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I wish all anti-motorist activists could go live in this utopian city and be happy, as opposed to lobbying for measures that make my family life more difficult.
by cbeach 3y ago
I wish all anti-motorist activists could go live in this utopian city and be happy, as opposed to lobbying for measures that make my family life more difficult.
* My parents live 50 miles away, impossible to reach to on public transport with kids and related paraphernalia
* My young kids are in different school/childcare settings requiring us to drive
* We do regular large supermarket/DIY shops that cannot be taken on public transport
* We explore different rural and coastal areas with our kids that aren't practically reachable by public transport.
In the UK, anti-motorist lobbyists have been successful in pushing for punitive measures (e.g. roadblocks AKA "LTN", road narrowing, modal filters, road closures, mass-surveillance-based road charging AKA "ULEZ", absurd blanket 20mph speed limits on inappropriate roads) and we need to push back.
Reject propaganda pushed by The Guardian and similar metro-leftie publications. It's deeply unrepresentative and manipulative.