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The thing that continues to happen is urban residents with limited understanding of the world outside their bubble think a future without cars is anything but a
by DoneWithAllThat 3y ago
The thing that continues to happen is urban residents with limited understanding of the world outside their bubble think a future without cars is anything but a laughably naive fantasy driven by an entirely imaginary utopian ideal.
- estebank 3y agoA future with significantly reduced car traffic in cities? It's perfectly possible. Cars will never completely disappear, only someone that hasn't thought about the problem or that is building a straw man would say that. Car ownership in the US is ~90% (more than one per adult). In The Netherlands it is ~50%. They still have a car per family for longer trips, but they don't need them for every trip, so they use them significantly less.
- TheGRS 3y agoI would venture that if people actually tried living in a neighborhood that has ample foot traffic access they would love it. You don't need to be in the "city" proper, just a neighborhood with some corner store and a public park nearby. This is not a wild concept to implement at the city planning level at all.
- Avshalom 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_S... That bubble is 80% of the country.
- TheGRS 3y agoHey that 20% is what they call "real America".
- seryoiupfurds 3y agoGetting around without a car is perfectly enjoyable if you live in the right neighborhood in the city. The war on cars is mostly about building more neighborhoods like that.
- epistasis 3y agoOr even legalizing a neighborhood like that. The reason we dont have walkable neighborhoods is that we outlaw them nearly everywhere. Trying to build one requires not only planning and getting the money but changing the law where you try to build it.