“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”

Colorado Public Radio

Boulder’s explicit traffic safety signs are the latest real-looking fakes on Colorado roads

Several of the signs were concentrated along 28th Street, a busy north-south thoroughfare that the city has identified as being particularly danger...

NEW PATREON BONUS: Doug Ford and Ontario’s War on Bikes Ontario Premier Doug Ford is on a crusade against bike lanes. His government is pushing a bill that would require provincial approval of all bike lanes that repurpose car lanes. If it succeeds, it will have a chilling effect on the ability of cities and towns of all sizes to manage their streets and keep people safe. Plus, a handful of existing bike lanes could be ripped out. Subscribe for access: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116072611

NEW EPISODE! "Cars Are Done" with Adam McKay. We talk with the Academy Award–winning screenwriter, director, and producer about the existential anxiety that led him to write and direct "Don’t Look Up." Plus: Adam's relationship with driving, the power of visual storytelling, and why he thinks the age of the car is already over… even if most people don’t know it yet.

137. “Cars Are Done” with Adam McKay – The War on Cars

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We've run 80,000 simulations and in every one of them cars ruin everything.

Carla Sands, Trump's former ambassador to Denmark, believes "15-minutes cities" means people are geo-fenced to within 15 minutes of their home and need special permission to leave. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/19/climate-change-trump-adviser-00184464

"Yes, Americans drive a lot, but if you know the history, our supposed affection for the automobile isn't some spontaneous love-at-first-sight affair, but a decades-long brainwashing by Detroit and its enablers in government and in the media. War on Cars co-founder Doug Gordon breaks it all down for you." https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/10/11/friday-video-groucho-marx-and-the-love-affair-with-the-car

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The Spectator

Hell is driving in Paris

Last week, Paris’s left-wing mayor, Anne Hidalgo, reduced the speed limit on the Périphérique to a crawl-inducing 30 mph.

Ed Begley Jr, welcome to The War on Cars.

"This is an arms race that only the wealthiest families can win. The rising cost of these larger vehicles also means that only those who can afford them benefit from this supposed safety." https://ssti.us/2024/09/16/the-scramble-for-larger-vehicles-is-putting-more-americans-lives-in-danger/

The magical solution to crushing traffic congestion? Stop giving people alternatives to driving. This is sure to work.

Toronto Star

Ford government to restrict new bike lanes in bid to ease gridlock

Premier Doug Ford