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>New technologies require new ways of organizing things... I think it's pretty clear by now that organizing whole cities around the automobile was a huge step
by Joe-Z 9y ago
>New technologies require new ways of organizing things...
I think it's pretty clear by now that organizing whole cities around the automobile was a huge step in the wrong direction and the sooner we begin to correct it the better. Just look at Copenhagen as a shining example of a city that began re-focusing its traffic on actual people (and not f*ing metal boxes taking up way too much space) decades ago.
- closeparen 9y agoCopenhagen isn’t McMansions on quarter acre lots, while most Americans panic at the suggestion of any density level higher than that. Permission to play in the street won’t fix low suburban density or the low effective density of high rise neighborhoods that are mostly vacant investment properties.
- walshemj 9y agoWell yes and no not really cites would have been covered in horse dung a major health issue in pre automobile days.
- raverbashing 9y agoYes, I've been to Copenhagen and they still have traffic lights and pedestrian lights The fact that you're not prioritizing the car doesn't mean you can leave pedestrians and cars to self-organize
- emj 9y agoTraffic lights are for organizing cars, that's the whole point of the article. Pedestrians and bycyclists are just bystanders that suffers greatly from them.
- raverbashing 9y agoWaiting for the lights to turn green for your right of way (something that cars also have to do) is "suffering greatly" now?
- Joe-Z 9y agoAs opposed to being able to just freely walk around as you please? You could say that, why not. And if one insists on moving a 2 ton metal cage through a city going 30 mph or more, I think having to wait now and then is a reasonable trade-off. The natural habitat of the car is the highway and that's where it should stay.
- emj 9y agoI love cars, but they can not handle intersections at all. For me personally it's a great injustice that cars are so valued that I am supposed to breath one of the worst kinds of air pollutions every other morning for 180 seconds while waiting for red light at just one intersection.