#cardependence — Public Fediverse posts
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The study shows that bike lanes don’t hurt businesses, and that businesses need not be dependent on motorists.
#bikeyvr #bike #business #cardependencehttps://momentummag.com/do-bike-lanes-hurt-local-business-a-major-montreal-study-has-an-answer/
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"Mange har basert sitt liv på bilen, og slik sett gjort seg selv avhengige av den. Hvis man bosetter seg langt fra arbeidsstedet, eller søker jobb langt fra der man bor, og det ikke er et godt kollektivtilbud, da er avhengigheten ganske selvvalgt."
Bilavhengighet
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Dreamworld Gold Coast
without the koalasKoala habitats would be impacted under the proposal to expand Dreamworld.
Coomera resident "said he could hardly believe it was the same suburb where he once saw koalas in the trees. "It's all gone...It's just wall-to-wall suburban development."
"Dr O'Hare said instead of clearing vegetation and koala habitat for the project, developers should use 7 hectares of land occupied by a car park." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/dreamworld-expansion-considered-concern-traffic-gridlock/106469590
#biodiversity #koalas #sprawl #Cars #traffic #CarDependence #CarParks #Coomera #LandClearing -
Why car dependence is now a strategic liability
Failure to electrify
Road projects and mega-highway projects are unaffordable
No walking, cycling infrastructure or EV bus improvementsEvery bus electrified, every cycleway built, every train funded is a direct reduction in exposure to the next crisis. The question now is whether (your place) begins to treat the car dependence not as a lifestyle choice but as a strategic liability. >>
https://theconversation.com/iran-oil-crisis-why-nzs-car-dependence-is-now-a-strategic-liability-278526
#FossilFuels #cars #CarDependence #roads #infrastructure #war #MegaHighwayProjects #PacificHighway #MobilityDesign #dependency -
Renting a car for two weeks costs at least $500. For that price you can order a new bicycle and have it shipped anywhere in the US. At the end of the trip you can donate the bike or likely get it back home with you for a small fee. Granted, that will not be the greatest bicycle but sufficient to get around. #travelTips #bicycle #CarDependence
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“Just as we transformed our communities in the last hundred years to center and prioritize car movement, in the next hundred years we can, if we want to, build an entirely different future.” Anna Letitia Zivarts; When Driving is not an option.
This is a powerful message. We built this. It was not always like this. We can change it. #carDependence #motonormativity -
If you demand that trains run at a profit, you must also ask for highways to run a profit. Otherwise, you distort the market. #train #cardependence #motonormativity
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Our research should be of special interest to anyone into #urbanism #carcentrism #cardependence #walkability #segregation like @BrentToderian @TheWarOnCars @nerd4cities @notjustbikes @SheDrivesMobility @straphanger
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I am afraid that one big obstacle towards overcoming #cardependence in the US is #amtrak and I am not sure how that can be resolved.
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How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-unhappiness-americans
#carDependency #cardependent #cardependence #transportation #transit #publictransit #publictransportation #masstransit #masstransitistherealanswer #BikeCommuting #walkablecities #15MinuteCity #autonormativity
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Does #CarDependence Make People Unsatisfied With Life? Evidence From a U.S. National Survey - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214367X24002175 “Our results show that beyond a certain point, increases in car dependence yield a decrease in people’s satisfaction with life. For instance, we find that, in a typical week, relying on a car for more than 50 percent of the time for out-of-home activities is associated with a decrease in life satisfaction.
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America's "love affair with the car" is really more like an arranged marriage.
When you know the history, some of which covered in here:
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Despite the heat, I went on a #bicycle tour to the Neely-Soames Historic Homestead. It was built in 1885 and is one of the oldest homes in #Kent #Washington. That’s pretty much all I could find out. It’s a nice spot. The ride itself was ok (60km, 600m elev. gain). However, Kent presented itself rather hostile to bicycles. Ostensibly Kent has a bicycle advisory board but I could not see any evidence it does anything. Maybe it is just for mobilitywashing. #pnw #biketouring #CarDependence #cycling
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@mmiasma
Yeah, like so many other things including #CarDependence!
