30 Times The ‘Screw Cars’ Online Group Made Us Feel Like We’re Living In A Dystopia
Cars: you can love them, you can hate them, but you can’t deny their overwhelming prevalence in the world. And while some of us are so used to it, we don’t really pay attention to it anymore, others are getting increasingly furious.
If you’re also getting annoyed by oversized pickup trucks, this online anti-car community welcomes all car-hating folk with open arms, and so far, they have over 400k members. It’s a safe space to vent about insane traffic, car-focused city design, poor public transit infrastructure, and the lack of green and community areas.
The car-free movement idea in general is quite big these days. It is supported by many urban planners, environmentalists, social activists, and transportation engineers. They advocate for walkable cities, mixed-use buildings, high density housing, and accessible public transportation.
To get some firsthand insight, we spoke to Paul Stout, a graduate student of urban design who gained a following on TikTok because of his videos explaining it. But before we get into the nitty gritty of things, check out this collection of some of the most infuriating instances of car dominance and some of the most beautiful examples of how it could be different.
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Religious Freedom, Daytime Drag, And Robust Public Transportation
"I will have freedom! You just have to conform into my beliefs!" (/s, hence the " ")
Load More Replies...Last week I was driving through Philadelphia when I saw a woman with 2 small kids, each dressed as superheroes, standing with a drag queen dressed in pink thigh high boots, a bright pink mini and a flaming red wig. And Jackie o pillbox hat. I yelled out and said "Everyone, you look AMAZING!" My husband and I waved. The queen yelled: "Thank you!" And the kids shyly waved! We continued our journey, full of joy over this little encounter...I only wish I had a picture! We are a couple of 70+ people btw..
Thank you! I love my city and I'm so happy you enjoyed it too❤️
Load More Replies...1. That's Gilda Wabbit! I know her! and 2. WTH does this have to do with the post title?
So we are just going to ignore the person manspreading (it's just the term, it is nothing to do with the person) from NY to Cali? The person is all in the Muslim person's space. Sorry but this is not okay. Y'all see harmony, I see discomfort.
I think they might be guarding their bags on the floor rather than manspreading.
Load More Replies...Really, how many women wake up see our reflection and wish we could just pull on a hijib(?) and go about our day? I loved my Hoodie and mask combo.
Nice Summary Of This Sub I Guess
Also a lot harder to crash a train into a skyscraper. Just sayin'.
Not in the US. The rail companies will crash anything everywhere.
Load More Replies...They never want to be in Government - they are too sensible!!
Load More Replies...So much of the UK rail network was taken out of use. It could have been so much better than now
You can thank Margaret Thatcher for that! Her and Ronald Reagan are the reason why both our countries have slowly collapsing into third world countries for the last 4 decades.
Load More Replies...NYC to Miami is 19 hrs of straight driving, train is 25 hrs and jets are 3 hrs... Even if HSR was put in it would be 14- 16 hrs... I do agree that rail, especially high speed should be put in across the US but federal money would need to be put in to support ticket costs like is done in most of Europe
Nah.. living in densely populated areas in Europe is fine.. but where I live the alternative for a car commute of half an hour takes one and a half hour. Even with my village having a train station.
Load More Replies...I tried to catch the train the other day. They went on strike. My fully electric car powered by ecoelectricity didn't have enough range to do the journey (you can't trust service station chargers to work or be free) so I ended up taking my husband's diesel car. I did try...
This Awful Space Between Two Kindergardens In My Neighborhood Got The Ultimate Car-Free Makeover. Copenhagen, Denmark
What an amazing transformation. I wish there was a magic genie that could go throughout the world and make changes like this.
Grass may be more expensive to maintain, though, especially if this space is mostly used by the kids.
Load More Replies...Well, who wouldn’t like a decrease of cars, but the downside is that cities and even towns gets looked for people from the country around and farther away. The public communication for us gets less and less of both “hardware” and schedules. And at the same time more and more expensive. Our kids can’t have any social life unless they gets a ride by someone WITH a car, owns a moped or - as in Sweden - an “EPA” or “A-tractor” since you have to be 18 before getting a driver license here. These vehicles are allowed from age of 16 and have a speed limit of 30 km/h. They are often a hazard for the kids as the become an annoying element in traffic for other drivers.
Car dominance is a thing all over the world, but it’s the most noticeable in the US. Paul Stout quotes a few reasons for that, including disinvestment in city centers, urban renewal, and a strong automotive industry. However, according to him, the biggest one is the zoning law which allows cities to enforce single-use areas in city planning. This means that certain sections of a city can only be used for residential, commercial, or industry buildings. This gave rise to the suburbs, which, in turn, made cars an essential part of living.
However, the increasing concern for climate change and the often-unbearable traffic is encouraging more and more individuals to reconsider the necessity of a car in their lives. Hence, the car free movement idea is getting increasingly popular.
Carbrain Andrew Tate Taunts Greta Thunberg On Twitter. Greta Doesn't Hold Back In Her Response
FYI, andrew tates was sentenced for human traffic and others happy things..
Been charged with. Trial date not set yet. likely to take a long time, perhaps years.
Load More Replies...I printed this screenshot out and stuck it to my fridge a couple weeks ago because it makes me way too happy 😂 I love Greta, she’s one of the good humans ❤️
Load More Replies...Andrew Tate currently doesn't own any cars as he is in a Romanian jail waiting for trial on slavery and human trafficking charges. I hope he is enjoying a tough time in there.
Unfortunately he has been released to house arrest. :( . I really hope his house is infested with scum lower than he is.
Load More Replies...The funniest part is that he uploaded a video after this, pretending Greta was trans and had a small d*ck herself. He had ordered pizza from a certain pizza shop and ate from the box in the video, which led to police being able to find and arrest him. And the most HILARIOUS part is that he started all this because someone told him, "GRETA is after you" - aka the Group of Experts on Action in Trafficking of Human Beings and he thought it was Greta Thunberg so he made this sudden tweet.
Does the 16 on the front of the cars grill indicate the preferred age of who he se***lly assults?
To be fair, if you own 33 cars you can't possibly drive more than one at a time. I have two, a daily, and a car that goes less than 1000 miles a year.
To be even more fair, if you have ANY number of cars, you can't drive more that one at a time 😛. But I feel ya! You don't need 33 supercars. I could use a few different cars for different purposes though. Like you, my wife and I both have the daily and the fun/track car. I want another though, a Miata like hers... Never had so much fun with 100hp!!
Load More Replies...Well, if it's between Greta, Andrew and you, I'd say it's you.
Load More Replies...Greta Thunberg is just going to get better as she gets older and I'm here ready with the popcorn.
F**k The Cato Institute
Yes please! The Shinkansen was definitely a highlight of my trip to Japan!
