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112 people died daily in vehicle crashes throughout the US on average in 2023—almost 41,000 people over the course of the year.
January 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
112 people died daily in vehicle crashes throughout the US on average in 2023—almost 41,000 people over the course of the year.
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So many Americans struggle to imagine life that doesn't revolve around cars or consider the upsides.
Reminds me of the David Foster Wallace line about a fish that passes other fish and says "hey, how's the water?," to which one replies, "what the hell is water?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Reminds me of the David Foster Wallace line about a fish that passes other fish and says "hey, how's the water?," to which one replies, "what the hell is water?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:45 PM
So many Americans struggle to imagine life that doesn't revolve around cars or consider the upsides.
Reminds me of the David Foster Wallace line about a fish that passes other fish and says "hey, how's the water?," to which one replies, "what the hell is water?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Reminds me of the David Foster Wallace line about a fish that passes other fish and says "hey, how's the water?," to which one replies, "what the hell is water?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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”The benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the $ people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused 95% of the time. I haven’t had to think about the many costs of car ownership for many years, which is incredibly liberating.” dailyhive.com/vancouver/bi...
Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized
The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.
dailyhive.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:21 AM
”The benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the $ people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused 95% of the time. I haven’t had to think about the many costs of car ownership for many years, which is incredibly liberating.” dailyhive.com/vancouver/bi...
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One of the most subtly insane aspects of the unrelenting car dependency we’ve deliberately built across North America is the incredible reluctance we have to remove the driving privilege, even from those who clearly are a danger to themselves & others, because “people have to drive.”
#CarDependency
#CarDependency
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
One of the most subtly insane aspects of the unrelenting car dependency we’ve deliberately built across North America is the incredible reluctance we have to remove the driving privilege, even from those who clearly are a danger to themselves & others, because “people have to drive.”
#CarDependency
#CarDependency
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In one of the strangest chapters of my life, I spent several months in the trenches of Big Headlight, looking to understand just how and why headlights became brighter than the sun. Answers, graphs, penis sketches—it's all here, on the brand new Ringer site:
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industr...
www.theringer.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:37 PM
In one of the strangest chapters of my life, I spent several months in the trenches of Big Headlight, looking to understand just how and why headlights became brighter than the sun. Answers, graphs, penis sketches—it's all here, on the brand new Ringer site:
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
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10 yrs ago I remember lamenting with a friend how big trucks were getting… and now those are small compared to trucks today
Trucks have been getting bigger, more energy & space consuming, more polluting, and much deadlier to everyone around them including kids. Not because most of us actually need bigger vehicles, but as ego boosts, status symbols & “indicators of male virility.” Note the truck bed is basically the same.
December 2, 2024 at 5:46 PM
10 yrs ago I remember lamenting with a friend how big trucks were getting… and now those are small compared to trucks today
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High-speed rail is not a boondoggle.
*Highways* are a boondoggle.
The biggest one ever foisted on the public. We pay through the nose for the world's most expensive transport system. Avg. of $12,000 a year for car ownership in North America. And we still don't get to work on time.
*Highways* are a boondoggle.
The biggest one ever foisted on the public. We pay through the nose for the world's most expensive transport system. Avg. of $12,000 a year for car ownership in North America. And we still don't get to work on time.
November 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
High-speed rail is not a boondoggle.
*Highways* are a boondoggle.
The biggest one ever foisted on the public. We pay through the nose for the world's most expensive transport system. Avg. of $12,000 a year for car ownership in North America. And we still don't get to work on time.
*Highways* are a boondoggle.
The biggest one ever foisted on the public. We pay through the nose for the world's most expensive transport system. Avg. of $12,000 a year for car ownership in North America. And we still don't get to work on time.
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If you can’t see a meter-high bollard, what else can’t you see?
November 23, 2024 at 4:55 PM
If you can’t see a meter-high bollard, what else can’t you see?
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The problem with pieces like this, which are countless, is the prevailing media assumption that left-of-center Americans need constant corrective instruction about how to be in and engage with the world, whereas right-of-center Americans are simply to be observed in awe, like rainbows or mountains.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:41 PM
The problem with pieces like this, which are countless, is the prevailing media assumption that left-of-center Americans need constant corrective instruction about how to be in and engage with the world, whereas right-of-center Americans are simply to be observed in awe, like rainbows or mountains.
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100 years ago tomorrow.
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
November 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
100 years ago tomorrow.
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
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Beef has a huge climate problem. It’s time we admitted it, and focused on real solutions — not greenwashing and denial.
drawdown.org/insights/gre...
drawdown.org/insights/gre...
Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems
I’ll admit it: I like beef. Like many Americans, I was brought up to believe that beef was a central part of a traditional family meal. My mom made it. My kids ate it. Marketing campaigns told me it w...
drawdown.org
November 19, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Beef has a huge climate problem. It’s time we admitted it, and focused on real solutions — not greenwashing and denial.
drawdown.org/insights/gre...
drawdown.org/insights/gre...