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Car-centric urban planning has massing (mostly hidden) negative externalities: 1. Cars are discriminatory: only licensed 18+ (and not too old) can drive. A who
by k99x55 3y ago
Car-centric urban planning has massing (mostly hidden) negative externalities:
1. Cars are discriminatory: only licensed 18+ (and not too old) can drive. A whole demographics of children+teens+disabled have lost their mobility independence.
2. Cars robbed children of they street. Street should be a social place for humans, not a car storage space and a race track for rat runners.
3. (UK) 50% of car tripes are less than 1 mile. If these motorists had the option of cycling, everyone (pedestrians,cyclist,motorists) would be better off.
4. Much more....
Cities should be for people not machines. Cars should be treated as guests in our social space, not first-class citizens with cyclists and pedestrians having to tiptoe around cars.
Some links:
https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRnKXd9sHE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRnKXd9sHE (Sam Balto Bike Bus)
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoSdNTwizHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoSdNTwizHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVhYcJH_m5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVhYcJH_m5o (Watch as 100s of Kids & Parents Bicycle to one Amsterdam School)