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Advocating for walkable cities and being anti-automobile is all the rage nowadays, but that doesn’t translate well to real world action. As much as we want to,
by BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago
Advocating for walkable cities and being anti-automobile is all the rage nowadays, but that doesn’t translate well to real world action. As much as we want to, and should, redesign cities, that is a monumental undertaking that will necessarily require several decades worth of effort and billions of dollars.
Switching to electric vehicles, meanwhile, does not require eminent domain and does not ask citizens to change their mobility standards. It is also something local governments don’t have to pay for.
- paulryanrogers 4y ago> ...does not ask citizens to change their mobility standards. My how far we have come from "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
- sokoloff 4y agoThat challenge was to find ways to contribute in your own sphere. Converting one car to an EV (and accepting the resulting compromises) is more realistically in that spirit than something like “knock down your house and build a mid-rise on your lot” would be.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoCollective action and sacrifice will be necessary to change density. Still that doesn't prevent us from adapting to more sustainable transportation modes, both collectively and personally. I was addressing the fear that governments have of disrupting current mobility 'standards'.