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Re:The Children Strike of 1972 by caturopath on Saturday January 16, 2021 @08:33PM (#25807228)
Ah, I took the person to mean our physical geography. Our urban geography is of course the reason for our car use: we've put policy into place so that cars are incentivized and other forms of transportation are disincentivized, with density being a cornerstone of that.
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Re:The Children Strike of 1972 by imtringued on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:36AM (#25809664)
Density is one factor but the complete separation of commercial and residential zoning is also a huge factor.

In a lot of walkable cities the first floor of most buildings is often reserved for low impact commercial uses like shops or restaurants.

I am in a car dependent city (I need the car to go to work) but the fact that there are 3 stores in walking distance helps cut down on the voluntary car trips significantly. Even the weekly trip to a far away store takes 10 minutes at most by car.

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