Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them

New analysis shows that the heaviest vehicles kill more people than they save in crashes

Reducing car dependence: benefits, strategies, unintended consequences, and future directions of post-car urban transitions

This paper presents the state of the art of post-car urban transitions. It begins with an overview of the impact of automobility on planetary and human well-being. The benefits of post-car cities a...

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar

Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar

If there’s a war on cars in the USA then the cars have won

American vehicles have grown heavier, faster, and wider every decade since 1982 — and federal fuel economy rules reward the growth. Evidence from 50 years of EPA data.

Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese Car

Politicians say they have “national security concerns.” In fact, Chinese cars are better and cheaper, and American corporations know they can’t survive market competition.

I didn't know how bad things are getting globally before finding /r/privacy

253 votes, 20 comments. The media has not informed us about the Flock cameras, age verification acts etc. that are happening in North America. There…

We don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer cars - Greenpeace International

Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown.

Dissecting Doug Ford’s Bike Lane Removal Annoucement

A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

Real men don't bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood

Inside the Trump administration's campaign to sell a vision of masculinity rooted in speed and strength — and what it means for people who walk, bike and ride the bus.

» A Need for Speed The Digital Antiquarian

Your humble author in 2009, with his last even vaguely cool car, a 2000 Volkswagen GTI. I sold the GTI and left the United States that same summer. I wouldn’t own another car for ten years.

Appropriate Measures — Real Life

Changing the tech we use is not enough to mitigate the environmental and social harm of mass technology

On Personal AI — Osaurus

A thesis on consumer AI — what it should be, what's missing, and what we're building with Osaurus.