To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars

Re:To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our... by rootusrootus on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:49AM (#19421484)

Any solution which requires people to give up convenience in the name of saving the environment is dead on arrival. This is human nature, we have never before managed to conserve our way out of a problem, we innovate our way out of it or we will die trying.

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Re:To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our... by darepublic on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:58AM (#19421571)

I wonder if we can get people out of cars unless cities themselves are completely redesigned. We committed ourselves to a harmful design pattern but unfortunately everyone is heavily invested in it. Need to have a city design that will work, and then draw up a series of implementation steps to move existing cities to the new design. Would require a ton of central planning/control though, doubtful we could pull it off unless things got drastically worse to motivate people.

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Re:To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our... by bombingwinger on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:31PM (#19423117)

Well said! I'm glad someone understands humanity.

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