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What if the problem with cars was not their method of propulsion? Epthinktank | European Parliament (epthinktank.eu)

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Instead of just electrifying vehicles, cities should be investing in alternative methods of transportation. This article is by the Scientific Foresight Unit of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), a EU's own think tank.

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[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Related fun fact: most of the noise cars produce at highway speeds is from tire noise, not from engines.

[–] freedomPusher@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

The related fun fact to that would be that high-pitched sounds are more annoying and perceived to be louder than low frequency sounds with the same db.

I’m sure my sleep is more disrupted living in a city with an occasional 2-stroke engine screaming by than it would be if I lived next to a highway with that relatively constant and relatively distant ambient tire noise.