Fuck Cars

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18130077

This is maybe more like 'wtf cars'.

This study aims to expand the understanding of public acceptance of carbon taxes by exploring the role of habits. Habits play a pivotal role in guiding our behaviors and reasoning and can even influence our self perception and identity but remain an underexplored variable in relation to public policy acceptance. We employed a large scale (N > 5200) national survey to measure public acceptance of higher carbon taxation in Sweden, also capturing car driving habits, car usage, and other relevant variables. The findings show that habit strength is negatively correlated with policy acceptance, regardless of self reported driving distance, while also appearing to moderate the relationship between policy acceptance and environmental concern and political leaning, variables previously shown to be of relevance. The study suggests that the influence of habits needs to be recognized to better understand the formation of climate policy acceptance, and exploring this perspective paves the way for future research.

https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113742840508193424

This is what forming your entire personality around hating bike lanes looks like.

This dude actually wrote a Christmas-themed poem praising "Saint" Doug Ford for his plans to destroy bike lanes.

https://www.old.reddit.com/r/Guelph/comments/1hllqjj/twas/_the/_night/_before/_christmas/_guelph/_bike/_lane/

#CarBrain #DougFord #Urbanism #WarOnCars #ONPoli #MapleMAGA @fuckcars

Significant injuries from "e-scooter use"??

Two pedestrians this week were hospitalised by a pickup truck driver in Toronto during their "sidewalk use".

#SafeStreets #Urbanism @fuckcars

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20016751

Campaign by the US government to save rubber after the Japanese blocked supplies from Southeast Asia.

Wow, I'm sure those sweet, sweet, extra lanes will get you 2 seconds faster to work each day. At the cost of sustainable city and cyclists wellbeing.

On the line were 5 billions of swiss francs for motorway projects

https://www.rts.ch/info/dossiers/2024/votations-federales-du-24-novembre/2024/article/autoroutes-soins-droit-du-bail-les-resultats-des-votations-sur-nos-cartes-28698679.html

Doug Ford's conservatives may not hold a monopoly on stupidity, but they certainly are majority shareholders.

#ThugFord @fuckcars

This happened in Toronto on October 24th

Crosspost of: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/31299595

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Firefighters conduct search-and-rescue efforts as cars and debris block a tunnel in Benetússer on Friday. Photo by: David Ramos/Getty Images

A couple more relevant ones from the article:

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31931698

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31516170

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31516123

It's happening, the worst mayor Toronto has ever had is removing three major recently completed bike lanes at tax payer expense. That's right, Ontario tax payers are footing the bill for Ford to meddle in Toronto municipal infrastructure. This is of course to distract us from failing healthcare and education while appealing to his mostly car centric base.

There is a protest happening Wed. 23rd of October, please come out if you can. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rally-ride-for-road-safety-tickets-1045417761667

The article asks the question, why does the perception exist that bike lanes cause congestion? I think it's absurd that it does not even mention the culture war and toxic masculinity, which cast cyclists as effete, virtue signalling, holier-than-thou, radical leftists, who culture warriors feel it is their duty as a Real Man to harass, discourage, and endanger.

They are trying hard to make you not notice you're spending a week of your life driving each year.