I visited Singapore to try out the country’s new and groundbreaking congestion pricing tech, which runs on satellite data collected from cars. (no gantries, transponders, or cameras)
Tl;DR: Satellite-based tolls are an amazing tool to conquer gridlock. But yeesh, privacy issues are real.
Gift link:
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She was just on Dutch TV and now I think you need her too.
Joy In The Traffic: Nigeria’s dancing traffic director:
aljazeera.com/video/africa-dir…
#Joy #Nigeria #dancing #traffic #MichaelPalin #Palin #fun
Traffic director Joy has a creative way to control cars and counter road rage – she dances her instructions.Al Jazeera
Si l'idée que l'avion a un impact important sur le réchauffement climatique commence à faire du chemin, de nombreuses idées reçues continuentThomas Wagner (Bon Pote)
Traffic jams? Consider underground tunnels to ease congestion on the hot roads
Elon Musk "really profits from a kind of terra nullius environment, where there’s as few regulations as possible, and he can quickly move into a relatively empty space and dominate it,” Slobodian says. Just as he achieved that with SpaceX’s rockets and Starlink’s low Earth orbit satellites, so Musk doubtless saw the underground realm as territory for the taking."
We urgently need an uncongested tunnel underneath Hyde St in car-dependent #Bellingen >>
theguardian.com/technology/202…
#cars #congestion #traffic #cardependent #MobilityDesign #TerritoryforTheTaking #tunnels #climate #ExtremeHeat #EmptySpace #UndergroundRealm #TerraNullius #environment #deregulation
Ten years ago, after complaining that traffic was ‘driving him nuts’, Musk’s Boring Company began building underground tunnels to ease congestion on the roads. Did he overpromise and underdeliver?Steve Rose (the Guardian)
'Welttag des Fahrrads'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography #Fotografie #StreetPhotography #Urban #Traffic #Cycling
Climate change, the cost-of-living crisis and healthy lifestyle goals should make active transport like cycling a no brainer. So why does Australia struggle to build a bike culture?Rhiannon Stevens (ABC News)
Well, there is free flow of (car) traffic *at this intersection* when the light is green.
I see another problem with this new design though, especially in weather conditions like those in the video.
Cyclists may not realise that the "speck of snow" on the bike lane is really a kerb until the hit it.
«Sniffnet 1.5: Welches Programm funkt nach Hause?
Der Open-Source-Netzwerkmonitor @sniffnet ordnet Traffic nun einzelnen Programmen zu. Version 1.5.0 bringt zudem Blacklists und Adapter-Vorschauen»
Zu viele glauben immer noch nichts zu verbergen zu haben und realisieren nicht, dass sie das Produkt sind anhand von IT- & Online-Tools.
🕵️ heise.de/news/Sniffnet-1-5-Wel…
#sniffnet #opensource #itsicherheit #online #traffic #blacklist #itsecurity #netzwerk #spionage #web #it #DuBistDasProduktNichtDerKunde
Der Open-Source-Netzwerkmonitor Sniffnet ordnet Traffic nun einzelnen Programmen zu. Version 1.5.0 bringt zudem Blacklists und Adapter-Vorschauen.Moritz Förster (iX Magazin)
ft.com/content/882ebf59-d14a-4…
"#Paris has reduced #traffic #accidents, #noise and #air #pollution. Banishing #cars doesn’t hurt an #urban #economy "
Instead of burning #oil - #walk #bike #bus #train - stop #war and end authoritarians in #Russia #MiddleEast #US
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role modelSimon Kuper (Financial Times)
Aachen, Germany - 07 03 26
#streetphotography #motionblur #sunbursts #sunset #colourphotography #photography #fotografie #strassenfotografie #aachen #darktable #lumix #microfourthirds #couple #traffic
'ÖPNV (ohne Fernbahn + Flug)' #FotoVorschlag
Wahnsinn - der Traffic auf Webseiten durch organische G**glesuchen ist zwischen 11/24 und 11/25 in den USA um 38 Prozent eingebrochen (!), global sind es 33 Prozent. Es ist nicht ganz bezifferbar, wie viele davon durch KI-Zusammenfassungen verursacht wurden, Studien zeigen aber bereits, dass die Anwesenheit von solchen Zusammenfassungen die Klickraten massiv reduziert. Die langfristigen Auswirkungen auf den #Journalismus bezeichnen die Autoren als "likely to be profound" (S. 10). Auf die Quellen bei #ChatGPT klicken offenbar auch nur die wenigsten: nur 0,02 % des Traffics auf Webseiten kommt von dort, 500x weniger als durch die G**glesuche.
Herausfordernde Zeiten für den Journalismus...
Driving Home
#PhotoOfTheDay #InstaPhoto #StreetPhotography #MotionBlur #Photography #LightTrails #Motorway #Dusk #RoadTrip #LandscapePhotography #CityLights #GoldenHour #MoodyGrams #Horizon #Highway #ExploreMore #NightPhotography #Cityscape #LongExposure #TravelPhotography #Traffic #ScenicDrive #Twilight #SunsetSky #NightLights #EveningVibes #Skyline #UrbanLandscape #LightsOn #Nightscape
What are you without a bicycle bell? 📣
#bicycle #bicyclebell #horn #amsterdam #bike #bikes #bikesofamsterdam #streetphoto #streetphotography #streetphotographer #photography #street #mobility #traffic
... und hier reden wir noch nicht mal über verbesserte Biodiversität, weniger Düngemittel, Umweltgifte und bessere Böden!
