Submitted by subrosa in anticiv

Globally, there exists an estimated 40 million miles of road, and every inch of that concrete has displaced an inch of nature. [...]

A 2017 study in Glasgow, Scotland found that, “participants living nearer to the new M74 motorway experienced significantly reduced mental well-being over time.” While I feel this on a spiritual level, it seems that there may well be a direct chemical connection between cars and mental health. In 2020, a study from King's College, London, found evidence that even small increases in vehicle emissions correlated to dramatically increased rates in clinical depression. Even after accounting for other environmental factors, such as poor living conditions and lack of green space, researchers found that, compared to neighborhoods with low vehicle emissions, residents in high emission locations were far more likely to suffer from serious mental health problems. [...]

My driving friends are quick to acknowledge their environmental concerns, and their desire to switch to electric vehicles, but the problem with cars runs much deeper: cars, and the infrastructure needed to sustain them, quite literally represent a separation between humankind and the natural environment. Our reliance on vehicles, highways and concrete strips us of our innate connection to our environs. Humans, we are saying, are no longer a part of the ecosphere. [...]

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subrosa OP wrote (edited )

r/fuckcars is growing fast. I lurk there sometimes to primmie it out a little.

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NeoliberalismKills wrote

Road noise pisses me off. I try and listen to my bird friends sing and it's constantly interrupted by the noise of tires on the road. Like, the city I live in is under 7k. How the fuck is so much driving happening?

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