In their seminal book Life After Cars, journalists Aaron Naparstek, Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear write that the noise, pollution, and epidemic of violent death brought to our streets by cars have become so ubiquitous that we no longer even notice them.
We don’t “see” cars. They are just the background terror we have become accustomed to living amongst.
https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/opinion-cars-are-the-biggest-threat-on-the-road-not-kids-on-e-scooters-12623752
The War on Cars
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