Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm
by ogre_codes on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @01:07PM
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A bike costs less than $500 once and reliably gets you several miles fairly quickly. eBikes get you further faster and are also a fraction of the cost to own/ operate than a car.
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Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm
by dahfizz on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @01:37PM
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And in the winter you're cold, in the summer you're sweaty, and in the rain you're wet.
It's not like people buy cars because they want to waste money. A car is an absolutely massive increase in QOL, especially for the majority of Americans who dont live in city centers and who don't want to live in city centers.
Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm
by ogre_codes on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @02:27PM
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> A car is an absolutely massive increase in QOL
When you build cities which requires cars to get around then owning a car is almost essential. When a city is built around other forms of transportation, not so much. All the insurmountable problems like rain and sun happen in the places where bikes are common, it turns out people are just fine without their cars when the infrastructure is good enough.
The big problem with car friendly infrastructure is it takes up so much space, it makes almost every other form of transportation more dangerous and slower.