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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>A <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Scotswoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotswoman</span></a> who allowed a wee lassie (&lt;10 years old!) to drive a <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Aberdeenshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aberdeenshire</span></a> during poor weather (and then uploaded the footage to social media!) was up before the Sherriff Court for culpable and recknless conduct. </p><p>She pleaded guilty earlier, and must do 134 hours of unpaid work as a community payback order (and was very lucky no one was hurt) </p><p>Even if the lass was 17 with a provisional licence, it would still have been an offence to use the mobile phone whilst supervising..</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoadSafety</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1jw0qwjpo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1jw</span><span class="invisible">0qwjpo</span></a></p>
Ciarán Ferrie<p>"Our entire road-safety discourse centres on the vulnerable road-user taking extraordinary steps to stay alive in a hostile environment, rather than asking why the environment is so hostile in the first place."</p><p>Ciaran Cannon, President of Cycling Ireland on the big blind spot in our road safety strategy.</p><p><a href="https://archive.fo/JR3mA#selection-3847.0-3847.208" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.fo/JR3mA#selection-384</span><span class="invisible">7.0-3847.208</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoadSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Motonormativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Motonormativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveTravel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a></p>
Ika Makimaki<p>Had not had something like this happen in a while. </p><p>Riding my bike back home, a car passes me and some angry dude yells something. Of course he's caught up in traffic a little bit further ahead so I approach and say "what's your problem?"<br>-you shouldn't be on the road!<br>"so where should I be?"<br>He insists (wrongly) I shouldn't be on the road, gets off the car approaches me and threatens to punch me.<br>I'm not afraid and I dare him to do it, see how it works out for him. Plenty of witnesses and cameras on my bike, plus a very embarrassed woman still in the car with him. <br>He returns to his car, sits there and sulks.<br>I take my phone out, snap a picture of his car, smile and wave goodbye.<br>He's still sitting in traffic, probably.</p><p>Violently ignorant.<br>This is your brain on Cars.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NoCarNoProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCarNoProblem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/carDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/CarBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarBrain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AKLBikeLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AKLBikeLife</span></a></p>
Yudderick & Co.<p>Not my usual content, but here are a few photos from my recent experience using my bicycle for errands in a car-dependent society. :blobcatupsidedown: </p><p>My city really does have generally nice bicycle infrastructure, with some protected bicycle lanes and lots of wide mixed-use paths, but just because you can ride a bike doesn't mean that individual stores make it easy to park it once you arrive.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bike</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/CarDependentSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependentSociety</span></a></p>
Christian Haselbach<p>It is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bikeEverywhereMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikeEverywhereMonth</span></a> and also well into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a>. I’ve just been to the farmer’s market with my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cargobike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cargobike</span></a>. Are you trying to use your bicycle more? What obstacles do you see? What concerns so you have that stop you from using a bicycle (more)? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bikeEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikeEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>“Splendour in the Mud”: <br>Climate breakdown and car dependency put an end to commercial drive-in music activities</p><p>A “report found 85% of festivalgoers had been affected by either floods, storms, heatwaves or the threat of bushfires at an event they had attended in the past 12 months.”</p><p>The “Splendour in the Mud” festival left tens of thousands of motorists bogged and stranded in torrential rain. Extreme heat from greenhouse gas emission is also eliminating the ‘drive-in’ model for outdoor mass gatherings.<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/30/climate-crisis-could-kill-off-australian-music-festivals-report-warns" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/music/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/30/climate-crisis-could-kill-off-australian-music-festivals-report-warns</span></a></p><p>The end of the car dependent music festival? &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://news.griffith.edu.au/2024/08/26/train-in-vain-the-end-of-the-car-dependent-music-festival/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.griffith.edu.au/2024/08/2</span><span class="invisible">6/train-in-vain-the-end-of-the-car-dependent-music-festival/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GHG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/DriveIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DriveIn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MassGatherings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassGatherings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/festivals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>festivals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NoisePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoisePollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnvironmentalDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDamage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RiskManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiskManagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/outdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExternalisedCosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExternalisedCosts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheGreatOutdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatOutdoors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtremeHeatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeatwaves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/storms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/splendour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>splendour</span></a></p>
Ciarán Ferrie<p>Site visits at a retail park in Blanchardstown and an industrial estate in Neilstown mightn't sound like the makings of a pleasant morning out of the office, but today was a perfect day for the bike and I was able to take in both site visits and enjoy a cycle through the Phoenix Park and along the Grand Canal, as well as a short stop for lunch in Chapelizod.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SustainableTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableTransport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveTravel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobility</span></a></p>
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<p>It is amazing how consistent the news about the not-so-good impacts of the way we use automobiles is. Here's another report on life cycle costs.</p><p><a href="https://www.eta.co.uk/news/the-hidden-price-of-car-dependency-why-walking-and-cycling-pay-dividends-for-society?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=weekly" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eta.co.uk/news/the-hidden-pric</span><span class="invisible">e-of-car-dependency-why-walking-and-cycling-pay-dividends-for-society?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=weekly</span></a></p><p>H/T Aarne Granlund, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/aarnegranlund.bsky.social/post/3lkftbmcuzk2d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/aarnegranlund</span><span class="invisible">.bsky.social/post/3lkftbmcuzk2d</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/carDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carDependency</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CarCentrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarCentrism</span></a></p>
Jan Adriaenssens<p>This could have been a shared garden or a park or a playground or an urban forrest or a pond or a meeting place. </p><p>Instead it’s a parking.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HolidayRentalView" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HolidayRentalView</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a></p>
smeg<p>Car dependency, bad urban design, and public transit sharing space with cars means we can't even do the trolley problem right, anymore.</p><p><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/trolleyproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trolleyproblem</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/carbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbrain</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/cardependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cardependency</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/cardependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cardependent</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/publictransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publictransportation</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/publictransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publictransit</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a></p>
John Englart<p>If you are voting in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Werribee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werribee</span></a> byelection today, the major parties ignored you on addressing <a href="https://c.im/tags/publictransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publictransport</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a>’s western suburbs. <a href="https://c.im/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cardependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cardependency</span></a> <br><a href="https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2025/02/by-election-forum-calls-for-better.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">melbourneontransit.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/02/by-election-forum-calls-for-better.html</span></a></p>