Load More Replies..."Dedicated infrastructure that serves no other purpose than to moving passengers." So.. that's totally not an accurate description of roads for cars?
It's not even right at that. Trains can absolutely be used for moving freight, you can even run them on the same lines as passenger trains. I feel like rail lines (like roads) should be created and maintained by the Government. The trains that run on them could be owned by private companies who pay the Government for the right. That way you can pay for them and also make sure the whole network is uniform and compatible. Don't want scenarios where company A has a rail line with a 6 foot gauge, company B has a 5'6 gauge and company C a 5'6 gauge but different weight limits.
Load More Replies...Who funded that article? There is no way I can drive from where I live to say Manchester quicker than a train can take me
Trains are fantastic! And for a country the size of the USA, high speed trains going between major hubs is most definitely the way forward.
While they would serve a place in the future they aren't currently a good option for most of the US because they wouldn't get enough use to make them worth the cost, the US has 1/3 the population density of the EU, and not a lot of Americans travel between major hubs on a regular basis.
Load More Replies...The US once had robust intercity public transportation. Even in rural areas, you could catch a bus or train in the early 1900s. Automobile interests convinced lawmakers and city planners that robust intercity public transportation was obsolete and a waste of money so that automobile makers could make more money as the infrastructure was modified to better suit cars and eliminate public transport. That's why the US is neither pedestrian friendly nor has robust public transportation like many other countries.
As an EU citezen, I love traveling by train. I don't have to drive (already live in Paris, metro it is, people!), worry about anything, go through long lines & security, worry about the size of my luggage or weight, I can keep my water & stuff, loose precious hours on the entire nonsense.... Trains are comfy, spacious, have Wi-Fi + I get to enjoy the scenery without the entire trip, read if I want...
Money it's always money.This fight started long ago between Rockefeller and Carnegie when they were snatching up smaller rail lines to add to their companies. Why pay the the other guy to ship coal or steel when you can own the delivery service? These routes were split in every direction which is fine for Union Pacific and Burlington Northern for shipping, but now there would be billions spent to get approval from property owners for easement rights alone. Billions spent without laying a single rail. Feasible? Yes. But this is from a government that has been unable to pass an audit at the Pentagon 5 yrs in a row. Personally I would love to have high speed rail crossing here, but airlines and cars will keep that in check. Like I said Money.
If the highspeed rail were largely underground and elevated tracks, allowing property owners continued use of their property post construction (I am thinking of large agricultural and ranching areas here, mainly) that might help with easement issues.
Load More Replies...I haven't seen anyone here throw down Links for interstate bus and rail service, as if its simply obviously known. A regular patron would be wise to have the main Link, even if they use a booking service. What's over there anyway? Someplace to play video games? Peopleface chatter?
Given the choice, I would much rather travel by high speed rail than flying.
I Love Me Some Grassy Trams
Apart from that, more green in the city centers has been proven to reduce summer temperatures significantly, thus reducing the effect of heatwaves. There is a reason why more and more european cities experiment with green streets, superblock zones and roof gardens.
So true. My city has been trying to plant 500 trees a year for the last 2 years just try and help lower the temperature as they grow.
Load More Replies...Probably either Mäkelänkatu or Hämeentie (streets in Helsinki Finland)
Electric buses aren't smelly. And they make that lovely futuristic sound I like.
Load More Replies...This looks like the tram lines in Amsterdam, taking people from the more residential areas into the city centre. It's fantastic. It move so many people, and at a fraction of the pollution caused by cars. It's also a fraction of the noise cars make, and it's faster than cars too. The trams don't get caught up in traffic.
Several big cities in the Netherlands have trams like this as well. Looks good and works well. Although it's still only parts of the tram tracks. Public transport and bikes are all you need in the cities. No cars necessary.
The benefits of the car-free movement are many. The study that analyzed plans for private car free city centers found significant reductions in traffic-related air pollution, noise, and temperature. The reduction of cars also minimizes the need for parking spaces, which provides more room for green and community areas. This is a point that Stout emphasizes as well, as he believes that getting rid of parking minimum mandates can make a positive impact on communities. According to him, in addition to creating more public space, it would also “bring down the cost of housing, and allow density to exist in places it currently cannot.”
On top of all that, cleaner air, communal spaces that encourage socializing, and potential for more active mobility and physical activity can also lead to health benefits. And we haven’t even started about the reduction of CO2 emissions.
Found On Insta, Thought It Fit Well Here
And on public transport ppl can play on their phones and not kill anyone
There's about 130-ish people in this photograph. The larger articulated buses can carry about 200 passengers. In some cities, the articulated buses more often carry between 90-140 passengers.
Even if it was only 50 or 20, it would still be better than 1 person per car
Load More Replies...Where I am we have decent public transportation. Unfortunately we also have a lot of people that believe you have to bath in cologne before going out in public.
It depends on what you mean by 'the rich'. I'm going to suggest in this context, 'rich' means someone who has enough money to buy a car, but *chooses* to use public transport in preference to a car. Using that hastily cobbled together definition, the rich used public transport across vast areas of Europe.
Load More Replies...But how do you get A bus that goes to hundreds of specific locations that all these people want to go to
Sometime you do have to walk a bit from the bus stop, maybe 10mins in places, but in Melbourne it is unlikely you have to walk further to get where you want to go. In the regional areas there are less bus stops and services, but it really depends where you are going.
Load More Replies...One benefit of having cars is the freedom to go where and when you need to go. Also, not being stuck with a bunch of possibly sick, possibly dangerous strangers for prolonged periods of time.
More Of This Please
More of this please, the world over! If we don't do something quickly...the world IS over.
In the Netherlands this works. In Texas every biker would've melted and sweated through their clothes.
Over 70 Years Later And We Still Widen Roads
It's crazy for how long it has been known that adding lanes just doesn't work and yet most city planners/councils seemingly never got the memo.
It just keeps happening. "They" don't seem to realise that, if you make it easier to commute by car, you then need thousands more carparks at the destination too. So now carparking companies are making their fortunes. Better train and bus services don't require a single additional car park. In most cases the roads and rails are all ready there but underutilised. Having said that, my husband is now driving to work every day when he/we (when I worked in the city) used to walk to the train each end, and it really pisses me off.
Load More Replies...Not so fast!! The photo on the right is NOT regular "traffic congestion" it's hundreds of thousands of people fleeing hurricane Rita in 2005. Notice how the cars are all driving towards the camera, on both sides of the highway. 594565735_...b664c9.jpg
The UK has been widening roads a fair bit, but the icing on the cake of stupidity is smart motorways. Getting rid of the hard shoulder is just dumb and proven to be fatal.
Fortunately all new ones are being scrapped. Flipping idiots who devised that (and the government fools who let them)... anyone with half a brain could point out the obvious re getting rid of hard shoulders.
