Hans van SchootMar 27
Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

"While some people benefit from automobility, nearly everyone—whether or not they drive—is harmed by it. Slowing automobility’s violence and pollution will be impracticable without the replacement of policies that encourage Car Harm with policies that reduce it.”

This is a quote from a 2024 paper entitled, "Car harm: A global review of automobility’s harm to people and the environment", and I finally made a video about it (now on Nebula & Patreon):

https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-every-reason-to-hate-cars

Not Just Bikes — Every Reason to Hate Cars

"While some people benefit from automobility, nearly everyone—whether or not they drive—is harmed by it." This video is a summary of all the ways that cars harm cities, the environment, and people’s lives.

Nebula
Mar 27 at 5:01pmWeb
Show threadNot Just Bikes 🇳🇱Mar 27

If you'd rather watch on Patreon the link is here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/car-harm-154038369

And as usual, the video will go public on YouTube on Sunday.

Show threadJean-François MezeiMar 27
@notjustbikes North America’s economy is politically attached to cars (and steel/oil). Very hard for politicians in Canada and Ontario to fight to lower car addiction since that means job losses in key Ontario tidings. And very hard for Ottawa to fight to lower oil production for both Alberta politics and tax revenues. Car addiction is deeper than just consumers.
Show threadNot Just Bikes 🇳🇱Mar 27
@jfmezei yes. that's why I don't live there anymore.
Show threadDiversionsManifoldMar 28

@notjustbikes I completely lost track right near the very beginning at the page turn in the Car Harm paper, where I thought: huh, there's a corner pub called The Marginalised Bear? Yes, even with the 'The' below, my brain parsed it that way... took a few seconds of processing to work that out. Thank goodness for rewind 😀

The real message is sobering: The marginalised bear the most harm.

Show threadAlex SørlieMar 29
@notjustbikes Decided to listen to this video a second time while walking to the grocery store now that it's on YouTube and while doing so I had to make my way past 3 different cars parked on top of the sidewalk 😩