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Ned YeungCartoon by Ding (Jay Norwood Darling), May 14, 1921, published on the front page of the Des Moines Register, above the fold.
This is how long the war on active transportation has been going on, financed by Automotive lobbyists.
bytebro@ned Plus ça change, etc...
Madopal
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽@ned
Darling did many political cartoons that cut through the BS, admirable fellow.
Darling did many political cartoons that cut through the BS, admirable fellow.
Rob Bellinger@ned I've started calling it the subscription mobility industry -- because that's exactly what it's been all along.
Michael Bishop ☕I imagine it was the wealthy that could afford the cars. They then exerted their entitlement to the roads that set laws into motion that gave motorists priority over pedestrians/cyclists.
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission@ned 1921... letting that sink in.
In the Netherlands we adopted a very similar car-centric approach after WW2. It was destroying our cities. From the 1960s a movement grew normalising biking, and in the process making traffic safer for everyone. It took us decades to get where we are today.
Keep up the fight ✊
Winfried 🏳️🌈@collectifission @ned and it was fuelled by a strong lobby called 'stop the child murder'. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bicycle-capital-world-transport-cycling-kindermoord
How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to turn Amsterdam into the cycling nirvana of today
MarkI recognize the name Ding Darling from the National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, which I visited in the 1990s. Had no idea he was a cartoonist. Ding founded the National Wildlife Federation, designed the first federal duck stamp, and was a director of the Bureau of Biological Survey. Cool beans. #AlwaysLearning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Darling
Ray Jepson
Thomas@mister914 The figures may be misleading... sigh... yes, I have to admit it, I own 11 bikes.
CassandraVert@ned
Plus ca change
Plus ca change
Tariqsurprises some Americans that in the UK pedestrians and cyclists (and cattle herders) have priority over car drivers on roads anywhere in the UK - from tiny country lanes to national speed limit dual carriageways
the only exception is motorways where pedestrians and cyclists, and indeed cattle herders, are not allowed.
(I don't know the rules in canada)