http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "End of the car age..." en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:13:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14740#post-187169 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:36:08 +0000 Baldcyclist 187169@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cars are still there in the 'cool' brand chart</p> <p>Aston Martin at no 2.</p> <p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pictures/the-top-20-cool-brands-201415-9748118.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pictures/the-top-20-cool-brands-201415-9748118.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14740#post-187166 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:29:24 +0000 jdanielp 187166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal nice! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14740#post-187160 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:04:31 +0000 wingpig 187160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>“There was some research a year or so ago which interviewed people in their 20s and 30s,” he says. “The great majority said they would rather give up their car than their smartphone, and in their list of cool brands, no car manufacturer appeared in the top 20. That’s a very significant change. Twenty years ago, if you’d asked young people, BMW and other car brands would certainly have featured.”</em></blockquote></p> <p>Meanwhile, pandering to the combined addictions of constant smartphone-checking and driving-everywhere, this decade's equivalent of metallic paint, electric windows or a sunroof is some sort of built-in method for connecting drivers' phones to their cars. The age/work-sector demographic breakdown of people using various modes would be interesting, as would their opinions of what's stopping them from stopping driving themselves. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14740#post-187157 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:50:26 +0000 dougal 187157@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"End of the car[n]age..." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14740#post-187155 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:33:15 +0000 Min 187155@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Cities get the cyclists they deserve. If you have good infrastructure, you will get good cyclists.</em></p> <p>Oh I like that! :-D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14740#post-187154 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:31:39 +0000 Stickman 187154@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobile">http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobile</a></p> <p><em>"Cities get the cyclists they deserve. If you have good infrastructure, you will get good cyclists. It’s the same with drivers and pedestrians."</em> </p>