It’s mainly about how sensible options among new models disappeared. Young people are priced out of new models; cities started to accommodate SUVs with more and bigger parking spots. Enshittifying cities via lobbying while chasing higher margins.
I worked in automotive and now I’m in the market for a small economical car. I don’t even want it but I need it.
The only sensibe option is used, if I don’t want a four wheeled Titanic. This is awful and it contributes to the current division and radicalization of car v no-car views.
Yes I noticed that. Parkings used to be mostly parallel, so those beasts were a nightmare to park and a 3 meter vehicle was desiderable and the norm. New parkings instead are angular, so the length of the vehicle doesn’t matter. Problem is that in this way it takes the space of the cycling lane
Huh, in which city are you seeing this? The two examples given in the video are completely wrong. Paris tripled the parking cost for SUV’s and has removed tons of curb parking. Similar thing going on in Belgium.
The neighborhood near us in Berlin changed to angled parking, narrowed the road, replaced lots of parking with trees over bike racks between every few parking spots, and lowered the speed limits. It’s making the area into a biking & walking comfort zone where it used to be a dangerous car hellscape.
Giant SUVs, and heaven forbid US sized pickups, would stick out into the road and get hit/tickets for blocking the way. Removing cars makes a city a better place for people.
Sorry to gatekeep, but this video has nothing to do with fuckcars. Importing a gazillion cheap Chinese small cars would just make the situation worse.
It’s mainly about how sensible options among new models disappeared. Young people are priced out of new models; cities started to accommodate SUVs with more and bigger parking spots. Enshittifying cities via lobbying while chasing higher margins.
I worked in automotive and now I’m in the market for a small economical car. I don’t even want it but I need it.
The only sensibe option is used, if I don’t want a four wheeled Titanic. This is awful and it contributes to the current division and radicalization of car v no-car views.
Yes I noticed that. Parkings used to be mostly parallel, so those beasts were a nightmare to park and a 3 meter vehicle was desiderable and the norm. New parkings instead are angular, so the length of the vehicle doesn’t matter. Problem is that in this way it takes the space of the cycling lane
Huh, in which city are you seeing this? The two examples given in the video are completely wrong. Paris tripled the parking cost for SUV’s and has removed tons of curb parking. Similar thing going on in Belgium.
The neighborhood near us in Berlin changed to angled parking, narrowed the road, replaced lots of parking with trees over bike racks between every few parking spots, and lowered the speed limits. It’s making the area into a biking & walking comfort zone where it used to be a dangerous car hellscape.
Giant SUVs, and heaven forbid US sized pickups, would stick out into the road and get hit/tickets for blocking the way. Removing cars makes a city a better place for people.