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Re:The internet should be a public utility by gumby on Sunday March 29, 2020 @04:07AM (#22717228)
Walkable,neighbourhoods designed for people rather than having them designed for cars first.
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by mulmen on Sunday March 29, 2020 @04:42AM (#22717349)
Ok but even pedestrian first residential neighborhoods need roads. It’s not like power lines where you can completely get rid of them.
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by tobylane on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:03AM (#22726319)
Those few roads can be tiny and out of the way, see this Utrecht redevelopment. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/forward-thinki...
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by jessriedel on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:03AM (#22718648)
Cities have had roads for a lot longer than cars have existed.
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by gumby on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:05AM (#22718672)
Certainly but they weren’t originally designed to carry cars as their primary function.
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