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> Not to mention all the taxes paid for the road, interstates, etc. Though it should be noted that roads had existed before cars (and were paved with the help
by throw0101b 3y ago
> Not to mention all the taxes paid for the road, interstates, etc.
Though it should be noted that roads had existed before cars (and were paved with the help of cycling advocates), and interstates/highways between cities are useful for commerce.
It is the extreme focus on making everything car-centric for personal transportation that is the problem. Having cars as an option isn't a bad thing; having them as a necessity is where most of the issues come from.
- pandaman 3y agoAncient Romans already had been building paved roads, 2000 years before the "cycling advocates" became a thing.
- throw0101b 3y agoI don't remember Cicero or Virgil agitating for the paving of roads in the 1800s and 1900s. Do you have any citations of their speeches on the topic? (What the Romans did in 1 AD is irrelevant to what municipalities did in 1901 AD.)