tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post8146863536515200910..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: The car-free myth. The Netherlands is a great country to live in if you're car-free, but it's a very long way from being a car-free country. Dutch car ownership and use are at an all time high.David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-5520599804463837442020-02-19T13:46:01.304+01:002020-02-19T13:46:01.304+01:00Matt: I think there's a huge problem with coun...Matt: I think there's a huge problem with countries not learning lesson from each other and the idea that Singapore and the Netherlands should copy each other appeals to me from that point of view.<br /><br />However, videos online of Singapore don't really show any kind of paradise. It's just as clogged up with cars and the resultant pollution as any other place. They've had to David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-24666863646566350032020-02-18T20:30:33.180+01:002020-02-18T20:30:33.180+01:00Hi David, I wonder if the Dutch should copy the Si...Hi David, I wonder if the Dutch should copy the Singaporeans in terms of going for road user charging and greater vehicle ownership fees (and Singaporeans should copy Dutch cycle paths. Britain should copy both but do the cycle paths first).<br /><br />LB Lewisham has Zipcar Flexes everywhere but rentable cargo bikes would be better :-)<br /><br />What are your thoughts?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438785977219628856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-27543769435905297812019-09-09T13:16:17.241+02:002019-09-09T13:16:17.241+02:00I think I found the answers to 2 questions you men...I think I found the answers to 2 questions you mention:<br />1) Lots of people are asking the question "how can we continue to make ever more long journeys in future?"<br />2) Few are asking the question "how can we live lives which require us to spend less time travelling?"<br /><br />The first one is answered by physics: increase the speed of the means that you use. So you Lodewijkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02453153656697241866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-52009759952766289022019-09-05T11:49:03.162+02:002019-09-05T11:49:03.162+02:00Oops, here is the link I referred to!
https://www...Oops, here is the link I referred to! <br />https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-05/toyota-diesel-emissions-expose-broader-problem-car-pollution/11449650?fbclid=IwAR3eGFGSQpeVp-wpY7GN1H1RgZg-1GAOcNYZIxr2PRDJLZd9lDBVeek0Ky4Burnt's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867720336636199942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-13417858794121177472019-09-05T07:43:40.834+02:002019-09-05T07:43:40.834+02:00Interestingly this article appeared in the Austral...Interestingly this article appeared in the Australian ABC News page, Australia's love with the car is similar to America, sadly. <br /><br />Enjoyed reading your analysis David.<br /><br />Terry Burn<br />Brisbane, AUSBurnt's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867720336636199942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-61838947937186851652019-09-01T11:45:29.284+02:002019-09-01T11:45:29.284+02:00Concerning your postscript on the "urbanists&...Concerning your postscript on the "urbanists", I struggle to understand why these people think everyone living in dense cities wold be in any way feasible, sustainable let alone attractive.<br /><br />Already big cities everywhere are 'overheating' in terms of population and hence insufficient infrastructure, transport and otherwise, and housing, upward spiralling rents, marmotte27https://www.blogger.com/profile/13546042630903943203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-36260378700562271762019-08-31T18:23:26.090+02:002019-08-31T18:23:26.090+02:00During the annual safety inspection for vehicles, ...During the annual safety inspection for vehicles, current odometer readings are recorded on official documents in both the UK and the Netherlands so more accurate data may be available somewhere. However, I don't know that this data is used for anything that we might be able to use. Our publicly available data may also be the result of surveys.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-13294229132863529052019-08-31T18:12:27.425+02:002019-08-31T18:12:27.425+02:00«I haven't been able to find any convincing ev...«I haven't been able to find any convincing evidence that US motor vehicle miles per person are actually either up or down.» You are quite correct! Surprisingly, we actually have very limited actual data about annual vehicle usage. The numbers that we do have are almost always based on travel surveys and simulation results - we should be very cautious about the accuracy of such 'data'Zvi Leve (Montreal, QC, Canada)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00165852840092313810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-33340292510096389602019-08-26T16:15:33.789+02:002019-08-26T16:15:33.789+02:00E: Thank you for your obviously well considered co...E: Thank you for your obviously well considered contribution. I would like to believe that the US had turned against motor vehicles, but I've just looked up the figures for the US population over time and made calculations for motor vehicles per 1000 people for each of the points on the graph (every ten years except 2017 in place of 2020). Unfortunately, while the rate of growth is not very David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-82029113105153655452019-08-25T23:34:32.324+02:002019-08-25T23:34:32.324+02:00As an American who is familiar with statistics inv...As an American who is familiar with statistics involving American driving, total car ownership is an extremely poor indicator of what is happening in the US right now with automobiles.<br /><br />In the United States, out of those who are legally eligible to have a driver's license, roughly 25% do not have one. That proportion peaked in 1983 and has subsequently declined every year. NotablyEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978343885455156887noreply@blogger.com