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Our report found that in 2016, four sources of microplastics alone accounted for 1.3 million metric tons (Mt)—or 11%—of total ocean plastic pollution. These were microbeads used in personal care products such as face scrubs and body washes; the breakdown of plastic fibers caused when synthetic textiles are washed; plastic pellets, also known as nurdles, that are used in the production of almost every plastic item; and the wear and tear of car tires, with this final source making up more than three quarters (78%) of microplastic pollution in the ocean.

For tires, improving design and reducing the number of miles driven, for example by increasing use of public transport instead of individual/private cars, can nearly halve microplastic pollution from tires by 2040.

Alot of this is caused by people buying tall suvs because they need 3 rows for all their kids. Here is a dumb idea.

Bring back front facing 3rd row wagons. Front facing 3rd row wagons are rare, only offered by GM in the 70s but they were so popular.

Bring these back and tax SUVs by hood height. Families will buy wagons again.

• A noisier world makes it challenging for birds, which primarily rely on sound to communicate, and many are forced to change their behavior to cope with their clamorous environment.
• A recent study looked at how traffic noise impacts communication in male Galápagos yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia aureola), a common resident bird on the islands, and found that traffic noise increases aggression in birds living closer to roads.
• With traffic increasing in the biodiversity-rich Galápagos, conservationists worry about the impact of noise on birds, especially the yellow warblers, which are also the most common roadkill.

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After decades of debate, local leaders hope revitalized public spaces and a restriction on non-essential vehicles will make the Market more connected.

3 animations, choc with metaphors on the wastes of car infrastructure and the robbing of choice.

I do not know if the author intended for these to be dystopic or utopic, I have a hunch they are playing both games. They try to improve supermarket visit efficiency by expanding the use of cars at the cost of everything else.

Concept 1 (main link): Indoor drive-through shopping. . Less than a few percent of floor space is actual store, the rest is road. The store sprawls across multiple levels because there is no longer any safe space for humans to work or walk in the customer areas.

There is also no basket or trolley to store things in and change your mind. You grab an item and within seconds one of the approximately (by my count) 100 cashiers scans it and bags it. Made a mistake? Just buy your way out of it, you're holding valuable customers up, tut tut.

Concept 2: Drive-through shopping in private. How awfully lonely. A car keeps you apart from others even when you're not in it. Who wants do be vulnerable when not behind the armour of steel and glass? All aspects of life should be like being in a car.

Concept 3: Outdoor drive-through shopping.. After all of this driving we realised we're missing our connection with the outdoor world. Nature.

We could go camping. Shopping outside is a more practical compromise.

Also all the employees were getting hypoxiated from concept 1, so we decided to hide them underground. Now they are kept alert by road debris falling on the pre-sliced kiwifruit trays.

Just half of road funding is paid for by road users through funding mechanisms like fuel taxes or vehicle registration fees, and the largest share of that (the federal gas tax) has not been raised in over 30 years. However, some in Congress have tried to blame the rise of electric vehicles and fuel-efficient gasoline-powered vehicles for the federal government’s struggles to fund decades of road-building.

Below I walk through why the federal government’s ability to pay for highways has nothing to do with electric vehicles and everything to do with Congress’s insatiable desire for road-building.

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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canadas-real-comparative-advantage-is-public-transit-that-should-be/

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