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Seeing people out walking while wearing high visibility clothing today reminds me of this cartoon from 1927
#CarCulture
The Perfect Pedestrian; or, making the world safe for motocracy — Punch 1927 Image: B/W cartoon of man walking and carrying two lanterns with a mirror attached to his shoulder, a horn on his hat, and a safety triangle on his back, while cars drive past him.
#carculture

Thanks to @tomflood for his great tshirt designs! #safestreets #carculture
A T-shirt that says: Priorities: the automobile can go everywhere at the expense of children going anywhere.
#carculture #safestreets @tomflood

This culture of anger that #CarCulture encourages has a very high cost. Lives are lost everyday inside and out of cars, but we've convinced ourselves that this is the only way to live. There's nothing we can do and these lives must be sacrificed in the altar of the #car.

Cars ruin cities. Cars ruin public transport, our health and our very lives.

Simpsons meme format. Willie the janitor says Cars and cyclists are natural enemies. Like pedestrians and cars. Or public transportation and cars. Or walkable cities and cars. Or cars and other cars. Damn cars, they ruined everything.
#carculture #car

But we've adopted #CarCulture so deeply that for many, an attack on cars in general feels like a personal attack. Any attempt to reclaim space in our cities for #bicyles, #people, #parks or children feels like a loss that needs to be stopped and defended against.
Often ignoring the reality that our urban built environment (and much of the rural building too) is completely car centric.
Cartoon of a city full of cars and parking everywhere. A family on bikes is being scolded by a lady who stepped out of her car. She says "If you take this parking for a bike lane, where will I park my car?! You're not considering MY needs."
#people #carculture #bicyles #parks

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