Had an idea for car stickers for unwilling car users
It ain't much, but the idea was causing a traffic jam in my head so I had to get it out here on the information transit grid. ::: spoiler Alt text for accessibility A series of crudely made car stickers saying:
GET ME OFF THE ROAD
Support public transit :3
I know my driving sucks
We need more buses so I don't have to
THIS CAR WOULDN'T BE CAUSING TRAFFIC
IF WE HAD BETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT :::
"If I am going too slow for you, consider high speed rail"
'If you can easily read the entirety of this bumper sticker text, that means we need more congestion pricing, protected bike lanes, busses and light rail to alleviate traffic.'
The last one might be punchier as "I wouldn't be driving in front of you if..."
I think the last one bangs.
"If you can read this we're in yet another traffic jam"
This one is really good. It's definitely some commiseration.
Love the idea. Well done.
I need to consider that last one - I think it would be amusing to have on my car as I'm doing my job of teaching people how to drive 😂
You should make a set for cars parked on bike lanes!
OwO?
I think this is especially great because it's also great for some low-harm vandalism
Love all of these. Great ideas.
Those are actually great. I love that idea!
my penis is the size of a bus
"You are the traffic that you hate" is my contribution
I think they're going for a more self-deprecating theme here.
"My personal comfort and privacy come first. Sorry (or not)" would be more honest.
PS: Yeah, not popular, but I think honesty has value. In many if not most places, THIS is what is going on. Here in Europe there's all but no excuse to drive in most situations, but people still do, in huge numbers. I've visited every corner of the USA and the public transit did exist and was perfectly functional (indeed it had AC) but the only people who used it were obviously poor. Sorry, but to say this is all about economics is too easy. It's also an expression of people's values. In the West and in America in particular, most people just do not think in social terms. Their own individual comfort and privacy come first and last, end of story.
Would a premium bus service help break that stigma?
Also, I don't see what's so comfortable about being stuck behind the wheel in a traffic jam.
Would a premium bus service help break that stigma?
To some extent, sure. Even more so for a shiny and fast metro. But there seems to be a large irreducible mass of people in the individualistic West (in contrast with East Asia, the other developed part of the world) who will put their own comfort and privacy over literally everything (and everyone) else, even if it means frittering their lives in traffic jams. That to me is the balance of the evidence.