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Has car culture peaked in the USA?


Has car culture peaked in the USA? (gas prices, drugs, death)

American car culture plunged after the oil shocks and inflation of the 1970s. The 1980 era Honda Accord ushered in a new era of the reliable, ...

Peak US car culture here... : r/fuckcars - Reddit

Using a siren and flashing lights to block an intersection is a good way to get a bunch of tickets. Which might mean something if most cops ...

The evidence that the world has passed 'peak car' - Grist

Such a trend may seem improbable here in the United States where, starting in the 1950s, politicians bet the entire pot on cars, spending ...

How The Automobile Shaped American Culture | VinFast - Lifestyle

In North America, “car culture” is something that few people talk about outside of the big cities. Europeans make sharp note of it when they ...

The Unique U.S. Car Culture

America is undoubtedly a nation of cars. There are 908 Motor vehicles per 1000 people in this country. This is an undeniable and unique car ...

America's once magical – now mundane – love affair with cars

The argument over whether the nation is reaching Peak Car — the point after which permanent decline sets in — will continue for years, but it's ...

Here's When You Think American Muscle Peaked - Jalopnik

Others, like myself, will say that the last 10 or so years have been the peak, as America's muscle cars saw power and performance levels never ...

The Western world has turned its back on car culture - Quartz

In the US, the number of vehicles per driver has fallen from a peak of 1.2 in 2007 to 1.15 today, according to data compiled by Schroders, an ...

Why is car culture so prevalent in America? - Quora

America has always had a love affair with cars, right back to the early 1900's when they were first invented. Americans were thrilled to be ...

Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet

America's car culture—glamorized in advertisements, enforced by zoning laws and enabled by taxpayer subsidies—is a choice that now comes at too ...

Has Car Culture Crashed? - Drexel News Blog

Car culture is definitely declining in some places and for some people, though not everywhere. Many people refer to this as “peak car,” which suggests we have ...

Americans Driving Less as Car Culture Wanes - Claims Journal

After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. – the collective miles people drive – peaked in August 2007. It then dropped sharply ...

America after Peak Cars and Snacks by Todd G. Buchholz

Kids these days don't care much about cars. In the 1980s, 80% of US high schoolers earned their drivers' license; that figure has since dropped ...

The End of Car Culture - The New York Times

The United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of the world's prime car cultures. It is the birthplace of the ...

We have hit "peak car" - Big Think

Even some people within the industry now acknowledge that the world is now at, or has passed, “peak car” — the point at which car ownership and ...

If car culture is really dying, it's a long, slow, complicated death

In case you hadn't heard, the auto industry is in the middle of a crisis called Peak Car—the idea that America, at least, is getting over ...

The New York Times Doesn't Know What Car Culture Is - Jalopnik

What New York Times environmental reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal is getting at is what most people are calling "Peak Car." This is the idea that ...

Americans driving less as car culture wanes

After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. — the collective miles people drive — peaked in August 2007. It then dropped sharply ...

Has America Already Hit "Peak Car"? - Streetsblog USA

Has America Already Hit “Peak Car”? ... In 1901, there were 10,000 motor vehicles in the United States. It took five years to multiply that number ...

Has the U.S. Passed Peak Car? - The Atlantic

"In other words," Sivak writes, "these rates started to decline not because of economic changes but because of other societal changes that ...


Heart of Darkness

Novella by Joseph Conrad https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSU-yD1_Wwx-X-fwYYRkV4e21CBc57zknPtUd1XyvLcS95HwEyw

Heart of Darkness is an 1899 novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad in which the sailor Charles Marlow tells his listeners the story of his assignment as steamer captain for a Belgian company in the African interior.

Relient K

Rock band https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf5XvjOCY1aUfh7lORw3kUpNjJtdwsZtkVwuKRVlT6TFQgI715

Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, by Matt Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, and Brian Pittman during their third year in high school and time at Malone University.