Lufa Farms supplies tomatoes, peppers, cukes—as well as locally-made cheese, beer, sausages etc—to 70,000+ subscribers, using a fleet of electric vans. The reduction in food miles is significant, and irrigation water is cleaned and recirculated.

MAJOR NEW STUDY: Followed 82,000 subjects in #Scotland, up to age 74, found that cyclists + pedestrians had significantly reduced risks of: —early death —cancer —cardiovascular mortality —hospitalization for ANY reason. https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e001295

I paid a visit to Lufa Farms, which operates the world's largest rooftop greenhouse in #Montreal . It's a huge urban farm, which supplies tomatoes, peppers, cukes—as well as locally-made cheese, beer, sausages etc— to 70,000+ subscribers. Hydroponics has pros and cons...

Calling authors, writers, editors, publishers! Does anybody know of an editor at a leading house who has a soft spot for trains—railroads—rail travelogues/history? There are loads in London, but I'm looking for a literary ferroequinologist in NY, Toronto, etc.—in short, on my side of the Atlantic.

Why does #Canada spend billions more than other nations building subways, commuter and light rail? Because it's too parochial to peek outside its Anglosphere rut. Australia, the US, the UK are prey to the same problem. That's the conclusion of Marco Chitti + other researchers... 🧵

NEW REPORT: Number of people who commute by bicycle in #Toronto is *triple* what Doug Ford's Conservatives claim. They're using outdated data to justify ripping out bike lanes. Good way to distract from Greenbelt scandal, failure to build transit, highway expansions. https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/the-number-of-cyclists-commuting-in-toronto-is-triple-what-doug-ford-claims-latest-transportation/article_117046f6-ac2b-11ef-ae03-bfa9bf7c67d5.html

Elon Musk doesn't want the people of #California to experience high-speed rail between SF and LA. (He wants them stuck in his Teslas.) Which is reason enough, in my opinion, to build it. In Ashlee Vance's sycophantic 2015 biography, Musk admits hyperloop was all about getting California high-speed rail canceled:

The Wall St. Journal wonders whether #China will regret building its 30,000 mile network of high-speed rail (given population decline). Fair question, but let's ask: does the US regret the money pit of its emission-enhancing, sprawl-abetting 49,000 mile highway network—and the fact that it's built 0 miles of true high-speed rail? https://www.wsj.com/world/china/xi-high-speed-trains-china-3ef4d7f0

ADIEU, S.U.V.! #Paris Council demands that government of #France fully ban S.U.V.s in urban areas. Cars over 1.6 tonnes already pay 3 times as much to park in #Paris

https://eutoday.net

Paris Calls for Government Ban on SUVs in Urban Areas - https://eutoday.net

Senator Ian Brossat, a communist co-leader in the Paris Council, described the incident as a stark reminder of "traffic violence" in the capital. H...

#Paris is becoming the city to beat for transit in 21st century! (The "supermétro" is going to change everything.) Check this out: the St. Denis-Pleyel station, now open, serving Ligne 14 extension, as well as RER D. Built to handled 250K passengers/day. https://www.dezeen.com/2024/11/05/saint-denis-pleyel-station-kengo-kuma/