"Cars and Independence" (Art by Sylvia Odhner)

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When I got my first car, since I hadn’t driven for many years before that moment, whenever I drove, I felt like it was moving at superhuman speeds. Like, walking is slow, cycling is around 15-25km/h on average, yet driving is 50km/h and higher, on most streets where I drove.

Having a human-scaled life, means not moving at such unusual speeds, that sure, are normal in the 20th century, but common, haven’t we proven that bigger isn’t always better, faster isn’t always beneficial?