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As much as I would love to believe in that future, it is a pipe dream in America at least. So little of the infrastructure I see going up is around any of those
by mym1990 3y ago
As much as I would love to believe in that future, it is a pipe dream in America at least. So little of the infrastructure I see going up is around any of those other forms of travel. Building sidewalks and bike lanes is not a sexy propositions for capital to come through...the money is in building 4 lane highways and spending billions on autonomous car research.
All that to say I hope I am wrong in the biggest way possible.
- bluGill 3y agoAll the new suburbs around me are building sidewalks and bike paths. That is a big improvement. Now if we can just get people to use them for something other than a Saturday bar hopping bike ride.
- mym1990 3y agoYeah, its kind of a chicken and the egg problem: more foot traffic can incentivize better infrastructure, and better infrastructure can incentivize more foot traffic. But which one should come first? Is the "build it and they will come" mindset right for all locales? (Questions are somewhat rhetorical). Plenty of ambitious projects get completed and fall on their face.