Jokes aside, the #Enshittification and #Enfattening of #Cars as well as spread of #CarCentrism #Propaganda from the #USA is a massive issue.

• #Affordable, #accessible and #available #PublicTransport is a non-negotiable necessity even if we don't give a fuck about #ClimateChange simply because at this rate, people will soon be unable to afford anything.

#Greedflation needs to be actively combatted by #regulation and that also means setting the right #incentives...

• For example, keeping Public Transport affordable and thus induce demand (See #DeutschlandTicket) is one way.

• Another Option is to prioritize #PersonalLightVehicles over #SuperUselessVehicles in terms of #RoadTax, #Parking and #regulation.

The #Netherlands were once almost as #CarCentric as the #USA [ @notjustbikes can propably vouch for that looking into the History, digging up 1960s & 1970s Amsterdam as example.] but they chose to do something about it with the fact that as a #German I can vouch for the fact that the Netherlands have excellent roads and far less traffic due to viable alternatives.

@JdeB #CarCentric societies will do everything to not implement #PublicTransport and build out #Railways, don't they?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUpST_cQ1hM

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite

I'm honestly not sure how to best tackle that second point.

Although our infrastructure is incomparable to that in a lot of other countries, this is still a #CarCentric country. Cars are everywhere, they got bigger the last n years, and if you have to share the road with them, you'll have to hope the driver is paying attention and yields to you.

We almost got driven off the road with a group recently because a driver did not want to yield where he should.