Load More Replies...This is the best idea ever!! I can definitely get behind this! Lol
Load More Replies...Electric light rail following highways makes much more sense in the cities
Okay, I get what the point is now: public transportation needs to be available, reliable and convenient, and the point is that a lot of places are adding highway lanes instead of more buses, trains, subways, etc. The future needs to be public transport. I get it now.
That's good you get it but how do you suppose we do that outside of the city? Yes it's a great thing to have in the city where everything and everyone is so condensed but there's no real way to make it possible in the suburbs without the prices being ridiculous and people just end up driving anyway.
Load More Replies...You know what works, driving educat.. nm Education doesn't work in the states anyhow.. (Proper road discipline helps a lot).
Mumford was a sage predictor of the coming abyss promulgated by the highway lobby who continue to prevail today. He was chastised for his position in the days when the Interstate Highway system was being built that was seen as seen as America’s resolution to its transportation challenges. In some respects it did by replacing 2-lane thoroughfares with safer roads but Mumford spoke to the adverse impacts urban freeways had on cities; his 1953 book The Highway and the City addresses that eloquently.
However, not all car free initiatives work as well. The impact of car free days during which car traffic is restricted in certain areas varies a lot depending on the scale and goals of the project. Diverting traffic can increase congestion and air pollution in neighborhoods where it wasn’t a problem before. Retail business owners are also weary of car free initiatives as it might deter locals from shopping.
Just Go For A Walk, You'll Feel Better, I Promise
From pretty much the rest of the globe…we’re sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers… xx
Let's be honest, most of the rest of the globe doesn't live anywhere that's as pretty as the first photo :P
Load More Replies...This is the Breezewood exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It's like the largest Turnpike exit on the East Coast, joining several major highways going in all four directions of the U.S. It's used by travellers and LOTs of trucking companies. I am sure service people live in driving distance from there, but it is NOT a residential area. It's a place for people to eat, poop, and gas up before they continue on their journey.
That is all true. No arguments there. But, this counts as a city/what big city life is like for too many people. It's where jobs are and where culture passes though and... it's hard to explain unless you grew up nearby but, for the middle of nowhere that surrounds places like this, sometimes this is what kinda keeps you going. Where some passerby likes your weird hair and fishnets or cosplay outfit or whatever, it helps. I can't believe I'm kinda defending this but, try not to blame the locals when you're traveling through?
Load More Replies...When I would visit my family in Italy, my depression would always lessen dramatically.
Where I live in Maine is closer to the first pic than the second, but it's a terrible place to walk. No sidewalks, narrow gravel shoulders, you basically have to walk on the side of the road and hope traffic goes around you.
you live in a gas station? Doesnt look like a residential neighbourhood to me. The US has many nice places to walk too.
I'm lucky enough to live in Shropshire (UK), near the border of Wales. I could never live in a city nowadays (although many people understandingly have to, due to jobs).
This looks like basically every single small town along I-5 between Salem and Medford...
Infrastructure Is Too Expensive
It will cost £414($535) for a return from cardiff to birmingham for 4 people. That's 100 miles(2 hr by car) each way or Allentown to New York round trip. The train is a luxury in the UK
No it doesn't. Even if I bought the ticket on the same day, the most expensive adult return is £70.00 return. So that's 280.00 for 4 adults with no railcard discounts, buying their tickets at the station. To book in advance, it's more like £180.00. Children under 15 get a 50%+ discount. And people over 65 get 33% discount.
Load More Replies...Not quite true, is it though? The car passengers are likely going to at least a hundred different destinations, so there needs to be 200 rail tracks for it to be comparable
The government will medle with how much public transportation will cost.. and raise it up.
The government will medle with how much public transportation will cost.. and raise it up.
Divided by three because the permanent accidents an repairs block the entire railway. Just saying.
Pinterest Randomly Reminded Me That Cars Have More Rights Than Humans Sometimes
This is sad. Because if you are homeless and set up a tent they come through with the dumpster brigade and trash all of your stuff
Ikr?!? Kinda defeats the purpose to be that obvious - although setting up the frame and stretching out the tent has got to be pretty daggon obvious too LOL
Load More Replies...The stupidity of this post though, is that it's not cars that have rights it's car owners. I hate posts like this that try to claim that "oh this animate object has better rights". No it freaking doesn't. It's the person who owns it. Take parking spaces, it's an agreement the city makes with it's residents - we'll provide you spaces to park so you can move about. In most cities the owner has to pay for the privilege too. It's not like it's free.
In general, it seems that the car free movement concept is embraced more readily in Europe. Madrid, Oslo, Helsinki, and Hamburg have in the past pledged their commitment to become partly car free cities while Ghent and Nuremburg are already there. Then, there’s Barcelona that is often praised for their superblocks—clusters of city blocks designed to prioritize pedestrians and reduce car traffic.
Yet Another Person Realizing What‘S Good
British trains should be along in a while, although they could be on strike, cancelled or there could be emergency engineering works.
Load More Replies...Eurostar from London to Avignon, absolutely lush, and the breakfast croissant was the size of a bloody armadillo
In which TGV do they have high speed wifi???? In most of them you can’t even send a text message via wifi!
Where is the laptop screen it looks like there is only the botem half
The building in the center of the top image is a motel. Each room has wooden cow decorations in it. Dinner doesn't start until 7:30 pm--- 5 courses. Cheese with everything. Gourmet cheese. My wife stayed there for a week last year. All the cows? most of them wear old fashioned cowbells.
Good Planning
It's an 11 hour drive the whole way, so unclear how many are commuting along that route. Public transport is great for commuting, but now great for going on a trip with luggage, unless your destination is very close to the station.
Load More Replies...And the 401 is a hellscape, especially around Toronto. Unfortunately, the chance to build an economically feasible high speed rail line was lost years ago.
F**k These Cars A Little Less
It's not a real car, it's a fiberglass kit car built for a Birds Eye Peas commercial in 2005. Currently at the Unilever headquarters in Walton on Thames
Load More Replies...Good luck doing your weekly shopping with those. Only the pink one would be good with that.
The Ami, restricted to 28mph in the U.K. and very weird when you see one close up… IMG_9417-6...f-jpeg.jpg
That pink Fiat is the epitome of my childhood vacations in Poland! (Altaugh it was never pink). I always wanted one of these. It is SUPER small! My aunts still fit like 7 or 8 people in it. Lol good times… Sadly probably not very environmentally friendly. If I were an engineer or mechanic (or whatever I would have to be), I would make this into an electric car with all the safety standards of modern cars. I just love this one.
I wish this was possible where we live. But with semi-trucks, SUVs, & heavy electric cars, I would feel like a small child playing in traffic.
