On 2018-07-06 12:52, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:16:11 -0700, Joerg
wrote:

On 2018-07-05 23:02, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Pollution guzzling bike promises cleaner and greener cities
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2013/12/11/pollution-guzzling-bike-promises-cleaner-and-greener-cities/

New bike reduces pollution by cleaning air as you cycle
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bike-pollution-cleaning-air-bicycle-beijing-china-dan-roosegaarde-a7829891.html

Just one little problem. It isn't healthy riding around on a bicycle
while breathing polluted air:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/tipping-point-cities-exercise-more-harm-than-good

Better living through (cough) technology.

Best not to live in a metropolis and then all those problems go away. As
long as you avoid cycling behind a school bus.

Our local skool busses have been running on CNG (compressed natural
gas) since 2002:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/general-news/20180601/santa-cruz-metro-unveils-new-buses
http://www.tpgonlinedaily.com/fta-awards-1-2m-to-metro-for-new-buses/
The weird thing about these buses is that they used to put something
in the gas that makes it smell like lilac flowers (or xylyl bromide
poison gas). It was strong enough to cover up any other exhaust
stench. However, I just realized that I haven't smelled the flowers
for several years, so I guess they stopped doing that. Or, they may
have moved the tail pipe to dump the fumes INSIDE the bus:
"More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in
the area, says study"
https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/04/04_schoolbus.shtml


No wonder. Some of our buses are like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0qgn6ugNc

It's disgusting. When I see one at a red traffic light I stop 100ft back
and wait until it is in 2nd gear.


I moved out of the big city in about 1973 and have been living happily
in the overgrown forests of the Santa Cruz mountains. Back then, the
dogs used to sleep in the middle of the main highway. Today, it's
either a race track or a parking lot. I'm told that anxiety,
excitement, or panic bad for my heart, so I avoid riding on the major
highways. Mostly, I ride on the bike paths that parallel the river.
That should work until someone decided to run buses on the bike paths.


Then move up here, maybe to Folsom. Bike path connections everywhere.

--
Regards, Joerg

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