Cars take up a lot of space
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A very cool post that has a lot of infographic regarding space taken up by cars.
More people less space : fuckcars
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/sokcwd/more_people_less_space/
An image that compares the space taken by people in cars, on bikes and on a bus. You can see how much space a car take.
But why? Not only the over sized parking lot, but look at the surroundings! : fuckcars
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/rd5y8m/but_why_not_only_the_over_sized_parking_lot_but/
This is a picture of a how much space a parking lot takes. (maybe you can create a gallery for this. There is also a comment stating the numbers of people that cars can transport. It’d be best if I get it from an official study though.)
Firefighters driving to a call : nextfuckinglevel
https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/rexq1e/firefighters_driving_to_a_call/
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/rf6eft/bike_lanes_cause_more_traffic_they_say_bike_lanes/
See how the cars are blocking the roads. It’s never cyclists, pedestrians. Cars prevent emergency vehicles to go where they want to.
Cars take up so much space
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/rihuxz/cars_are_a_waste_of_space/
Cars blocking ambulance, cars backing up in traffic
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/riosua/meanwhile_in_portugal/
Make sure to credit the original author.
Why Traffic Congestion Grows Exponentially, Why It Matters, and What To Do About It // An Explainer - YouTube - CityNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHSCmQnGH9Q
The gist of this video is that every single car added to the road will exponentially make the traffic worse.
At 1:12, he listed out all the problems with cars.
He suggested to have better alternatives modes of transportation [11:18].
He also suggested to implement congestion pricing to solve this issue [11:31].
A Modern City for People Would Devote Less Space to Cars | streets.mn
https://streets.mn/2018/07/19/a-modern-city-for-people-would-devote-less-space-to-cars/
Cars require a lot of space. You need some space to store them, you need a space at the place where you’re going, you need space to slow down. Here is an article that showed the maths.
Sheerness, UK
https://goo.gl/maps/5pv7KfvsFy6gDvQr6
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/rlzv0y/we_destroyed_ecosystems_for_this/hpkcnko/
This is Gefco, Sheerness vehicle delivery services. It’s car storage, refurbishment, vehicle fleet preparation etc.. Basically they store and process cars for businesses there I think.
Make sure the turn on the satellite layers to see how much space it takes.
It’s True: The Typical Car Is Parked 95 Percent of the Time – Streetsblog USA
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/03/10/its-true-the-typical-car-is-parked-95-percent-of-the-time/
Cars take up space by not doing anything at all.
Opinion | Why cars and cities are a bad match. - The Washington Post
An opinion piece by author of Human Transit, Jarrett Walker. His facts are really simple, it’s just basic geometry. Cars need huge amount of space but cities want to be denser so that it’s more livable. These two don’t fit together. Big things can’t fit in small spaces.
Pictures of comparison of people in different modes of transport
The Arrogance of Space in Urbanism - YouTube - The Life-Sized City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfXP6KOVBOY
When he looked down from the Eiffel Tower, he saw how much space cars take. Lanes are wider than they have to be [4:26], wide enough that you can fit a bike lane in there if you do some road diet. Unused space when cars take a corner [6:09].
He shared a tool where you can highlight how much space cars take https://cyklokoalicia.sk/arrogance/.
Saturn’s famous commercial shows why cars are so bad for cities - Curbed
This famous car commercial accidentally made a case on how cars take up a lot of space. There are even images in the article to show comparisons between the modes of transport.
It’s True: The Typical Car Is Parked 95 Percent of the Time – Streetsblog USA
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/03/10/its-true-the-typical-car-is-parked-95-percent-of-the-time/
Cars are unused 95% of the time. They’re just taking up space that could have been used for the people.