My last message got a bit controversial.
We have been sold as an excuse for not trying to change .
Political will is needed to improve alternative infrastructures to the car.

#freedom #carcentrism

Last updated 1 year ago

If you have heard complaints about “minimum parking requirements”, but aren't sure what the issue is, @ClimateTown@twitter.com just made a great video explaining the situation, some history, and how it hurts businesses and makes things more expensive for all of us:
youtube.com/watch?v=OUNXFHpUhu

#ClimateTown #parking #infrastructure #carinfrastructure #carcentrism

Last updated 1 year ago

Pauline von Hellermann · @pvonhellermannn
2029 followers · 5646 posts · Server mastodon.green

Profound (not) musings on my daily walk between home and school:

Trees and flowers are beautiful
(“Weeds”too - 💚 )
Cars are really ugly

Yet and mean most of us spend far more time seeing and thinking about cars than plants- driving them, trying not to get yourself or your children run over by them

#ClimateDiary #nospray #carcentrism #motonormativity

Last updated 1 year ago

Megan Lynch (she/her) · @glightly
374 followers · 491 posts · Server mastodon.social

If anyone is actually interested in covering "bike-friendly" UC Davis' car-centric institutional culture, I've got loads of photos and can walk people around showing them the hostile infrastructure we deal with.

There are improvements UC Davis needs to make that it's trying to paper over instead.

#biketooter #universityofcalifornia #ucdavis #trafficviolence #carcentrism

Last updated 1 year ago

Megan Lynch (she/her) · @glightly
374 followers · 490 posts · Server mastodon.social

Apparently UC Davis tweeted a press release about the City of Davis PD investigation but released that on January 10 of this year. Why did it take so long for the public to get this? Why hasn't local press published a follow-up to their reporting on this death? Was the delay to make it less likely local press would still be interested or the public eye be on UC Davis? plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news

#biketooter #universityofcalifornia #ucdavis #trafficviolence #carcentrism

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Megan Lynch (she/her) · @glightly
374 followers · 489 posts · Server mastodon.social

What could possibly be in it for UC Davis to frame cyclists as the danger when the public still hasn't seen the results of a good deep investigation into the killing of a UC Davis student who was cycling, by a UC Davis employee operating UC Davis equipment? 4/?

#biketooter #universityofcalifornia #ucdavis #trafficviolence #carcentrism

Last updated 1 year ago

Megan Lynch (she/her) · @glightly
374 followers · 488 posts · Server mastodon.social

we've seen UC-sponsored legislation framing the danger on campuses as being non-car forms of transportation (which are usually more sustainable and less damaging) as being the danger. 3/?

nbcbayarea.com/news/local/legi

#biketooter #universityofcalifornia #ucdavis #trafficviolence #carcentrism

Last updated 1 year ago

Megan Lynch (she/her) · @glightly
374 followers · 487 posts · Server mastodon.social

UC Davis is being sued by the parents of the student that was killed. In the past week, we've seen UC Davis PR place a story in local press about how UCDPD (which already has a huge budget) getting approved for a grant to "increase cyclist safety" by passing out free helmets and lights. And 2/?

cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/uc

#biketooter #universityofcalifornia #ucdavis #trafficviolence #carcentrism

Last updated 1 year ago

Megan Lynch (she/her) · @glightly
374 followers · 486 posts · Server mastodon.social

On May 25, 2022, a UC Davis student was killed by a UC Davis employee driving a UC Davis sanitation truck. The first responders - UC Davis Fire and UC Davis PD - were also UC employees. The first investigation was done by them, then handed to City of Davis Police. To this day, I have not seen any press publish the results of that investigation. 1/?

#biketooter #universityofcalifornia #ucdavis #trafficviolence #carcentrism

Last updated 1 year ago

Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
540 followers · 18345 posts · Server mstdn.social

@gardiner_bryant +9001%

The that is mostly pushed in the and was mostly exported post- is just bad.

@notjustbikes literally made an entire series about it:
youtube.com/watch?v=y_SXXTBypI

#ww2 #USA #carcentrism

Last updated 2 years ago

Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
540 followers · 18346 posts · Server mstdn.social

@DaemonFC @B_Whitewind : admitted he only pushed to sabotage & defund (California Highspped Rail)...

is the big problem: is the !
youtube.com/watch?v=7IsMeKl-Sv

#Scam #suburbia #carcentrism #chsr #hyperloop #elonmisk #funfact

Last updated 2 years ago

Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
540 followers · 18357 posts · Server mstdn.social

@iyalei @femphysics I mean, I find to be utter bullshit and a scam at best.

Like the whole concept of suburbia...
youtube.com/watch?v=7IsMeKl-Sv

#carcentrism

Last updated 2 years ago

karen · @geekaren
412 followers · 1975 posts · Server mstdn.social
karen · @geekaren
497 followers · 2481 posts · Server mstdn.social

#carcentrism

Last updated 2 years ago