#CarBrain

I had such a nice afternoon walk to get coffee & go to the library in my dense walkable downtown minus the part that I nearly go hit in a crosswalk, on the sidewalk and the 2 other times cars acceleration towards me.

Slow the fuck down.

#urbanism #WarOnCars #CarBrain #WindshieldBias

#PublicTransit advocates in #Florida are encouraged to complete an interactive survey for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Community Bus 🚎 Plan, which aims to transform #PublicTransportation in the county over the next 10 years.

Deadline Dec. 12: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/driving-tampa-bay-forward/psta-begins-community-bus-plan-to-address-evolving-transit-needs

@fuck_cars  #AutofreiFL #Orlando #Miami #Tallahassee #Gainesville #Pensacola #Jacksonville #FortLauderdale #CoralSprings #Bengals #FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #CarBrain #WalkableCities #ClimateCrisis #Jaguars

#CarBrain really is a thing. On my way home from work alone:

- Numerous cars in front of me (at different points) not noticing that the light turned green
- Many cars with their lights off in the dark, in the rain
- A truck in front of me veered off the road, and nearly over-corrected to the point of rolling over

I really just want to live in a town or city where I can get just about everywhere I need to go via walking, biking, bus, or rail.

#PublicTransit 🚋 advocates, #cyclists 🚲 & #Urbanists throughout #Washington state needed to provide online public comment for the WSDOT’s Highway System Plan, which will seek to promote walking & #cycling and reduce vehicle 🚙 miles traveled.

Comments open thru Dec. 18: https://lakechelannow.com/statewide-draft-highway-system-plan-available-for-public-comment-through-december-18/

#FuckCars #CarBrain #BikeTooter #PublicTransportation #NFL @fuck_cars #AutofreiWA #Seattle #Tacoma  #OlympiaWA #Ellensburg #WA #SeattleWA #TacomaWA  #Olympia #EllensburgWA #Seahawks #SeattleSeahawks

@maartje Another silly "trick" for the dark: Ride with a friend next to you or have two headlamps (one left, one right). Cars now suddenly wait for you to pass through in tight sections. #carbrain

Enquete over energieverbruik van het digitale systeem uitgeen iemand maakt een langdradig en ongerelateerd punt over autorijden en carpoolen. #carbrain

#PublicTransit 🚎  advocates in #Utah needed to attend a series of virtual meetings being held by the Park City Council to evaluate potential future #transportation ideas for the #SLC area.

First meeting Nov. 29. More info & zoom links: https://www.kpcw.org/park-city/2023-11-15/park-city-council-examines-lofty-transit-solutions

#AutofreiUT #UT #SaltLakeCity #Ogden #CedarCity #Nephi #Logan #BrighamCity #UtahJazz #Jazz #UTJazz #FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #PublicTransportation @fuck_cars

I wonder if the push for self-driving vehicles from the auto makers is them admitting that most people really don't like driving after all. :P

#CarBrain #CarBrained #CarBrains

#Cyclists in #Colorado are encouraged to complete an online survey for the #Denver Moves plan, an initiative to modernize bike paths in the city.

Deadline Dec. 15: https://kdvr.com/news/local/denver-asking-for-public-input-on-bike-plan/

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #NFL #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #Broncos #CO #AutofreiCO #DenverBroncos #DenverCO #PuebloCO #ColoradoSprings #Durango #DurangoCO #BoulderCO #FortCollins

#PublicTransit 🚎 is on the ballot in the #Houston #Texas mayoral runoff election on Dec. 9! #Urbanists make sure to vote!

https://archive.ph/WYx08

@fuck_cars  #FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #ClimateCrisis #HoustonTexans #Texans #AFCSouth #TX #AutofreiTX #Lubbock #Dallas #Austin #AustinTX #SanAntonio #CorpusChristi #DFW #FtWorth #Abilene #Amarillo #ElPaso
#AmarilloTX #ElPasoTX #LubbockTX #DallasTX #HoustonTX #AustinTX #SanAntonioTX

Cars Are A Disaster For Society -- Here Are the Numbers

#CarBrain #CarBrained #CarBrains

den Begriff "car brain" kannte ich noch gar nicht.

theverge.com
"Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving"

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23579510/car-brain-motornormativity-study-ian-walker

#carbrain #Auto #car #Brainwash #Gehirnwäsche #motonormativity #mobilität #mobility

Installing #asphaltArt on 103rd on the #upperWestSide of #manhattan has brought out an incredible reaction. Much negativity. Incredible #carbrain. Last night's negative comment from someone who remembers trolleys in #redHook: too expensive. Countered saying it wasn't expensive and what is expensive is the scheduled repaving of streets whether they need it or not.

