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fromStreetsblog
4 days ago

When the Government Says You're 'Weaponizing' Your Car - Streetsblog USA

Powerful actors justify selective lethal force by framing ordinary or defensive driving as automotive violence, while tolerating widespread traffic deaths to keep vehicles moving.
fromStreetsblog
3 months ago

Our Streets Look Like War Zones - But What if They Were 'Sites of Peacebuilding' Instead? - Streetsblog USA

Car culture has a higher body count than both World Wars combined. So why don't we think of automobility in the same way we think about the bloody and destructive global conflicts that dominate the news - and what would it take to transform our streets into a tool to make our whole society more peaceful, rather than more violent?
Environment
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