Scott

There are a number of gateways through which people can fall into "The War on Cars."
- Caring about the environment
- Caring about the safety of kids
- Caring about the independence of the elderly
- Caring about your own safety as a pedestrian or cyclist
- Wanting nice spaces in your town/city
- Wanting to economically revitalize your community
- Wanting a sense of community
- Being grumpy about noise and/or exhaust
- Disliking capitalism & consumerism

What else?

Oct 1, 2023 at 7:03pmWeb
Show threadJoan LiuOct 1, 2023
@scottsthoughts I've seen people who truly like driving... They want bad drivers off the road
Show threadEdward FaulknerOct 1, 2023
I would expand your "independence of elderly" to include "independence of elderly, children, and people with disabilities".
Show thread😀🚲Oct 1, 2023
@scottsthoughts economic security and independent mobility, health, and higher-quality family time. At least, these are reasons for #CarReplacement #cargoBikes / #eBikes, and then you quickly realize the absurdity of #CarSupremacy reserving 100% of bike-able routes for speeding cars to line up two-by-two at the next red light, and join #theWarOnCars
Show threadclimate voter/degrowthistOct 1, 2023
@scottsthoughts Caring about your health Caring about your happiness Caring about life on the planet Caring about joy
Show threadDan SugalskiOct 1, 2023
@scottsthoughts
liking the convenience of things being in easy walking distance
Liking al fresco dining (which uses car space)
Show threadChristopher SchmidtOct 1, 2023

@scottsthoughts hating the typical American school drop off experience.

Traveling in other places where effective public transit allows for getting to attractions without navigating a sea of parking.

Show threadScottOct 1, 2023
@crschmidt heck even just “hating finding parking” is a solid reason
Show thread🐙ptoothfish🐙Oct 1, 2023
@scottsthoughts the sequels, ka-chow
Show threadDavid GouldinOct 1, 2023

@scottsthoughts homelessness

https://x.com/doctorow/status/1679124216321556480?s=20

Cory Doctorow @[email protected] on X

20% of people who become homeless say it was because they lost some or all of their income - often because their car broke down or got towed and they could no longer get to work. 22/

X (formerly Twitter)
Show threadChris BegleyOct 2, 2023
@scottsthoughts is hating giant parking lots that peds have to navigate on foot up there?
Show threadScottOct 2, 2023
@chrisbegley absolutely. Also heat island effects from all that pavement!