Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car Culture

The Little Green Man Doesn’t Know Cars, But He Likes Bikes

By Matthew Roth | May 21, 2010 | No Comments

Mark Fiore, this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning and the first to win for animated cartoons, recently provided this gem. Joe Commuter tries to explain to an alien visitor how mobility works on Earth and how convenient our cars are with their fuel made from "dinosaur squeezin’s." With more than a few jabs […]

The Rise of Oakland Scraper Bikes and the Demise of Used Cars in Alameda

By Matthew Roth | May 18, 2010 | 4 Comments

A few weeks ago we stumbled across this amazing video of the Scraper Bike phenomenon in Oakland, which we’ve also documented in this Streetfilm by John Hamilton. In the California is a Place film "Scrapertown," filmmakers Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari give you another look at Baby Champ and the work he is doing to […]

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Streetfilms: Tom Vanderbilt Talks “Traffic”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 27, 2010 | No Comments

Whether you’re a transportation geek or just curious about the psychology and behavior of drivers, Tom Vanderbilt’s "Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)" is one of the most fascinating books you can pick up. Tom sat down recently for an hour conversation with OpenPlans founder Mark Gorton about […]

GM Unveils New “Envy” and “Pride” Models, “Lust” and “Sloth” to Come

By Matthew Roth | Mar 25, 2010 | 22 Comments

Image: New York Times. I’ve railed on General Motors and Segway in the past for the myriad impracticalities of their tandem Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (P.U.M.A.) prototype. Now they’re at it again, making headlines today by unveiling the first three models in their new Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V, pronounced "envy") line, including the Jiao, […]

Cyclists Be Warned, the New Acura Is Coming to Town

By Matthew Roth | Mar 17, 2010 | 14 Comments

It always makes my skin crawl when I see a car commercial shot in a city with a sporty sedan hurtling down the street, promising ersatz liberation through reckless driving. But the conversation Joe Eskenazi at SF Weekly had with an Acura PR representative today is hilarious. Or terrifying, you decide: When folks from Acura […]

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