TheWarOnCars

TheWarOnCars, 11 months ago to random

"After traveling 4,500 miles, I have spent less than $5 on electricity. Five dollars! That’s less than a cost of a mocha latte something at Starbucks. That is astounding."

https://triangleblogblog.com/2023/06/14/electric-bikes-are-the-most-climate-friendly-way-to-travel/

TheWarOnCars, 7 months ago to random

"John Capp, the director of vehicle safety technology, strategy and regulation at General Motors, stressed that there is not enough data about pedestrian traffic deaths to understand the causes..." https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/traffic-fatalities-car-safety/507-deaf2699-272b-4a3c-ba4f-5404fbe81bb2

TheWarOnCars, 7 months ago to random

Science and industry were well aware of the dangers of leaded gasoline when it was first introduced in the 1920s. But adding tetraethyl lead to motor fuel made internal combustion engines work better. And that made it possible to turn the automobile into a mass market product. The result was the biggest mass-poisoning in human history. Bestselling author Steven Johnson joins us to mark the 100th anniversary of the invention of leaded gas. Episode 112 is here:
https://thewaroncars.org/2023/10/10/112-unintended-consequences-with-steven-johnson

TheWarOnCars, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to cars

NEW EPISODE: Fixing America’s Car Culture with David Zipper.

We talk with @davidzipper -- one of the hardest-working analysts on the transportation scene today -- about the excesses of the auto industry, our road fatality crisis, the absurd way speed limits are determined on American streets, and whether we might ever be able to swap out our bloated SUVs for electric golf carts.

Available now!

https://thewaroncars.org/2024/01/02/fixing-americas-car-culture-with-david-zipper/

#thewaroncars #transportation #cars

TheWarOnCars, 10 months ago to random

"...the city of Paris has made enormous investments in public transit, built hundreds of miles of bike paths, and closed many streets to cars. Car trips within the city dropped by almost sixty per cent between 2001 and 2018, car crashes dropped by thirty per cent, and pollution has improved. The city is quieter and calmer; test scores go up as the air around schools cleans up."

#TheWarOnCars #Paris #climatechange

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower

TheWarOnCars, 7 months ago to random

"In 2021, half of all trips in the United States were less than three miles, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Making those short trips on an e-bike instead of in a car would likely save people money, cut their emissions, and improve their health and happiness."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/10/reasons-to-get-e-bike-emissions-climate-change-benefits/675716/

TheWarOnCars, 8 months ago to random

"Studies have shown that a mere 10% shift from car drivers to bike riders has resulted in a 40% reduction in traffic congestion. Even if you never touch an e-bike, you would benefit from supporting their increased use."

https://electrek.co/2023/08/22/electric-bike-craze-future-of-transportation/

TheWarOnCars, 9 months ago to TeslaMotors

"Instead of giving the biggest incentives to the biggest batteries, government policy should focus on electrifying the vast majority of daily trips, which start and end at home and could easily be handled by vehicles with 100 miles of range or less.... That means incentivizing e-bikes, plug-in hybrids, and other small battery electric vehicles, not holding fleet electrification hostage to the 5 percent use cases."

#EV #climate #cars #climatechange #tesla #ebike

https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/tesla-range-complaints-deception-electric-vehicles-battery-size.html

TheWarOnCars, 10 months ago to Podcast

Have you ever been walking across the street when a driver turned into your path and almost hit you? How did you respond? Did you lash out verbally or dare to lay hands on their precious vehicle?

In Episode 107, we ask: Is It Worth It To Confront Drivers?

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

#TheWarOnCars #podcast #cars #bicycle #walking

https://thewaroncars.org/2023/06/27/107-is-it-worth-it-to-confront-drivers/

TheWarOnCars, 9 months ago to Podcast

We've been throwing one of these in each sticker order as an extra thanks.

