Regular cars and pick-up trucks, vans, etc. in the Bluey version of Brisbane are somewhat squat, short vehicles. They remind me of kei vehicles.
The Heeler's SUV is compact:
As is this mix of vehicles parked at Hammerbarn...
And at the park in "Shadowlands", mostly vans here.
It's good that the vehicles are fairly compact for a number of reasons -- one of them being that the road grades around the city can be very steep, so small, fuel-efficient vehicles make a lot of sense.
The coronavirus lockdown gave a glimpse of what cleaner cities can look like, but as people turn to private cars for safety from infection, pollution could soar
I suspect that the rebound in the use of public transportation, and its future growth opportunities, will depend upon the development, distribution and administration of a vaccine, which could be enhanced by the identification of pharmaceutical cures for those who become infected. The avoidance of risk by driving in a private vehicle is way too tempting when the user considers crowded trains and buses. Then, that leads to the continuation of yet another difficult issue: those without the means to afford a car will be forced to use public transportation to get to work. And so it continues........
Excerpt from this story from Climate Change News:
While there is clear public support for policies that would maintain air quality improvements, private cars are still perceived as the Covid-safe transport option.
“It would be naïve to think the pandemic is going to lead to the death of the car, in a context where public transport is associated with risk,” said Tim Schwanen, director of the Transport Studies Unit at Oxford University’s School of Geography and the Environment.
The swing back to private cars is a serious concern, he told CHN. In the absence of holistic transport policies, it could cause emissions to rebound sharply.
A spike in air pollution would aggravate any future respiratory pandemic. Researchers established a link between long-term exposure to PM2.5 air pollution, much of which comes from diesel cars, and a higher death rate from Covid-19.
Yet in Wuhan, ground zero for the pandemic, car sales boomed to unprecedented levels when the city reopened after being sealed off for weeks.
An Ipsos survey in March found 66% of Chinese respondents used private cars after lockdown, compared with 34% before the outbreak. Use of buses and public transit dropped from 56% to 24%.
The study also found an uptake in people’s intention to buy a car – a trend so stark it is likely to foreshadow a similar rise in other parts of the world, Schwanen said. Early indications suggest this could already be happening.
Data published by Apple Maps on searches for directions to travel by car shows notable increases compared with volumes recorded on 13 January – a 16% rise in the US and 14% in Germany.
“Cities cannot do without public transport. It’s absolutely vital that it is brought back to some forms of normality within the constraints of public health,” Schwanen said.
“There’s no reopening cities w/o reopening transit,” tweeted Sadik-Khan in response to guidance to employers by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting incentives for staff to drive private cars to work.
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Curbs on private vehicles on Mysore varsity campus
Curbs on private vehicles on Mysore varsity campus
The University of Mysore has restricted entry of private vehicles, especially autorickshaws, taxis and goods vehicles, into the sprawling Manasagangotri campus here and vehicles of students and staff are being allowed upon showing their identity proof.
The authorities have proposed to fully curb private vehicle movement into the campus in the coming days and restrictions imposed from Monday…
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