At least the process of mowing a lawn smells nice if it's not overwhelmed with gas fumes. -
GDOT is widening SR-9 which runs through Alpharetta, Milton, Cumming, Roswell, and Sandy Springs.
They are currently working on a section that goes through Alpharetta and MIlton and up into Forsyth. They are taking it from 2 to 4 lanes (not great) and planning to add multi-use paths (pretty good).
Locals are of course upset because it will... require them to redo the landscaping around their subdivision entrance.
The quotes are... incredibly telling.
“It’s not really making sense,” she said. “Based upon what I’ve seen in the 20-plus years that I’ve been here, I have not seen much use of sidewalks in this area. I don’t want to see this area turn to all concrete.”
People outside cars are invisible to the folks. "I never see people walking" is just code for "I've never bothered to notice".
Also, the neighborhood entrance is across the road from a shopping center with Khols, Target, petco, and 22 acres of parking lot.
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The Netherlands (like many other countries) had a huge traffic safety issue in the 70s. Thanks to decisive actions, the situation got a lot better by the 90s. This shows that in just two decades, a lot can be improved if the people want it. Imagine your area in 20 years. It could be a lot less car dependent, safer, and livable if you ask for it. #CarDependence #CarBrain #LiveableCities #Urbanism
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#carDependence is also having automobiles depicted in baby clothing for no reason whatsoever.
I fixed this pair of baby trousers.
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I could not find any mention of rather trying to drive road maintenance cost down, e.g. through #RoadDiet, reducing the road network, denser population, reducing #CarDependence or #PublicTransit.
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Können Lastenräder mit Autos konkurrieren? Neue Studie der #TUBerlin mit äußerst spannenden Ergebnissen: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.12.018
Eine Zusammenstellung der für uns wichtigsten Erkenntnisse im Thread 🧵
#Lastenrad #Auto #Autokorrektur #CarDependence #Carsharing #Verkehrswende 1/6
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We can’t build cities around cars, even if they are electric.
#traffication #Urbanism #BikeTooter #Auspol #TheWarOnCars #Auspol #CarDependence #WalkableCities
https://thedriven.io/2023/08/28/we-cant-build-cities-around-cars-even-if-they-are-electric/ -
Time to stop planning our #cities around #cars and start building them around people.
In #OurWonderfulGreenFuture we will have #TransportChoices not #CarDependence
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Dodger stadium, Los Angeles, lost in a sea of parking spaces… #cardependence
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1/ 🚗📊 New #OpenAccess #research published in #JTLU by Langer, Durán-Rodas (@TU_Muenchen), & Pajares (@plan4better) develops an integrated model of #CarUse, #CarOwnership, and #PublicTransport access to identify potential #spatial factors predicting #CarDependence in #Munich.
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"..for many low-income and minority Americans, #automobiles have been turbo-boosted engines of #inequality, immobilizing their owners with #debt, increasing their exposure to hostile law enforcement, and in general accelerating the forces that drive apart haves and have-nots. "
"Once You See the Truth About #Cars, You Can’t Unsee It"
#CarDependence #transport #transportation #CarLobby #AutoIndustry
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion/car-ownership-inequality.html?unlocked_article_code=TlX025UvI765L4kIkg94Ls1eXLW4yIrhSr0R_L9y3rJJLAMPcjhpZBDHPIL1GeGP7S6ksQ10PbQttwIR6gA3hVuuOmrs49uOgR2e4cAUUM-4xsL290NJzQ0SOuIbvugD_GdiZinx9iEMsB9bO3cAPbhLNQNZfVKUx8g7cnPG2gSJoCbdjQeKjovvIEJaqeTsoa7UBcfJokeo1mhsJPQc01YW1LqdcPZ5_TRmDOP4-RaIZGI8ih3hJLYYtVYCuHrVKJPhOvEXg1Q31xqyVCAywHf-w9Ji-DxTuWKezpCIoXzAtc30AW6OMZZThMiykeAT-mZXpQCU6gkeSbI8JkKS7GK8&smid=share-url