Just sayin'...

https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/

#toomanycars #thewaroncars #sticker #podcast #cars

TheWarOnCars, 8 months ago to random

Not only did two driverless cars block an ambulance from taking a critically injured person to the hospital before he died, but the victim needed to go to the hospital in the first place after being stuck by the driver of a different car.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/technology/driverless-cars-cruise-san-francisco.html

TheWarOnCars, 7 months ago to random

It's like they're just throwing up their hands and admitting that they can't even be bothered to try to convince us anymore. There's no viable sales pitch for any aspect of this way of life. This is basically an ad for bicycles, transit and walking... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kmOoQTp8i28

TheWarOnCars, 9 months ago to Podcast

EXTRA! We talk with Bob Sorokanich, the former Editor-in-Chief of Jalopnik and the former Deputy Editor of Road & Track, about automotive journalism, the bloat of SUVs and pickup trucks and why even car enthusiasts often hate driving.

https://thewaroncars.org/2023/08/01/extra-inside-automotive-journalism-with-bob-sorokanich/

#thewaroncars #podcast #cars #suvs

TheWarOnCars, 10 months ago to random

“There are no dirt paths , no mountain roads … SUVs are absolutely useless in Paris. Worse, they are dangerous, cumbersome and use too many resources to manufacture."

#TheWarOnCars #suv #paris

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/paris-charge-suv-drivers-higher-parking-fees-tackle-auto-besity

TheWarOnCars, 9 months ago to random

"The success of the SUV over the past two decades – in which time it has pretty much seen off the estate car, the previous vehicle of choice for the upwardly mobile family – is largely a triumph of marketing over sense... To some extent, we’re buying these cars because we’re being told to."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/your-car-is-too-big-heres-why/

TheWarOnCars, 6 months ago to Podcast

NEW EPISODE!

In "Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Harms Our Health and the Environment," Grant Ennis identifies "nine devious frames" industries such as car manufacturers use to maintain a status quo that harms human health and the planet.

Listen: https://thewaroncars.org/2023/10/24/113-dark-pr-with-grant-ennis/

#thewaroncars #podcast #transportation #publichealth #pr

TheWarOnCars, 10 months ago to random

"The Shrine is one of three 'drive-through' Redwoods in the area and is estimated to be some 2,500 years old. That means that it was around at about the same time that Pythagoras died. Now some dude in an oversized Nissan just damaged it with his wing mirror."

https://www.carscoops.com/2023/07/man-damages-2500-year-old-tree-by-driving-nissan-armada-through-it/amp/

TheWarOnCars, 1 month ago to random

"In 2022, cars killed 7,508 pedestrians, the equivalent of 18 fully-loaded Boeing 747s crashing with zero survivors. That means a pedestrian died roughly every 70 minutes, with no breaks in the tide of fatalities for weekends or holidays."

https://www.motor1.com/features/713936/pedestrian-deaths-emergency/

TheWarOnCars, 8 months ago to random

“It’s not my duty as mayor to make sure you have a parking spot,” he said at a 2020 conference. “For me, it’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them.”

https://www.fastcompany.com/90952175/this-spanish-city-has-been-restricting-cars-for-24-years-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-it

TheWarOnCars, 9 months ago to climate

"...SUVs use on average a quarter more energy than medium-size vehicles. They generate almost 1bn tonnes of CO2 emissions annually – the amount by which we overshot our Paris agreement targets. Their increasing adoption is directly contributing to the climate crisis, according to the International Energy Agency."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/27/france-crack-down-suv-drivers-britain-city-streets

#TheWarOnCars #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #suv #cars

TheWarOnCars, 4 months ago to london

"When you drive a massive SUV you’re saying three things: I don’t care about the environment. I don’t care that I’m more likely to kill pedestrians in my car. I don’t care that there isn’t room for my car and others to co-habit smoothly on London’s streets."

#thewaroncars #suvs #london #driving

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/london-suvs-cars-pollution-climate-change-b1127839.html

TheWarOnCars, 7 months ago to random

Now do cars.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/us/onewheel-electric-skateboard-recall-deaths/index.html

TheWarOnCars, 10 months ago to random

"Soon, I found myself consuming memes on r/fuckcars, bingeing the Not Just Bikes YouTube channel, following Strong Towns on Instagram, signing up for the Our Built Environment Substack, subscribing to The War on Cars podcast and more.... In the span of only a few weeks, I went from proverbial Prius Lover to Car Destroyer."

https://www.cnet.com/science/climate/how-i-learned-to-hate-cars-and-what-im-doing-about-it/

TheWarOnCars, 2 months ago to random

Except for the fact that they require a license from the state to operate, a loan from a major financial institution to purchase, insurance to shield users from the cost of their harms, and can be used to collect and share driver data without their full consent, cars represent freedom, baby!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html

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TheWarOnCars, 8 months ago to random

"A study published in the Journal of Safety Research last year found that children were eight times more likely to die when struck by an SUV than those struck by a passenger car."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/26/more-than-150-car-models-too-big-for-regular-uk-parking-spaces