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A related and interesting thread and paper
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And why might America need walkable places I wonder?
"Pedestrian deaths [in the US] have risen 82 percent since 2009. Norm Garrick notes how, in 1970, a pedestrian was twice as likely to be killed in a crash in the US than in the Netherlands; today the ratio is 20 to 1."
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Did you notice how quiet the traffic was on the roads in London this week? It's because it's half term... so many peak hour trips are to drive kids to school because parents are afraid to let them walk to school - because of the traffic 🤦♂️
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"Virtually all children walked to and from school in the mid-20th Century, and now they are nearly all being driven. A built environment that keeps children hostage to adult chauffeurs is part of that unhealthy shift."
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"They try to destroy truth because truth is the greatest threat to their rule. As long as truth exists, they can be scrutinised and held wanting. Once it is vanquished, they define reality and there is no basis upon which they can be held to account"
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"The lying isn't a byproduct. It isn't some accidental detail & it's not a character flaw. It is fundamental to the project. It is the core explanatory quality which sheds light on everything else around it. They're trying to drown you in lies because it'll eradicate your ability to challenge power"