NEW EPISODE! "Cars Are Done" with Adam McKay. We talk with the Academy Award–winning screenwriter, director, and producer about the existential anxiety that led him to write and direct "Don’t Look Up." Plus: Adam's relationship with driving, the power of visual storytelling, and why he thinks the age of the car is already over… even if most people don’t know it yet.
137. “Cars Are Done” with Adam McKay – The War on Cars
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We've run 80,000 simulations and in every one of them cars ruin everything.
Carla Sands, Trump's former ambassador to Denmark, believes "15-minutes cities" means people are geo-fenced to within 15 minutes of their home and need special permission to leave. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/19/climate-change-trump-adviser-00184464
"Yes, Americans drive a lot, but if you know the history, our supposed affection for the automobile isn't some spontaneous love-at-first-sight affair, but a decades-long brainwashing by Detroit and its enablers in government and in the media. War on Cars co-founder Doug Gordon breaks it all down for you." https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/10/11/friday-video-groucho-marx-and-the-love-affair-with-the-car
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The Spectator
Hell is driving in Paris
Last week, Paris’s left-wing mayor, Anne Hidalgo, reduced the speed limit on the Périphérique to a crawl-inducing 30 mph.
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"This is an arms race that only the wealthiest families can win. The rising cost of these larger vehicles also means that only those who can afford them benefit from this supposed safety." https://ssti.us/2024/09/16/the-scramble-for-larger-vehicles-is-putting-more-americans-lives-in-danger/
The magical solution to crushing traffic congestion? Stop giving people alternatives to driving. This is sure to work.
Toronto Star
Ford government to restrict new bike lanes in bid to ease gridlock
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“If someone hit her with his fists, he would get arrested,” Allen said. “But he hit her with a car, so he just gets a ticket and can walk away.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/09/17/dc-child-struck-driver-tickets/
"Over a 15-year period, 6,253 cars crashed into 7-Eleven storefronts in the U.S. – an average of 1.14 per day." https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/08/one-mans-case-reveals-cars-slam-into-storefronts-like-7-eleven-with-alarming-frequency/