Cars: you can love them, you can hate them, but you can’t deny their overwhelming prevalence in the world. And while some of us are so used to it, we don’t really pay attention to it anymore, others are getting increasingly furious.
If you’re also getting annoyed by oversized pickup trucks, this online anti-car community welcomes all car-hating folk with open arms, and so far, they have over 400k members. It’s a safe space to vent about insane traffic, car-focused city design, poor public transit infrastructure, and the lack of green and community areas.
The car-free movement idea in general is quite big these days. It is supported by many urban planners, environmentalists, social activists, and transportation engineers. They advocate for walkable cities, mixed-use buildings, high density housing, and accessible public transportation.
To get some firsthand insight, we spoke to Paul Stout, a graduate student of urban design who gained a following on TikTok because of his videos explaining it. But before we get into the nitty gritty of things, check out this collection of some of the most infuriating instances of car dominance and some of the most beautiful examples of how it could be different.
#1 Religious Freedom, Daytime Drag, And Robust Public Transportation
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#2 Nice Summary Of This Sub I Guess
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#3 This Awful Space Between Two Kindergardens In My Neighborhood Got The Ultimate Car-Free Makeover. Copenhagen, Denmark
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#4 Carbrain Andrew Tate Taunts Greta Thunberg On Twitter. Greta Doesn’t Hold Back In Her Response
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#5 F**k The Cato Institute
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#6 I Love Me Some Grassy Trams
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#7 Found On Insta, Thought It Fit Well Here
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#8 More Of This Please
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#9 Over 70 Years Later And We Still Widen Roads
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#10 Just Go For A Walk, You’ll Feel Better, I Promise
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#11 Infrastructure Is Too Expensive
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#12 Pinterest Randomly Reminded Me That Cars Have More Rights Than Humans Sometimes
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#13 Yet Another Person Realizing What‘S Good
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#14 Good Planning
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#15 F**k These Cars A Little Less
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#16 I Know It’s An Old Tweet. I Don’t Know If This Is A Repost. I Just Think People Here Will Like Something Like This
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#17 Height Of Folly (By Jen Sorensen)
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#18 The Public Train I Take To Go To Work Has A Self Service Coffee Station
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#19 Helicopters Exist Also
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#20 Is “Trunk Or Treat” Real And Because Of Non-Walkable Communities?
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#21 I’m Convinced A Lot Of People Wouldn’t See Something Wrong With This
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#22 How Is This Legal?
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#23 American Exceptionalism
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#24 Cool Idea? (Cannot Stand Carbrains In The Replies)
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#25 Everything Must Be Sacrificed For The Car
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#26 New vs. Old Mini Cooper
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#27 Terrifying
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#28 Magic Parking Lot
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#29 6 Hour Line Of 14 Lane Traffic At Burning Man
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#30 My City (Ottawa, Canada) Removing A Pedestrianized Street In Favour Of Cars
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