Sylvia Park had its own train station.

I went to double check my comment about this mall having the best public transport connectivity and noticed that the train line it is on has had Bus Replacement for most of this and continues to be out of service.

Sylvia Park was always a bit ridiculous for cars. Way too many cars. There is a motorway at one end and a highway on the other border and a third elevated highway through the middle but still the traffic is at a standstill.

#CarBrain
@pezmico

#PublicTransit advocates, #cyclists and #Urbanists around Watford City #NorthDakota needed to provide online public comment for the WC Long Range #Transportation /Land Use Study, which will guide the city’s future infrastructure development.

Deadline Dec. 1. Study and survey: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/08a6b7e967a243ad8015d0f7ad63edcb

#FuckCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #Bobcats #Bismarck #ND #AutofreiND #BismarckND #PublicTransportation

#PublicTransit advocates, #cyclists and #Urbanists in #Indiana needed to provide public comment for the ProPEL Indy study, which will inform the next 20 years of #transportation investment in #IN.
 
More info & survey link: https://dailyjournal.net/2023/11/15/public-invited-to-fill-out-propel-indy-survey/
 
#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #AutofreiIN #Indianapolis #WestLafayette #TerreHaute #FortWayne #SouthBend #Muncie #Hoosiers #Colts

#FuckCars folks in #Texas needed to provide online public comment on plans to double the number of lanes on US 54 between Stratford and the Oklahoma state line.
 
Deadline Dec. 4: https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/11/13/txdot-hosting-public-meetings-stratford-texhoma-talk-about-us-54-project/

 @fuck_cars
#WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #TX #AutofreiTX #Lubbock #Dallas #NFL #Houston #Austin #AustinTX #SanAntonio #CorpusChristi #Abilene #Amarillo #ElPaso #LubbockTX #DallasTX #HoustonTX #Cowboys

"The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars"

Exactly! Bikes rule! Love my car, but I ride my #eBike for 95% of trips. #EV is still a #car, with all the #carbrain problems

https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870

#cycling #biketooter

#PublicTransit advocates and #cyclists in #Delaware needed to complete a survey for the DOT Long Range Transportation Plan, which will guide transit infrastructure investment for the next 20 years: https://publicinput.com/DelDOT_LRTP

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #DE #DoverDE #AutofreiDE

@2du @davidzipper

On second thoughts:
You can do almost all traffic calming with engineering design.

But you need to convince the Engineer that this is a good idea, and you need to convince your Council that they have the support of a lot of people. Because their #CarBrain tells them otherwise.

@brianstorms @robmckenna

I think he meant the purpose of EV subsidies.

US Inflation Reduction Act:
Up to $ 7500 rebate for e-car
Zero rebate for e-bike

Also near-zero for beefing up walking, biking, and public transit.

It's part #CarBrain, but certainly part to help out the car industry.

Oh, good grief.

So there's a 2-lane fairly busy road (depends on time of day, though, really) that *was* going to become 3 lanes, the middle, a turn-only lane with bike lanes on each side. There were so many phone calls against it...from people who want it to be 4 lanes (SMH!) because there's more events happening at the park it's next to.

The ignorance hurts so much.

The traffic engineer talked volume of traffic (only MOTOR traffic, natch) and not about safety.

#CarBrain #BikeTooter

So, according to a driver, stopping where there are signs that say no stopping isn't breaking the law. I was hoping this story was actually newsworthy because the child had mobility issues. Nope, it's just pure entitlement.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/parent-670-parking-tickets-dropping-child-at-school-1.7030872
#CarBrain #CarDependency @TheWarOnCars

#PublicTransit advocates and #cyclists in #NY needed to complete a survey on relieving congestion in the #Albany area.

Deadline Nov. 28. More info: https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/transportation-council-survey-shape-traffic-18475902.php

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #NYC #NewYorkCity #AutofreiNY #Nyjets #jets

I love how drivers will assume all infrastructure is for them. Somebody tried to drive on the brand new pedestrian bridge that just opened today in Texas.

