Two years ago, @DannyHarris_TA came up to @jessiesingernyc’s and my pod at @TransAlt HQ and proposed we do something to make fun of ridiculous Super Bowl car ads. A few hours later, #CarAdBingo was born. So excited to play along again this year! #SuperBowl
If that @PolestarCars ad doesn’t count as “Treating electric cars like they weren’t invented in the 1870s,” then surely the Sopranos Silverado one does, right? #CarAdBingo
If the @Lesdoggg/Tommy Lee Jones/@nickjonas@Toyota ad isn’t an awkward celebrity endorsement, nothing is. #CarAdBingo
After another pickup truck (GMC?) ad, a @Kia ad with a sad/cute puppy robot, and the @GM Doctor Evil redux, we’re getting close. #CarAdBingo
The @Nissan ad with Eugene Levy said “closed course” at the bottom, so with that, we have bingo! #CarAdBingo
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Why the Houston metro area is overrun by highways and sprawl:
The people who decide how our region spends federal transportation funds mostly represent rural and suburban areas. h-gac.com/getmedia/143b6…
This is the makeup of our MPO's "hugely influential" Transportation Policy Council, which has "considerable sway in setting the agenda" for how Houstonians get around. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
Have you ever asked yourself, "Why doesn't Houston have better transit?" or "Why are they building another highway out in the suburbs?"
It's because Houston and Harris County are outnumbered by surrounding municipalities in a way that is absolutely grotesque.