369 / How car culture drives us apart
What if we could rethink mobility to be not about the car, but about people? What if we thought less about technological innovation and more about connection and community, equity and access? Might it be possible to imagine a move away from petrol? From drivers? From cars?
Medium • There Are No Cars in Wakanda
For decades, the automobile provided a pathway to economic opportunity and upward mobility. But now the negative consequences — including a reliance on fossil fuels and increased emissions of greenhouse gases; a dramatic increase in the rate of deaths caused by cars[x]; the disconnection of local community and weakening of local economies; the rise... See more
Medium • There Are No Cars in Wakanda
Cocooned in metal, hurtling down the time highway, we become spectators rather than participants in the world around us. The landscape blurs into the background as scenery, rather than a crucial, living, breathing part of our existence. Our focus narrows to what’s ahead of us, to what needs to get done.
This speed and insulation creates an emotional... See more
This speed and insulation creates an emotional... See more
Emma Proud • Getting off the ‘time highway’: reconnecting with the rest-of-nature through the wheel of the year
With this sort of amenity-rich cocoon, there is a relentless focus on the object, absent of any context or community. The future of mobility is assumed to be car-dependent, while a vision based more on public transportation is thought to be old-fashioned. But isn’t planning for the car the thing that is most out of date?
Medium • There Are No Cars in Wakanda
PROMPT: A magazine page features a sleek black concept car designed by Yoji Shinkawa, photographed in a three-quarter view showing the entire vehicle. A woman with black hair wearing a white jacket sits in the driver's seat. Strong angular shadows fall across the car's surface. Japanese text elements and technical information are arranged in
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