Heartsick and Mad

I'm heartsick about climate change and how it is caused by rich and old people while the brunt of it is borne by poor and young people.

I know that I sound like a broken record, but we cannot stop catastrophic climate change without fundamentally changing the way we live and get around.  Tinkering around the edges with electric (EV) and autonomous vehicles (AV) is simply a cynical diversionary stalling tactic.

The responsible people who are getting around in carbon-free ways are being murdered by automobile drivers and elected officials act like they are powerless to make our streets work for everyone--and not just people in two ton metal cages.

Beverly Owens, the mother of bicyclist Frederick Frazier, is overcome with emotion as she visits the site of the hit-and-run incident that claimed the life of her 22-year-old son. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

I'm heartsick about all the people killed and maimed by automobile drivers.  They are not auto accidents.  They are the entirely predictable outcomes of streets designed for auto drivers at the expense of everyone else and drivers who feel like shaving a few seconds is worth more than the life of another human being.

I'm heartsick that the number of deaths is growing despite every elected official pledging allegiance to Vision Zero.

The carnage is endless.  See this and this in just the last month in LA.

Should Law Subsidize Driving?

The correct answer is no.

I want more money and public road space for people outside of cars and I want them now.