Los Angeles paid $400M+ in 4 years to people hurt/killed on the streets. LA spends more money paying off people injured or killed by its street designs than it spends making streets safer.
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Southern California bishop suspends weekly Mass obligation over immigration raid fears
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
First in the Nation Ban on Plastic Microbeads in Personal Products Passes California Senate Committee
First in the Nation Ban on Plastic Microbeads in Personal Products Passes California Senate Committee
First in the Nation Ban on Plastic Microbeads in Personal Products Passes California Senate Committee
YSK that apart from not having a car and voting, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat.
A great Italian restaurant got wiped out by an SUV. Several customers are injured
Disposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds
A member of the Irish parliament says the country should make high-visibility jackets compulsory for all pedestrians and bicyclists
A member of the Irish parliament says the country should make high-visibility jackets compulsory for all pedestrians and bicyclists
Bike lanes on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge are contributing to pollution, car drivers say
South Australia considers requiring home developers to build larger parking garages
Halifax, Canada, to require owners of large heavy vehicles to pay higher parking fees. During debate, however, some councillors said they couldn’t support the motion.
I do agree that real change takes political power. You need things like tax breaks for people who use public transit, congestion pricing, taxing airports more, banning ads for SUVs, requiring electronic devices to be repairable, etc... These actions would be far more efficient than any individual action. Sure.
But political power isn't enough. Look at what just happened in Canada.
Justin Trudeau banned oil tankers off the coast of British Columbia and he tried to ban single use plastics. He faced outraged reactions.
Some angry politicians were publically taunting him on social media and sued his government :
https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/we-will-continue-to-push-back-alberta-to-continue-single-use-plastics-ban-fight-with-federal-government/
A guy literally campaigned on defending plastics and slashing the (tiny) tax on carbon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-scrap-plastics-ban-1.7514037
See what happened? The guy was the Prime Minister. He tried some small changes. He faced brutal political backlash. Why? His people weren't ready.
Change starts with individuals. Only when you reach a critical mass of individuals can you start trying to push for policy changes.