[Impy]

Sure, Americans like their cars. But it was a conspiracy of economic interests that turned us into a car culture. Where cities once enjoyed a network of cheap, fast streetcars, GM, Firestone and oil companies bought and wiped them out, replacing them with buses and cars. “This country destroyed and rebuilt its cities in the 20th century to serve automobiles,” Norton says

That sounds like Occupy Wall Street propaganda to me.

[fieldmarshaldj]

As one who was formerly in that local urban forum, I can tell you that leftists hate cars with a burning passion. It’s basically because they represent independence. Leftists REALLY hate independence with a burning passion. They want everything dictated by the state including breeding dependence.