anticar

Opposing motor vehicles

Anticar describes opposition to car-centric transportation and urban design.

The anticar movement advocates for walkable cities, public transit, and bicycle infrastructure over automobile dependence: anticar activists, anticar urbanism.

The term can also simply mean hostile toward cars or driving: His anticar attitude made road trips awkward.

activism

bicycle

Pedal-powered two-wheeler

congestion · protest · boycott · traffic calming · bike lanes · transit-oriented · anti-consumerism · gridlock · traffic jam · oil dependency

urbanist

public transit

Shared community vehicle system

tram · zoning · transit-oriented development · urban design · infrastructure · street grid · density · superblock · shared space

environmental

emissions

Substances released into air

decarbonization · fossil fuels · greenhouse gases · air quality · tailpipe · exhaust · climate impact · urban heat island · noise pollution · particulates

Opposites
transportation advocacy stance

anticarcar-centric

Designed around automobiles

car culture · suburban sprawl · petrolhead · gearhead

automobile attitude

anticarcar enthusiast

gearhead · petrolhead · car buff · motorhead · automotive

transportation mode advocacy

anticarcar

Wheeled motor vehicle

automobile · freeway · highway expansion · suburban sprawl

Family

car, cars, automobile, carpool, racecar, streetcar, automotive

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G