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Car-centric design makes things unwalkable; other models make things undriveable. It's a competition.
by HPsquared 3y ago
Car-centric design makes things unwalkable; other models make things undriveable. It's a competition.
- digging 3y agoUndriveable isn't bad though. We don't really get any value from driving for everyday trips over walking/biking/transit. And any decent walkable designs don't prohibit necessary driving such as delivery and emergency services, so they're not truly undriveable. It is a competition, but dying from cancer is also a form of competition. We don't always have to give both sides equal standing.
- google234123 3y agoSome places are really hot/humid you know, it's nice not to have to bike and need a shower for a small errand
- alistairSH 3y agoSo prioritize e-bikes or scooters.
- digging 3y agoI live in one. I still walk when I'm able.
- acabal 3y agoThe point is that driving should not be required to live a full life, and in fact it's much more pleasant to live without cars everywhere. The goal of driving is to get from point A to point B. But when point A and point B are a 5 minute walk, why drive at all? Well, in America we designed our cities and suburbs to make the distance between A and B as large as possible. But we didn't have to do that!
- chung8123 3y agoAnd it isn't. If you prioritize your life around not driving you can still live a full life.
- dev1n 3y agoUnfortunately, in the U.S. this is not true.
- brewdad 3y agoIt can be but you have to make your choice of housing location priority number one. Then worry about employment, raising a family, etc. Not easy at all which is why so few do it.
- digging 3y agoYou also need a minimum amount of financial comfort and stability, which, in the US, is not easy for many people. Often the poorest neighborhoods are the most car-bound.
- cpursley 3y agoThe Netherlands begs to differ.
- rad_gruchalski 3y agoThat’s why there’s a 5 lane highway from Utrecht to Amsterdam?
- cpursley 3y agoBetween cities, yeah. But also trains, unlike America. And in Utrecht proper there’s multiple options for getting around that aren’t cars. The Netherlands does a great job (maybe the best) designing for multi-mode transportation, including cars.
- rad_gruchalski 3y agoI have to admit. The OV card is pretty cool.
- fomine3 3y agoYou can drive Tokyo but it's just expensive to park
- nayuki 3y agoResidential streets in Tokyo are narrow and sometimes barely fit one car. As for parking, well, it's market price. It's expensive because parking has been subsidized as the default in vast majority of the world.
- mperham 3y agoExcept driving is the only transportation option which regularly results in the death of people walking/biking outside of that car. Walking/biking/rail/bus kill virtually no one, cars kill tens of thousands annually. Discouraging driving is a reasonable public health measure for a safer society.
- Moldoteck 3y agoCarcentric design is also against drivability if you account for inevitable traffic jams