At the risk of feeding the ‘OMG!Japan is Paradise on Earth!’ internet meme, I like that in Japan when you buy a car you have to provide proof that you have a parking space for it (‘in the road’ doesn’t count).
Unfortunately it’s far too late for somewhere like the UK..
I was going to ask him about people who can't hop on bikes and who don't live in areas where wheelchair-accessible mass transit exists. But I suspect I know the answer.
Critiques of active transport advocacy as ableist are tired and untrue. Check this podcast covering a book by a disabled author arguing for less car dependency https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JZNCjo2uzzY
It’s not utopia. Many big European cities are headed that direction. Denmark, especially Copenhagen, Paris, London, even Milan. And more. We can keep defending car dependency that is the biggest driver of climate change or take action. Our kids and grandchildren will judge us
that is the actual custom in St. Louis; the space in front of your house is for whatever you want to keep there. if people don’t have a car then there’s often a storage pod or gardening materials. not usually furniture tho, too easy to steal, but I think that’s the only reason it doesn’t happen
Interesting. The oil company wants you to burn it and tore up all of the electric tram networks and stifles electric vehicle research in order to sell the rich black gloop of ancient sunshine. Texas tea. Oil, that is.
I understand where you're coming from, but until the US improves public transit in more cities, many people need a car to get to work. Garages & parking spaces are expensive. I'm not sure shaming people is the answer. Yes, bike lakes are awesome, but this argument is important but incomplete.
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Unfortunately it’s far too late for somewhere like the UK..
It truly is a cyclist utopia. As long as no one tosses your bike in the canal.