It would be hard to invent another everyday transportation order as wasteful of human well-being as the cars-first arrangement that has long prevailed in the United States. In this, the initial post here on Death by Car, I review the most basic facts in this area from recent sources:
► In the year 2008, automotive collisions [...]
Cape Town, and indeed South Africa, has first and third world communities living alongside one another. As a result of almost 50 years of legislated apartheid – during which time entire communities were removed from healthy, clean and socially integrated areas to racially separated, remote and dusty “townships” – access to opportunities was forcefully removed [...]
Two urban planning professors have written an entire book about sidewalks, 330 pages on this part of the transportation infrastructure built for non-motorists. (Cultural note: Since both authors live and work in the United States, they use the term sidewalk not pavement, footpath or platform.) The book considers sidewalks as [...]
Traditional street party celebrations were once regular occurrences in Britain’s towns and cities. They have all but died out; another casualty of the motor car.
Whether you agree with lobbying, your local government is not going to disappear in a hurry. Here are the experiences of some activists who have tried to influence their local council’s transport agenda.
If your city council completely ignores your justified claims as cyclists, there’s no point waiting around for the reign of the car to end.
Get the message across: you’re going to be able to travel around town right now without creating pollution and without running the risk of getting crushed in the middle of your local [...]
Okay, this may be a gender-specific idea, but life’s like that sometimes. And just to clear this up right away, the idea is not about advertising.
Grab any “men’s” bicycle and remove anything—such as water bottles, locks or pumps—blocking the area between the upper and lower tube of the frame.
Cut out a piece of thick cardboard [...]
If you want to write on a billboard that’s too high to reach, you can either get a ladder (which isn’t particularly convenient) or build a spray can extension rod
The whole media exploitation process is about news management, and this is just as much the case once journalists get to the action as when you’re trying to attract them. You’ve got to give the best possible account of what you’re doing and the clearest possible explanation of why.
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