Oh no there was a big storm, better drag all the debris into the bike lanes! For safety!

How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-unhappiness-americans

Does #CarDependence Make People Unsatisfied With Life? Evidence From a U.S. National Survey - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214367X24002175 “Our results show that beyond a certain point, increases in car dependence yield a decrease in people’s satisfaction with life. For instance, we find that, in a typical week, relying on a car for more than 50 percent of the time for out-of-home activities is associated with a decrease in life satisfaction.

America's "love affair with the car" is really more like an arranged marriage.

When you know the history, some of which covered in here:

https://youtu.be/BfMcuc6rMS8?si=Ms1wvTP1UcL7QRZN

#CarDependence @TheWarOnCars

Of all the bizarre decisions we've made as a culture, establishing a daily norm of transporting ~100kg of human inside ~1,000kg of metal propelled by tiny explosions has to be the weirdest.

Können Lastenräder mit Autos konkurrieren? Neue Studie der #TUBerlin mit äußerst spannenden Ergebnissen: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.12.018

Eine Zusammenstellung der für uns wichtigsten Erkenntnisse im Thread

#Lastenrad #Auto #Autokorrektur #CarDependence #Carsharing #Verkehrswende 1/6

We can’t build cities around cars, even if they are electric.
#traffication #Urbanism #BikeTooter #Auspol #TheWarOnCars #Auspol #CarDependence #WalkableCities
https://thedriven.io/2023/08/28/we-cant-build-cities-around-cars-even-if-they-are-electric/

Time to stop planning our #cities around #cars and start building them around people.
In #OurWonderfulGreenFuture we will have #TransportChoices not #CarDependence
#OWGF #Urbanism #BikeTooter #Trains #WalkableCities #15MinuteCities

Dodger stadium, Los Angeles, lost in a sea of parking spaces… #cardependence

1/ New #OpenAccess #research published in #JTLU by Langer, Durán-Rodas (@TU_Muenchen), & Pajares (@plan4better) develops an integrated model of #CarUse, #CarOwnership, and #PublicTransport access to identify potential #spatial factors predicting #CarDependence in #Munich.

https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2111

I've pretty much come to the conclusion that while #Seattle does put some effort into reducing #CarDependence, its also stupidly fails. (1/4)

"..for many low-income and minority Americans, #automobiles have been turbo-boosted engines of #inequality, immobilizing their owners with #debt, increasing their exposure to hostile law enforcement, and in general accelerating the forces that drive apart haves and have-nots. "

"Once You See the Truth About #Cars, You Can’t Unsee It"

#CarDependence #transport #transportation #CarLobby #AutoIndustry
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion/car-ownership-inequality.html?unlocked_article_code=TlX025UvI765L4kIkg94Ls1eXLW4yIrhSr0R_L9y3rJJLAMPcjhpZBDHPIL1GeGP7S6ksQ10PbQttwIR6gA3hVuuOmrs49uOgR2e4cAUUM-4xsL290NJzQ0SOuIbvugD_GdiZinx9iEMsB9bO3cAPbhLNQNZfVKUx8g7cnPG2gSJoCbdjQeKjovvIEJaqeTsoa7UBcfJokeo1mhsJPQc01YW1LqdcPZ5_TRmDOP4-RaIZGI8ih3hJLYYtVYCuHrVKJPhOvEXg1Q31xqyVCAywHf-w9Ji-DxTuWKezpCIoXzAtc30AW6OMZZThMiykeAT-mZXpQCU6gkeSbI8JkKS7GK8&smid=share-url

On 25 June 2019 I filmed the morning "rush" hour at the toucan crossing at Ormeau Bridge, #Belfast. In 9 minutes 70 cyclists went by. This represents 19% of all traffic, excluding pedestrians. The car traffic is slow moving, and the road is considered by some metrics one of the most congested outside London.

#Cycling #ActiveTravel #CarDependence

The Department for Infrastructure have no plans to create #SafeSpaceForCycling here.

Watch "Ormeau Road - morning rush hour":
https://youtu.be/-D6QpCNFMsQ