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Car Dependency - Petrol is running out! Is it time to panic?! Help help, First Dog on the Moon >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/16/petrol-is-running-out-is-it-time-to-panic-help-help
#Fossilfuel #cars #wars #pollution #climate #CarDependency #MobilityDesign
Image: First Dog on the Moon

Lucas Cantor Mar 10

Out for a bike ride around Lake Merritt on a beautiful day in Oakland today, I *very* slowly approached a group of three elderly women walking toward me on the shared mixed-use path section, so they could safely pass while I waited for space.

(Yes, there are separated bike lanes, but they just abruptly end and route you back onto the shared path: https://www.oaklandca.gov/Government/Oakland-Improvement-Projects/Lakeshore-Avenue-Separated-Bike-Lanes-Project)

One of the women complained to me "why do we have all these bike lanes if you ride here anyway?"

So... I circled back and politely explained to her that the bike lane ended back behind us, and that I encourage her to vote for more bike lanes so I can stay out of her way.

Her friend was visibly amused, and another passerby stopped to affirm I was in the right, and literally fist-bumped me, so I'm delighted to have done my small part for cycling advocacy today

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Without a *connected* network of *protected* bike lanes, most people simply won't ride bikes! You wouldn't drive a car without a connected network of streets either!

Always remember #CarDependency has us fighting each other over table scraps. It's a simple (and *solved*) geometry problem.

#CarFree #Urbanism #PublicTransit #WalkableCities #Cycling #BikeTooter

Council for Canadian Urbanism Mar 1

Not all edge-growth is car-dependent suburban sprawl. But far too much of it is. It doesn’t need to be. #CarDependency #Sprawl

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:thigatosnyxffhfeyxgaahdf/post/3mfrv7qdypk2q

Transport for New Homes Feb 23

Why don’t we see more people cycling in new housing developments?

When we visit new housing estates something is usually missing.

https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/why-dont-we-see-more-people-cycling-when-we-visit-new-housing-developments/

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK Feb 20

RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/116104227806873865

#Greens need to keep up the momentum here, although ( assuming I am looking in the right place as I don't know the North that well, I think its a suburban area between #Manchester and #Stockport ) there may be less #CarDependency (and even for the car enthusiasts, the scene there has a lot of Asian lads which tends to make racism/bigotry unpopular amongst its participants)

novaTopFlex Feb 16

Hype for the Future 108D → Modern Suburban Developments in Smaller Communities

Introduction Though suburban sprawl often dominates in the modern outskirts of major and even minor cities, smaller communities, often of fewer than twenty-five thousand (25,000) residents, may have a more comprehensive sidewalk or related infrastructural network, even in the suburban zones. Within such suburban zones, however, the sidewalk network is often identified in the abstract as substandard, as with the sidewalk networks along major highways in modern suburban […]

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/hype-for-the-future-108d-%e2%86%92-modern-suburban-developments-in-smaller-communities/

Hype for the Future 108D → Modern Suburban Developments in Smaller Communities

novaTopFlex

Brent Toderian Jan 22

It still amazes me that we’ve basically let ourselves be manipulated into buying, and even defending, that THIS is what “freedom” looks like. Dependency is never freedom. Freedom is having real choices. #cardependency

Transport for New Homes Jan 22

Ten years of Transport for New Homes

In 2026, Transport for New Homes turns ten years old.

https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/ten-years-of-transport-for-new-homes/

Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹Jan 18

Sometimes it takes a seizure to learn how your city functions for people outside of cars.

“I thought losing my licence would make me more dependent on others. Instead, it taught me about interdependence. I can drive again now, or opt to walk or bike. But what if I couldn’t? Who would help me up the hill? And, who can I help?”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-losing-licence-9.7037254

#CarDependency #Whitehorse #ActiveTransportation