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Like most Americans, I have access to a car, so it's not a shitty environment. A place that caters to slow walkers and cyclists sounds worse to me. I think we t
by chc 12y ago
Like most Americans, I have access to a car, so it's not a shitty environment. A place that caters to slow walkers and cyclists sounds worse to me. I think we tend to overrate inconveniences that affect us personally and underrate inconveniences that affect everyone else.
- ta0967 12y ago> I think we tend to overrate inconveniences that affect us personally and underrate inconveniences that affect everyone else. that's true (everywhere). > A place that caters to slow walkers and cyclists sounds worse to me. and you're no exception.
- chc 12y agoWell, yes, that was my explicit point.
- markvdb 12y agoI think we tend to overrate _perceived_ inconveniences that affect us personally and underrate _perceived_ inconveniences that affect everyone else. Perceived because... A place that caters to slow walkers and cyclists, if minimally well designed, actually improves car traffic throughput. Yes, that may sound counterintuitive. Go look at Copenhagen. You'd never be able to squeeze so many people through so little transportation infrastructure if they were all traveling by car.