Re:Culdesac: Car-free neighborhood built from scratch in Tempe
by Someone on Saturday November 23, 2019 @11:08AM
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”to completely redesign cities from ground up and it is not going to happen anytime soon”
So, better start now. The longer you wait, the longer it will take.
”We should build for the future vs. the past.”
A future where we have to significantly decrease energy use in order to limit global warming?
”who ride their bikes and hate that they have to share the road with cars.”
Who says cyclists have to share the road with cars? Any decent infrastructure has separated cycling lanes wherever cars go over 20 miles per hour.
Kids in particular, have a lot to gain. A bicycle has thrice the speed of walking, so riding a bicycle makes a kid’s neighborhood about ten times as big (when comparing road system built for cars with one built for people, the difference is even greater)
And with it, their parents have a lot to gain, as kids riding their bike to school/friends/sports means parent do not have to drive them there.
So, better start now. The longer you wait, the longer it will take.
”We should build for the future vs. the past.”
A future where we have to significantly decrease energy use in order to limit global warming?
”who ride their bikes and hate that they have to share the road with cars.”
Who says cyclists have to share the road with cars? Any decent infrastructure has separated cycling lanes wherever cars go over 20 miles per hour.
Kids in particular, have a lot to gain. A bicycle has thrice the speed of walking, so riding a bicycle makes a kid’s neighborhood about ten times as big (when comparing road system built for cars with one built for people, the difference is even greater)
And with it, their parents have a lot to gain, as kids riding their bike to school/friends/sports means parent do not have to drive them there.