The default speed limit in urban areas in #Ireland will be lowered to 30 km/h (19 mph) on March 31, 2027.

TheJournal.ie

Local authorities to implement 30km/h speed limits in urban areas ‘where appropriate’ from 2027

Speed limits on roads in built-up and urban areas can only be changed where a majority of the elected members in a local authority vote to do so.

In #Switzerland, fine for a speeding driver is based (1) on how far over the limit the driver is going (2) on how much the driver earns. One man caught driving his Ferrari at 137 km/h the in an 80 km/h zone in a village near St. Gallen was fined 300,000 Swiss Francs (today, $375,000 US). 🇨🇭🧵

Transit is stuck in a 20th-century paradigm: a mix of city-center-serving subways/metros and commuter rail for the suburbs. (And too many cities can't even manage this.) But #Paris is building the first truly 21st-century #transit system. Nothing to do with hyperloops or maglevs... 🧵