Showing posts with label middle fingers to autocentrism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label middle fingers to autocentrism. Show all posts
Friday, September 18, 2020

Memo to Nawbany: "How Cities Can Reclaim Their Streets From SUVs."

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  Something seldom considered hereabouts: “Safety of people outside the vehicle — pedestrians, cyclists, or other motorists — is obviously a...
Monday, April 16, 2018

According to this study, distracted DRIVING is 100 times worse than previously thought, but pedestrians are easier to blame.

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I won't say "distracted walking" doesn't happen, because I've seen it and done it a few times myself. The point to ...
Monday, February 05, 2018

A few more choice words: "What Martin Luther King Actually Thought About Car Commercials."

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At YouTube: What Martin Luther King Actually Thought About Car Commercials : A different portion of the same Martin Luther King speech u...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Meet Dongho Chang: "Seattle’s chief traffic engineer is less concerned with how fast cars are getting through the city and more concerned with how people — on foot, on bike, in buses and cars — interact with the streets."

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A boy can dream. I had such high hopes for Larry Summers, and maybe he'll be able to rally, but in the end -- so predictably, and so ...
Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Distraction kills: "We all know what’s going on, but we don’t have a breathalyzer for a phone."

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When you're walking, the scale of the problem quickly becomes evident. In a sad auto-centric world, it's important for walkers ...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017

Autocentrism: Isn't it time to free ourselves from the chokehold of the car?

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The underlined passage might as well refer directly to the colossal missed opportunity of New Albany's Downtown Grid Modernization Pr...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

"The embedded violence of the automobile is something we take for granted."

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It comes down to this: Speed and inattention kill, and our society routinely encourages both, whether by design, selfishness or neglect. ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Like the jaywalker said: "People don’t obey the rules when they’re driving. Why should I?"

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Yes, we've been here before. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 A contrarian asks: Should there even be "walk" signals for pedestrians...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

ASK THE BORED: Decades too late, but the two-way sanity project finally begins. That it took this long is an embarrassment.

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Two or three times every year, mostly on weekends during fair weather, I'll be outside doing something, and I'll hear the appro...