44,000 deaths per year from car violence, but yeah, let's put human-scaled mobility under the microscope. If you have a "problem" with bikes, it's because you're forcing them into the margins with pedestrians instead of reallocating space away from cars.

Speaker Julie Menin@speakermenin.bsky.social · yesterday

Every New Yorker deserves to move around our city freely and safely, regardless of how they get around. That’s why the NYC Council is launching a comprehensive review of where existing laws can be stronger enforced, and what additional solutions are needed to keep New Yorkers safe.

I think this piece is interesting, and I understand that Wilson is never going to be a fan of Nolan’s Odyssey. This piece is better about it, but one of my least favorite things about criticism is bemoaning what one thinks a thing should have been rather than engaging with what it is.

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Goddamnit, Jerry

Jerry Chen@jcsalterego.bsky.social · yesterday

in the parts of the commonwealth they're called anticrustables

posts a car wrote

@gandalf24-28.bsky.social · 2d ago

I hate to be disagreeable, but why would anyone put a lead on a cat? Because they still see cats as human accessories, and not as sentient creatures with their own intrinsic value, and the same fundamental drive to live by their own leave as we do. Lift the veil. Be awed by their true beauty.

I, for one, have never had to worry about ads playing before I can start riding my Brompton.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterday

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Ads Take Over Car Dashboards Despite BMW Promising It Would Never Do That:

Protected bike lanes ensure this kind of delivery behavior. Build more of them.

Name a problem facing the world right now and you'll find a car parked at the bottom of it. The only way out is reliable and safe alternatives to driving.

How multiplexes meant to ease Toronto's housing crisis are creasing a crunch for parking spaces | CBC News

As more multiplexes sprout around the Dovercourt area of Toronto, some residents are increasingly finding they need to drive blocks away from their home to find a parking space.

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People are arguing between road design and enforcement. In the Netherlands, not only do they have both, but they have a third tool: presumed liability. Drivers who hit a pedestrian or cyclist are presumed to be at fault until proven otherwise. This would be a powerful tool in our litigious society.

this is my new belief system btw i’m going chud but from an unexpected angle. ‘driving is soy’

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d ago

you know what i fear? abandonment. good luck getting any mileage outta that one from the safety of your fruity lil death machine

With proper attribution! A great graphic.

Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 3d ago

Sorry for the twitter link but... x.com/Qagggy/statu...

car brain is the real-life equivalent to the myths about toxoplasmosis. efforts to reduce trash rotting in the street festering with disease and rats being met with "but muh parking!?????" is beyond parody. these people would happily live in a landfill if it had assigned parking.

David Dilbert@candyman718.bsky.social · 5d ago

Stop the War on Cars. Stop taking our parking spots away.

There's a reason they call it the Ram.

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 5d ago

Which vehicles most endanger the drivers of other cars? Giant pickup trucks — and the Dodge Charger Source: www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

Which vehicles most endanger the drivers of other cars? Giant pickup trucks — and the Dodge Charger Source: www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

I had a joke about post-structuralism, but I can no longer see the outline

Tony Corsentino@notalegalrecord.net · 5d ago

I had a joke about Anselm’s Ontological Argument, but I conceived of a better one

Enforcement is administrative controls, wearing helmets is PPE. Think about what you prioritize, and pull on the biggest lever first.

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 5d ago

We get that redesigning streets is hard and takes time and that even in places with very safe streets there's still a need for enforcement, especially of the automated variety! It's not either/or. But as in all forms of harm prevention there's a hierarchy that should influence the system.

We really need to study the aspect of car brain that causes drivers to forget that everything outside their vehicle is real

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 6d ago

A great example of why the "make eye contact with drivers and wear reflective clothing" advice for pedestrians and cyclists is bad. Nothing short of physically limiting where and how drivers can operate their vehicles will work.

How cream-filled donuts from Milk Do dore iku (ミルクドドレイク), a Hokkaido donut specialty store, are made. They are a type of bomboloni donut, typically filled with a light, airy cream, and dusted with sugar. The cream filling is made from Hokkaido milk, and a 100% rice oil is used for the frying.

Yep. My "crank" theory that streets have been chaos and drivers have been markedly WORSE at obeying the laws of the road since 2020 rests entirely on this one.

The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.

Not in the “we were all given the disease and the disease made us this” way, but in the “the social fact of the disease and its effects is something we never had a full reckoning with” way.

To be fair, it's how most people in the US think cyclists should deal with traffic violence... something that's *more* preventable than bear attacks.

Jalopnik@jalopnik.bsky.social · last wk.

Bear encounters and attacks are on the rise in Japan in a big way, with over 200 attacks in 2025 alone. And one company's solution is... a helmet?

The Auto Industry 🤝 Fascists

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

Android: your phone has great new features you should know about Me: is it great features or just more buttons to prompt Gemini Android: they're good features sir! You'll be happy to see what they are! *Open notification* Android: you can now access Gemini from _ 🙄

Mario: wahoo! We can now a start our odyssey Toad: what's an odyssey Mario: a long journey named after the sole survivor Toad: oh grea- hey what

Someone tried to insult me by saying I'm "stanning for e-bikes" and yeah buddy, I am wholeheartedly championing a revolutionary form of transportation that is making biking more accessible and enabling people to drive their cars less

Being against e-bikes is the new being against protected bike lanes. It's just the latest form of gatekeeping by cyclists who think they're the only ones doing it the right way.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3w ago

Someone tried to insult me by saying I'm "stanning for e-bikes" and yeah buddy, I am wholeheartedly championing a revolutionary form of transportation that is making biking more accessible and enabling people to drive their cars less

Oh fuck off

The face of someone who doesn't care one nit about fireworks

Denver is done counting for tonight and Melat Kiros is just shy of a 10% lead over Diana DeGette. About 28k ballots remain to be counted. With late ballot trending Kiros, she’s headed for a double digit victory in CO-1. This race wasn’t close.

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 Bonne fête du Canada 🇨🇦

With 93 traffic deaths last year, it's clear Mayor Johnston isn't prioritizing street safety, but his new $5 downtown parking scheme—actively encouraging people to drive to go drinking—goes beyond unconcerned to downright dangerous. Instead of paying $5 for parking, consider the following: