Tariffs are a valuable weapon in the war on cars?
U.S. and Canada auto sales could decline by 1.8 million vehicles this year and be stagnant over the next decade if the global trade war escalates, a Detroit-area automotive advisory firm forecasts.
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Self-driving cars would have to be imbued with a morality, and once you try and do that you realise that cars are actually immoral. They are ‘kill and not be killed’ devices.
Truth bomb from James May, Top Gear! #robotaxi #waroncars #trafficviolence
London Cycling Campaign · Interview with James MayLCC meets the long time co-host of Top Gear and The Grand Tour to discuss bicycles and why they’re perfect around cities
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"or maybe you're trying to write the Pixar movie Cars and you have to dream up a world that is designed for cars rather than humans...
ya start by deleting the people.... aaaand you're done, because we already have that"
Lol
Great line from current read "Inclusive Transportation" by Veronica O. Davis:
"if autonomous and electric vehicles do as they predict, all we will achieve is moving congestion more efficiently, with cleaner air."
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Finally everyone will start bicycling
Miles driven in Europe in the last decade: zero
Miles driven in the US in the last 8 days: 768 #WarOnCars #CarsSuck
Hey Toronto! Make good trouble. I wish I could join you (but I'm in Madagascar).
HT Reddit u/Marslettuce
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Of course, the "sane" reason people have found to oppose the zoning is "#traffic and #parking concerns."
We need to show up and tell City Council we are ready for the city to be planned for people, not cars! #WarOnCars
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is seeking reelection but a story about him pointing a gun at a pregnant lady over a parking spot back in the 90s seems to be dogging him this year. Let's hope this finally dooms his political career 
https://www.kuow.org/stories/woman-pregnant-bruce-harrell-seattle-mayor-iowa
www.kuow.org · Woman says she was 8 months pregnant when Seattle Mayor Harrell pulled gun on her, leading to his 1996 arrestRose Sanchez may not remember every detail of the encounter between her family and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell from that late night in 1996. But there are details she told KUOW she’ll never forget, like when Harrell drove slowly past the group and pointed his silver pistol at them.
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Of course, the better proposition would be:
If your car-dependent lifestyle needs to be replaced, now is an excellent time to buy used bikes and move adopt a walk/bike/transit lifestyle.
Schaut, was ich gesehen habe! 
Die Stelle ist auch in @plepe s Video https://urbanists.video/w/rZ3jwGRerFZEW8wLRQkvNh zu sehen.
#wien #radweg #fahrrad #theWarOnCars #waroncars @TheWarOnCars
Why don't we use cars? @Aubrie and I made a new video to explain. https://youtu.be/8YQFiz7tIzc #cars #WarOnCars #BikeTooter #disability #transit #PublicTransit #ClimateCrisis
"I’m suddenly reminded that, for a while, I asked people, if they were playing Russian roulette with a gun with a billion barrels (or some huge number, so in other words, some low probability that they would actually be killed), how much would they have to be paid to play one round? A lot of people were almost offended by the question and they’d say, “I wouldn’t do it at any price.” But, of course, we do that every day. They drive to work in cars to earn money and they are taking risks all the time, but they don’t like to acknowledge that they are taking risks. They want to pretend that everything is risk-free."
Paul Bucheit, in "Founders at work" by Jessica Livingstone.
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"He delivered," said Barefoot. "He would always look for a yes, a way to get something done, and in a bureaucracy, that's a wonderful thing." https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/government-politics/article_aef84cd4-f203-11ef-baee-4f751f21de8f.html #Cville #UrbanHistory #WarOnCars
The Daily ProgressLate Charlottesville mayor, planner Satyendra Huja remembered as the 'Urban Turban'What made Satyendra Huja stand out among city officials, one historian said, was "he delivered." From the Downtown Mall to West Main to the Rivanna Trail, he delivered.
https://ggwash.org/view/98548/its-time-for-a-land-value-tax-for-metro “a land value tax would be more progressive and would encourage more of what’s needed around the region’s transit stations: increased housing supply” #DMV #Metro #Transit #LandValueTax #WarOnCars #Housing
Genuine question. As an active transportation and Safe Streets advocate, should I support DeFlock.me or automated license plate readers?
#WarOnCars #SafeStreets #Freedom
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/eff/statuses/114071602190940400
MastodonElectronic Frontier Foundation (@eff@mastodon.social)DeFlock.me, a website fighting against automated license plate readers, received a cease-and-desist from one of the most notorious surveillance companies. Of course, EFF has the creator's back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/anti-surveillance-mapmaker-refuses-flock-safetys-cease-and-desist-demand