The plan faced opposition from OEMs, car dealers, and the United Auto Workers.

White House to weaken climate-fighting fuel efficiency targets for 2030::The plan faced opposition from OEMs, car dealers, and the United Auto Workers.

  • @NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7•9 months ago

    Have you noticed how since the implication of stringer file efficiency on automakers cars have been getting larger and heavier?

    Here is an interesting video that shows how automakers have been working around fuel efficiency standards for some time now. It also highlights how automakers have chosen to ignore these rules/regulations and instead put pedestrian lives at risk indirectly.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh4H9qZ-_6Y

    IMO file efficiency standards should still remain in place, but a rework of the policies is needed.

    • @NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7•9 months ago

      Also, unrelated, but this seems to be a problem no one is noticing. Most “arterial roads” in cities and surrounding areas are for the lack of a better word “disappearing”.

      Arterial roads are two lane roads in both directions, they have no driveways in/off them and no traffic lights/signals. They allow higher speed travel compared to city streets, or a suburban street, but are slower then a hwy thought the concept is similar.

      Most of these higher speed roads are being turned into “strodes” that are neither a street nor a road. This means multiple traffic lights and intersections, as well as driveways on/off the road (similar to a suburban street with driveways on the left/right).

      This IMO increases the amount of time you may spend in your car driving from one side of a city to another, thus increasing fuel consumption while idling at lights. It also means more “conflict areas” between the users of the “stroad”, such as pedestrians/specialists/transit.

      What we need is a complete reclassification of our roadways, as I guarantee if you thing of a street or a road or a avenue they may all look the same in our minds.