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  1. Less funding for crumbling highways, bridges, and roads. But keep driving! We won't rethink public transit or automotive dependency. We won't spend the money more wisely or make transportation more efficient. Nope, keep feeding the gas dependence to justify more oil wars!

    As fuel prices rise, US lawmakers push to suspend the federal gas tax
    apnews.com/article/gas-prices-

    #autonormativity #cars #war #iran #fueltax #taxes #oil #urbanism #transit #highways #transportation #iranwar #waroncars #gas

  2. Privatize roads, then. Not a single road makes a profit. There should be a feedback loop that if roads aren't profitable, then we shouldn't be subsidizing the roads on behalf of the automotive industry. /s

    We need public goods and public services that only work at economies of scale.

    Musk suggests USPS and Amtrak should be privatized, need a "feedback loop" for success
    nbcnews.com/politics/doge/elon
    #musk #privatization #fuckcars #motonormativity #autonormativity #infrastructure

  3. My polling place didn't have a bike rack or anywhere to secure a bike. Because cyclists I guess aren't voters.

    4 minute bike ride. Why would I drive?

    #cycling #voting #carculture #autonormativity #BikeCommuting #election2024 #election24 #election2024usa #PollingPlaces

  4. My polling place didn't have a bike rack or anywhere to secure a bike. Because cyclists I guess aren't voters.

    4 minute bike ride. Why would I drive?

    #cycling #voting #carculture #autonormativity #BikeCommuting #election2024 #election24 #election2024usa #PollingPlaces

  5. My polling place didn't have a bike rack or anywhere to secure a bike. Because cyclists I guess aren't voters.

    4 minute bike ride. Why would I drive?

    #cycling #voting #carculture #autonormativity #BikeCommuting #election2024 #election24 #election2024usa #PollingPlaces

  6. My polling place didn't have a bike rack or anywhere to secure a bike. Because cyclists I guess aren't voters.

    4 minute bike ride. Why would I drive?

    #cycling #voting #carculture #autonormativity #BikeCommuting #election2024 #election24 #election2024usa #PollingPlaces

  7. My polling place didn't have a bike rack or anywhere to secure a bike. Because cyclists I guess aren't voters.

    4 minute bike ride. Why would I drive?

    #cycling #voting #carculture #autonormativity #BikeCommuting #election2024 #election24 #election2024usa #PollingPlaces

  8. Do you think the current trend of overly large home Halloween decorations is a knock-on effect from car culture? Because human-scale decorations are unnoticeable in a car, people have resorted to building car-scale decorations akin to road signs and billboards?

    :thinking:

    #carCulture #humanScale #urbanism #autonormativity #halloween #homedecor