Appreciating the welcome view here on Mastodon! Since transportation is what brings people together—literally and figuratively—let’s talk infrastructure.
What’s one transportation project (big or small) that’s made a real difference in your community? Would love to hear what’s working and what still needs improvement
#Infrastructure #PublicTransit #Transportation #SmartCities #HighSpeedRail #EVs #UrbanPlanning #Mobility #Sustainability #ClimateAction
Tesla Cybertruck deliveries reportedly on hold because the trim is flying off
Deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck are on hold while the company addresses issues with reports that the trim is becoming detached and flying off
#tesla #cybertruck #automotive #auto #cars #trucks #containmenthold #transportation
https://www.theverge.com/news/629352/tesla-cybertruck-deliveries-on-hold-loose-trim
"For years, Musk got away with treating his workers poorly, opposing their efforts at unionization, failing to improve vehicle build quality, and not delivering on promises like fully realized self-driving software, solar roof tiles, or battery-swap stations. The narrative that he was build the future was just too strong and attractive for the media and political figures to give up on. But that seems to finally have changed — and Tesla is feeling the consequences first because it’s most exposed to consumer pressure.
In the past, boycotting Tesla could have been framed as an effort not to address climate change or electrify transportation. Musk himself used to say that criticism of Tesla was funded by the fossil fuel lobby. But these days Musk calls for oil production to increase and downplays the threat of climate change, and drivers who want nothing to do with him or his company have plenty of other electric vehicles to choose from if they want to make that decision.
Tesla is not just vulnerable to public pressure, it’s also a vulnerability for Musk’s ability to continue wielding his power and wealth as he sees fit. As Niedermeyer has explained, a lot of Musk’s wealth is tied up in Tesla and he’s used Tesla stock as collateral for loans to fund his life and his ownership of Twitter/X. As Tesla falls, Musk’s position gets more and more vulnerable.
Let Tesla fall, and take Musk along with it."
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-is-running-tesla-into-the
Tesla is in big trouble. Sales are plummeting and consumers are boycotting the brand as Elon Musk champions far-right politics.
But the CEO’s reputation isn’t the only problem. He’s also made a series of bad business decisions that are coming back to haunt the automaker.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-is-running-tesla-into-the
Of course they are.
Keep riding. Show new riders how to cope with shitty infrastructure and stay safe. Show new riders how to show up and hold politicians accountable for infrastructure defunding.
Keep having fun while flipping off car-centrists.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/12/breaking-u-s-dot-orders-review-of-all-grants-related-to-green-infrastructure-bikes #Cycling #BikeTooter #Transportation #Sustainability #USpol
‘Pissed off’: B.C. plans toll on U.S. trucks travelling to Alaska amid trade war
Eby made the announcement Thursday in Victoria, as news broke that Trump was, once again, pausing 25-per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for another month.
#politics #trade #economy #transportation #BC #Alaska
https://globalnews.ca/news/11069669/eby-us-truck-tax-tariff-trump/
Miles discovers how bad basic transportation infrastructure sucks in America if you're not in New England.
Fuck Bird LLC.
Not only do we have to deal with the shitty behavior their bad plan encourages, but there were 3 of their rental vans (registered in OK despite doing business in CA) and a rental box van blocking the cycle lane (on a side of the street where no parking is legal anyway) for more than an hour.
One time I don't feel bad calling the cops. Fuck Bird LLC. #Transportation #CorporateCrimes #Ableism #CarCentrism
My new job sitch means new #transportation needs, specifically something I can bring on a rush-hour train, so I bought one of them E-skateboard thingies 
just got it today & took it out for half a battery's worth of practice - it's a lot of fun, very easy, much faster than walking obvi & also I was acutely aware that I wasn't wearing a helmet, so ordering one of those now...
This board is on sale at vayabike.com at nearly 1/3 price, which certainly helped my decision 
Senior Research Fellow with an urban focus
https://www.norden.org/en/node/91213 #Transportation #Nordic #Policy #Accessibility
Finally some good news today, in France!
The court ruled that the A69 highway was illegal: this absurd project would not bring any social benefit (it would be 10 minutes faster than existing roads) but would provide significant harm to the local environment and people while locking us even more in nonsensical car-first infrastructure!
After years of repression, false pretenses, and lies, this decision is a real relief!
‘Losing hope with every day that passes’: torment of the ships’ crews abandoned at sea
"Vihaan’s case is far from isolated. Thousands of seafarers, the backbone of the global shipping trade, are left abandoned in what the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) describes as a “cancer” of the industry. Cases have surged by 135%, from 132 vessels in 2023 to 312 last year, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers according to a joint ITF/International Labour Organization (ILO) database."
I think the priority for Canada is our East-West infrastructure. Be it rail, roads, pipeline, ports or whatever necessary, we need a strong and fast corridor for ourselves and to our shipping lanes coast to coast to coast. This we can do. We don't need the excuses that only weaken our resolve. #Canada #transportation
Me, in Bloomberg CityLab:
The Trump administration is causing chaos in transport research. Studies have been canceled, datasets have vanished, and experts have been fired.
The Transportation Research Board, a division of the National Academies, has caved to Trump’s demands for censorship, triggering upheaval. Its future is in doubt.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-25/how-trump-is-targeting-us-transportation-research
"Drawing from interviews with involuntary nondrivers from around the US and from her own experience, Zivarts explains how nondrivers get around and the changes necessary to make our communities more accessible. These changes include improving sidewalk connectivity; providing reliable and affordable transit and paratransit; creating more options for biking, scooting, and wheeling; building more affordable and accessible housing; and the understanding the unrecognized burden of asking and paying for rides.
Zivarts shows that it is critical to include people who can’t drive in transportation planning decisions. "
"One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. Because the majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly, they are largely invisible. The consequence of this invisibility is a mobility system designed almost exclusively for drivers. This system has human-health, environmental, and quality-of-life costs for everyone, not just for those excluded from it. If we’re serious about addressing climate change and inequality, we must address our transportation system." #transportation #policy
‘Air traffic controllers cannot do their work without us’
The #Trump admin has defended its cuts at the Federal Aviation Administration by saying #safety-critical employees weren’t affected. Experts disagree.
#law #transportation #ElonMusk #DOGE #FAA #TSA #MassFirings #FederalAgencies #AirTravel
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/faa-firings-aviation-safety-experts-00205160
As the new US federal government continues to signal that it sees buying and burning petroleum as the only valid form of transportation, walking and biking become even more political acts.
