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> Nobody wants to take cars away In a lot of these discussions, people do often comment denigrating people who drive and acting as if they must walk/bike/etc a
by JoshTriplett 2y ago
> Nobody wants to take cars away
In a lot of these discussions, people do often comment denigrating people who drive and acting as if they must walk/bike/etc and there's something wrong with them if they don't want to, without considering whether the tradeoffs make sense for them or not. Those kinds of comments alienate people.
Giving people options would be great. Making a balance would be great. Separating car and pedestrian infrastructure would be great. Massively reducing pedestrian fatalities is incredibly important. All of those things would be much easier to advocate for and enact without those kinds of comments.
- oblio 2y ago> In a lot of these discussions, people do often comment denigrating people who drive and acting as if they must walk/bike/etc and there's something wrong with them if they don't want to, without considering whether the tradeoffs make sense for them or not. Those kinds of comments alienate people. The amount of in-real life hostility from the car driver community is 1000x but car drivers don't realize it. Hostility on the roads themselves, hostility to ANY proposal that would reduce the number of lanes (to dedicate to buses, cycling, sidewalks, etc). So it's kind of understandable why there's so much pent-up anger.
- JoshTriplett 2y agoAbsolutely. I've seen the same hostility you're talking about. These kinds of policy discussions would go far better with a lot more empathy across the board for perspectives other than ones' own.