I agree that big honkin' gas guzzlers are wasteful, but people also need room for kids, groceries, taking the dog to the vet ... and a million other things. You probably don't need a huge SUV, but you might need something bigger than a refrigerator.
Of course, this trend, as well the pressing matters that force it, is not limited to Europe. For example, China’s megacity Shenzhen is investing in a massive car free district, while The Line, the ambitious Saudi Arabian project city is intended to have no cars, streets, or carbon emissions. African countries such as Uganda, Ethiopia, and Rwanda have adopted monthly car free days and enough citizens are taking advantage of it to see these initiatives grow.
I Know It's An Old Tweet. I Don't Know If This Is A Repost. I Just Think People Here Will Like Something Like This
in some cities you have to prove you can afford a parking spot before you are aloud to buy a car.
Just a heads up, allowed is permission, aloud is "not silently".
Load More Replies...Same as many roads in Central London. Haven't lived there since the late 80s, so it might be better now?
Load More Replies...Height Of Folly (By Jen Sorensen)
I wonder how many grannys and grandpas have broken their legs trying to get out of those "cars". They look like you need a ladder to get in!
Our grandma broke her hip getting out of my father-in-law’s truck…. I’m still upset abt that 4 years later. She’s legit allergic to codeine, anaphylaxis, and so she went through a broken hip and rehabilitation on ibuprofen and Tylenol 😢😢😢
Load More Replies...And the crazy part is that the bigger size has no practical value. It doesn't afford a bigger engine, doesn't increase carrying capacity. It's just bigger.
It’s heavier and more awkward to park. Costs WAY more in fuel. If you’re not using a pickup truck for what it’s meant to be used for, I will judge you for being basic enough that you’re okay with spending stupid amounts of money simply on your ego. Even if you want to go off-roading, you really don’t need a huge truck for that. These days you can barely fit new F-150s up the bush trails. (I work for a Ford dealer AND a Chevy/gmc dealer and the amount of people who willingly fling themselves into crippling debt to look cool is depressing)
Load More Replies...Remember an old motoring programme (Top Gear?) where they were complaining about the different heights of bumpers/fenders, and how, some cars would take out a child's legs, but others their chests. So they experimented, and ordered a Rolls Royce and a mini - thinking this would be the biggest differential - but hey, they were the exact same height....
Laughing in German…. Or crying because of the ridiculousness. If you had less space, like we do, then this problem would not even exist. I‘m glad we do not have many of these here.
When I lived in New York City, I needed a car for my job. I bought a Scion xB (Toyota bB elsewhere) because it had unbelievable interior space, but was tiny by US standards, which over the course of my ownership probably saved me a couple of weeks looking for a parking space. I've spent time in Amsterdam, Paris, Bologna and London, and if NYC car owners followed Europe's lead, they would own tiny cars, and there would be room for at least 10,000 more cars in city streets--or, better yet, more chance of finding a spot within a five minute walk of your apartment. But we are Americans, so we have to have big cars
Load More Replies...America problem. Basically the only county that absolutely love trucks. They don't sell anywhere near successful in every other countries.
The Public Train I Take To Go To Work Has A Self Service Coffee Station
A google image search led me to this: https://www.railvolution.net/news/new-bls-flirt-unveiled apparently it's the Swiss who enjoys this beauty
Load More Replies...When I worked in Manhattan the rush hour trains were standing room only, elbow to elbow. Self serve coffee would have caused a riot and lots of spilled coffee.
I love trains, but I feel like most of the cuteness in this article wouldn't work in most of America. Most train rides either aren't that far, are too crowded or the line is so far from work that is not worth it.
Load More Replies...Back in the day we used to have a train coffee car in the morning, and a bar car at night. Due to nasty people They removed those cars and put on another plain car.
Overall, it seems that the car-free movement is the future. And, after looking at all these posts, it seems that that future cannot come soon enough.
Helicopters Exist Also
Elongated Muskrat is a joke. A very bad joke that no one should take seriously 😑
An elongated muskrat would be interesting. This person has ceased to be interesting.
Load More Replies...I was going to say that Elon Musk is a k**b... but then remembered that a k**b is useful.
"the most powerful humans cannot defeat traffic". Presidents & powerful government people: have police escorts that opens up new lane. Our solution is clear, people. They need to get stuck in traffic like the rest of us so they'll work on a real solution.
Guess what, even cities with massive mass transit options still have horrible traffic. Trains don't fix much...lol
Is "Trunk Or Treat" Real And Because Of Non-Walkable Communities?
I always thought this was done for safety sake so the families knew everyone who was giving their kids candy and it was a controlled environment. Which is also sad.
No, very awesome. Church parking lot, the kids know most of the parents. The parents know the kids...so things like "Oh my Clarke, what a scary shark you are" and "I have never seen a cowboy-astronaut-ballerina Margot, how creative." Plus you, as a parent handing out candy at your trunk, only have to hand out candy for an hour or so. Then you close the trunk and do your own thing.
Load More Replies...That’s not why this is done. It’s done for another sad reason and that’s because some people don’t feel that it’s safe to let kids knock on strangers’ doors. Of course we have walkable neighborhoods.
We have that where I live but it's rural hear with long distances between homes. Our local grocery hosts one each year to give the children a taste of Beggars Night.
We do this in my area because of distance between houses since I live in the middle of nowhere. My closest neighbor is close enough to walk to, but the next house is over 5 miles down the road with woodland in between. Trunk or Treat is pretty much the only way we could have any sort of Trick or Treat around here.
The vast majority of the US never had walkable communities. It's still not unusual for small town neighbors to be half a mile apart.
My area isn't walkable but there are at least 6 neighborhoods within a ten minute drive from me that are. I usually park at my aunt's house (lots of trees and old houses in her neighborhood and that makes it spooky and awesome to me) and off we go!
Load More Replies...These were popular during the COVID lockdowns because it kept people from going to random houses and touching doors, doorbells, doorknobs, stair rails and such.
I’m Convinced A Lot Of People Wouldn’t See Something Wrong With This
Hundreds of people need a place to park, there is room for everyone in a parking lot, it is actually better to have more buildings around a parking lot because it makes it so we don't need as many, if tons of people go to shops all around then we need parking spots, most of the time our parking lots are 90% full so it's obviously necessary
I get the point, but my current home is converted carriage house so it is actually sort of built like this. The garage was converted into a living room many years ago so no car parking, but is still very much in this form factor. The living room floor is even made of old glazed brick in a herringbone pattern because of its previous life. What I’m trying to say is don’t knock it until you try it.
I'm not sure what metaphor they're aiming for here. Are they saying the community has a massive single carpark in the centre of it? Because it's a lousy example if they're trying to make a commentary on travel distances. And what's the alternative? Your metaphor becomes a house with a busstop or a train station in the middle of it?