#CarBrain #FuckCars #Urbanism #Transportation

Incredible. Cars can be loaded with so many potential #poisons. Not their job determine if hazardous. #Fish, #humans. #carBrain https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/u-s-fishing-groups-sue-tire-manufacturers-over-6ppd-impacts-on-salmon-steelhead

#PublicTransit advocates, #cyclists and #Urbanists in #Tennessee needed to provide online public comment on the Connect Downtown plan, which intends to diversify the ways people move in and around #Nashville.

More info and survey: https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/ndot-looking-for-public-feedback-on-new-connect-downtown-plan/

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #AutofreiTN #Memphis #MemphisTN #NashvilleTN

Why are so many pedestrians dying from car crashes?

#Urbanism #BikeTooter #TheWarOnCars #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #CarBrain

Today in the news: Some very obvious facts about the dangers of cars!

#CarBrain

yeah no. it really does not need to be your happy place.

the fact that is a sentence that exists.... 🤦‍♂️

also, the photograph with the completely empty highway in a beautiful nature setting is lovely!

... and misleading, since all that "time logged behind the wheel" is much more likely to be happening on clogged up city streets, driving in from the exurbs every morning.

source: ad in Morning Brew newsletter.

#urbanism #carDependency #carBrain @TheWarOnCars

@fuck_cars_bot As the saying goes:

If the only tool you have is a hammer (car), it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail (drive).

Gotta use the right tool for the job. Nobody is going to use a bicycle to tow 80,000 pounds, just like how nobody is going to drive a semi truck to take their kids to school.

#CarBrain #CarBrained

#PublicTransit advocates and #cyclists in #Ohio needed to complete a survey on local mobility needs for the #Miamisburg #Transportation Plan, an initiative to build future infrastructure that “meets the needs of all transit users.”

https://news.yahoo.com/miamisburg-seeks-public-input-long-151400687.html?

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #ClimateCrisis  #Cincinnati #Bengals #CincinnatiBengals #NFL #OH #AutofreiOH #Toledo #Columbus #Cincinnati #Akron #Cleveland

@feuer Voi, kunpa joku keksisi apuvälineen joka auttaisi kuljettajaa näkemään takaoikealle! #CarBrain

#PublicTransit advocates and #cyclists in #Louisiana needed to complete a survey on local mobility needs for the DOTD’s Statewide Transportation Plan, a long-term initiative to establish a multimodal transit system in #LA.

https://www.businessreport.com/article/get-details―and-share-your-views―on-louisianas-transportation-plan

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CFB  #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #CollegeFootball #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #LSU #LA #AutofreiLA #NOLA #NewOrleans #Lafayette #LakeCharles #Tigers #LSUTigers #LouisianaState #LAState

We #urbanists should really start including #privacy and personal data security in our #PublicTransit and #cycling sales pitches.

via @dangillmor

https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/111377172283747682

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #ev

#Cyclists and #Urbanists in #Oklahoma needed to comment on the OKDOT’s 2023 Strategic Highway 🚙 Safety Plan, a statewide initiative to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on public roads.

Submit comments online before Nov. 6: https://www.news9.com/story/6537fc6f6cfd100665ee5e4e/oklahoma-department-of-transportation-asking-for-public-input

#OK #AutofreiOK #Tulsa #NormanOK #OklahomaCity #OKC #Muskogee #Muskogeeok #TulsaOK #FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #PublicTransit

@glightly those are all good points! also why are they in the parking lot and not near front of the building? We have to do that with cars because they don’t all fit, but no need for that with bikes.. this is #CarBrain design, no?

Yesterday, this cool kid--with her bright red bike, hot pink helmet, dual blinkies, and rotating rainbow wheel lights--waited at a high-viz crosswalk in a school zone while 7 adult drivers pretended not to see her.

#BikeTooter #SafeStreetsForAll #SafeRoutesToSchool #KidsOnBikes #VisionZero #CarBrain

#PublicTransit advocates in #Texas needed to serve on a new volunteer Keep #SanAntonio Moving Council, which will connect with the public and gather feedback about #publictransportation in the city.

Applications due Oct. 27.

More info: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/10/04/via-seeking-transit-advocates-for-new-volunteer-council/

#FuckCars #autofrei #CarBrain #BikeTooter #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #TX #AutofreiTX #Lubbock #Dallas #Houston #Austin #AustinTX #CorpusChristi #DFW #Abilene #Amarillo #ElPaso #DallasTX #HoustonTX #AbileneTX #LubbockTX

@jsit Totally disagree with this. #Curbcuts are a sap to #carbrain and #motonormativity. All curb cuts should be replaced by either a very slow ramp or, when crossing a street, a raised crosswalk. There should be no descent. Such a descent is an invitation to flood and a general pain in the ass for people in wheelchairs or walkers and pedestrians where flooding occurs. The steep grade of a curbcut violates the #ADA act.

