[LINK] Standards, please! The third coming of electric vehicles

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Karl Auer wrote:
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> As to bitumen and asphalt - well, all cars, regardless of their
> propulsion technology, run on roads. I don't see how this informs the
> little debate we are having.
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This is the point I was making, we need to move away from dependence on 
private vehicles (allocation of land for roads/parking etc).

Is changing from petrol to electric powered vehicles (noting all the 
infrastructure (from recharge points, new safety standards for car 
accidents etc) really worth the effort, only to continue with a flawed 
urban design and poor transport planning?

> Sydney freeway protests have included large-scale green bans in the 1970s, which prevented freeway proposals that would have required the demolition of The Rocks historic precinct and The Domain gardens for freeway developments.
> 
> In 1989, 200 protesters rallied against a proposed north-west tollway. In 1991, 150 anti-freeway protesters rallied outside Parliament House. In 1995, over 400 people protested the M2 Hills Motorway.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_and_expressway_revolts#Australia>

> At the other end of the list is Sydney, where two hours of commercial CBD parking will set you back an average of $43.30.
> 
>     "Skyrocketing costs when it comes to tolls, insurance and parking fines means more pain for Sydney drivers," Virgin's Nick Larkworthy said.
> 
>     "The cost of running a car in Sydney is undoubtedly starting to stretch the budget and force people off the road."
> 
> On-street parking is no easier in Sydney, with only 10,483 spaces compared to 42,000 in the heart of Melbourne.
> 
> The report said that the average parking fine in Melbourne will sting you half as much as what the Sydney council will take.
> 
> Sydney motorists also pay about 12 cents more per kilometre on tolled roads compared to Melbourne and Brisbane, averaging 32 cents per compared to 20 cents to the north and south.
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<http://www.themotorreport.com.au/51558/sydney-ranks-worst-for-traffic>

Marghanita
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