@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social has a great video about the case of how Bike Lanes projects often has more traction and advocacies than Public Transit projects. Their video does highlight a lot of what I’ve been seeing both locally in Jacksonville and statewide in Florida. youtu.be/BvOoTvmt6_c?... - ThreadSky

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cycling-eumoiriety.bsky.social • 47 days ago

@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social has a great video about the case of how Bike Lanes projects often has more traction and advocacies than Public Transit projects. Their video does highlight a lot of what I’ve been seeing both locally in Jacksonville and statewide in Florida.

https://youtu.be/BvOoTvmt6_c?si=cgPj8YcJd9kyPOqT

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cycling-eumoiriety.bsky.social•47 days ago

While they did mentioned some of the main points I’ve personally witness and heard from locals, there is one major point that is not only the driving force for the ease of cycling advocacy but also historical reason on how Car-centric developments has been popular and prevalent: Independency

cycling-eumoiriety.bsky.social•47 days ago

Car-centric developments, push for automotive dependancy, has and always has been revolving around the “self-reliance”, “independency”, “self-personalisation”. And I’ve seen this with my car-focused co-workers who have expressed better interest on me cycling to work than someone else taking the bus.

cycling-eumoiriety.bsky.social•47 days ago

This is yet further proves how public transit advocacy is still “not very sexy” to the average constituents in the US, and knowing this will help better understand how bike lane advocacy has easier footing against NIMBYs and Conservatives push against public transits or even public housing develops.

cycling-eumoiriety.bsky.social•47 days ago

This is not to say all those latter projects are zero-chance succeeding in the current US political landscape, but I do believe in “slow nudging” when it comes to overhauling the suburban project that has plagued how North America and some other parts of the world has been developing.

cycling-eumoiriety.bsky.social•47 days ago

Bike Lanes are a good start, and from bike lanes we can easier push for slightly larger but significant projects. And I just hope the more folks utilising bike lanes, the better we can use the data to push for public transit renewals, and others.

Time for me to get back to work.

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