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Buses, not EVs, could be the real solution to health and climate change
Fast, reliable buses and safe lanes for e-bikes could be better than switching one type of car for another, researchers say. Photo: Supplied/ Auckland Transport A mass switch from petrol-powered to electric vehicles will result in more road injuries, a study out of Otago University has found. That's because the fuel savings provided by EVs will prompt people to drive more. Transport and climate researchers say rolling out other measures - like fast, reliable buses and safe lanes for e-bikes - would be a better way to get both health and climate benefits than switching driving one type of car for another. Otago University's Dr Caroline Shaw led the study calculating the health impacts of switching from fossil fuel to electric vehicles, if nothing was done to help people access better alternatives to driving. Otago University Associate Professor Caroline Shaw. Photo: SUPPLIED She found a gradual shift to around three quarters of vehicles being EVs by 2050 would lower carbon emissions, but could also cost the country millions more in health costs. While previous studies focussed on tailpipe emissions, this one also looked at driver behaviour . "When the price decreases of petrol and diesel people drive a bit more, so we basically said ok we know electric vehicles are quite a lot cheaper to drive so let's make the assumption it's a similar kind of change, and what happens is when the price decreases and people drive more, the risk of injury increases," she said. More driving also increased air pollution from vehicles' tyres, she said. EVs lowered health impacts and deaths from tailpipe air pollution, but that was balanced by increased motor vehicle injuries and deaths from more driving. Dr Shaw said there were other ways to get quick wins for living costs, health and the climate, namely by making it easier to e-bike and catch faster, more convenient buses. Rail was also very helpful, but harder to roll out quickly at scale, she said. "Buses are great because we can put buses in and we can do it quite quickly they don't need a whole heap of hard infrastructure like trains or light rail , not that I'm against either of those," she said. University of Auckland senior planning lecturer Dr Tim Welch agreed. He said just switching out one type of car for another without changing anything else only worsened congestion, meaning fossil fuel cars, EVs and buses sat in traffic longer. He said the transport system needed re-balancing to give people real alternatives to driving. "It makes sense that things like electric buses, operated by the government, and owned by the government, are a much more efficient way to reduce emissions than asking people to open their wallets and buy a new car, and buy the charging infrastructure, because otherwise they should feel guilty or whatever." Both researchers said the key to getting people to want to ride buses was providing fast, dedicated bus lanes - which cities such as Auckland already did on some routes, with plans for more. On Auckland's North Shore, the Northern Express bus to the CBD, which has its own dedicated busway, clocked 7 million passenger trips over the year to June. Figures from Auckland Transport or AT show total monthly bus patronage on routes between west Auckland and the CBD grew rapidly after the western express or WX1 and two other new bus routes, replaced previous, less convenient routes in late 2023. The popular double decker WX1 bus clocked almost one million passenger trips over the year to June, while all western express routes combined reached 1.8m. The researchers said even diesel buses were more efficient and climate-friendly than driving because each buses carried so many more people and reduced congestion for cars on the roads. Auckland Transport has 224 zero-emission buses, and plans to have 450 by August next year, about one-third of the total fleet. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Daily Mail
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Woman with 'urgent Message' for Trump arrested in late-night Mar-a-Lago scare