#Publictransit advocates in Lee County #Florida needed to fill out a (super easy) survey for #CapeCoral’s #transportation Master Plan.

The survey doesn’t close until Feb., so let’s try to get a lot of responses!

https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/09/22/cape-coral-seeks-public-input-for-master-mobility-plan

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #ClimateCrisis #PublicTransportation #AutofreiFL #Orlando #Miami #Tallahassee #Gainesville #Pensacola #PanamaCity #Jacksonville #fl #Desantis

I think about this graphic at least once a week. What vehicles do to our towns & cities…

Illustration by Swedish artist Karl Jilg.

#Transport #Climate #Health #PublicHealth #CarBrain #FuckCars

I've been sitting at Lyn-Lake Brewery looking out at the street and not five minutes go by without seeing some illegal car maneuver. #CarBrain #Motornormativity

Reading a heartbreaking thread on a local #parenting page about how to teach #children to be afraid of streets, because streets are not #safe.

We do not have to accept--and force our #kids to accept--that #streets are not safe. This is problem created entirely by a mentality that driving is the most sacred use of public space.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. We created this problem; it's up to us--not our children--to fix it.

#SafeStreetsForAll #VisionZero #CarBrain

Very sad and embarassing.

Posted by @typewriteralley@towns.gay on X/Twitter.

#SafeStreets #SDOT #CarBrain #BikeTooter

#Tempe #az looking for public input to make the city friendlier for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Public meetings will be held on Sept. 20

https://www.abc15.com/news/operation-safe-roads/tempe-looking-for-public-input-as-they-make-improvements-for-bicyclists

#Arizona #tucson #flagstaff #phoenix #AutofreiAZ #FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #15minuteCities #CarBrain #BikeTooter #cycling #WalkableCities #StrongTowns

What’s the most #CarBrain thing someone has said to you on or off your #bike ?

I was once at a red light and the #driver of Escalade rolled down his window and said “you need to stay out of the road. You’re taking up too much space!” This happened again with the driver of a lifted #Jeep. I’m the #roadhog apparently.

I’ve had several drivers yell “Get a car!!!” at me, which is still very confusing logic.

#nyc #biking #bikecommuting #BadDriver

Soo we're crossing a parking lot at a marked crosswalk. We're about a third across, suddenly a drivist comes SPEEDING (like.. a speed WAY inappropriate for a parking lot) from the other end of the lot, and *accelerates further* towards us. So I yell out that this is a crossing.

What do I get back? You guessed it! A "FUCK YOU BITCH" This was, of course, a dude in a pickup truck. 🤡

So anyway, petromasculinity, anyone? 😊 #carCulture #carBrain #fuckCars

Leaving the farmers market, I cut through a permit-only parking lot on the way to the bus stop to head home, when a giant SUV pulled in and a passenger rolled down her window to ask me: "Do you know if we can park here?"

Me: "Sorry, I don't own a car and use transit. I have no idea."

She was very surprised and looked at me with disgust, as if I were some strange unworthy creature, reinforced by a dismissive gesticulation to wave me off.

#CarBrain #CarFreeLiving #Transit #BellinghamWA

From now on, I will hashtag actionable news items (meetings, elections, etc.) with #Autofrei + state code; for example, a story from Colorado would be tagged #AutofreiCO. So, if you support #15MinuteCities and other #urbanism causes, follow or set a notification for #Autofrei + your state, and you’ll know when I post something somewhat close to you.
 
Boosts appreciated, and I promise I won’t abuse the tags! 2/2

#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #CarBrain #WalkableCities #StrongTowns

Gwinnett County #Georgia to hold public workshops on local #PublicTransit expansions, including microtransit 🙄, on Aug. 19 and 23. A good opportunity to come out in support of real #PublicTransportation solutions.
https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/web/gwinnett/home/stories/viewstory/-/story/microtransitlaunch
#FuckCars #WarOnCars #TheWarOnCars #autofrei #Urbanism #15minuteCities #CarBrain #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #TaylorSwift #Klimaschutz #GA #FultonCounty #Atlanta #macon #LaGrange #Waynesboro #Statesboro #Gainesville #PeachtreeCity #FortValley