A good discussion examining the nuances of car-centricsm vs car-as-a-hobby.

#Motornomativity
#ClassicCars

Sign outside of Trimet offices pointing the way to the meeting with a handwritten sign that says, "Bike Parking across Holladay St & 2nd)

5 story parking garage on top of the TriMet transit agency HQ

People who attended Friday's @trimet.org board meeting to beg for bus lanes on 82nd learned that TriMet HQ doesn’t have any bike parking on its block -- but it does have 5 stories of parking above it if you drive a car.
#motornomativity

Photos @binnig.bsky.social & @aaronkuehn.bsky.social

Exactly. It's his human right to drive. Everyone has the natural right to drive. Literally nothing worse than not being allowed to drive. It would be like being in prison, only worse. Let everyone drive for everything, all the time 🙄 #motornomativity

1 child killed, 6 more hurt after vehicle drives into Richmond Hill, Ont., daycare: police | CBC News One child has been killed and six other children were injured after a vehicle drove into a daycare in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Wednesday, police say.

Disgusting passive reactions, "thoughts and prayers" carry on! #motornomativity

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This 1960s Cartoon Hilariously Mocks America's Car Obsession When aliens visit Earth, they naturally assume cars run the world. It’s not such an outlandish idea anymore.

A classic I think needs to be revived every so often. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #motonormativity #motornomativity (hey, take your pick on the spelling) #WindshieldBias #UFOs #cartoons #cars #driving #LifeOnPlanetEarth

So sad
We need better than
#motornomativity

OSF

Here is Prof. @ianwalker.bsky.social 's original paper on the topic:
#Motornomativity: How Social Norms Hide a Major Public Health Hazard
osf.io/preprints/ps...

Now, while most businesses overestimate the number of their customers arriving by car, you’d *really* hope pubs overestimate this.

Maybe the council could allow them to put parklet seating outside now the weather is improving?

#Motornomativity

£120 million to roll-out more electric vans, taxis and motorbikes We are making it easier, faster and cheaper for people across the UK to switch to electric vehicles.

Why, oh why, oh why, is there no help for people living with a disability to buy electric tricycles, hand cycles etc? Why is ALL the help going towards those who can drive?
#ActiveTravel #Motornomativity #DisabledAccess

www.gov.uk/government/n...

OSF

Here’s a pernicious practice now given a name: #Motornomativity
It’s when there is a normative bias to to all things cars & driving, at the expense of other behaviours.
It’s so widespread people are hardly aware of it.
osf.io/preprints/ps...