Fuck Cars

With so much of left-adjacent urbanist youtube borrowing terms from conservatives like "third places", I think this video does a good job of questioning the notion of "third places" in favor of a more radical critique about the way we use our cities.

The campaign aims to promote the highway code rule that requires drivers to give at leadt 1.5 m space to cyclists when overtaking....

Alternative title: Sometimes, Trains Are Just Better...

Project Drawdown has characterized a set of 93 technologies and practices that together can reduce concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It's a gigantic project with a lot of data and analyses....

The April's fool of the brick to cross the street has also an hilarious associated video....

TIL...

Seriously fuckcars you need to hear this. Have we been fighting for the wrong side the whole time/???

Piped link / Invidious link...

The United States seems to always have disproportionately high rates of things that kill people compared to other developed nations. 🤔

I think it's coincise and clear explanation of the principle we always talk about....

Nothing spectacular but an interesting car free alternative to suburbia with high urban density and local small shops. If large enough could have it's own school and more amenities.

I love it when I see cities, towns and villages putting real effort into non car infrastructure.

So I'm not posting this in this community because I think the old way of having no rules of movement is better with the current state of car infrastructure, obviously it's not and the rules are what keep cars from being even more deadly. But I'm just saying, the old system worked really well right up until cars showed up, and if...