Where is the walking and cycling infrastructure ?
Let's redirect funding from roads to walking and cycling infrastructure.

"Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling. Unfortunately, that’s how much the Australian government has invested per person annually on walking, wheeling and cycling over the past 20 years."

"As a result of this over-investment in car road-building, Australia has the smallest number of walking trips of 15 comparable countries across Western Europe and North America. Many Australians are dependent on cars because they have no other choice in terms of transport options."

"Road use is inherently dangerous – in Australia last year, more than 1,300 people died on our roads, which is more than 25 people a week."

"The typical Australian household spends 17% of its income on transport – with car ownership making up 92.5% of that figure, compared to 7.5% on public transport."

"A major source of all emissions in Australia are from driving."

"Redirecting funding from the current road budget makes the most sense, because getting more people walking, wheeling and cycling eases pressure on the transport system (think of school holiday traffic). "

"When it comes to transport, the saying goes “we get what we build” – so if we build more roads, we get more people driving. If we build paths, we get more people walking and cycling short journeys and our roads are less congested."
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theconversation.com/australia-

The Australian and NSW governments are funding the $2,200,000,000 ($2.2 billion), 14-kilometre Coffs Harbour bypass project. Cars will save 12 minutes. Imagine the walking and cycling infrastructure...
pacifichighway.nsw.gov.au/site

The ConversationAustralia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cyclingWalking and cycling get 90c per person each year from the Australian government. What if that figure rose to $5, $10 or $15?

Most of the problems people have with snow are really problems with car dependency. Driving is already dangerous on a good day, and even more dangerous on a snowy road.

Eliminate the need to drive, and you eliminate the danger. Walkability and rail transit are the answer.

Interesting point here about the dominant #urbandesign suburban land use style here in smoky #NorthAmerica : single exit SUV-dependent designs introduce a single point of failure in an emergency. The recommended emergency evacuation strategy here was for everyone to rush onto the streets at the same time, shutting down the streets until fire crews could come to bulldoze all of the abandoned vehicles. #disaster #cardependency #waroncars #evacuation firerescue1.com/wildfire-and-w

FireRescue1 · FD dozer pushes through abandoned cars as thousands flee from L.A. wildfireThe Los Angeles Fire Department took the rare step of calling in off-duty firefighters to fight the fast-moving Palisades Fire

Australia's lack of fuel security

"Our way of life
depends upon cheaper oil and fuel coming from overseas, but it does so at the cost of our security and resilience...The thought of not having food in cupboards and fridges or prescription medicines would likely exercise people's minds a lot more than the ill-informed thoughts they had during COVID about toilet paper." >>
abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/aus

Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia
mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1137730
#energy #vulnerabilities #fuel #FossilFuels #cars #oil #petroleum #fuel #mobility #dependency #EnergyDependency #Australia #infrastructure #automobility #roads #malls #highways #Petrotopia #PetroMelancholia #CarDependency #MobilityDesign #ClimateBreakdown #transformation #societies #MiddleEast #FuelSecurity #MSO #WayofLife