A Satirical War on Cars Is Waged Via YouTube - CityLab - 0 views
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[pop-up] urbain on 09 Aug 17""Now this is mobility," declares the motorist, who's shooting a video off his phone."I'm in an air-conditioned steed, driving forty miles per hours, and so are thousands of other hard-working Americans." He pans his phone to the shoulder. "Six lanes each side, and we have plenty of sagebrush over here. We could make it twelve on each side. More lanes, better." Don't get worked up, urbanists: The video is satirical, as are dozens of other videos posted on YouTube under the handle "War on Cars." Half are like this one, praising the genius of super-sized, car-centric transportation planning. The other half are faux-outraged "exposés" of bike lanes and sidewalks, complete with a horror film's screeching violin soundtrack."