half the height of the door and extends over a meter from the door. /end ID)

So that’s two large bag for life’s, a large rucksack, one gym bag, a smaller tote bag, my hoist (folded down in the big black box that’s as tall as I am – and that’s one of the smallest and lightest you can get), my pillow raiser, my tilt in space shower chair/commode (which can’t be folded down) my big pregnancy pillow, and a few extra bits and pieces that didn’t fit in the bags.

Taking all this stuff on a train would be ridiculous, let alone a bus! It took 3 able bodied adults 2 and a half trips to get it all from the van to the hotel room – it would take forever to get it all across the station and onto the train (and where would it all go when we’re on the train?).

Improving public transport is essential and good, just remember that some people will always need cars.

#environmental ableism #cripplepunk #physical disability #walkable cities #public transport

[anarchistfrogposting]

#urban planning #cities #transport #public transit #public transportation #public transport #plane #aeroplane #train #trains #metro #tram #cable car #cannon operated by a clown

[uncanny-tranny]

I love when people complain about dangerous drivers because... there are some dangerous drivers out there! However, the solution isn't, like, a surveillance state. The solution can be found (in part) in actually investing in free public transportation and a variety of transportation. The fact that we often live in a very hostile world for pedestrians and non-motorists is a travesty, and helps contribute to the mess that is driving.

You don't need to ban certain people from being able to drive. You need to pressure your local and state governments to actually invest in trains, buses, trams, taxis, public bicycles, well-maintained sidewalks and trails, and whatever may be best for your community. Banning certain people from driving isn't going to effectively keep drivers safe.

#politics #this is kind of about people 'joking' that old people and disabled people should have their licenses revoked #what the hell other option will they have if driving is the ONLY option? #not only should public transport be widely available it should be free (public) #i'm not for banning people from driving if they haven't proven they are dangerous because of their actions... #...it just bothers me seeing a modded car for somebody's disability and everybody's like 'we should BAN people like YOU driving acktually' #maybe less people would drive regardless of their ability or inability if they were given other options #if there were trams in my town? boy i would be crocheting in there day in and day out #i like driving but trams????? holy shit. TRAMS... #there's a tram system in the Big City in my state and i am so envious

[humanoidhistory]

Urban transportation in the year 2024, as seen in GM's Futurama exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1964.

#2024 #future #city #transportation #futurama #futurism #architecture

[lucyslenses]

Red Line - Blue Line Transfer Corridor.

Shot with Nikon D100.

#liminal #liminal spaces #photographers on tumblr #aesthetic photography #liminal space #urban photography #cityscape #chicago photographer #cta #chicago #chicago loop #chicago transit authority #Chicago cta #city life #public transportation #train station #street photography #aesthetic

[otrtbs]

dating is so hard bc wdym neither of us knows how to drive like … if i’m a passenger seat princess and you’re a passenger seat princess then who’s driving the car ???????

#she’s like ‘u can drive to come pick me up 🥰’ #and 27281 curbs are injured and i pull up shaking and crying x #when i live in a walkable city with public transportation again then EVERYONE will be sorry !!!!!!!! #nat vs car and the car wins every time. #i once got almost crushed by an 18 wheeler on my to austin and it was 2933928% my fault #:( #i’m not like a super bad driver tho i just hate it immensely and never want to do it bc. well. it’s fucking scary.

[alpaca-clouds]

Cars vs Accessible Worlds

Alright, let me talk about one thing in terms of accessibility in science fiction settings - and Solarpunk specifically - that also has more than one side to it: Cars and accessibility. Because it is more complicated than you'd thing.

See: The fact that our world is so car centric really, really hinders accessibility. Wide streets are a hindrance for even normal pedastrians, cyclists and so on. If I want to get from A to B, and the route crosses a street, and there is only a traffic light every like 500 meters, it means tat I usually need either to risk my life or take the long way around to get there. And that is a fucking bother even when you are healthy and can easily take that long way around. And the more car centric a society is, the worse the issue becomes. Here in Germany it is a lot easier still to cross a street than in many places in the US.

