#carfree — Public Fediverse posts

It Takes a Full Bus "What happens when a hitchhiker stranded far from home meets a bus full of passengers who all have somewhere to be?" https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-it-takes-a-full-bus #ShortStory #HopePunk #CliFi #Free #OpenAccess #PublicTransit #CarFree

This single technology is killing oil demand climatemoney.substack.com/p/this-single-… #ebikes #escooters #carfree #batteries

@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.

People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.

Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.

Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.

And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.

The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.

The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.

#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars

While I *could* drive hubby to work and pick him up again in order to have the car for the day, I really wanna embrace public transit, when I can.

Figured out that my nail place is on an easy bus route from my place. And otw there it's pretty much the same time as driving. Otw back it's either the same as driving with a 15-20 min walk. Or 15 min longer than driving but it drops me literally in front of my house.

I'm gonna become a bus person :D

#CarFree

Well, #TriMet and the #TransitApp cost me 2 hours of wasted time and $15 in cancellation fees today, which should be added to the costs of living #carFree… what a way to start the week 🙃

I got up at 5:40 to get to a 7:30 strength training class and made it all the way from Beaverton to #Portland Pioneer Square South, but only found the bus when it passed me by. Why the fuck do they make their temporary bus stop signs absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to find!? Maybe I should buy a car, after all…

Add another tally to the "things you can do on public transport."

Amazing what the bus and train drivers will let you bring on board if you wait till off peak and give them a big smile.

PS i know the Germans won't blink an eye, but Australia is so car centred it's hard for people to fathom taking the PT, let alone using it to move furniture.

#CarFree #MidCentury #LowCar #NoCar #PublicTransport

@hlkfotos.com Looks like fun! And such cute baby goats! 😁

I didn't even know about these (I don't get out much).

Looks like the next one is in downtown Portland. Here's the link for folks who might find it useful!

https://www.portland.gov/sunday-parkways/downtown-event-2026

"Portland Sunday Parkways … will return to Downtown Portland on September 13 from 11 am to 4 pm"

"walk, bike, roll, and play on car-free streets"

#PDX #Portland #Oregon #CarFree #Biking

Huntsville is a collection of unconnected, fenced-in neighborhoods, with very few calm side streets along its major stroads. Biking east or west along the University Drive corridor involves a few extra miles of zig-zagging north and south.

HSV has become the biggest city in the state, yet transit improvements remain at a trickle. Hoping for good updates at this meeting.

https://hvilleblast.com/2-meetings-held-to-discuss-university-drive-study/

#transit #cycling #BikeTooter #CarFree #urbanism #huntsville #HuntsvilleAL #HuntsvilleAlabama

#bremen #fahrrad #bike #bikeday #carfree #CarFreeCity #visionzero #Hochstraße #Hochstrassentour #adfc #adfcbremen #weserstadion #StopDeKindermoord

@ADFC
@bremen
@pruef_hb @unibremen @CriticalMass
@CyclePeda
@CriticalMassHamburg

Hochstraßen-Tour am 06.09.2026

Radfahren verbindet Orte und Freunde. 💖
Schaffen wir aus Hamburg es, gemeinsam mit Bremen in Bremen für Bremen zu fahren?

Anreise per Radtour Hamburg → Bremen
oder per Bahn 🤔

“Open street transformations vary in duration and scale, shaping how we relate to and use a street. It shifts the way we perceive what public space in the city can be, even for a single day, and that shift feeds our collective imaginary of the city.”
#openstreets #carfree #publicspaces #road #vancouver

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/07/27/open-streets-how-often/

RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116992514822830898

Now let's do New York, Chicago, LA, and keep on going. Let's do them all at once. Can't WE have nice things, too? #pollution #bike #carFree #transit

It's Sunday, so of course my neighbour will spend most of the day pressure-washing his cars – one of the many tedious tasks I avoid by not owning one...

https://www.mattpedals.bike/our-year-without-a-car/

#cars #biketooter #walking #carfree

Suzuki World Triathlon Championships Hamburg
11./12.07.2026 | Hamburg, Germany

8 Videos here:
https://youtube.com/@bicycle-life2/videos

#triathlon #hamburg #swimbikerun #suzuki
#verkehrswende #verkehrswendejetzt
#fahrradbubble #klima #sport #competition
#carfree #CarFreeCity #EverySecondMatters
#parasports

