• Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    We’re fighting the war on car dependence.

    Cars are fine but car dependance isn’t, our cities shouldn’t be built in a way that requires a car for everyday like.

    Requiring that your citizens own a $10000 - $35000+ depreciating asset just to live life is a tragedy that lessens economic mobility and punishes your most vulnerable.

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      2 months ago

      Cars still suck even without the dependence. I live somewhere that very much isn’t car dependant but there’s still too many of them and they still make places miserable.

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        2 months ago

        They are everywhere, and often park on the pavement which must be really difficult if you are trying to move about in a wheelchair and there are cars blocking everything. Public transport isn’t much better as almost no where has level boarding here either so someone needs to come over with a fucking ramp - except they probably won’t so you need to change at the next stop when someone wakes up and lets you off and then go back to the previous stop to get off where you actually wanted to.

  • jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I live in Taipei. It is one of the most dense cities in the world.

    We have an amazing subway system, but I still own a car. I also own a bicycle and a stand-up electric scooter.

    I take whatever transportation is the most convenient. Sometimes it’s the bus. Sometimes, it’s the subway. Sometimes it’s by car. My point is it’s a city infrastructure, not the mode of transportation. If you vote for a government that cares about infrastructure, you will live in the city you want.

  • Agrivar@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t have a car, I ride my non-electric dope ass bike everywhere, and I listen to old Dead and Phish shows I downloaded to my rooted Android phone.
    We are not the same.

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    2 months ago

    Commuting to office (by car) daily is the real problem. Road trips by car are incredibly freeing and not miserable.

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      2 months ago

      Surely no one is choosing to go on a road trip through a busy town during rush hour.

      Don’t mind people going on a road trip. Its such a small minority of cars on the road its pretty much irrelevant.

    • asbestos@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      You will pay the electrons subscription
      You will be brain washed by higher frequency electric radiation