Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of love with cars
That has big political ramifications.
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Few technologies defined the 20th century more than the car. Now, anti-car policies are gaining more support around the world.
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The Economist
For Adah Crandall, a high-school student in Portland, Oregon, a daily annoyance is family members asking when she is going to learn to drive. Adah, who is 16, has spent a quarter of her life arguing against the car-centric planning of her city.
At 12, she attended a school next to a major road down which thousands of lorries thundered every day. When a teacher invited a speaker to talk about air pollution, she and her classmates were galvanised. Within a year, she was travelling to Salem, Oregon’s capital, to demand that lawmakers pass stricter laws on diesel engines.
