I attend church at the University United Methodist Church, and in recent months, there has been a new part of the service created to highlight an injustice in our society and to recommit as a congregation to fight against injustice in the world. This week, I was asked to lead this part of the service, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘car culture’
The challenge of overcoming the car culture
When President Obama was elected, one on his top priorities was to tackle global warming head on. After years of pro-polluting policies under the Bush administration and a Republican Congress, it seemed like our country was finally ready to face the fact that continuing on the oil dependent, over consuming path we have chosen is [...]
Rush Limbaugh wants you to get off the road
In an article by Adam Voiland via the Streetsblog Network, there are some choice quotes from Rush Limbaugh about cyclists. Somehow I get the feeling he doesn’t like us. Frankly, if the door opens into a bicycle rider I won’t care. I think they ought to be off the streets and on the sidewalk. Pedestrians [...]
Trapped in a little glass and metal box
I’m a little bleary eyed today as I’ve spent the last 24 hours making up for all the time I’m not been in a car the last several months. Yesterday, Marcus and I went on a business road trip to the Dallas area that put us in a car for 9 hours. Blah. They we [...]
BMW protecting our “freedom”
One of the latest TV ads out from BMW is following the trend of it’s little sister brand trying to convince consumers that they can battle high gas prices and protect the environment by buying a car! While the logic of this campaign is something only the advertising industry could dream up, I was more [...]
