Two-fer
Good morning internet, you’ve made me smile twice already
Item the first: BikePortland brings to my attention a Fortune article on the sinking appeal of car culture.
Tom Lane… runs all of Nissan’s Product Strategy and Product Planning from his office in Tokyo.
…he points to some discouraging global trends that don’t bode well for the industry…As car ownership becomes more expensive and cities increasingly impose congestion pricing on car usage in center cities, he sees car owners switching to mass transit for their daily commute, and then renting cars for longer trips.
…”The challenge for us, going forward, is a more interesting offer. Doing a better Sentra or an Altima isn’t going to do it.”
Link to the Fortune article.
Item the second: Flickr invites users to tag photos from the Library of Congress, presenting The Commons. Blag press release link. Check out their sweet photostream with “no known copyright restrictions”, visual sources galore!