If you replace Garage with Basketball Court, this is basically what I drew up as my dream house when I was 16.
Because your community is not your house? Also I don't really get what they mean by the garage in the middle.
I see a 3-in-1 toolshed, game room, and cat room with a car in it 🤷
You have to go through the garage to get to every room
Load More Replies...How Is This Legal?
Unfortunately that really is a huge safety problem. In an extra high SUV your viewing angle is so skewed you have virtually no chance to see anything smaller than an adult. Also it makes you drive more in the middle of the road instead of on the side, because you are unable to see the curb otherwise. SUVs are a traffic nightmare.
Yeah, SUVs and Super/Hyper cars are the most useless, unnecessary types of cars ever.
Load More Replies...Compensating by buying a car that will make you run over and kill your own child in your own driveway must be worthy of a Darwin award.
Load More Replies...I hate the fact that most of these are driven by soft-handed people that don't own a screwdriver. God forbid putting tools or a load of material in the bed. And good luck loading a ton of bricks from a ladder.
depends where you live. IN places like Oswego NY they get snowstorms with as much as 22-30 inches in a 24 hour period. Trucks like these are important in many northern rural areas to get around. Also if you work in construction,
I am just curious because I am not a car person but didn't they have good smaller cars/tricks several years ago which were perfectly fine for construction and else?
Load More Replies...Soon the vehicles will be so high that they will pass right over children.
That one will, if she hits the ground fast enough and isn't struck by a tire.
Load More Replies...I'm gonna copy what other people say about this, so I can be accepted and belonged: Is TINY PEEPEE TRUCK MAN, hyuck hyuck! I did it, finally! I joined You People. And like we're so right about it, our collective sentiment matters and makes us feel good and we're best friends. Don't forget to upvote my comment, you craycray Pandaloons!
American Exceptionalism
"exceptional" I don't know. "Special", in a air-quote sense of the word, on the other hand...
Can we not use disabled people as an example of something unfunctional anymore in 2023 thanks
Load More Replies...Bizarrely that’s not a semi, it’s a pick-up built on a truck chassis. 7 ton pick up 😳
Load More Replies...Let's be honest, people on scooters suck and they're more of a hazard and cars because how people treat them and use them.
The number of times I've seen eScooters illegally parked in ADA spots, blocking wheelchair access ramps and loading zones, generally obstructing sidewalks. The scooters aren't the problem: the a-hole riders are though...
Load More Replies...agreed on most, but you do need a special license to drive a truck like that
No, that's the CXT, or a modified version, no special licence required.
Load More Replies...An International XT. A toy for people who think owning a Hummer is too sensible. In Europe it would be considered a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) And you would need a commercial licence (and pass a separate driving test) to drive it.
Load More Replies...Cool Idea? (Cannot Stand Carbrains In The Replies)
bill was already shelved, and it was for people reporting any parking violation. Civil Liberties groups like the ACLU fought against it
Why? If you see someone rob a bank and call the police, surely the ACLU wouldn't have a problem with that!
Load More Replies...only if that same app allows you to report cyclists not following the rules of the road. Cyclists dangerously breaking the law is something I have seen far more than care blocking bike lans.
Where is the ACLU when women are forced to be incubators for children they don't want, can't afford, while their rapists get patted on the back for being 'real men'.
To bad it was shelved, some people could have used that to legally buy Photoshop..
Lol you could make a living doing that... well probably not in NYC anyway.
Can we also take pictures of bikes plugging up vehicle lanes when there's perfectly good bike lanes and/or sidewalks?
No, it is a bike towing a cargo trailer with a few plastic storage bins stacked on it.
Load More Replies...Everything Must Be Sacrificed For The Car
The poicture reminds me of the sad story of what was known as the "loneliest tree" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9) . It was a single tree standing in the middle of a huge desert, hundreds of miles away even from the next road. What happend to it? Yes, you guess right: it was hit by a car.
My gf in college asked me to teach her how to drive a stick-shift. I took her out to the countryside away from everything. She froze halfway through a turn at a crossroads, entered a field and headed straight for a tree in the middle of the field. No panick, I thought, as the tree was several yards away and easily avoidable, but she fixated on it and my cherry red Karmann Ghia convertible smacked into the only obstacle for five hundred yards around. I'm still surprised I wasn't angry.
Load More Replies...I agree that looks quite pathetic. But there's no public transportation to my nearest supermarket. If you expect me to walk 5 miles carrying grocery bags, you're mental. Look, try to save the earth, but being a car hater is not the answer. It's like blaming a kid from a ghetto for being a thug. It's not the poor kid's fault. Blame the education and economic system.
Lots and lots and even more lots...lemme see... Oh yeah. Lotsa flooding,heat sinks,And yet-ever onward...
The thing I find frustrating with mall parking lots is why not make it multistory? Not only do you need a smaller footprint but you create one or more floors where cars are in shade.
New vs. Old Mini Cooper
I used to call the big ones "maxis" just to annoy my husband. 😂
Load More Replies...To be fair to car manufacturers a lot of that size is driven by safety standards
I was going to say that. The original Mini was a bit of a deathtrap in a collision due to their tiny size. The same way small cars are now if they get into an accident with an SUV. The smallest Mini now is far safer than the original Mini.
Load More Replies...a 2023 standard non-hybrid sedan produces less emissions than a 1973 min cooper. In fact a 2023 produces less than a 2013 of the same model sedan. There is a company with a ICE that will reduce emissions by 97% ready for market in 2027
That's lovely, but how much lower would the emissions be if the car was 50% smaller and lighter?
Load More Replies...That is not the same model. The Countryman is a Cooper but it's the largest of their line. The mini Cooper of today is about the same size as the original. You'll have to look up the stats.
They are all larger than the original. Mini-image...0-jpeg.jpg
To be fair. The left is an electric model and not run by fuel... thats what the E at the end of the license plate on the left stands for here in germany (where the cars in the pic are from looking at their license plate) so althought the general point is right, that example picture is quiet a bad choice...
Actually the size actually contributes to the safety because a lot of that area is a crumple zone
With the new regulations, we're not allowed pretty, tiny cars anymore as safety regulations. Like the 95' NSX. That's why we had the ugly box car era.
Terrifying
Every time I see this, it blows my mind. But I thought it was just like one major place where this happens and something something that I read. But even so. It’s still massive cars. And now I wonder if it’s AI. I hate having to always wonder that now.
For all TLDR: This was from 2015 holiday event. 50 lanes down to 20. Yes still bad traffic.
