Category: Car Blanche
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Why car supremacy and not driver supremacy? Plus, an act of norm disobedience 🥸
I was recently asked why I use the term car supremacy instead of driver supremacy. Indeed, given the specific dynamics I’m focusing on when I examine the conflict system of car supremacy – the power everyday people wield to maintain their privileged position atop the modal hierarchy – it might…
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Conference to-do list: 1) unpack your baggage, 2) unpack the baggage that comes with car supremacy 🧳
I recently had the privilege of attending the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual conference, held this year in a place where it actually felt seasonably cool for fall (and had the foliage to boot): Seattle. I was a first-time attendee and I must say, it felt pretty darn…
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A case for rebranding: we need a transportation ecosystem
I recently had the opportunity to present early findings from my bike bus research at the American Political Science Association (APSA) annual meeting 🤓. Over the summer, I was honored to have spoken with nearly two dozen adult bike bus participants (nearly all volunteering their time and bodies to make…
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It’s time for The New York Times to get with the times
I recently applied for a writing fellowship. The application required an original piece in response to something that had been published in mainstream media. As I whittle away at a conference paper, I figured one girl’s rejected application could be fodder for the same girl’s next blog post! Below is…
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Using The Good Place to talk about our Bad Places
I recently read this Planetizen piece and as a fan of the television show The Good Place, I thought it was a brilliant idea to use a fun pop culture reference to explore a serious social problem through the lens of moral philosophy (and I was happy to see that…
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Can we have our car cake and eat it, too?
I had the good fortune to travel to Spain this summer – the land of bike buses, superblocks, and Pontevedra’s pioneering approach to eliminating cars in the city center – and visit many of the places that had long been on my urban bucket list (sadly, Pontevedra will have to…
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