Cars are awesome. They also suck.

Car infrastructure is awesome. It also sucks.

Such is the nature of the road blue – the lesser known routes on ye olde paper maps, inked in a lighter blue to fade into the background of bold black and red divided highways, the assumed lifeblood of the United States. While those lines connect the big cities, the factories and the ports, the blue ones veer off into interesting directions, following ancient paths to little-known places. That’s where this blog will travel. Expect the hot takes, the ‘cars suck’ commentary and the backroads explorations.

This manifesto is a living document, subject to change at the whim of its author. That said, there are certain things unmutable.

There is no gatekeeping of what vehicle or lack of vehicle may be used on the road blue. Sports car, station wagon, modern CUV, moped, motorcycle, sneakers, boots or bare feet. Explore.

There is no gatekeeping of who may use the road blue.