Load More Replies...This picture so frequently comes with lies. First off, the picture is of an expanded toll plaza with additional lanes to move traffic through the tolls faster. This number of lanes is not how wide the actual highway is at any point other than at the tolls. This level of traffic depicted in the image is also unusual. This was during a major national holiday. The roadway on the left of the picture is the opposite lanes of traffic and is indicative of the actual roadway. The toll plaza on that side is further down and is similarly as wide to move traffic more quickly through the tolls. This image does not show a "50 lane highway" nor is it indicative of daily traffic flow on that roadway.
This is a paytoll both, the highways does not have 50 lanes! Is split tp many lane to accomodate for all the both, just like a border control station.
Magic Parking Lot
Wow. What is the center green patch? Surely it’s taking up too much space!
Don't worry. According to 2023 satellite imagery the green patch has been razed to the ground and work is ongoing for further parking space https://goo.gl/maps/9iB7bUQwt8C1w2V68
Load More Replies...Drugs, sex, crime, theft, homeless, collapse, falls, broken elevators, fires, pests, flood, lawsuits, accidents that block exit, limited style of tow truck for dead vehicle, lightbulbs, graffiti, pee, poop, trash
Load More Replies...Disney World won't need to worry about parking after DeSantis gets done with his 'woke' war. I don't mean to complain but why don't people insist that the politians they elect actually do something to help their constituents & the planet we live on.
If you think this is "mind-blowing", you need to get your head checked. Because that's just how it works: cars takes more area than people. It's a simple math that even kids understand. That's why people designed basements and parking buildings. Or even more efficient systems like automatic cars deposit buildings.
Pulled into the parking lot so proud parents had ♿️ stickers!! Ugh
6 Hour Line Of 14 Lane Traffic At Burning Man
They do have a temporary airport just for that purpose
Load More Replies...This, plus $600 tickets, plus price gouging, plus catering to the wealthy equals Burning Man is a pass. When the Kardashians attend your alt art event, it is no longer cool.
By the time I learned about Burning Man, it was no longer a place I wanted to visit.
Let's all go out into a pristine environment for a week and destroy it just like all the other human asholes
Is that even a road? It looks like they've just all decided to take the same imaginary road through the desert.
Burning man is always held in the desert, so you're not really wrong.
Load More Replies...Because BM is awesome. It's an amazing experience. Just avoid the celebrities.
Load More Replies...My City (Ottawa, Canada) Removing A Pedestrianized Street In Favour Of Cars
I feel like this was always a road for cars and the pictures just temporary Street Festival
You're right. The first was taken in the summer, the second in the off season (notice people are wearing coats). William St by the Byward Market (pictured) keeps being debated between whether it should be pedestrian only or for parking, odds are they'll change their minds again soon.
Load More Replies...More false info. The first pic is obviously a street fair and traffic has been blocked off for this reason. Geez.
Thankfully Government Street in Victoria, BC is still car free (except for the cross streets and avenues).
Stolen From Facebook
The Onion Strikes Again
Housing and homelessness crisis solved! Everyone lives in their cars!
“But What About People Who Need Big Trucks For Work?”
One is designed for people who need to work. The other is designed for people who need to validate their lack of personality.
How do I hook up my gooseneck trailer to that van?
Load More Replies...You would also need a hydraulic lift to actually get anything heavy on the truck bed of that Chevrolet while the back of the van is much lower.
One is designed for someone that owns a plumbing/hvac/electrical company, the other is for someone who has to haul their own trash, pick things up from Lowe's, haul a trailer.
Town Centers
That's not a town center anywhere in America. That's the very outskirts of an area that's right off the interstate.
Well, it's like this due to a number of reasons: historical reasons (older cities have smaller buildings and narrower streets), and the population density difference (I remember EU is like 4 times of the US). European streets may look nicer (by some standards), but it definitely does not apply to all countries.
We have more room. Light speed rails in Texas only work within the 5 big cities. It’s 8 hrs either way to leave my state.
I live in a town in New Jersey, a very nice town. Everything about it keeps it in the best places to live in USA list. But there is no ‘center of town’, absolutely none, but plenty of strip malls. It’s one of the ‘forget living here without a car’ that are too common. Otherwise it’d be the best place I’ve lived.
Assuming This Hasn't Been Posted Here Before
Tesla Go Boom
My upvoting is on the fritz today. Please accept my comment as an upvote 🙂
Load More Replies...and if a Tesla breaks down in front of them, they're stuck :-D Hey just kidding, I love trams AND im from Amsterdam.
Cars May Be The Most Important Movie Of The Past 20 Years
I'll admit,I only watched the first one, and where was it urban? Most of the movie was set in the desert, where you'd definitely need a car.
Won't Be Safe In Anything Weighing Less Than 4 Tons
True Advertisement: Our Problems Will Not Be Solved By Newer Cars. They Will Only Be Solved By Fewer Cars
Working remotely was working out nicely for awhile before out of touch CEOs made everyone go back.
When things start becoming too sensible or reasonable, somebody has to put a stop to it.
Load More Replies...OMG THIS!!! I cant get over how everyone is micro focusing on electric cars!! We need alternatives!!! If all cars are electric cars its going to be a big mess too in many ways.
The problem here in the West is there are little options other than driving. I would totally be into taking a train to commute. But limited routes and times mean that isn't an option. And using the buses turn a 30 minute trip into 2 hours. Cities need to start incorporating public transportation into their future planning. And using taxes to make them low cost/ free beats giving some company a 10 year tax break any day.
I Don't Blame The Kids For Staying Inside
oh common stop with the stupid far stretched stuff. Like anyone lives in a car park (the unfortunate souls living in their car do, i know)
2021 Best Selling Automobile In The Us (Ford F150) vs. 2021 Best Selling Automobile In Italy (Fiat Panda). You Can Almost Fit 2 Pandas In A Single F150 (And A Panda Will Fit Just As Many People)
Yes <3 (and if it suddenly stops working, you can just push it off the street, one little girl is enough. At least the good old original one...)
Load More Replies...yes, but can the Panda tow 10,000lb with 1000lb in the bed? Can the panda traverse on rural roads in 2 foot+ high snow? The F150 sales are mostly rural america (in urban it tends to be construction industry who needs it), where they need those abilities. The better comparison is the number 1 selling urban car, which was the Toyota Camry that year.
I would also add that F-150s are extremely popular "fleet" vehicles (i.e. for big construction companies, the military, etc). That has a whole lot to do with it being "the best selling". Not defending the vehicle, I just have a thing for stats without context.
Load More Replies...We own a Panda, very good little car but the space for passengers is really tight and so is the room for luggages. But we only use it for short trips, otherwise it's bike, bus, tramway, train and moped for me
Yeah but the panda lacks comfort. Personal spaces important in the US there's no need to be tightly packed if you don't have to be.
If you think you are not going to seat comfortably in a normal car, the only personal space you need is a gym.
