Seeing a lot of discourse about the effects of unfettered car bloat. Reminder that oversized vehicles are a predictable result of the US approach to auto safety: 🔷 Focus solely on car occupants 🔷 Eschew regulation in favor of "consumer education" slate.com/business/2022/…

🎙️David Zipper on Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: The senior fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Mobility Initiative, on vehicle bloat, the elusive "15-minute city," EVs and lots more. Ian Stewart guest hosts. pod.link/903171979/epis… #EVs #Detroit #autosafety #roadsafety @MITDUSP #cars #trucks #transportation #RVA

Latest evidence that e-bike rebates are insanely popular: Denver's latest batch of $300 vouchers was gone in under a minute. The ration of applicants to available vouchers was 77 to 1. denverite.com/2024/08/28/den…

More evidence that secure bike parking is critical: New study of Melbourne finds that apartment residents are more than 2x as likely to own a bike if they have access to off-street bike parking (i.e., inside their building). doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.…

"There’s a small but growing body of research on bike lanes and small business, and a pattern is emerging. There’s no evidence that bike-friendly changes are bad." thefrisc.com/san-francisco-…