This was taken on a visit to #mountwashington in #gorham #newhamshire https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/view-from-mount-washington-adam-gladstone.html It's located in the #presidentialmountainrange and is part of the #appalachianmountains
#ayearforart #photography #landscapephotography #mastodonart #giftidea #photographyisart #nature #appalachiantrail #newengland
Editorial: Pump the brakes on Maine Turnpike spur
April 18, 2022
via #RestoreTheNorthWoods
"#Maine is barreling down the road on a more than $200 million infrastructure investment that even its own backers agree is not enough to fix the current problem and could make things worse in the future. It’s the proposed #Gorham-#Westbrook connector, a five-mile toll road being developed by the #MaineTurnpikeAuthority. New roads lead to more driving. It’s called '#InducedDemand.' Traffic congestion in Westbrook, #Scarborough, #Standish and #Gorham is not just a highway problem. Though these towns are some of the fastest-growing in Maine, public transit is not viable because the population is so spread out. Without allowing for denser development and offering a real transit alternative, building a faster road from Gorham to Portland could simply drive the development further west. Until we know where we’re going, this project should slow down."
https://www.restore.org/maineenvironews/2022/4/18/editorial-pump-the-brakes-on-maine-turnpike-spur
#Development #Sprawl #MaineTurnpikeAuthority #GorhamSpur #LessCars #MoreLightRail #GorhamConnector #Maine
Found today!
A beautiful side scraper of sandstone, made by a Neanderthal thousands of years ago and recovered at #Vanguard Cave in the #Gorham's Cave Complex Gibraltar!
h/t Clive Finlayson
First known example of an abstract pattern engraved by Neanderthals, from #Gorham’s Cave in #Gibraltar.
A rock engraving made by Neanderthals in Gibraltar
Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal, Clive Finlayson et al
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1411529111