Load More Replies...This is extremely misleading. The Ford F150 is and has been the most selling vehicle for years, but a large percentage of those look nothing like that. The consumer/personal use 150 is absolutely a bloated piece of s**t, but the numbers are so high bc of the fleet model. It's bare bones, basic, and inexpensive so companies will legit buy several for their needs.
Not with the right people. Not with people who have interesting hobbies who need to move a lot of stuff in interesting places. Sorry, but if my trunk and lance and sword and shield and tent don`t fit AND the car still goes up to the old castle and through the gate, your penis size will not even be considered.
Load More Replies...Japanese Trucks vs. American Trucks
And yet Toyota makes the Tundra and NOT exclusively for the US market.
Should also mention that the japanese trucks only have like 50 HP or something. Might be good to haul light stuff within the city. Still love them, though
Kei truck turbo kits are surprisingly inexpensive. If you make sure to import one with a 5-speed transmission they go down the highway just fine.
Load More Replies...The vast majority of people I know who have imported Japanese trucks to the US are farmers and ranchers! They cost a tiny fraction of what a Polaris Ranger or a John Deere Gator do, and the ones 25+ years old can be road-registered and driven like a normal vehicle while the side-by-sides cannot.
Load More Replies...Stop acting like there's only one model of F150. If you say the Subaru is only used by businesses, then use a diagram of the 150 used by most businesses 🙄
An American Pickup In Europe
Footnote: Bought by a compensating European, parked by a compensating European.
Not sure that's the case. More morons are buying oversized cars but the truly giant ones you see in North America aren't legal in Europe for street safety reasons. That car was most likely imported.
Load More Replies...Once again another problem that is only too real: Roads, garages and bridges were build at a time when the average car was about half the size it is today. So yes, you do not fit an oversized SUV into a parking spot as when it was build, simply noone thought a car would be as big.
And they were right. No car needs to be or should be that big. Half the size is taken up by a useless truck bed that is so high up you wouldn't even be able to get anything to transport up there. Any any van has way more storage space.
Load More Replies...In New York, People Are Cleaning The Walls As A Result Of Years Being Polluted By Cars
But not just by cars. This'll happen to any facade that sees plentiful moisture and shade.
The castles of Britain woukd like to disagree with you.
Load More Replies...I saw this in London when I was there years ago. It made me realize that NYC once had brick buildings that weren't all made with slate gray bricks.
Activists Install Crosswalks. The City Removes Them. Allegedly They Do This So You Know That Your Safety Isn't A Priority For Them
In Germany there was a story where they installed a crosswalk at a construction site, officially for the workers on it. But pedestrians and most importantly children used it as well to safely get over the street. Guess what: After construction ended they dead-a** removed the crosswalk too. Because, you know, it was only temporary for the construction workers.
Eff Cars
Much of these are shock value to people of other countries . Sure both of these are america, one is a large city, one is the commercial side of suburbia. You can also throw a picture of a corn field in there and not a living soul around for miles. we have those vast rural areas too. It's one of those square states in the middle that most of us forget about . I live in the in-between, drive 15 mins in one direction and you hit the city, drive 15 mins in another direction and you hit the land of strip malls, 15 mins in a different direction and it's housing additions as far as the eye can see, 15 mins in the only other direction you get corn and cows.
I mean both can be true. As a European I understand it has deserts as well as oceanic temperate rain forests and tropical beaches and near tundra. But mainly it's endless corn fields and similar-looking small towns. Do I understand that correctly?
Most major cities are hundreds of miles away with smaller cities along the way and in between those smaller cities you have some small towns and a lot of nothing in the smaller areas your nearest neighbor could be a mile away. The US has a lot of space and opportunity.
Load More Replies...Sorry. No. Both are photos of *urban* US. But it is still the case that the large majority of the American landscape is rural, and very sparsely populated by humans.
My Apologies For Trying To Bike In The Car Storage Lane
Ha! In my country the local police would be there in an instant to fine them all.
But the lane would still be blocked. They should tow them all.
Load More Replies...The small town I live in, the Council didn't want to add bike lanes along the main roads (there was plenty of room), so instead they split the footpaths (not pavement, we're semi-rural - 2-person width footpaths). Now the walker on the inside has to avoid hedges and bushes, and if someone is coming the other way, the oncoming person has to check before briefly sidestepping into the bike lane to be able to pass. It's insane. They chose cars over people.
Trucks Used To Be Work Tools Before They Turned Into Death Machines
The smallest truck you can buy in the USA is a GMC Canyon. A 2023 Canyon is 213 inches long, and ~82 inches tall. A 1968-ish GMC 1/2ton was 188 inches long (shortbox) and quite a bit shorter!
Load More Replies...Coworkers Made Me A Bike Lane All The Way To My Desk Because Of How Much I Talk About Cars Sucking
The Onion Strikes Again
Change Is Scary For Car Brains
These must be done with some foresight though. Atlanta GA/USA put in a streetcar for a tremendous expense that goes NO WHERE that people who work/live in the city would go. It does nothing to alleve traffic and instead just muddles the intersections quite a bit.
Uber Eats Driver Is One Of Us
Sidewalks Are Car Infrastructure. Change My Mind
As a dog owner, I LOVE when there are adequate sidewalks. My neighborhood is a weird mix of streets with sidewalks and those without. I specifically plan our walks around the streets with sidewalks so I'm not in the way and my pups are safe. I luckily live within a 5 min drive of a lovely big park, too.
I Saw This And I Thought About You Guys ;)
Oh no look at that! It's traffic congestion with nowhere for pedestrians to walk - and it's not in the US!
The Oil Lobby Is Way Too Strong
I live in Chattanooga and we are rapidly building condo after condo because developers got wind that there MIGHT, PERHAPS one day be a high-speed train built from here to Atlanta and they want all the money from the people who will buy those condos to work in Atlanta and then bring their big Atlanta money to Chatt. Only problem is, most of the condos are empty. And did I mention that we also have a problem with unhoused people and not taking great care of them? Barf.
Amtrak is a poorly run disaster, where routes and major stations were built on political consideration, not need
I commuted on New Jersey Transit 27 yrs. NJT is fairly reliable, their all too common delays are provided by the Amtrak rails NJT must lease - power lines down, signals failing, etc etc. Damtrak is unreal
Load More Replies...But Amtrak is also likely the 17th most used mode of transportation here, so it'll affect nobody.
I'm am constantly amazed that with all the space, construction ability and need to move people around that the US decided that trains weren't the best solution and instead chose cars and airplanes.
Capitalism! In the early days of cars, car manufacturers bought out transportation companies only to shut them down. Car companies still lobby. We can't have government-run transportation, because that's for communists.
