NEW RESEARCH: Parked cars can account for 10 percent of the surface areas of some cities. It turns out that their albedo (reflectivity) can significantly contribute to the urban heat island effect. Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road. 🧵

Note to Doug Ford, premier of #Ontario: we had this figured out 60 years ago. Yet somehow you still don't get it. A vintage reminder, courtesy of #Toronto subway, of how much pain (and congestion, and pollution...) public transit spares our cities.

Cities aren’t inherently loud—but automobile traffic raises noise pollution to 60 decibels+. In #France, the city of #Lyon has set aside four “zones calmes,” where decibel levels regularly go as low as 28. They’ve strung up hammocks to welcome people... 🤫🧵

Métropole de Lyon. « On se sent comme dans une bulle » : au domaine de Lacroix-Laval, des zones calmes pour fuir le tumulte urbain

À l’ouest de Lyon, le domaine de Lacroix-Laval accueille quatre zones calmes où la nature reprend ses droits. Un apaisement sonore rare, porté...

Love this! Cities aren’t inherently loud—but automobile traffic raises noise pollution to 60 decibels+. In #France, the city of #Lyon has set aside four “zones calmes,” where decibel levels regularly go as low as 28. They’ve strung up hammocks to welcome people…

Métropole de Lyon. « On se sent comme dans une bulle » : au domaine de Lacroix-Laval, des zones calmes pour fuir le tumulte urbain

À l’ouest de Lyon, le domaine de Lacroix-Laval accueille quatre zones calmes où la nature reprend ses droits. Un apaisement sonore rare, porté...

"In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not feel deprived." —Paul Bedford.