And of course this gets a lot worse if you are disabled. Be it that you just cannot walk that far. Or if you are blind and cannot even see in what direction you could go for the next traffic light. Or if you are hard of hearing or deaf, you might be more in danger of being surprised by a car. (And that is without going into how electric cars being so fucking quiet makes stuff even more dangerous.) And, you know, neurodivergent people might also just struggle with the fucking noise that is created by roads and is often inescapable in big cities.

And of course even outside of the environmental issues, the constant presence of cars is also a health risk. Not just because of the risk of accidents, but also due to the pollution and how it interacts. Even if we all were driving electric cars, there would still be all those microplastics created by tires and streets and stuff.

So, really. We do need to move away from car centric infrastructure to make our lives healthier and to make the world more accessible for disabled people too.

BUT...

But there is the issue that some disabled people still might be in need to use some sort of personal transportation device that can cover both short and large distances, because for one reason or another public transport just does not work and cannot work for them.

For example someone with severe anxiety issues, or someone who will be easily suffering from sensory overwhelm. There might be other issues, too. Just some folks will always need something like cars.

And of course there is also the fact that stuff like emergency services will still need streets accessible to cars. Because the emergency services will just not get around using something like cars to get to all the places they might be needed.

And this... makes things complicated. Because infrastructure should not be car centric, no. But it needs to be accessible by cars - and be it just for emergency services.

This is just something that I would love to see more talked about especially within the Solarpunk sphere.

#solarpunk #lunarpunk #infrastructure #car centric infrastructure #anti cars #mobility #public transport #accessibility #disability rights #disability #15 minute city #trains

[noiselessbuck]

i love you buses i love you high speed rail i love you kneeling buses i love you room for strollers i love you priority seating i love you bike racks i love you public transportation i love you stations and stops with benches i love you live arrival updates i love you multi-language signage i love you working elevators i love you well up-kept public transportation

#solarpunk #trains #bus #public transport #can you tell im going into the city again today

[bioethicists]

it's quite offputting to me when ppl can't disentangle their hatred for capitalism from a hatred for... new technological innovation? the ways in which capitalism has shaped the development of certain technologies has been deeply negative, not to mention that imperialism ensures that new technology is usually produced via extractive relationships with both the planet + ppl in the global south.

but this weird tying of capitalist impact on innovation (+the idea of what is/is not innovation) to hatred of innovation itself (or even more disturbing valorization of "the good old days"/implications that technology is causing social degeneracy) is baffling to me. perhaps it is impossible to achieve specific technologies without unconscionable resource extraction practices, in which case they should not be pursued. but so many ppl act like there is something inherently morally suspect in pursuit of tech such as autonomous vehicles or AI or automation, independent of the material conditions that produced them/that they may produce.

tesla is evil because they exploit ppl for profit + participate in an economy built on the exploitation of the global south + use 'innovation' as a marketing tool to mask serious safety concerns. they're not evil bcuz they want to make vehicles that move on their own. there are actually a great deal of fantastic applications for vehicles which move on their own? equating technology with moral decay is not a radical position; you need a material analysis of why technological innovation has become characterized by harmful practices.

#just saw a truly tragic article abt a death related to self driving car #entire comments section SWAMPED with the implication that any attempts to create self driving cars is INHERENTLY EVIL #like. actually fully automated public transportation would be dead fucking useful #public transit is not currently fully automated + is extremely limited in many cities #im so tired of ppl who need the technology to also be BAD to call out the practices which produced it #things do not need to be black/white for u to understand that exploiting others is morally wrong...

[sovietpostcards]

The Khudozhestvenny cinema theater at night. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Moscow, 1961).

#1960s #moscow #public transport #neon lights #city lights #soviet #russia #ussr

[zadokthepriest]

Train passing through the night in Chongqing, China - Shenzhen Channel

#technology #cyberpunk #city #tech #scifi #glowy #neon #aesthetic #train #railway #public transportation #public transit #china #chongqing