Opinion: I can’t afford to pay parking tickets, so my car got towed. It upended my life https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-08-31/car-towed-unpaid-parking-tickets-california-los-angeles
#povertyisexpensive: The toll on my mental #health has hit me hard. From Day 1, I couldn’t be there for my daughter when she was in the #hospital. I’m unable to make the #income I need to #support my #family. Now I face losing my car and am buried in even greater #debt.
#InstitutionalizedPoverty #BrokenTaillightPolicing #ShreddedSafetyNet #HowTheLawFailsWomen #FailingTransit #sprawlscape
Opinion: Can't find your car in Los Angeles? Maybe you got 'poverty towed' like me
As a widow and single mother in L.A., I knew I was just one disaster away from poverty. It's time to stop tows that target low-income Californians.
#OutTheWindow: Safety concerns over
#micromobility hazards to disabled, elderly, right of way, liability etc., aren’t imposed on cars. Also other
#PublicPolicy goals to
#ReduceVMT, congestion, crashes,
#ResourceWars,
#ClimateCrisis, unequal access to goods and services, energy insecurity,
#FailingTransit, and domestic terrorism.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/waymo-seeks-permit-sell-self-driving-car-rides-san-francisco-2022-12-13/ 
Waymo seeks permit to sell self-driving car rides in San Francisco
Alphabet Inc's <a href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/GOOGL.O" target="_blank">(GOOGL.O)</a> Waymo has applied for the final permit it needs in California before it can sell fully autonomous rides, the company told Reuters on Tuesday.
Gladwyn d’Souza