Hochstraßen-Tour
Bremen, 06.09.2026

#bremen #fahrrad #bike #bikeday
#carfree #CarFreeCity #visionzero
#Hochstraße #Hochstrassentour
#adfc #adfcbremen #weserstadion
#StopDeKindermoord

@CriticalMass
@CriticalMassHamburg
@CyclePeda
@ADFC
@bremen
@pruef_hb
@unibremen

Amazing Plan for a (nearly) Car-Free Amsterdam
@notjustbikes

#Amsterdam #CyclingParadise #BicycleCulture #AmsterdamBikes #BikeCommuteCar-Lite & Urban Planning: #Autoluw #CarFree #UrbanPlanning #CarFreeCity #StreetFilms #WalkableCitiesSustainability: #SustainableLiving #ClimateAction #GreenCity #Micromobility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s86kEUxxak

@scarletcoral.ca
For the first time in four years, popular St-Denis Street has lost its pedestrian-only status and is open to cars for the summer. Business owners and event organizers say the decline in foot traffic is disrupting operations during what should be a busy season.
@BrentToderian @TheWarOnCars @notjustbikes
#carfree #urbpol #urbanism #pedestrianFriendly

Business owners on Saint-Denis Street in #Montreal 's Quartier Latin miss their #carfree summer

via @[email protected] "Business owners and event organizers say the decline in foot traffic is disrupting operations during what should be a busy season"

#openstreet

Businesses feeling the impact ...

If you need a traffic light 🚦 – if people need to endure a bureaucrat beating them up with a stick to cross a street – you've made a mistake somewhere.

Many are made wrong – to prioritise cars – but the people who oppose the fundamental concept of a #pedestrian #bridge or #underpass, are the most anti-pedestrian people ever. They are the #motorist bureaucrats beating you up in every intersection. 🥊

#bureaucracy #urbanism #carfree

Here's a word you've always needed and never realized it: Petro-masculinity

HT Lemmy u/[email protected]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro-masculinity

#Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Petromasculinity #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Zahl des Tages!

Hier unterzeichnen! 🙂
https://www.change.org/AutofreieKiellinie
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#kiel #kiellinie #autofrei #carfree #openstreets

Zahl des Tages!

#kiel #kiellinie #autofrei #carfree #openstreets

@flxtr @GegenAutogewalt

Fahrradfahrer:innen sind das Übel der Gesellschaft. Dauernd bewegen sich diese Personen in Bereichen, die einzig und allein dem heroischen, motorisierten Individualverkehr gehören und zustehen.

Ja, all dies stimmt. Es ist ein gigantisches Verbrechen, dass wir bösen bösen Fahrradfutzis uns sicher bewegen wollen und dafür einstehen.

#verkehrswende #carfree #StopDeKindermoord

My bike trailer met a colleague at the grocery store.

It's rare to see signs of active, utilitarian, middle-class mobility in Antananarivo.

Note: Photo taken before my Travoy folding hinge hyperextended

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #Burley #Travoy #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #Walkability #WalkableCities #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

It was a complicated day for logistics. Note the motorcycle helmet in the bike bag in the back of the taxi with my folding bike.

Honestly, I don't know how some car-free and low-car people get by without folding bikes.

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Brompton #Multimodality #Carfree #LowCar #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

Crap! A Burley Travoy isn't supposed to fold this way. Any advice on how to repair this?

NB: Replacement parts will be hard to get in Madagascar, but good mechanics are plentiful.

@burleydesign attn @campfirecycling

#bikerepair #travoy #burleytravoy #BurleyDesign #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #Brompton #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #CarryShitOlympics #Carfree #LowCar#HalfHeartedFanatic

Critical-Mass Hamburg Juli 2026

Share it! 👌

#criticalmass #hamburg #fahrrad
#fahrradbubble #bike #bikelife
#carfree #carfreeday #verkehrswende

@CriticalMass
@CriticalMassHamburg
@ADFC
@ADFC_Hamburg