Load More Replies...Carbrainer Will Prefer To Live In Houston
What I'm getting out of this article is Europe has no space so we need to be tightly packed like sardines
We are sorry the american education system failed you so bad.
Load More Replies...Beautiful
Everything has a yin and a yang; some good, some bad. It's just the bad is kinda overwhelmingly obvious and the good,,, well, let's hope it's there somewhere.
Load More Replies...Just think if that's Celilo Falls on the Columbia, those are now drowned by dams. You want a topic to get hot over? Turning the Columbia river into a series of lakes.
I agree. The salmon can't get around the grand Coulee dam.
Load More Replies...Walking Is Illegal
the hotel is a half a mile away and you need to illegally cross a major highway
Yes, this makes a lot more sense when that important context is added in
Load More Replies...The stadium sits on its own patch of land but is separated from any of the nearby hotels by acres of parking lots along with 6 lanes of a major highway and corresponding exit ramps. Welcome to New Jersey!
Famous Beach Is Removed In Favor Of Building A Coastal Highway. Government Calls It A Massive Achievement To Relieve Traffic. Alexandria, Egypt
Parking Requirements
Road Widening Makes It Worse
Basically, yes. I don't really get the flow dynamics, but this is what studies confirm.
Load More Replies...Well, there is that movie line "if you build it, they will come." But hey, American transportation planners are stuck in outdated thinking. They seem to think that making something bigger will solve all the problems. As we've seen, it doesn't.
The only road widening they do in the US is for carpool lanes. Those take forever to build and then everyone sits in traffic while the carpool lanes are always empty.
Trains Are So 19th Century, Clearly The Answer Is More Cars Everywhere
Guess They've Never Heard Of Parks
Why drinking and cooking meat in a parking lot? Can't you just have a BBQ at home and go there afterwards? The whole tailgating concept sounds so stupid to anyone non american...
I get it before going to a game, but the argument still doesn't make sense, the parking lot is getting used once a week DURING the season and then unused for 3/4 of the year...
Load More Replies...Especially a lot without trees for shade... sounds awful.
Load More Replies...You don't have tons of space. You stole it from the living trees and animals who lived there first.
Why couldn't they build a parking deck and leave a ton of green space for "tailgating"? I'm from the US and I still don't get this. I understand tailgating is using your truck tailgate, but it seems unsanitary for food purposes. A nice park would be so much more comfortable??
Why aren´t here parking houses? Don´t visitors and taxpayers pay enough?
We need more posts like this, it is becoming really hard to breath. Ignorance is outraging!
More sensationalized half-truth memes that support your cognitive bias? Look at every comment section, most of it is debunked by people that know the place, given clarity by research, or dunked-on with absolute sanity. You must not want half-truths, you must not take the social media "funny pages" at face value when it concerns a fact of the world. You must want more elaboration, not unreasonable fittings of emotion. "Ignorance is outraging"... hey, you said it. Know when to use "We" which is rarely, you don't speak for anyone but yourself here. Go change your tampon
Load More Replies...I live in Japan, and not even in Tokyo or Osaka. Not rural, but not "big city" by Japanese standards. I don't have a car. I have a license, but I actually have a phobia of cars, like not kidding here, not hyperbole: an actual phobia. Japan is great for me because I can go out of my house and in two minutes I'm at the station. At the next station, I catch a bus. Bus not convenient? I can walk. Even if the trains weren't running (like one time there was a typhoon): I walked home. Took awhile, but it wasn't so bad (except when the roof of a shed flew past me). Most of the time, I don't need a car. Clinic, dentist, supermarket, hardware store: all walking distance.
Of the nearly 3.5 years I lived in Japan, I haven't missed my car (which I drove almost daily before moving) even once. Public transport WORKS
Load More Replies...If anyone is interested, there's this really cool Instagrampage from a Canadian couple with all these examples about how converting to more cycle-friendly communities is really a change for the better. It's called modacitylife (no spon, it's just very interesting ).
My working hours and the place I work change every now and then, so I have to use my own car to get to work and home. But I do support public transportation.
When I lived in Chicago it didn't matter because the El ran so often. Public transit done right is better than a car for everything but large quantity hauling...and now we have peak delivery.
Load More Replies...I dunno public transport always sucks and it's to awfully safe as there is a lot of harassment or worse going on in there, so I'd rather never use it. It's also far more expensive than driving here compared to driving a small car or even medium sized ones as long as the fuel economy is decent. I do think they should stop banning electric scooters/steps of they want people to use cars less tho, that seems like a good option when you have the displeasure of having to go to a city to begin with. More green is also always good, but cities have none of that either. Cities just suck for everything tbh.
We need more posts like this, it is becoming really hard to breath. Ignorance is outraging!
More sensationalized half-truth memes that support your cognitive bias? Look at every comment section, most of it is debunked by people that know the place, given clarity by research, or dunked-on with absolute sanity. You must not want half-truths, you must not take the social media "funny pages" at face value when it concerns a fact of the world. You must want more elaboration, not unreasonable fittings of emotion. "Ignorance is outraging"... hey, you said it. Know when to use "We" which is rarely, you don't speak for anyone but yourself here. Go change your tampon
Load More Replies...I live in Japan, and not even in Tokyo or Osaka. Not rural, but not "big city" by Japanese standards. I don't have a car. I have a license, but I actually have a phobia of cars, like not kidding here, not hyperbole: an actual phobia. Japan is great for me because I can go out of my house and in two minutes I'm at the station. At the next station, I catch a bus. Bus not convenient? I can walk. Even if the trains weren't running (like one time there was a typhoon): I walked home. Took awhile, but it wasn't so bad (except when the roof of a shed flew past me). Most of the time, I don't need a car. Clinic, dentist, supermarket, hardware store: all walking distance.
Of the nearly 3.5 years I lived in Japan, I haven't missed my car (which I drove almost daily before moving) even once. Public transport WORKS
Load More Replies...If anyone is interested, there's this really cool Instagrampage from a Canadian couple with all these examples about how converting to more cycle-friendly communities is really a change for the better. It's called modacitylife (no spon, it's just very interesting ).
My working hours and the place I work change every now and then, so I have to use my own car to get to work and home. But I do support public transportation.
When I lived in Chicago it didn't matter because the El ran so often. Public transit done right is better than a car for everything but large quantity hauling...and now we have peak delivery.
Load More Replies...I dunno public transport always sucks and it's to awfully safe as there is a lot of harassment or worse going on in there, so I'd rather never use it. It's also far more expensive than driving here compared to driving a small car or even medium sized ones as long as the fuel economy is decent. I do think they should stop banning electric scooters/steps of they want people to use cars less tho, that seems like a good option when you have the displeasure of having to go to a city to begin with. More green is also always good, but cities have none of that either. Cities just suck for everything tbh.
