The strongest predictor of your trip today is the trip you took yesterday. Habitual behavior is more likely to be changed when the environment in which that behavior takes place is changed. #streets #transportation https://gen.medium.com/people-are-buying-cars-because-of-the-pandemic-cities-may-change-as-a-result-e0657584f45e

Traffic fatalities are by far the most important contributor to the danger of leaving home.

Every new car on the street, while a minor annoyance for other drivers, reduces the quality of life of everyone outside the car: in air quality, in noise, in the risk of crossing the street. The longer it takes a driver to get through an intersection, the riskier their behavior.

From March 28 to May 29, two children between five and 14 years of age in England and Wales died from #COVID19. To put those two tragedies into context, over that same period we would typically expect eight children to be killed in road collisions. #safety #transportation

A wholesale tilt toward #motorization in #cities imposes health costs on everyone, which will be felt long after #COVID19 has left. All words this thread via @tomvanderbilt