"The world could meet 3% or 4% of transport demand with biofuels. Or it could meet all road transport demand on just one-quarter of that land."
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-lan…
#solar #biofuel #biokraftstoffe #naturschutz #diversitat #biodiversität #verkehr #traffic #elektrizität #freiheitsenergie
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?Hannah Ritchie (Our World in Data)
1000 PEOPLE FROM A TO B.
#traffic #verkehrswende #trains #bahn #schiene #nahverkehr #urbanism #opnv
OsmAnd~ ist eine großartige Navigations-App, die neben ein paar Dingen, die man sich nicht wünscht, fast alles kann was man sich wünscht.Ulf Schleth
Trafic, 1971.
Jacques Tati and Maria Kimberly.
Including one yellow Siata Spring 850.
#cars #carsinmovies #jacquestati #mariakimberly #siata #yellow #cinema #berthaanstra #traffic #trafic #film
Die ‚Blaue Stunde‘ ist seit vielen Jahren meine liebste Zeit zum Photographieren und trotzdem nach wie vor eine Herausforderung.
#Fotovorschlag #photography #bluehour #blaueStunde #StreetPhotography #urban #traffic #Bytom #Poland #fotografie #atmosphere #mood
#photography #photographyisart #alttext #photooftheday #fotografie #amateurphotography #mood #moody #moodoftheday #photo #atmosphere #wolken #clouds #sunlight #licht #summer #light #lights #reflection #reflections #river #fluss #boat #boats #helgoland #fähre #ferry #ships #cargo #traffic
Waiting for the cargo ferry (Lolland/Denmark 2025)
#structures #strukturen #lkw #truck #architecture #architektur #foto #photographie #photo #photography #verkehr #trafficjam #traffic #technology #travel #reisen #urbanart #urbanphotography #city #stadt #infrastructure #infrastruktur #cargo
This is an Achievement which is on a Global Level
Nobody has died for a whole year in traffic and the Beautiful Country of Finland FI
Now all the other countries have to do in the rest of the world is replicate, tuned to the level of their country, all the tasks that the Finnish people have done to make sure that this achievement could be attainable.
The first one is easy drop the maximum speed from whatever it is to just 30 km/h
The rest should be done in a manner that's suitable for your country
Complements to @stefano for boosting This article
#Finland #traffic #Zero #Traffic #Death
helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finla…
Helsinki has completed an entire year without a single traffic-related fatality, according to city and police officials. The last recorded death occurred in early July 2024 in the Kontula district.Helsinki Times
@norberteder's #52WochenFotoChallenge in Sachen #Verkehr
30/52 Autobahn
It seems like I'm really into long exposures right now. But somehow I felt like trying this out today. Originally, I wanted to set the focus on some raindrops on the windshield. But then the weather got better, so I changed the setting :grin: I have to admit that it was fun to set everything up and cruise a few kilometers...
#traffic #highway #autobahn #longExposure #photography #darktable #paperg
To put this in perspective:
If we add #traffic from @Mastodon, #Bluesky, @Flipboard & #Threads it brings more or less as much as #Facebook (and with fewer ups and downs). Which is not little. But that's mainly thanks to #Flipboard, as you can see.
Haven't posted these in a while, but there's not much change:
Since @heiseonline has left #X/#Twitter, we've seen a bit more #traffic from #Mastodon; #Bluesky is also growing a bit. #Threads lags.
There was an error in our numbers of #Flipboard, after correction, it's way bigger. @fediverse
Have You Seen This? Looks like the raccoons won this round
THE NEIGHBORHOOD – Have you ever tried to get rid of a raccoon? It’s no easy task, let…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animals #Cars #classifieds #homes #Humor #Jobs #Lifestyle #Local #Nature #radio #saltlake #Science #Sports #television #traffic #Utah #weather
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD – Have you ever tried to get rid of a raccoon? It's no easy task, let me tell you.NEWSBEEP (United States)
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Recently, a drunk driver knocked down this power line.
Holstebrovej, Viborg, DK
#machines #utility #utilityvehicles #crane #powerline #accidents #drunkdriving #repair #clouds #sky #fields #road #cars #traffic #commute #engineering #Ravnstrup #Viborg #Denmark #dkpix
Two weeks later, time for a little update: As a #traffic source, #Threads hasn't remained as big as #Mastodon for @heiseonline, but it constantly beats #Bluesky now. #X (where we stopped posting) is behind. But what's interesting 👇🏻
For way over a year now I'm sharing data on #traffic from #Mastodon, #Twitter etc. to heise.de, always hoping someone else adds another perspective. Turns out, #Bluesky had to come along 😉 :
Both at the #BostonGlobe and #TheGuardian Bluesky already easily beats #Threads.