An Orlando woman was detained after driving to Mar-a-Lago and demanding to speak with Donald Trump - allegedly telling Secret Service agents she had guns inside her van. Caroline Shaw, was arrested after she made the odd request to chat with Trump at the gates of the exclusive Palm Beach club on July 7 at around 10pm. The 49-year-old told agents she had an 'urgent message for the president' and claimed she was carrying firearms in the Mercedes van she parked down the road, according to court documents reviewed by Fox News. One she shared the alarming detail, authorities took detained the late-night visitor and seized the van for 'further investigation.' It is unclear if investigators found any weapons inside the vehicle, which was discovered to be unregistered since 2021. Shaw has also had a suspended license since 2023, according to records. Shaw was booked into Palm Beach County Jail on driving on a suspended license and failure to register a motor vehicle charges. The following day, she appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to both charges. But the judge barred her from approaching Trump or trying to enter any of his properties, including Mar-a-Lago, which the president purchased in 1985. As of Thursday night, Shaw remains in custody on a $2,000 bond, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office. It is unclear what Shaw's 'message' for the Republican president was. This Mar-a-Lago scare was just the latest concerning incident of someone trying to infiltrate the heavily-secured resort. Last month, a man stormed the property, allegedly in a creepy attempt to propose to Trump's teenage granddaughter, Kai Trump. Anthony Thomas Reyes, 23, also said he wanted to 'spread the gospel' after he was discovered by Secret Service in the middle of the night. Reyes allegedly told officers he climbed over the towering wall which surrounds the members-only club in search of Kai, who just turned 18 in May. He was arrested and charged with trespassing with intent to commit an offense. His $5,000 bond was posted the day following his detainment. Several brave individuals have made bold attempts to make their way onto the members-only club's property Bijan Arceo, a 32-year-old former real estate agent, was arrested after he jumped the fence to get into Mar-a-Lago just two days after Trump's inauguration in January. He was charged with trespassing with the intent to commit an offense. His bond was set at $2,000 and he was released from custody about two weeks after his arrest. In November 2024, Chinese national Zijie Li, 39, of Los Angeles, was arrested after making multiple attempts over the past five months to get past security. Li had repeatedly claimed he wanted to speak with Trump and had been placed under the Baker Act about week before his arrest. This act allows for a person to be involuntarily held and to receive mental health treatment when they are considered a threat to themselves or others. He was later released and given a bond which prevented him from going within 500 feet of Trump or Mar-a-Lago. But just eight days later he tried his luck again, attempting to pass through the Mar-a-Lago checkpoint as a passenger in a rideshare. This time around, his bond was at $100,000, and records show he posted it about two weeks after he was taken into custody.
Fox News
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Woman with 'urgent message' for President Trump arrested near Mar-a-Lago security checkpoint
A woman was arrested after approaching Mar-a-Lago, claiming she had "an urgent message" for President Donald Trump and stating that there were guns inside her vehicle. The woman, identified as Caroline Shaw, 49, of Orlando, was detained July 7 on accusations of driving with a suspended license and failing to register her vehicle, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. At the time of the incident, Trump was in Washington, D.C., when Shaw allegedly drove what was described by law enforcement as a Mercedes van to the south gate of Mar-a-Lago shortly before 10 p.m. and parked along Southern Boulevard. According to an arrest report, she then walked to the gate and told U.S. Secret Service agents she needed to "speak with Trump urgently." Shaw then informed agents there were guns in her vehicle. Based on Shaw's claim, agents took her into custody and "secured the vehicle pending further investigation." It was not disclosed if guns were found inside Shaw's vehicle. Records indicate Shaw's driver's license had also been suspended since April 23, 2023, due to unpaid traffic fines, and her car's registration expired in December 2021. On July 9, Shaw remained in custody at the Palm Beach County Jail on $2,000 bond. She entered a not-guilty plea during a court appearance July 8, where a judge prohibited her from going near Trump, Mar-a-Lago or any of his properties. In addition to the vehicle-related misdemeanors, Palm Beach Police also filed a request for a risk protection order, which would bar Shaw from possessing guns or ammunition for at least one year. Shaw's arrest is the latest in several recent security incidents involving individuals attempting to access Mar-a-Lago. Among the other notable arrests: Zijie Li, 39, a Chinese citizen from California, was arrested July 31 after multiple alleged attempts to enter Mar-a-Lago. He was later found incompetent to stand trial. Patrick Webster Warren, 42, of South Carolina was taken into custody Aug. 13 after bypassing barricades. He told officers he wanted Trump's autograph. Farbod Dolat, 