Danny's Pathologically Polymathic: October 2021

an interview with Pink Dandelion, Professor of Quaker Studies - Church Times

floating bus stops: examples and analysis - @RantyHighwayman

Glasgow is getting integrated transport - but only for Cop26 delegates - Tribune

Germany has playgrounds where children can take risks - Guardian

centralised regulation allows manufacturers to take risks themselves

the implications of electric vehicle uptake for non-exhaust emissions - OECD

"If EV models are heavier (with a range of 300 miles), they reduce PM10 by only 4-7% and increase PM2.5 by 3-8% relative to conventional vehicles"

Oxford's first local-area car-sharing scheme is up and running - hiyacar

Coventry's parklet on a truck - EuroNews

Māori vaccination campaigns need people the locals trust - Guardian

the fascinating story of mathematician Alexander Grothendieck - Planet of Storms

a four-part series on how New Zealand got MMP voting - Stuff

electric vehicles need to be kept small and light, to limit particulate emissions, embedded carbon, and road danger - Nature

"Police enforce the law. But they can’t fix the street-level issues that cause people to break it." - Atlantic

New Zealand has had an official Wizard for the last 23 years - Guardian

cartographic warfare on OpenStreetMap - Rest of World

there should be almost no domestic flights in the UK - Better Transport

John Le Carre an Irishman - Guardian

there's a serious campaign to make 90 sq km of central Berlin car-free - Guardian

with stop-start urban driving, 20mph limits minimise CO2 and NOX emissions - Skyrad [via @20splentyforus]

Ghent opts for alternatives to widening its Low Emission Zone - ReVeAL

a history of Ghent's urban development - Cities

translating the jokes and puns in Asterix - Scroll

Birmingham is serious about tackling its congestion, climate, and health challenges - Guardian - The Spokesmen

"the buses are absolutely vital, we have to give them the level of priority that that they need. So this plan is about giving buses a greater level of priority in our city."

a brief history of Cognitive Load Theory - Michael Pershan

cycling to church - Church Times [via @davewalker]

the Great Unconformity: a billion years of missing rocks - BBC

could indigenous urbanisation solve Vancouver housing crisis? - Guardian

no surprise: racism and anti-semitism are allies of misogyny and sexual violence - Guardian