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America is a unique country. No other country has the (lack of) density that the US does. Let's let Citroen and its ilk figure out the solutions for the rest of
by llampx 6y ago
America is a unique country. No other country has the (lack of) density that the US does. Let's let Citroen and its ilk figure out the solutions for the rest of the world, while the US gets its act together in terms of, say, allowing mixed-use complexes and building walkable cities. Anyway half of the US has a vendetta against the environment.
- tomcam 6y ago> Anyway half of the US has a vendetta against the environment. Citation please
- fakedang 6y agoThe prevalence of cars on US roads, and the way cities are designed keeping long distance car rides in mind rather than pedestrian walking is proof enough.
- llampx 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal Does something like this exist anywhere except the US?
- clairity 6y agoi'm certainly happy that citroën is expanding our general conceptions of transportation. i'm more lamenting that it's not as practical where i live (a fairly walkable neighborhood in LA), and providing the main limitation in that regard. incidentally, i think we could quadruple density in LA (with mixed-use and other techniques) without any loss of "neighborhood character" (unless of course, one's definition of that excludes diversity of race and income). the weather here is perfect for multimodal transportation year-round. that kind of density means more construction projects could (better) afford to put parking underground so that we could convert street parking to dedicated bike/scooter lanes without loss of parking convenience. and smaller utility cars like the ami means that we could put more of them in that parking area, while needing fewer of them because of the higher walkability of the neighborhood afforded by the higher density of commerce/employment as well.