The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

Posted by oneonus@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 6 comments

David Zipper is a senior fellow at the MIT Mobility Initiative, where he examines the interplay between transportation policy and technology. His work has been published in the Atlantic, Slate, Bloomberg, the Washington Post, and elsewhere.

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AnonymousEngineer_@reddit

Linking to the work of a person who obviously detests cars and advocates against them on r/cars is a disingenuous way of posting flamebait. Here's his twitter profile for those who don't know who he is: [David Zipper (@DavidZipper) / X (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/DavidZipper)

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Simon_787@reddit

Almost any mobility researcher is in favor of reducing automobility, especially the plague of car dependency.

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slvrsmth@reddit

Semi-related anecdote: Ford Ranger. I go on the internet, I often read it being called a small / midsize pickup truck. Pictures with it along a F150 also seem to agree. Reasonably sized truck for reasonable people. And then I get out on my european roads in my european car, encounter a Ranger "in flesh" and wonder how the fuck can you even keep such a land yacht in a single lane. So yeah, you folks accross the pond have a car size issue, you really do.

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r3dk0w@reddit

The Ranger of today is close to the same size of a F-150 from 20 years ago.

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CantSeeShit@reddit

A 1970s Fleetwood is actually a little larger than a suburban. Cars are bigger than they were in the 90s generally, but still not nearly as large as they were in the 70s