Fuck Cars

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 months ago

"The latest project reflects a broader shift in how cities are rethinking major infrastructure—not as car-dominated corridors, but as public spaces designed around low‑carbon mobility and everyday human movement." I can get on board with this. More please. It saves lives. Here in the UK we have estimates for excess deaths from pollution in cities.

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[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

The funniest part about this is either they chose to specifically look up the length of a school bus to write this article or they just happen to be a school bus enthusiast excited to share their random school bus facts.

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[–] unreliable@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

When you don't know meters, any measure is better that your imperial one. Bus, football fields, bananas, etc

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[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz [S] 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Americans, are you ok?

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[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

No. Not at all.

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[–] Krusty 6 points 6 months ago

I had to convert that to bananas. About 7,000 7-inchers. Or 4000 ft long hot dogs.

Now it makes sense.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Well obviously the buses are a stand-in for the Finnish trams. School buses are the closest thing to public transit that exists in parts of the US.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

How many football pitches is that?

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Approximately 11 Association Football pitches
Approximately 13 American Handegg pitches
Approximately between 6 and 9 "Aussie Rules" Football Pitches
Approximately 8 to 9 Gaelic Football Pitches
12 Canadian Football Pitches

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[–] Zagorath 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

12 rugby league fields (measured try line to try line—i.e. disregarding the in-goal area).

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Thank you! I am embarrassed to have missed that one.

(I also missed Rugby Union, but I'm less bothered by that)

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[–] Zagorath 2 points 6 months ago

You also missed rugby union, but from what I can see that doesn't have a particularly standardised length? In Australia I suspect most rugby union fields are probably 100 m because they just reuse the more popular rugby league grounds. Elsewhere it's probably the same as soccer.