Canada built 44 bridges and tunnels across a single stretch of highway so that animals could cross without dying, and collisions with wildlife there have fallen by more than 80%, with grizzly mothers now teaching their cubs to use the crossings like a route the family has always known
@bielsubob lifesaving roadway improvements!
@bielsubob yet for some reason I can’t ride my bike across the city of Vallejo or into the Santa Cruz Mountains from transit with out playing a do-or-die version of Frogger.
@bielsubob The trouble is, this is always presented as a good news story. The real issue is the road going through the forest in the first place, and the speed of the traffic. Would have better not to have a road there, and only allow small, non-through roads in wildlife areas, with speed reduction measures. Ah, but let's highlight our attempt to fix our failure as a success.
Sep 7, 2026, 2:23 PM@UkeleleEric @bielsubob True, though I'll take incremental improvement over the usual nothing.