Notices by The War on Cars (thewaroncars@mastodon.social), page 4

"In fact, wear and tear on tires and brakes have been shown to produce increasingly more particle pollution, by mass, than car exhaust systems did in several real-world and test scenarios. Some of the particles are large enough to see with our eyes. Others are fine particles (known as PM 2.5, with diameters up to 2.5 microns) and ultrafine particles (known as PM 0.1, with diameters of 100 nanometers), which can enter through our bloodstream and harm our organs."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/

"Soon, I found myself consuming memes on r/fuckcars, bingeing the Not Just Bikes YouTube channel, following Strong Towns on Instagram, signing up for the Our Built Environment Substack, subscribing to The War on Cars podcast and more.... In the span of only a few weeks, I went from proverbial Prius Lover to Car Destroyer."

https://www.cnet.com/science/climate/how-i-learned-to-hate-cars-and-what-im-doing-about-it/

"...the city of Paris has made enormous investments in public transit, built hundreds of miles of bike paths, and closed many streets to cars. Car trips within the city dropped by almost sixty per cent between 2001 and 2018, car crashes dropped by thirty per cent, and pollution has improved. The city is quieter and calmer; test scores go up as the air around schools cleans up."

#TheWarOnCars #Paris #climatechange

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower

“An e-bike is a car trip replacer,” Cherry said, “but an e-cargo bike is a car replacer. An e-cargo bike offers a chance to do just about anything that most Americans need a car to do, like school runs, grocery runs, and so on.”

#TheWarOnCars #ebike #ebikes

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-15/the-electric-vehicles-we-need-now-are-e-bikes

Okay, Mastodon followers! You get first dibs on these.

Inspired by episode 95, "Make Love Not Cars with Dan Savage," we have new 4' x 4' stickers in the store.

Available in packs of 5.

https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/products/make-love-not-cars-sticker-5-pack

Have you ever been walking across the street when a driver turned into your path and almost hit you? How did you respond? Did you lash out verbally or dare to lay hands on their precious vehicle?

In Episode 107, we ask: Is It Worth It To Confront Drivers?

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

#TheWarOnCars #podcast #cars #bicycle #walking

https://thewaroncars.org/2023/06/27/107-is-it-worth-it-to-confront-drivers/

"We can redesign our streets as much as we want, but at a certain point we also have to start to look at the shape and the weight of these vehicles."

https://www.curbed.com/2023/06/new-york-suv-trucks-weight-based-fee.html

"Apocalyptic gridlock did not ensnare the Philadelphia area. Truck traffic did not come to a halt. In fact, more people rode the train or took alternate routes and life marched on."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bb99/i-95-philadelphia-carmageddon-never-happened-data-shows

"As commuting time increased, workers who used their private vehicle experienced greater sleep loss, felt more pressure, felt more depressed, and had generally poorer mental health. For public or active commuting, we were unable to obtain any of these results."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198223000970?via%3Dihub#s0040

"After traveling 4,500 miles, I have spent less than $5 on electricity. Five dollars! That’s less than a cost of a mocha latte something at Starbucks. That is astounding."

https://triangleblogblog.com/2023/06/14/electric-bikes-are-the-most-climate-friendly-way-to-travel/

"For too long we’ve stood by and watched as historic parts of our beautiful city stood in the way of more and more parking spaces. Meanwhile, we have fewer than a dozen spots for every man, woman, and child in Houston. That is simply unacceptable."

https://www.theonion.com/new-houston-law-requires-10-parking-spaces-for-every-pa-1850387581

"The average downpayment for a new car is reportedly also at a record high of $6,956, up from $6,083 in Q1 2022."

https://jalopnik.com/nearly-17-percent-of-monthly-car-payments-are-over-1-0-1850298115

A reminder that we'll send you a free "Geometry Hates Cars" sticker with any other sticker order, now through while supplies last!

If you order a coffee mug, run hat, enamel pin, iron-on patch or water bottle we'll also send you one of these stickers.

Inspired by Cory Doctorow! @pluralistic

#TheWarOnCars #stickers

https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/

"People living near road traffic noise were not only more likely to develop high blood pressure, but the risk of this outcome increased with the dose' of noise, even when researchers adjusted for fine particles and nitrogen dioxide."

#TheWarOnCars #noisepollution #traffic

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/health/road-noise-blood-pressure-intl-scli-scn-wellness

New episode: "CONSPIRACY!"

How did a mundane urban planning concept turn into the latest grist for the culture-war mill? Why does the idea of making it easier to walk for daily needs have some people afraid that they won't be able to leave their homes for more than 15 minutes? And why do some think this is all a plot by the World Economic Forum to force people to "own nothing and be happy"? We ask if we can ever get back to reality.

#15minutecities #TheWarOnCars

https://thewaroncars.org/2023/03/21/conspiracy/

Cars are freedom? This story features people who see friends less because weekday congestion is terrible, are chronically late to drop their kids off at school no matter how early they wake up, and who are rethinking where to spend retirement so as not to spend the rest of their lives "sitting in traffic."

#TheWarOnCars

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sunbelt-traffic-jams-are-frustrating-drivers-and-threatening-growth-223df06b

"We did not beat COVID. We just accepted the economy was more important than the deaths it caused. The same goes for the permitted lawlessness of cars. Their economic importance is way above the death and destruction they cause."

https://www.thestranger.com/transportation/2023/03/13/78900631/why-seattle-doesnt-give-a-fuck-about-pedestrians

"...Angelenos who drive more tend to be exposed to less air pollution — and Angelenos who drive less tend to be exposed to more pollution."

https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-03-09/white-drivers-are-polluting-the-air-breathed-by-l-a-s-people-of-color-boiling-point

#TheWarOnCars #losangeles #driving #pollution

"The United States has about two billion parking spots, according to some estimates — nearly seven for every car. In some cities, as much as 14 percent of land area is covered with the black asphalt that engulfs malls, apartment buildings and commercial strips."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/business/fewer-parking-spots.html

#thewaroncars #parking

"As American cars have bulked up, the number of fatalities for the drivers and passengers inside these rolling fortresses has fallen by 22 per cent. But the number of pedestrians killed has risen by 57 per cent."

https://www.ft.com/content/a75a6623-67f4-41d1-a0ca-cedc9fda4f90

#SUV #SUVs #thewaroncars #bancars