Cars

Ceux Chevaux: Parked on NW Broadway and Davis.

Despite their contribution to untold roadway carnage, resource wars, endless sprawl, consumer dystopia (big box stores, strip malls, parking lots, fast food "restaurants," etc.) road rage, and so many other cultural catastrophes, private motor vehicles remain the dominant transportation mode in Portland, Oregon.

Autopoetic

cars rock a lot.

now if only more ran on e85...

using cellulosic ethanol...

some run on biodiesel

there are even electric cars now!

- by Michael

News Links

• American Automobile Glut? Unsold Cars Are Piling Up
• Unsold Cars
• Unsold Cars Around The World
• Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die

Drivers Not Wanted

• Murder Machines: Why Cars Will Kill 30,000 Americans This Year

Over the past hundred years, as automobiles have been woven into the fabric of our daily lives, our legal system has undermined public safety, and we’ve been collectively trained to think of these deaths as unavoidable “accidents” or acts of God. Today, despite the efforts of major public-health agencies and grassroots safety campaigns, few are aware that car crashes are the number one cause of death for Americans under 35.

• Oslo aims to make city center car-free within four years.

"We want to make it better for pedestrians, cyclists. It will be better for shops and everyone."

See also

• Car-sharing
• Driving
• Ride Sharing
• Cash For Cars Portland