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"End of the car age..."

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  • Started 9 years ago by Stickman
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  1. Stickman
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    http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobile

    "Cities get the cyclists they deserve. If you have good infrastructure, you will get good cyclists. It’s the same with drivers and pedestrians."

    Posted 9 years ago #
  2. Min
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    "Cities get the cyclists they deserve. If you have good infrastructure, you will get good cyclists.

    Oh I like that! :-D

    Posted 9 years ago #
  3. dougal
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    "End of the car[n]age..."

    Posted 9 years ago #
  4. wingpig
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    “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.”

    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.

    Posted 9 years ago #
  5. jdanielp
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    @dougal nice!

    Posted 9 years ago #
  6. Baldcyclist
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    Cars are still there in the 'cool' brand chart

    Aston Martin at no 2.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pictures/the-top-20-cool-brands-201415-9748118.html

    Posted 9 years ago #

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