Videos of Phoenix Trolleys Obliterating Motor Vehicles (Some Large)

AZcentral.com posts a running gallery of train-vehicle collision videos captured on the trains' own cameras. Every collision either involves a vehicle running a red light or attempting an illegal u-turn in front of train.

"Praying at the Pump"

Speaking of gas, Zach West comes across an article about religious activists praying for cheaper fuel.

Autocentrism Visualized

A link from Rob Lott: how construction of I-295 has destroyed neighborhoods and cut part of Southeast Washington DC off from the rest of the city. (We took some photos there a few weeks ago).

Google map showing intersection location.

Welcome to Indiana, where you can't eat without a car.

I'm staying across the street from a Wendy's and a McDonald's. I decided that since I'm hungry, and my meals are on the Company, that I would have one small cheeseburger and one small diet coke. I walked across six lanes of unlit blacktop to get to the other side of the road. I then walked between the road and the drainage ditch, since there are no sidewalks here.

At Wendy's, the dining room was locked. I walked around to the drive through and rapped on the window. An apologetic cashier, whose position I once occupied, came to the window, which he did not open, and informed me that "we're not allowed to take walk-ups." "I guess I'm going to McDonald's," I told him.

So I walked over to McDonald's and attempted to open the door, which was locked even though all the lights were on. A long-haired freak, mopping the floor, mouthed, "WE'RE CLOSED," even though the occupants of a large, white SUV were placing an order at the drive-through box

So: in order to purchase food that retails for $5, one must own a $20,000 vehicle.

The peanuts in the hotel vending machine cost 85¢.

The number of potential fatalities is directly proportional to the amount of walking done.

So far today, I've walked about three miles around Somerville. So far today, I've almost been run over twice.

These orange flags, in desolate downtown Salt Lake City, are there to help innocent pedestrians not be mowed down. Can you think of any other downtowns that would need to resort to this?

While you're at it, check out my Utah set on Flickr.