The Searchers, the longest running pop band in history (68 years!), have announced they’ll disband after their final show in June at the Glastonbury festival. They’re all well into their 80’s but they say the reason for their retirement isn’t at all that they’re tired of performing: it’s that the traffic driving from show to show has become intolerable.
Seems like one to file under #TheWarOnCars
@TheWarOnCars
I decided to cycle today instead of driving. It was just wonderful to be out in the fresh air.
To cycle is to feel alive.
Amazing how, for a car website, most people support him.
#TheWarOnCars
Biking geographically isn't just about freedom of movement, but also a political freedom that comes from understanding the world around us.
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Schaut, was ich gesehen habe! 
Die Stelle ist auch in @plepe s Video https://urbanists.video/w/rZ3jwGRerFZEW8wLRQkvNh zu sehen.
#wien #radweg #fahrrad #theWarOnCars #waroncars @TheWarOnCars
@TheWarOnCars I keep coming back to this idea for an advert.
Cars ≠ Freedom.
Being forced to sit in a metal box, pay some billionaire for gas, be spied on everywhere you go, breath in poisonous fumes, need to carry an ID at all time.... #TheWarOnCars
I almost skipped this episode @TheWarOnCars
Glad I didn't. You all riffed off each other so wonderfully 
it was hilarious. Almost worth listening to just for Sarah's take down of the Jeep advert. #TheWarOnCars
https://thewaroncars.org/2025/02/11/episode-144-super-bowl-roundup-with-rollie-williams-and-nicole-conlan/
Taken For A Ride:
This documentary covers the General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy. Automotive manufacturers, tire makers, and oil companies conspired to buy up and shut down public transportation in America.
#FuckCars #Oligarchy #Urbanism #TheWarOnCars #BanCars #EndFossilFuels #CongestionPricing
America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_0MVCyOjvtk&si=K3pnKrcZOUkxlPWA
> Car ads, especially those that air during the Super Bowl, typically promote driving as something that enables freedom and promotes patriotism.
It's our CXLIVth episode! Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Climate Denier's Playbook, The Daily Show) join us to discuss the car ads on the Super Bowl, Kendrick's amazing halftime show, and a lot more.
In an urban ecosystem, cars are natural predators of businesses.
https://missionlocal.org/2025/02/car-crashes-into-mission-sports-bar-during-super-bowl-injuring-six/
Now free for all to read... I saw this dynamic 1970s anti-car poster on a wall at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, USA. Dramatic - but did it succeed?
@Jeneric @geodarcy @ternbicycles
Wow, that's terrible! Hope they were insured for that loss. Speaking of Revolution, I was very happy to see a LBS taking over a car dealership!
#TheWarOnCars #YegBike
We've got a new Patreon bonus episode out, about a weird old book called "The Romance of the Automobile Industry." Published in 1916, it's propaganda for car dependence, primarily to increase wealth and bolster the elite. And, yes, we get into the whole "eugenics" thing.
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Saw this post on Reddit and thought it was worthy of a share here!
#fuckcars #ElonMusk #Tesla #Nazi #thewaroncars
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1i83eym/this_poster_needed_an_update_given_recent_events/
New episode!
What are the stakes as we go from Amtrak Joe and DOT Secy Buttigieg to an administration made up of oil barrels disguised as people?
We asked Dani Simons, who led US DOT's office of public affairs, about the Biden legacy and how to survive the next 4 years.
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https://thewaroncars.org/2025/01/21/143-bidens-transportation-legacy-with-dani-simons/
After all the majority of patients in the hospital I am visiting today come by foot, even if some from their cars parked in the park-house nearby. But at the end you are always a pedestrian.
Also, this is even truer when you use a wheelchair or a stroller. Then zigzagging between parked SUVs and ambulances is even less fun.
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Periodically some people call for cyclists to pay “road tax” saying that they contribute to wear on the roads etc. so should pay towards maintenance.
As I understand it the amount of wear a vehicle causes varies based on the fourth power of the axle weight.
So if I’ve got my sums right, having a charge of a pound a month for a bicycle, and taxing motorists in direct proportion to difference in damage done to road could look something like this…
NEW EPISODE!
Cities and Fashion with Derek Guy, the Menswear Guy
How do dense, walkable cities influence what people wear? Otherwise known as The Menswear Guy, Derek Guy rose to fame on social media for his takes on men's fashion. He also dips his toes into urbanism from time to time, arguing that the ecosystems that support quality craftsmanship and expert tailoring are strongest in places where it's easy to get around without a car.
https://thewaroncars.org/2025/01/07/141-cities-and-fashion-with-derek-guy-the-menswear-guy/
