Car Culture Indoctrination Through Nursery Rhymes 9
Driving in my car – YouTube video by Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes It is difficult in our society for a person of legal driving age to avoid the systematic indoctrination that car culture forces upon us. From car advertisements on television & billboards, to celebrities showing off their fancy wheels, to “auto” sections inside newspapers, ...
Amidst Car Culture, Breaking The Law Is “Ethical” 70
Driving at night – Photo by Dennis Wilkinson Here in Canada – and especially in Ontario – you could be cruising along the highway at 125km/h in a maximum 100km/h zone – and many other drivers will still be buzzing past you. Bicycling on an empty sidewalk, or rolling through a red light at an ...
The Art Of Carrying Things By Bike 19
The Art of Carrying Things by Bike – Screenshot from Vimeo video by Laura J. Lukitsch Most readers here are aware that I have something of an obsession with carrying large amounts of cargo on my bike. The countless times I have heard people say “you need a car to live” perhaps induces my insatiable ...
Warning: Driving Kills, Maims, Suffocates & Ravages 1
Driving warning labels – courtesy of Chris Bruntlett / Hush Magazine In a recent article in Hush magazine, our friend Chris Bruntlett argues that our addiction to driving can perhaps be overcome by treating driving as the new smoking, or viewing driving as “society’s cancer”. Chris created the above cigarette warning labels for drivers to ...
The Urban Country Is Back… 5
Toronto Islands Cargo Biking – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country Well, we’re back. It wasn’t intentional, but I ended up taking a month-long break from blogging. I wish I could say that I took a month off to volunteer in a developing country and change the world, but my excuse is much ...