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It would feel weird to not drive my car! Exploring the role of habits in public policy acceptance of carbon taxations
This study aims to expand the understanding of public acceptance of carbon taxes by exploring the role of habits. Habits play a pivotal role in guiding our behaviors and reasoning and can even influence our self perception and identity but remain an underexplored variable in relation to public polic...
This study aims to expand the understanding of public acceptance of carbon taxes by exploring the role of habits. Habits play a pivotal role in guiding our behaviors and reasoning and can even influence our self perception and identity but remain an underexplored variable in relation to public policy acceptance. We employed a large scale (N > 5200) national survey to measure public acceptance of higher carbon taxation in Sweden, also capturing car driving habits, car usage, and other relevant variables. The findings show that habit strength is negatively correlated with policy acceptance, regardless of self reported driving distance, while also appearing to moderate the relationship between policy acceptance and environmental concern and political leaning, variables previously shown to be of relevance. The study suggests that the influence of habits needs to be recognized to better understand the formation of climate policy acceptance, and exploring this perspective paves the way for
This is what forming your entire personality around hating bike lanes looks like.
This is what forming your entire personality around hating bike lanes looks like.
This dude actually wrote a Christmas-themed poem praising "Saint" Doug Ford for his plans to destroy bike lanes.
https://www.old.reddit.com/r/Guelph/comments/1hllqjj/twasthenightbeforechristmasguelphbikelane/
CarBrain #DougFord #Urbanism #WarOnCars #ONPoli #MapleMAGA @fuckcars
Significant injuries from "e-scooter use"??
Significant injuries from "e-scooter use"??
Two pedestrians this week were hospitalised by a pickup truck driver in Toronto during their "sidewalk use".
'I think we could do better,' Mayor Cam Guthrie said of bike lane infrastructure
When You Ride ALONE You Ride with Hitler!
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20016751
Campaign by the US government to save rubber after the Japanese blocked supplies from Southeast Asia.
Ontario passes bill that allows major Toronto bike lanes to be ripped out
Wow, I'm sure those sweet, sweet, extra lanes will get you 2 seconds faster to work each day. At the cost of sustainable city and cyclists wellbeing.
Switzerland voted against motorway projects in today's referendum!
On the line were 5 billions of swiss francs for motorway projects
Four people died after a Tesla crashed and burst into flames, while a fifth person narrowly escaped after a bystander broke open a window.
This happened in Toronto on October 24th
The City Center In Paris Is Now Designated A Limited Traffic Zone
Restricting vehicles in the city center is part of a larger initiative by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to cut pollution and congestion.
Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Chooses Inaccuracy, Irrelevancy, & Attack
Until CUTRIC comes to grips with its governance problems, process failures and modeling incompetence, it should be ignored.
Traffic congestion
Spain floods: Horrific details emerge of how Valencia victims died | CNN
Firefighters conduct search-and-rescue efforts as cars and debris block a tunnel in Benetússer on Friday. Photo by: David Ramos/Getty Images
A couple more relevant ones from the article:
Ontario is removing Bloor, Young and University bike lanes.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he plans to remove bike lanes from three Toronto streets, whatever the data submitted by city officials.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31516170
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31516123
It's happening, the worst mayor Toronto has ever had is removing three major recently completed bike lanes at tax payer expense. That's right, Ontario tax payers are footing the bill for Ford to meddle in Toronto municipal infrastructure. This is of course to distract us from failing healthcare and education while appealing to his mostly car centric base.
There is a protest happening Wed. 23rd of October, please come out if you can. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rally-ride-for-road-safety-tickets-1045417761667
Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says -- CBC
The article asks the question, why does the perception exist that bike lanes cause congestion? I think it's absurd that it does not even mention the culture war and toxic masculinity, which cast cyclists as effete, virtue signalling, holier-than-thou, radical leftists, who culture warriors feel it is their duty as a Real Man to harass, discourage, and endanger.
The oil company, the bank and the car parts company want you to spend even more time commuting by car.
They are trying hard to make you not notice you're spending a week of your life driving each year.
