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Communities here are largely influenced and based on already existing communities on Reddit. I was subscribed to r/fuckcars there until I dropped reddit completely, but they have a pretty straightforward page explaining their beliefs and opinions about cars and replacing them with various different more efficient transportation methods.
Secondly… Your comment wasn’t hated, so I don’t know where those “angry car haters” come from.
No one actually thinks that you can replace cars entirely, but making more space FOR PEOPLE on the streets and making public transportation more comfortable and more affordable - is only a positive.
Many folks see car culture as connected to other social problems, such as:
- Environmental degradation — pollution, climate change
- Suburban decay — neighborhoods with lots of parking but no public life
- Violent crime — road rage, throwing shit at bicyclists, coal rolling
- Long driving commutes — extending the work day for hours of unpaid labor
- Injury & death — driving & being around cars is the most dangerous thing most people do every day
Folks raising awareness about these issues, or just yelling about them, are probably not interested in having a debate right then.
Cars also make an economic barrier, poor people who can’t afford a car can’t get a job far away, limiting their choices and opportunities.
Even if they find a good job, companies prefer people with a car, so it’s very likeky that they’re rejected.
It is mostly serious. There is plenty of scientific evidence on how car centric infrastructure, city planning and policies have destroyed walkable cities and require an in proportion extreme amount of space and accommodations. Cars as a means of transportation are wholly inefficient, you could put several dozen daily commuters into a single bus, multiple times that in a single subway train.
The only space where cars are not short term replaceable to great improvement of the general habitability of the area is in rural regions where distances are huge, people are spread out widely and communal infrastructure is simply too inflexible to accommodate the needs of the citizens.
Have a look in the communities. Reading the community explains the community. Their main problem is that most cities are built and often rebuilt to only work with cars and then people use that to claim that other systems doesn’t work.
Trains and short range motor bikes or human powered bikes can definitely replace cars. The problem is the city needs to be designed for it. It can’t replace it in most places in the US because all infrastructure has been biased towards cars for more than 100 years. But if you imagine a city built from the ground up with trains and bikes in mind it is completely doable.
It’s going to take another century to undo the car centric society we have built in the US.
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Yes. They hate cars a lot and prefer bike riding.