53, of Sarasota was arrested Nov. 14 for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle to the estate to meet Trump. He faces felony charges. Ruby Rodriguez, 62, of California, was charged with trespassing in December after trying to gain access to the club. She was sentenced to probation. A teenager was apprehended Dec. 5 after allegedly planning to graffiti "Carthage vs. Rome" on a Mar-a-Lago wall. Bijan Arceo, 32, of Sunny Isles Beach, jumped the estate's wall in January. He was diverted to a pretrial program with community service and conditions to avoid further arrests or contact with the property. Jeffrey Daniel Olson was arrested in February for entering restricted grounds and faces federal charges. Adrienne Tajirian, 58, from Pennsylvania, attempted to dine with Donald Trump Jr. in April. She was sentenced to probation in May. Anthony Thomas Reyes, 23, of Texas, was arrested June 3 after reportedly scaling the estate's wall, claiming he wanted to "spread the gospel" and marry Trump's granddaughter. He was released on $50,000 bond after pleading not guilty to a misdemeanor trespassing charge. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for reaction to the arrest. Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Florida woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago saying she had 'urgent message' for Trump
A Florida woman was arrested on July 7 for driving to Mar-a-Lago while insisting on speaking with President Donald Trump, despite having a suspended license. Caroline Shaw, 49, from Orlando, allegedly told Secret Service agents outside Trump's club that she had an "urgent message for the president" and admitted to having firearms inside her van. Shaw is facing charges of driving with a suspended license and failing to register a vehicle, according to an arrest report from the Palm Beach Police Department obtained by USA TODAY. According to a probable cause affidavit, the Palm Beach Police Department said that officers responded to the president's Florida residence after receiving reports that the United States Secret Service was investigating a suspicious person. USA TODAY could not immediately find an attorney representing Shaw at this time. Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at and follow him on X @fern_cerv_. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Florida woman with 'message' for Trump arrested at Mar-a-Lago
New York Times
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Pastoral' Review: Sampling Beethoven at Bard
The experience of attending a performance at Bard SummerScape in the Hudson Valley is not confined to the theater. For someone traveling from New York City, as I did on Saturday, there's an entire preshow of escape into the country: the car or train ride along the blue stripe of the Hudson River, the calming effect of dense green forests. This is partly the subject of 'Pastoral,' the latest work by the choreographer Pam Tanowitz. Partly, because the pastoral in art is not a return to nature but an idealized view of it, a substitute following a separation. This 'Pastoral,' which ran Friday through Sunday afternoon, is very much in conversation with the past. The décor by the painter Sarah Crowner — green floral shapes as clean-edged as Matisse cutouts — invokes swathes of Western art history, as do the group tableaus in Tanowitz's choreography, as if taken from scenes in paintings by Nicolas Poussin. Caroline Shaw's score samples from and playfully remixes Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, the one called 'Pastoral.' These elements — along with Reid Bartelme's gauzy costumes in a sherbet color palette and Davison Scandrett's subtly imaginative and color-sensitive lighting — combine in such fresh and delightfully unpredictable ways that it's distorting to discuss them separately. Nevertheless, let's start with the music. Shaw switches among a live woodwind trio and several recordings of the Beethoven, both recent and more than a century old, wax cylinders with the scratchy sound of the distant past. The recordings fade in and out, sometimes eddying in stuck-record loops that toy with the tension and release of classical musical grammar. The live musicians behave like samplers, too: erasing bits of Beethoven, stretching, slowing, accelerating the tempo. The woodwinds are all reeds, among the most pastoral of instruments, and on the low end of the section. The bassoonist Dana Jessen croaks like a frog and extends duck calls into song. Alongside these mimetic games, Shaw adds real field recordings of frogs and crickets but also of trains and traffic, the urban environment that creates the pastoral perspective. One of Shaw's wittiest touches is to bring out the similarity between a bouncing triplet figure in the Beethoven and a car horn. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
