mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06A software developer believing in liveable cities and liveable planet. Not investing in fossil fuels. Vegetarian. No longer flying for pleasure. Solar panels, heat pump, battery home. E-bike, bus, train, tram 💚
Gold Coast, Australia. My home's walk score is 4/100: car dependent. We own one small EV, which is used mainly by my wife for commuting to work, shopping, etc.
The time to use sunlight reflection methods (SRM) is now. Sortition is the ultimate democratic method.
Helsinki already had a fantastic bike infrastructure when I visited in 2023, and it is still getting better.
The opening of the longest tram/bike/pedestrian only (no cars) bridge in the world:
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/tCtsm-zO7vk
https://tandrasz.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-trip-to-spend-bit-of-time-with-mama_4.html?m=1
RE: @tom_andraszek@mastodon.social
Tomorrow 10am is the deadline for public submissions. The online form is here:
Chris Cox explains the moronic laws regarding e-bikes introduced recently in Queensland, which effectively ban 90-95% of legal e-bikes. Why ban? Because in addition to the car driver's licence requirement, which means you need to be minimum 16 years old, and a 10 km/h speed limit on 95% of paths, a sticker with this exact text is required: EN15194 (2017) A+1. My e-bike only has the EN15194 part. Trikes don't comply with EN15194 at all.
RE: @TheConversationClimate@newsie.social
"Greening is popular. A study of Warsaw residents found more than 90% viewed their city’s green tracks positively, rating them around five times more favourably than conventional paved track.
A Swedish study found a similar pattern. Residents described the grassed tram track as beautiful, calming and a clear improvement over a hard, traffic-dominated corridor."
Chris Cox providing feedback on the proposed anti e-bike laws to the Qld Parliament commision:
RE: @guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media
"But from the previous year’s high of 3,202 megawatts across 14 projects that reached financial commitment, the investments crashed in 2025: only two projects saw financial close, totalling 510 megawatts."
These are not the clumsy Star Wars droids:
Travelling back in time to 1999 Ireland:
https://tandrasz.blogspot.com/2026/04/dublin-and-bray-ireland-1999.html?m=1